Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-26
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerou Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIaee-crop Outlook Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.


keeper for Colonel d. P. Jenkins, the
wealthy Spokane pioneer, recently ar
rested for raising a check for $125
given her by her late employer to
1925, tried to commit suicide recently.
The Ridgeway theater, the only play
house in Colfax, was destroyed by fire
at 8 o'clock Saturday morning. The
origin of the blaze is a mystery, but
those on the scene first say it was
caused by defective, electric wires
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $4,000
Brooding over the refusal of his
sweetheart's parents to permit him to
visit the young woman's home, Will
liam Sullivan, 25 years old, living near
Stevenson, ended his troubles by send
ing bullet crashing into his head.
A. ]. Murphy, who lives northwest
of Almira Is miles, went to the home
of Jens Weismann, neighbor, Thurs
day, and, having asked permission to
write a letter, was left alone in the
room. Mr.. Weismann short time
after, hearing the report of a gun, ran
to the house to find, Murphy lying by
his chair, having taken Weismann's
gun from it's rack and shot himself
Murphy died in few minutes.
At the special election at Deer
Park it was voted to incorporate.
S. G. Cosgrove, candidate for gov
ernor on the republican ticket, has re-
turned home from an electioneering
tour a sick man and has of late been
confined to his room. He is to make
no more speeches. Should he con.
tinue to make speeches, the doctors
say, he will lose his voice perma
nently.
That deposits in the banks of the
state of Washington increased $6,442,
466 between February IA and May IA
is shown by Rogers Financial Record
a summary of the condition of the
banks of the Pacific northwest, pub
lished after each call of the comptrol
Ter of the currency, by Edgar Roger
of Seattle. The total deposits of the
Washington banks is given at $13S,
06S,782.
The twenty-frst annual meeting oil
the Washington State Dental society
will convene in Spokane Thursday
this week and continue during Friday
and Saturday. ]. Q. Bryan of In
dianapolis will be one of the principal
attractions and will deliver several
addresses during the convention.
The work of the May examination
of teachers has been completed. The
number of applicants at this examin
alton was 1433, which is 1856 more thar
took the examination in May, 1907. OF
the 1433 applicants 957 received Ger
tificates. This means that there were
476 failures in the state, 81 per cent
The state railroad commission has
announced it's first findings on the
value of railway property in the state
This shows in round numbers prop
erty used exclusively for railroad pur
poses by the Northern Pacific, Sill,
100000; Great Northern, $4,000, 900;
o. R. & N, $16,OOO,O0O.
Mrs. Julia H. Van Patten of Day
ton was elected to the position Of
grand worthy matron of the Order o.
Eastern Star of the state Mrs. Lib
bic ]. Demorest was reelected secre
tary, having held the position for II
years. The other officers were ad
vanced one step.
Robert L. McCloskey of Colfax was
elected grand high priest of the granC
chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Yam
cey G. Blalock of Walla Walla was re
elected grand secretary. All the Other
officers were regularly advanced.
There will be no more liquor ads
in the cars of the Spokane Traction
company in Spokane after July 1.