Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-24
WASHINGTON. IDAHO, OREGON
AND MONTANA ITEMS.
Z Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numeroux Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-Crop Outlook Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

WASHING ON ~ EMS
A party OF mountaineers of Belling-
ham with members of the Seattle
Mountaineers' club will leave Wednes-
day afternoon for an ascent of Mount
Baker, with a new scientific purpose in
view, that of ascertaining how much
of the old mountain can be broken up
and shipped away.
While swimming in the Hanford
pond, IL miles above Hanford, John P.
Pearson, recently of Moscow, Idaho,
was drowned recently.
While riding up steep incline at
the new Milwaukee bridge at Tekoa
recently, three workmen were injured
by the parting of the cable, letting the
car rush to the bottom of the incline
1t is thought none of the men are
fatally injured.
Williams & Co., who have been in
vestigating the accounts of the county
officials of Franklin county, are said
to have found several shortages. The
shortages are believed, however, to be
largely due to bad bookkeeping.
Over a quarter of a million dollars
was paid to the teachers of Spokane
during the last year, the exact amount
being $299,253.13.
While swimming in the river at Spo-
kane Edward Smith, %, a negro la
borer of 324 Bernard street, was
drowned Sunday.
Looking to the necessities of the
grand lodge of Masons of the state of
Washington, Grand Master Royal A.
Cove has appointed a committee con-
sisting of Daniel 1. Cornell of Tacoma,
William V. Reinehard, ST., Of Seattle
and William W. Witherspoon of Spo-
kane, to report at the meeting of the
grand lodge next June upon the de-
STABILITY and practicability of erect
ing building for the grand lodge.
G. T. Erickson of Seattle was the
lowest of five bidders whose proposals
were opened at the navy department
for the construction of a granite and
concrete drydock at the United States
navy yard, Puget sound, for which
congress appropriated s2,00O,OO0.
The Wenatchee Valley & Northern,
the new railroad building from Leav-
enworth toward Wenatchee lake, has
received permission from the govern
ment to continue it's road through the
forest reserve, and work will be start
ed Immediately to finish the line.
That the country tributary to Pull
man will produce almost as much
grain as last year and that, with the
increased price, the farmers will re-
ceive nearly as much money as they
did for the crop of 1907, is believed
by those who have investigated condi-
tions.
A rancher named Rose lost his life
in the Columbia river near Grays land
ing recently having been thrown in
the water violently by a runaway
team.
The wheat market has opened in
Walla Walla, and new grain is slowly
finding its way to the warehouses To-
Gated along the two lines of railway
at intervals of a few miles.
Charleston is to have first-class box
factory
The people of Quincy are making
fight to get the government inter
ested in plan to irrigate the Quincy
flats.
The Cashmere Fruit Growers union
has decided to have a representative
in the east to aid the growers in find
ing a market, and has selected George
N. Johnson to visit the larger places
in the Dakotas and middle western
states.
Work on the Asotin county exhibit
at the Lewiston Charleston interstate
fair will begin this week, with William
McCarrol in charge. 1t is expected
that the display will be the best ever
shown there.
The grand lodge of Masons of Wash
ington will lay the cornerstone of the
new executive mansion at Olympia on
August l.
Mrs. John Kisler of Hatton. the
other day threw some boiling water
out of a window directly on the head
OF her 2-year-old child, who she SUD-
posed was in the house. The child
was so badly scalded that he died
shortly afterward.
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