Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-27
NORTHWEST ITEMS
NEWS OF IDAHO, MONTANA,
WASHINGTON and oregon.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Accl-
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fall Trade Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

The town of Hanford is to have a
commercial club.
The county commissioners OF Whit
man directed the auditor to advertise
for bids for the construction of eight
new steel bridges.
Elliott A. Archer, wanted in Newark,
N. j., for forgery, has been arrested
in Seattle. His forgeries are said to
aggregate $4,000.
Never has so great an area been sown
to fall wheat nor so much ground
turned up as has been witnessed this
fall in Whitman county
In his libel suit against the Spokes-
man Review, E. F. Quinn, former side
walk inspector, was awarded damages
of $1,000 by jury Saturday.
With imposing Masonic ceremonies
the cornerstone of the federal building
at Tacoma was laid Saturday afternoon
by the grand lodge of Masons of Wash
ington.
Charles P. Oudin, manager of the
American Fire Brick company, an
nounces great improvements for the
plant at Mica, which will call for the
expenditure of over $4,000
DR.. L. D. Green of North Yakima has
sold some of his chickens, and the trans
action probably holds the record for
the northwest. DR.. Green sold 4S fowls
and received for them $697.50.
Plans for the $S50,O00 paper manu-
featuring plant which is in prospect
for Spokane have been made public
by c. B. Pride, who is the practical
man behind the big enterprise.
George Barkar, late soldier sta
toned lat Fort George Wright, was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree at Spokane. He was charged with
killing Ira Messenger at Medical Lake
The ninth annual report of the board
of trustees of the state normal school
at Cheney has just been completed and
filed with the governor. 1t asks $1O9,
S73.25 for the coming two years work
The brave deed of Fireman Heffnel
in risking his own life to save Mrs
Fjerstad after she had jumped into the
river from the Post street bridge, Spo
kane, is one that should not go unre
warded.
While his wife and three children
were waiting for him at the depot a
Auburn, Horace Felt met an awful
fate. He lost his grip on the handholC
of ear, was swept under the wheel
and ground to pieces.
A beautiful arctic or snowy owl wa
shot recently on the reservation back o
the Puyallup Indian school. The ow
measures five feet three inches from
tip to tip of wings and from his heal
to the end of his tail measures Q
inches.
Apples are getting to be scare
article in the Wenatchee valley. Ranch
ers have sold their crop and the pun
chasers are holding for high price,
Apples that were selling two month
ago for 80 cents a box are now sellin
at $3.50 and $1.75 a box.
| Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic churc
, at Spokane was dedicated Thursday
November &c, at $3.50 a. M, by tn
Right Reverend Edward J. O'Dea, I
, D., of Seattle. The address was deliy
cred by the Most Reverend Alexande
l Christie, D. D., archbishop of Portland
2 Ore. Vespers were held in the evenin
J at o'clock, with a lecture by tn
! Right Reverend J. P. Carroll, D. D
i, bishop of Helena, Mont. Between Z
e and 100 presses assisted.