Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-31
NORTHWEST STATES
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
Place-crop Outlook 10 Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

Many clearing house certificate
have been raised at Hoquiam and tn
perpetrators of the fraud have reape,
something of a harvest.
Seattle friends of q. B. Search, VIII
was killed in the railroad yard at FL
lensburg October rs, are offering a re
ward of $50 for the recovery OF his in
surance Identification card.
The managers of three theaters a
Bellingham have ben arrested on thu
charge OF violating the Sunday closing
law.
The danger of strike on the part
OF the longshoremen at Seattle is past
At recent meeting it was decided tc
sign the scale proposed by the ship
owners.
The authority Mof Superintendent
Harry F. Liston of the Puyallup Con
solidated Indian agency has been Off,
cially suspended. The government
will proceed to adjust Mr.. Listens Off.
cial affairs.
In a brand new $4,000 train, the
equipment of which is declared by
competent judges to be the finest and
most modern that could be bought, an
excursion party of 200 representative
business men of Spokane, Occur
d'Alene City, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake,
Newport and other nearby places, and
few visitors from distance, made
trip from Spokane to Newport and
return over the new Idaho & Wash
ington Northern railroad Saturday as
guests of the company.
Shipments of all classes Of products
from North Yakima last year totaled
64,7S5 tons, an increase of 1885 tons
over 1906.
Horatio Daniels was stealing a ride
on the pilot Of a locomotive recently
near North Yakima when the engine
struck a COW. In the ensuing mixun
Daniels suffered several fractures and
internal injuries He managed to
hang on until the engine stopped.
The Japanese and Chinese language,
together with the history, literature
religion and commercial customs of
those nations, will be taught at the
University of Washington next year.
1883 ~ HAC0ChL pans.
George w Ragsdale, proprietor Of
the Favorite saloon, who struck and
Killed Dusty" Dean in a fist fight in
an argument over money matters. was
found guilty at Spokane Of manslaugh-
ter.
Mrs. C. o. Browder, widow of the
late 9. o. Browder, formerly auditor of
Whitman county, died recently.
Decisive steps have been taken in |
Wilbur toward the organization of a
commercial club for their town to fur
ther market day plans.
Case & Esbach, the North Coast con-
tractors, have been awarded the con-
tract for dam to be built by the
Pleasant Valley Irrigation company in
the East Selah valley The company
will irrigate about 1900 acres of land
Tor fruit culture. The dam will be
so feet high and 800 feet across.
On the eve of his retirement as
pastor Of the Emanuel Baptist church.
Seattle, suit against the Rev. w. q.
Jones by Elmer p, Poole, Boston
1eweler alleging alienation of his
wife's affections and asking $4,000
damages therefore, was dismissed.
At a recent meeting of the La Crosse
local No. 5, Farmers Educational and
Cooperative union, farmers bargained /,
for 10000 grain sacks.
Everett's postoffice was entered by
cracksmen Sunday morning Forcing
the vaults, they secured $4,000 in
stamps, as well as $3.50 cash which was
in the till. OF the cash stolen, S125
belonged to a clerk in the department.
Clifford Baker, lad 10 years old of
North Yakima, had his left hand COM
pletely blown of while fooling with
shotgun.
During the last year the gross re-
ceipts of the Wenatchee postofice
amounted to $14,511, a gain of 22.7 per
cent over the year 1906.
Charles Eastman was shot and atal-
ly wounded by Policeman Durham In
Sedro- Woolley while resisting arrest.
Practically all Of the single mills in
Washington will resume operations in
March, after a shutdown of from three
to six months. There are AIS mills in
the state, and all but about 4 per cent
are closed down.