Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-02-14
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 is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

make a material reduction on the
price of grain sacks this year is prob
able in view of the decreased cost of
manufacture at the peHitentiary.
w. b. Shaffer, president of the
Waitsburg Development league and a
member of the Inland Empire excur-
sion party, was robbed Of a wallet
containing between $500 and $500
shortly before the special train left
Portland.
Fire recently Quilted the interior Of
the new public school building COM
pleted two years ago at Auburn, en-
failing loss estimated at $4,000.
Jumping off a Tacoma streetcar
backwards, John Hilburg of Seattle or
Ballard struck the pavement and re-
ceived a fatal blow.
After a constant struggle of three
years the Pacific States Telephone
company has completely vanquished
the Interstate Cooperative Telephone
company, and has undisputed posses
sion of the Palouse field
Fire recently destroyed the three
story frame building of Fidler & Gray
and several smaller buildings at
Kelso, entailing loss of about $4,000.
A number of small business places
were burned out
The petition of j. G. Norris of FL
lensburg to be appointed guardian of
the estate of his wife, Mamie Norris,
committed to the insane ward at
Walla Walla for killing her foster son,
Tom Murray, reveals the fact that
Mrs. Norris was made beneficiary in
an insurance policy of young Murray
for $500
The Moran Brothers of Seattle and
the Campbell Lumber company of
Prosser are drilling for artesian water
in Horse Heaven, where each company
owns large tracts Of land.
State Oil Commissioner F. A. Clark
reports $685. 35 gallons of oils in
spected during 1907 The fees collect
ed amounted to $19,27960.
If Secretary Garfelds report can be
taken as an index the Occur dAlene
and Colville reservations will be
opened to settlement this year.
The board of Whitman county COM
missioners have the letting of con-
tracts for nine new bridges In that
county.
Governor Mead has refused to grant |
the parole recommended by the prison |
board for ]. e. Brown, sentenced in |
November. 1904, from Whitman coun- |
ty to a term of five years, on the
charge of attempt to murder Brown |
assaulted and shot L. j. Turnbow, a |
prominent resident of Garfield, in the |
summer of 1903
The first annual poultry show ever |
given under the auspices of the Asotin |
County Poultry association closed Sat |
urday evening.
Paul Brainerd Won the oratorical
championship from Whitman college. |
His address, "The Modern Menace"
was an arraignment of Mormonism. |
Miss Madge Fowler was second.
The debate held in Colfax recently
between the Rosalia high school team
and the Colfax high school team re-
suited in victory for Colfax.
The experiment tried recently by
Waitsburg of giving day to the sale
of horses and cattle by ranchers of
the surrounding country was tried in
Dayton Saturday. Success followed
the effort.
The funeral of the late James Will
liam Brown was held at Cheney Sat
urday. The deceased had been a Ma
son for 80 years. and was S5 years
old at the time of his death.
Pullman high school won the debate
with Johnson high school Friday.
Citizens around Pullman are elated
over the semi-official announcement
that the Spokane & Inland Empire
Electric Railroad company will extend
its line from Colfax to Charleston, via
Pullman, aud that the work will be
done this year.
The steamer st. Paul, running on
the river from Trinidad to the st. Paul
bridge, has been frozen in an ice jam
for the last week, about 20 miles be-
low Trinidad.
]. b. Atkinson, chief clerk to Mas
ter Mechanic Dressed of the o. r. &
N. at Starbuck, has taken charge of
the bank at that place.
But one of the 19z state banks and
three trust companies doing business
in Washington failed to weather the
recent financial storm, according to
the first annual report of State Exam
liner A. w. Engle, advance sheets of
which were made public recently.