Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-07-31
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
AND MONTANA ITEMS.
esview of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Henispheres
During the Past Week-NationaI,
historical, Political and Personal
Events.
WASHINGTON ITEMS

OrONllle Is W DCCOAhC a OANJ INV %
a result of vote taken on incorporation,
which was overwhelmingly in favor.
The Inland Empire Pioneer associa-
,ion announces that the annual meet |
ing will be at Ballous grove, August 6.
Unless drastic measures are taken
there will be a plague of Jim Hill mus
cord throughout the Palouse country.
The annual school census of Pull
man has been completed and shows
1879 children of school age, as against
800 last year.
meeting of the regents of Wash
ington State college will be held We'd
resday. August 5. The opening of
school occurs September 20
At North Yakima the Webber-Bussel
cannery has begun operations and will
employ 100 hands at the start. A large
quantity of apricots will be put up.
Deeds for approximately $1,000,000
worth of property within the city linn
its of Spokane gere filed Saturday by
the North Coast Railway company.
The Palouse local of the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative union
has leased the Frank Friese ware
bsuse there to handle the crop of the
members.
Bert FODDER has been arrested at
Sprague on the charge of stealing a
horse saddle, bride and chaps. The
property belonged to Ed Hallett of
Ritzville.
While a crew of haymakers was
bathing in the Okanogan river, six
miles above Brewster, recently, the
body of a woman was discovered
lodged in the underbrush.
For the last IL years and seven
months pastor of the First Baptist
church at Spokane, DR.. o. w. Var
Osdel has severed his pastoral rela
ton with the congregation.
Melba, age 7, daughter of Norman
Markley, attorney of Seattle, is alive
after she was thrown into Lake Wash
ington by her mother, who a momen
later threw herself in and drowned.
Mount Baker is an active volcano
the craters belching forth vapor ant
sulphurous fumes, according to an eH
ploring party of five who have re
turned from the scene of the phenon
enon.
Bacon & Galbraith's hay barn an
a large amount of hay stacked nearb
burned at Toppenish recently. Fou
hundred tons of hay is lost, with insul
ance of S140O. The barn cost abor
$4,000 and is insured for $4,000.
Fifty years ago, September 3, 1S5
Colonel George Wright camped on tn
site of the fort at Spokane name
after him. and it is now proposed
commemorate the event next Septer
Der by suitable public ceremony.
B. D. Springer, a millwright OF I
coma, now working in the coal mine
at Pittsburg, Wash, has received VOL
that he has fallen heir to about $l'
100000, through a division of the o
Springer estate in Pennsylvania belI
made.
Several sections Of school lam
around North Yakima were leased I
Gently by County Auditor Crocker. II
Selah Ranch company took sectl'
at . cents an acre. William Ludwig
10 cents an acre for a whole sectlc
paid the highest price.
Forty thousand acres of land tn
were withdrawn for use in connecu
with the Big Bend irrigation prole
will be open for settlement Septemr
30 and for filing after October 80 Il
year. No settlement or filing Will
recognized prior to these dates.
Judge c. H. Hanford of the Giro
court has issued a temporary inJu
ton restraining the longshorem
who are on strike in Tacoma, n
interfering with the conduct &C b'
ness of the Alaska Steamship
Alaska Pacific Steamship company
from molesting strikebreakers.
Craftsmen drilled their way thro'
three steel doors into the vaultro
OF the Seattle Safe Deposit Vaults
'Ol First avenue, in the heart OF
business district of Seattle, Sumo
and stole a large amount of jewt
and contents of strong boxes. T
were frightened away before t
could get into the inner vault.
Sheriff Crowley of Kittitas cou
mas not given up his efforts to capt
tne man who shot and killed
Iheroff at the tunnel camp of the
Waukee road 20 miles east of Ell