Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-12-18
NORTHWEST ITEMS.
NEWS OF IDAHO, MONTANA.
WASHINGTON and OREGON.
A Pew Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fan Trade Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Mike Koran, the winner OF the $lOoo
prize for the best carload of apples at
the National Apple Show, is one of
the pioneers of Washington, and is ia
miliarly known around Wenatchee as
"the COW man, Since he first set
tied in that section years ago he has
been an extensive cattle raiser, and
his experience as a fruit grower only
extends over eight years. About the
year 1900 he set out an orchard at
the mouth of the Wenatchee river,
where he now has thrifty orchard of
so acres.
Charles Brotherton of Athena, Ore,
has purchased 1868 acres of wheat land
in Franklin county, Washington. Thel
consideration paid was $4,000, or $25
an acre.
Sunday morning the new edifce of
the German Methodist society at
Walla Walla was dedicated.
Ten silk flags for the public schools
of Ritzville were presented by Ritz
vile Relief Corps.
| There is to be no letup in the edu-
cational work for farmers undertaken
by the Washington State college at
Pullman and experiment station. A
series of farmers institutes have be-
gun and will continue, with but short
intermissions, all winter.
R. w. Condor of Port Gamble was
recently elected president of the State
Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition COM
mission, and, with A. Halteman of Me-
: teor, appointed executive commits
sioner.
} Leila Signing, IA years old, ended
) her life at Seattle with carbolic acid
at the home of her stepfather, Fred
: Teeple, rather than go to school.
2 In order that she might, after few
years of married life, sue her husband
for divorce and secure $4,000 alimony,
Mrs. Nancy Moses, a pretty young
widow, was welded to Asa Long, a
wealthy octogenarian of Ferndale, re-
Gently. Her relatives, who were "in
on the DEAL" brought the marriage
: about, and the success of the plan was
. only prevented by Longs death, as
the summons in the divorce suit was
= filed on him when he was suffering hi
last illness. This is the statement
:, made by A. ?. Long, son of the de
!, ceased, who has just settled out Of
N court for 5000 suit for a $4,000 shar,
: in the Long estate fled by the widow
= after the death of her aged husband
= Convicted of burglaries and of be
= ing habitual criminal at the term o
u court at Walla Walla closing Satur
day, Frank Lapetri was sentenced t.
the penitentiary for life.
Governor-elect Cosgrove is muc
y better.
Judge Root will be severely censure
- for gross indiscretion in permittin
7, Attorney M. ]. Gordon of the Grea
- Northern to prepare the decision i
- the Harris case and perhaps for solicit
" ing campaign funds from Gordon, bu
:, will be exonerated of any charge G
actual venality or corruption. This
the best forecast which can be made q
e to the character of the findings of tn
Root investigating committee of tn
state bar association.
One hundred and two thousan
:. seven hundred and sixty-two poop
10 - saw the apple show at Spokane La
week.
The Scenic hotel at Scenic HI
,, springs, on the Great Northern, jul
west of the Cascades, burned to IL
. ground few nights ago. The hot
- was valued at $4,000 and the furnis
- ings at about $4,000. All is pract
- cally total loss.
=. At Everett a few nights ago Mi
Laura Weise, who was suffering fro
- i'll health and dependency, jump,
~ from log boom into the river and w
IA drowned. The body was recover,
~ later.
- Captain John McTavish Panic
~ Lloyds' agent for Seattle and prom
- nent marine surveyor of Puget SCUM
died suddenly at his home in Seatt
- Sunday. His death was caused
~ pleuro-pneumonia.
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