Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19
NORTHWEST. STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
roundlngf country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIaee-crop Outlook Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

A COW belonging to L. G. Beebe of
Lake Whatcom bore triplets recently,
which are now well developed.
In the superior court at Seattle re-
Gently Guy c. Stratton, secretary and
treasurer of the Acme Single Mill
company, was sentenced to serve
sentence of from one to FIVE years in
the state penitentiary and to pay a
fine of $780, He was convicted of
manslaughter in running down Hen
rietta Johnson with his automobile and
killing her. He gave notice of appeal.
While playing hockey from school
John Weddle and Walter Moe, aged
9 and 10 years, respectively, were re-
Gently drowned in Lake Union, in Seat
tie. The bodies were recovered.
The recent fire in the Stone, Fisher
company's department store at Ia
coma caused $4,000 damage, due prin-
cipally to the automatic sprinkler
flooding two of the floors.
While playing about the house at
Spokane 3 year old son of Mrs.
Campbell found loaded revolver and,
pointing it at his mother, pulled the
trigger playfully. The weapon was
discharged and the ball lodged in Mrs.
Campbelrs leg.
The water of the Columbia river has
risen so high that Wenatchees tenn
porary pumping plant is in danger OF
being carried away in the flood.
The artificial ice manufacturing
plant which>has been built during the
spring at PTosser has been put in oper-
alton for the first time, and the test
was satisfactory. The ice machinery
and the cold storage plant represent
an expenditure of $4,000.
William Jarvis, who was recently
convicted of horse stealing at Con
conully, was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for an indeterminate term OF
from one to ten years.
Mayor John F. Miller of Seattle has
announced the appointment of Captain
Irving Ward as chief of police.
]. w. Culton, a pioneer resident OF
the Palouse country, died at Palouse
City recently.
The funeral of Mrs. Nancy ]. Rem
shaw, a widely known Whitman coun
ty pioneer, who died at the house Of
her son, Moses A. Renshaw, in Seattle
took place from the house of Charles
Scriber in Colfax last week.
State Superintendent Henry B
Dewey has commissioned former Prin
cipal H. NJ Shafer of the state norma
school as sole delegate from Washing
ton to attend the national congress il
Cleveland, Ohio, in July, to unity anC
codify school laws. Mr.. Shafer will
leave June 20.
The department at Washington ha!
notified Postmaster Hugh Eldridge o
Bellingham to Immediately secure
proper data on the site for the new
federal building there, that the gov
eminent architect may have a bash
on which to prepare plans.
Fire, which originated by the over
turning of kerosene lamp early Sat
urday morning, destroyed $35,0Ot
worth of property in the restricted
district and caused the death of l.
horses stabbed in the Home Comfor
livery barn, which was destroyed also
After having by a heroic effor
saved a younger playmate, Tedd,
Simpson of Spokane from drowning
Saturday afternoon, Felix Zilka, age
IA years, became exhausted and sam
to his DEATH laying down his owl
| o. 1ifn in To hnA n
his friend.
Several hundred union laboring mel
of Walla Walla will ask the board o
education to submit to the people o
Walla Walla school district at the mex
election the proposition of free tex
books.
Tacomas fire losses for 1907 wer
S461,9S7.95. Insurance, $3.50, 4S4.65.
The Commercial club of Pullman i
perfecting plans for the installation
of a denatured alcohol plant there.
According to State Grain Inspecto
John w. Arrasmith, all indications
point to a wheat crop this year tina
will fully equal that of last year, 40
100000 bushels.
Applications for grain bags are be
ing received at the state penitentiary
A commercial club was recently or
ganized at Issaquah.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Pau
has begun laying it's 90-pound stee
rails in the eastern part of the state
The milk dealers of Seattle now sci
IL quarts of milk for 81.
The Hayes brothers are planting OF
their farms 10 miles east of EllensburI
so acres in onions and 100 acres il
potatoes.
Secret fraternal societies will not b
permitted at Whitman college unit
there are at least 200 men enrolled.
The city of Centralia is to have
fire apparatus and a paid fire depart
ment
Arrangements are being made for
big Fourth of July celebration a
North Yakima. A race meet will b
one of the features.
Teh town of Chelan has population
of 721, as against 61S two years age
Lacking $500 in receipts for the pas
year, the Walla Walla postoffice wi
not be raised to the first class.
The Columbia river is nearing tn
high water mark and logs, rowboat
and occasionally house float by.