Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-11-27
NEWS OF IDAHO, MONTANA
WASHINGT TON And OREGON.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-NumerouB Acct
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 $75,00o.'
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 $s5o,OOO paper manu-
featuring plant which is in prospect
for Spokane have been made public
by G. B. Pride, who is the practical
man behind the big enterprise.
George Barkar, late a soldier sta
toned at 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
fled with the governor. It asks $780,
S73.25 for the coming two years work.
The brave deed of Fireman Heffner
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 at
Auburn, Horace Felt met an awful
fate. He lost his grip on the handhold
of a car, was swept under the wheels
and ground to pieces.
A beautiful arctic OF snowy owl was
shot recently on the reservation back of
the Puyallup Indian school. The owl
measures five feet three inches from
tip to tip of wings and from his beak
to the end of his tail measures "a
inches.
Apples are getting to be a scarce
article in the Wenatchee valley. Ranch
ers have sold their crop and the pur-
chasers are holding ter high prices.
Apples that were selling two months
ago for so cents box are now selling
at $3.50 and $1.75 a box.
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic church
at Spokane was dedicated Thursday,
November 26, at $3.50 a. m, by the
Right Reverend Edward J. O'Dea, D.
D., of Seattle. The address was deliv-
cred by the Most Reverend Alexander
Christie, D. D., archbishop of Portland,
Ore. Vespers were held in the evening
at 8 o o'clock, with a lecture by the
Right Reverend J. P. Carroll, D. D.,
bishop of Helena, Mont Between rs
and 100 presses assisted.