The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-03-21

tV Oregon, VIII be helQ at mIlol MelS
%. % and 80. S. A. Barnes is presl-
dent and J. NJ. O'Harra secretary.
The log drivers on st. Maries river
in Idaho. have gone out on strike for
higher wages. One hundred and fifty
men are said to be out and the work
| is tied up.
report has reached Wallace, Idaho,
that Clarence Wilson has been
drowned in ST. Joe River at Santa. No
particulars are given.
An effort is being made in the vi
cinity of Weston, Ore, to find the re-
mains of John Stranberg, who disap-
peared from his ranch last spring. 1t
is believed he was murdered.
J A. Nichols was killed near Town
bend, Mont, Saturday afternoon as the
result of a saddle horse, which Mich
OILS was riding, stumbling and falling
on top Of him. He died instantly. Mich
OILS is survived by a mother, four
brothers and seven sisters.
Henry Logan a negro who was
caught redhanded at Missoula Monday
night in the act of stealing a pocket
book from Mrs. Kate Gadbaw near the
Rose avenue lodging house was tried
in the district court Tuesday and SEN
| fenced to serve nine years in the peni-
| Tertiary.
Arthur A. Benjamin has been APP
pointed postmaster at Mammoth, Mad
ison county. Mont, Vice A. O. Reed. re-
signed
! Announcement has been sent out t
comrades of the oath annual encamp
ment of the department of Montana, G
A. r., which will be held i'll Butte OF
April Q. 10 and II, 1908 beginning
II o'clock a. m. April 9.
Joe Yurrera, the Tacoma holGup
wilted in the county Jail at Tacoma,
Thursday and confessed that he held
| 10 and robbed Frank Martin in Wright
park week ago.
The body of a man was found in the
Talouse river at Washtucna Wednes-
DAY afternoon by two boys. The re-
mains We're beyond identification. hav-
ing undoubtedly been in the water for
long time
While driving in Eliensburg, We'd
ncsday evening William S. Smithson,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Smithson.
col!ided with a hay wagon. Young
Snithsor was thrown against the hay
rack and received injuries which
caused his death Thursday. He was 90
| years of age.
! Governor Mead has designated
Thursday, April 9, as Arbor day in the
state of Washington.
! Schools at kiOna are closed and one
of the hotels is under quarantine as
the result of an epidemic of diphtheria
After being tracked from North
I akima 10 Seattle and from Seattle
to Portland and thence to various cities
n California, Sheriff Edwards of Yaki-
ma county has received word that M F.
Nichols. wanted for obtaining money
under false pretenses from the FRS
National bank at Hanford, Cal, and is
being held until a deputy can be sent tt
bring him back.
The supreme court has affirmed tn,
judgment of conviction of E. G
Thompson for practicing dentistry
without a license. Thompson had al
Office in Seattle, and the judgment car.
iries a fine of $50 The only issue raised
was the sufficiency of the evidence
The wild animal scalp bounties pait
Iout by Okanogan county from June l
zoos, to March s, 1905 was 1881.
Milwaukee contractors. Tuesday be
gan the big bore on the 400O-foot tun.
mel through the summit between Ell
lensburg and the Columbia river. TIL,
approaches have been completed. TIL,
contractors have their own electri,
lplant. Work will be continued both day
and night until the tunnel is com.
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