Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-crop Outlook Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.
In the annual contest of the Lincoln
County School Declamatory associa-
ton Friday the first medal and honors
were awarded to Louis Brislawn of
Sprague, the subject of his address be-
ing "Regulus to the Carthaginians."
The second medal was won by Miss
Ethel Despair of Harrington, her sub
ject being 1.-THE Sioux Chiefs Daugh-
ter"
Climbing aboard the tug Keros as
she lay moored to the wharf at Ia
coma, two desperate burglars entered
the. cabin occupied by Captain James
Hird and Mate Henry Branaugh,
placed a handkerchief saturated with
chloroform over the nostrils of each,
and then robbed the men of every
thing of value that they possessed.
Charles S. Warren, one of the cred
itors of the Vendome Hotel company
at Davenport, has filed suit for $751;
900 against the hotel company and
asked that receiver be appointed.
Mr.. Deary announces that the Pa
louise mill of the Potlatch Lumber com
pany, which has been idle for more
than six months, started Monday for
the summers run. There are 100000
feet of logs in the river peady for the
saws. The mill will give employment
to rs men for the summer.
James Duff, well known citizen of
Chelan county, dropped dead at his
residence in Wenatchee recently.
The bodies of the two young men
who are believed to have stolen two
horses from the Arrow and Eagle liv-
cries in Wenatchee last week, were
found Saturday in the bottom of lake
near Stratford, having evidently been
drowned while attempting to cross.
The two bodies we're locked in deadly
embrace at the bottom OF the lake.
Eddie Gregg, ~ years old, placed
a basket of flowers on the front door
knob of A. w. Copelands home at
Foy station, a few miles from Seattle
as a May day custom. He rang the
doorbell; nobody come, and he rang
again. Mrs. Copeland answered, did
not see the flowers, but saw the boy
run. Gregg rang again, when Cope
land opened the door and fired with
a shotgun. The boy received the load
in the thigh, and may die of blood
poisoning.
While going from the lobby of the
Montgomery hotel at Elk to her room
Mrs. North, mistress of the hostelry
was shot in the left temple by an un
known assassin concealed outside thu
house.
The directors of the Moran Ship
building company, Seattle, were re
Gently offered 100000 for thei
plant and business in Seattle and de
clined to accept the consideration
holding out for $2,50O,O0O.
The funeral of Nathan West, 8
years old. and one of the Oldest pion
GERS of the Inland Empire, took plac
in Tekoa Saturday.
The University of Puget Scum
academy debaters were unaimousl
awarded a decision over the Spokan
high school team in the interscholasti
debate held in Tacoma.
The democrats of Walla Walla hav
pledged to raise $4,000 with which t
, establish in Walla WalIa daily news
paper to represent their party.
]. p. Graves of the Inland Empir
, system says that his automobile joul
ney through the country west of tn
Columbia river and back to Spokan
from Coiville, Stevens county, wa
aot for the purpose of locating an e.
tension of his electric system.
Farmers from the fruit district
along the Walla Walla river repoI
fears of considerable damage to frul
and berries during the recent col
snap.
The cornerstone of the new Baptis
church at North Yakima was laid Sa
urday.
Colonel %. H. Morrison is rushin
, work on mis- seed farm near Fairfield
a so men being engaged in setting oil
: seed beets and planting varieties {
vegetables and seeds for the fall crol
Overcome with grief because he
husband is slowly dying of an incu
able ulSeaSSs MTS. hIlel ", AudIHS, i
9 years old, beautiful bride of 81
months took her own life by inha
s ing illuminating gas at Seattle.
5 Laboring under the delusion thu
every one was his enemy, William Ba
3 ton, an old man. swallowed a sma
dose of laudanum and another of ca
2 bolic acid at Vancouver recently wit
7 deadly effect,
BY forming a pool farmers of I'll
9 Rig Bend country have sold the
wheat for "A cents bushel.
6 Word has been received from Was
Z ington to the effect that free mail d
8 livery will be established at Ellen
0 burg August l.
0 The new Presbyterian church, bui
8 at cost of $4,000, was dedicated
z Aberdeen Sunday
OREGON ITEMS.
8 Henry P. Morrison, brakeman on Il
a Hennner branch of the Oregon Ra