The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-10
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, Oregon
and MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-crop outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

mouse CeTlluCdlSS ASSuSN -
during the recent financial furry V
been retired.
The state book will show 24O,OOO
population for Seattle, 10000 for Spo-
kane and 10000 for Tacoma.
Hopgrowers Of the Yakima valley
Lave formed a union.
The city of Colville is now in the
third class.
There are entries of 700 birds Tor
the poultry show at Walla Walla.
There will be no cut in the price OF
hair cuts aDd other tonsorial work at
Tacoma as announced some time age
Tacoma, Nashville his accom-
plice stood at the door OF the wool
sned frightening away inquisitiYe chill
dren with a revolver, John Vargo, a
miner at Carbonate, recently stole a
chest containing 5000 in $40 gold
pieces, the lifelong savings of Johl
Vaselino of Carbonate, and made his
escape.
The body of P. w. Dillon, who died
at his home in Davenport, was shipped
to Tacoma for burial.
Injuries that may prove fatal to
both were sustained by Abraham Neil
sen and Albert Olson, who jumped
from the second story window of a
Spokane lodging house while that floor
of the building was enveloped 10
flames.
During the year 1907 over $2,OOO,O01
of county and school funds were han
died in Spokane.
During the past year Tacoma has
spent $87, 5O1.95 for new fire houses
and fire equipment. y
There is little hopes of rescuinS
Harry Joyce and John Hager, who
we're buried in a caying well on the
ranch of Miss Tillie Bleck, two miles
north of Ethiopia.
The Toppenish school district has
commenced suit to annul $4,000 worth
of school warrants, declaring them
fraudulent.
Steve Philips has been charged at
Seattle with murder in the first de-
gree in the killing of Mrs. Madge Hen
derson, a negress.
A meeting of all county commission
ers Of the state has been called at
Tacoma for February IL to form a
state organization and make a system
attic campaign for good roads.
Filing of candidates. under the di
rect primary law for the city election
in March closed with 104 aspirants
listed for the 10 Offices in Seattle.
Earl Musselman, aged IA, was killed
and Clyde Damaske, aged 10, fatally
injured, recently by a heavy shingle
bolt, which crushed them.
At the meeting of the state teach
ers' association at Seattle it was de
cided to hold the next annual meeting
in Spokane, commencing December 20,
1908. officers were elected for the
ensuing year as follows: President,
A. H. Yoder of Tacoma; vice presi.
dents, N. d. Showalter of Colfax, and
Miss Nettie Sawyer of Seattle; treas
urer, Chas. Pagan of Seattle; secre-
tary, o. C. Whitney OF Tacoma.
The Sedro Woolley postofhce was
burglarized recently.
1t is reported that state general fund
warrants are being discounted by
banks Of Seattle, Spokane and else.
where 5 per cent.
The trim new steamer North Sta,
of the Columbia & Okanogah Steam.
boat company has made her first tril
up the Columbia.
The snowfall has interfered with
completing the approaches to the new
Wenatchee bridge aAd the formal
opening Of that structure consequently
may be delayed until about January
Is.
The Walla Walla auxiliary to the
Washington State Stockgrowers' asso
citation was formed recently.
N. n. Carroll, a Colfax stock buyer
has made the largest shipment of live
stock that ever went out Of the Colfay
yards in n day. The shipment con
sisted Of i've cars of stall fed steer +,
and three carloads of hogs.
Two laborers were killed and eight
badly injured by a dynamite explosion
at a subcamp Of Contractor Taylor on
the Portland & Seattle road, 25 mile.
soutn OF Sprdgue, saturday.
Six members of the Law Enforce
ment league who ~canvassed Spokan,
Sunday gathering evidence against
those saloon proprietors who KEEP
their places open found 10 saloon,
closed in n district, in another 2,
and in the third 40. making a total o.
70 saloons which were closed.
With a complete co~unterfeiting out
Mt in their possession, two ALLEGED
workingmen, giving their names a,
w. H. HaWley and c. A. Quaife, wer,
arrested in Tacoma along the North
ern Pacific tracks in South Tacoma.
IDAHO NEWS.
, Roosevelt has created a stir In No