Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-17
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

John Schaeffer has been arrested at
Prosser on the charge of completely
in the killing os Henry William,
negro, in a saloon brawl
Parties representing New Hamp-
shire homeseekers have bought 5000
acres of Mason county logged off
lands and are now colonizing the
tracts.
F. L. Blake, the Northern Pacific
brakeman who shot Charles Rice,
hobo, at Toppenish, and who was him
self wounded, has been discharged
from custody.
District Attorney Royland of Taco
ma has begun action against several
of the Tacoma tobacconists, who, he
claims, have been disregarding the
anti-cigarette law.
1t is reported that negotiations are
under way in Portland for a consoli-
dalton of the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company and the Home Tel
ephone company
Despite the fact that as the result
of a post norton examination held
over the body of Grotton Gregg at
Spokane, the coroner is of the opin-
ion that the young molatto met death
: at his own hands.
l Eighty-five thousand acres of land
l for the Big Bend irrigation project in
= Washington have been restored to the
public DOMAIN and will become subject
q to settlement and entry after notice
n by the secretary of the interior The
e lands lie in townships 10 and SO north,
e ranges &c and AZ east.
d The first and third battalions of the
e I bird regiment at Fort George Wright.
It Spokane, have left for North Yakima,
l. from which point they are to start on
2O0-mile march to the encampment
r., grounds at American lake, near Ia
N coma.
The Palouse harvest has commenced
with the cutting of alfalfa hay and
within two weeks the cutting of the
Vi grain hay and timothy will be we'll
70 under way and the fall grain will be
~ practically ripened for the sickle. In
" 1.-THE favored section comprising the
oA eastern portion of Whitman county
ei and the prairie lands of Latah county
the prospects for crops of all kinds
lily were never better.
at State Bank Examiner A. w. Engle
ac- has prepared a summary showing the
condition of the state banks of Wash
lily ington at the close of business May
AN IA. The individual deposits of the
state banks on that date was $35,4l9,
ket 1872. which, with $10,366, 467.04 il
eat certificates of deposit, brings the tota
deposits up to $45, 7S5,574.5O. The stat
banks held in cash in the vaults $40
p GA 260.3S. The total resources o
eoe the banks was $S5, 769, 51S.SS.
KY The Whitman county courthouse
ZOO adorned with a beautiful new Amel
AK lean flag, 12x2O feet bought wit
te7 money appropriated by the commits
40 sioners for decoration of the cour
house on the Fourth of July.
FRS Mrs Frank Alling of Tacoma wa
killed by an interurban train nef
ton Bluff recently, just 10 feet from IL
King county line.
-ork The fight waged for months betwet
! To- Frank Waerhouse q 20. ana Jeps'
lean q Ostrander for the control Oh no
shipments from Seattle to the orie
p of resulted in favor of the former co
n To Germ. The secretary of war stat
lean that it's bid for carrying quarterms
,pre- ter supplies to the Philippines fro
hair Seattle has been accepted.
ched c. Malmo of Seattle was elect
Ell of president of the Pacific Coast Asso
COM alton of Nurserymen, which last we
concluded its sixth annual convent
at North Yakima, and c. A. Tonnes
of Tacoma was chosen secreta
treasurer. The association select
trlct Seattle as the meeting place of its 1s
the convention asked for a state bure
treat of agriculture and appointed me
men Der to present the claims for such
COM the legislature. Horticultural law "
earn discussed, and the prevailing laws c.
1903. demned as being the work of pol
the clans with the intention of being
but ministered politically. The appoi
per ment of deputy inspectors, it is
the clared, should be taken out of
OF hands of county commissioners a
pay placed in the state horticultural CO
other mission.
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