Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-03
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
AND MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of tho Sur
rounding country-Numerou Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-crop Outlook lie Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
B. G. Rowe closed deal for the VIII
liam Pagan farm of 100 acres, two
miles south OF Palouse City. The CON
sideration WAS $3.50.
The Potlatcb Lu.lber company has
just completed a hot pond at the mill
at Potlatch, where the logs that are
hauled down from the timber on the
trains may be dumped. The pond is
heated by steam, piped from the big
boilers
Through the resignation of the Rev.
Walter H. jennings from the pastor
ate of the Baptist church at Dayton,
the controversies that he has waged
with many people in that city are
ended.
His body grasped in the strong arms
of a monsteraaevilfish, Edward Glow,
fishing in a boat in the narrows,
would had bis life in the sea
vampire ce lad it not been for
prompt actioA twDi companions, who
were with him M
The secretary af war mas authorized
a survey of the Columbia liver from
Bridgeport to Kettle 49,
Charlie Richie of Pres ona Of
the large. wheat. growers II Hnrsa
"a I4oefEed one OF The i4a1t
aEoiine tAction plow eHgiiles
a. Eowa to Alse on his farm. twill
Il liae work Of "a horses, pulling three
"a disk blows hnd turning over 25
Vdf sea I'D 10 hours. II success,
Aonize farming in the
F 4eaven wheat country.
N4SiM Funk has received re-
IN coroners about the
~ his invitation to a
0f Ecfoners to be held in
Kaklfna next month. n
gIIf have practically completed
hnalina pfheat to the Washtucna
arket ding to the best esti-
fntes About 900 bushels have been
eliyer The four warehouses.
Two 100 horse power boilers were
received at the state penftentiary re-
Gently for use in the new heating
plant This will double the capacity
of the plant. The monster boilers win
not be installed until next spring, when
the building is completed.
Lotus Tellefson, who fell from the
o. r. & N, trestle at Alto recently,
died from the result OF his Anjuries.
\ STANLEY. Rogers. son of Mr.. aud Mrs.
: 81, Is &c Walla Walla, and a
i5fnef Walia Walls schoolboy, is
haIrg GOOD M gland. where he
9ht BSvefaf years ago to study art
The fall shipments of wheat from
Kenuewick are practically over, there
having been in the neighborhood ot
100000 bushels shipped from there
this season,
The Ritzville Touring mills have
shut down on account of having their
storing capacity for -four full and no
orders.
Considerable agitation is going on
~ through Chelan and Douglas counties
Scfrg . ssttsa<e road from Seattle to
snokane via Wenatchee, AWaterville
and other inland towfs>I he center
OF washington.
Tacoma Entering the Nome OF
John Pedeski, blind Italian >siying
with his two. sons, two burglars ~
Gently compelled the occupants OF the
house to hand over $215 in cash whicf
Pedesh had concealed in his clothes
The disbarment for six months OF
]. w Robinson, a lawyer of Olympia
In this state, for giving utterance In
formal proceedings to rumors reflect
ing on the integrity of the state SUI
preme court affords interesting evil
dence of the courts determination to
,rotect his own reDutatiOn.
On January the Washington
democratic state committee and lead
ers will hold a conference in Tacoma
At that time the arrangements will be
made for the state convention, and 1t
is likely to go to Spokane
Mayor Wright of Tacoma has signed
the ordinance to limit the number OF
saloons in Tacoma to one for each
1000 population and to restrain the
~ from granting any more IL
psl1.sYhetil the city gets 10000 pop
win make is believed the ordinance
about sSOOne present. lieenses worth
WenatcheacAe6 have the T.
of having hire bell that will 6 6Slon
largest bell ever cast west of the oh
river.
Hazel Lee, 3 years old, and Ir
Crabtree, 4 months old, were burne
to death, two persons were injured an
the Washington Children's home ,
Mortimer, eight miles from Seattl
was reduced to smoldering ash hea
by a fire which started in the nurser
shortly before O'Clock Saturda
morning
January is the day set for the opel
ing of the great bridge to the publ
that spans the Columbia at Wenatche>
IDAHO NEWS.
In the death of Robert Grostein, VIII,
passed away at 2 o'clock Sunday morn