Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-03
WASHINGTON. IDAHO, OREGON
AND MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-crop Outlook Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Samuel J.. Wharton a familiar fig
ure am Dng mining men of the north
west and a resident of Spokane fol
the last Is years, died recently.
A 100000 increase Of stock for the
further development and improvement
of its property in eastern Washington
was voted by the stockholders of the
Hanford Irrigation company at a spe-
cial meeting.
The third annual convention of the
Stevens County Sunday School aso-
citation will be held in Colville June
80 and July l.
An election was held at Pennington
recently by the school district to de-
eide as to issuing new bonds. The vote
was against issuing new bonds.
Throwing up her hands with pierre
ing scream, Mrs. Elizabeth Gauvitte,
wife of Joe Gauvitte, former proprietor
of the Bodega saloon, Spokane, fell
dead Saturday night, being shot by
her husband who has confessed. They
had had domestic troubles.
To cross the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul line and cut Seattle and Ta-
coma out as wheat shipping points for
the central Washington fields, are de-
clared to be objects and results of the
plan of James j. Hill to build another
railroad extension in eastern Wash
ingtOn
At the annual convention of the
state nurses association at Tacoma
recently it was decided to ask the next
legislature for the passage of a bill
providing for the licensing of all
trained nurses of the state, provision
being made in the bill for an examin-
ing commission or board.
I'VE the jury, find the defendant,
Hezelliah w. Barnes, guilty of murder
in the first degree" was the verdict
of the jury in the trial Of Bud6 Barnes
at Walla Walla for the murder of
Mrs. Anna Aldrich, whom he killed
with a pick handle in the mountains
near Dixie May 1.
F., p. Greene, auditor of Spokane
county, was elected president of the
state organization of county auditors
recently in session at Mount Vernon.
Tacoma was selected as the next place
OF meeting.
The Washington State Z ntal So
ciety at its annual election of officers
at Spokane, selected George T. Will |
liams, Seattle, president. The associ- |
alton this year begins active opera
tons under the new constitution adopt
ed from that of the Illinois society. |
The association will meet next year
at Seattle.
Word was recently sent to Secretary
of the Treasury Cortelyou notifying
him that the Alaska Yukon-Pacific ex-
position has complied with the con-
gressional requirement that $1,00O,000 !
be raised by subscriptions, nomina-
tons, etc, irrespective of any state or
federal appropriations, before the con-
gresional appropriation of 100000 is
made available
Fire recently swept a portion of the |
business district of Tenino, and before
it had been extinguished had caused |
a loss of $4,000, with very little in
surance.
Fire destroyed the dry Silns of the
1OAAtloAOh-ANNau A4ullUGl company dl /
Robe, near Granite Falls. recently.
William Cox, who killed his step
father, Major Whitfield, near Rex,
Douglas county, recently, gave himself
up to the officers. He claims to have |
fired the shots which killed Whitfield |
to protect his mother He is in the
county Jail at Waterville.
Five Saloons a barber shop and a
restaurant were burned at North |
Hooper, on the line of the S., P. & S.
railway, near Kahlotus, recently.
General Manager Claghorn of the |
Northwestern improvement company f
states that no troops had yet been re-
Quested for the mines at Clealum and
Roslyn, and that he did not fear the
strikers would become violent. He
said, however. that the strike was not
ended and that officials of the unions
would perhaps arrive from the east
to settle the dispute, as the local off,
Gals of the union are unable to con-
troll the strikers.