Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-17
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
PIace-crop outlook Good.
washington ITEMS.

With a capital stocr of $50, 900, half
of which is paid up in cash, the First
National bank of harrington, Lincoln
county, has been organized.
Ranchers in the Washtucna country
this year will not pay the high prices
for labor that have prevailed in the
past. The ranchers offer 81 for box
drivers, $3.50 for stackers, leaders
and spike pitchers. For separator
tenders the wages will range from
$3.50 to Sc, according to the size of
the machine
Professor Johnson of the English
department of Washington State col
lege, has resigned and has left Pull
man for Saltwater, Okla, where he
has accepted position of professor
of English in the state university.
Harold Slorah, aged 10 years, of
North Yakima, died recently as the
result of a blank cartridge wound in
the palm of the hand received July 4.
The death at Pullman of Mrs. M.
W. Whitelow, wife of Mark Whitelow,
representative from the Pullman dis
trict and one of its wealthiest farm
ers, occurred recently.
The Oscar e. Young farm of 81
acres has been sold to Samuel and
William Easto of Davenport, father
and son, who will take possession
August l. Price, SCI an acre.
Governor Mead has reappointed
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Der of the state board of pharmacy.
Grover Weinan, 20 years old, EN-,
pIoyed on the Figure Eight" scenic
railroad at the White City, Madison
park. Seattle, recently fell 40 feet to
the ground and re, eived fatal injuries
Mrs. S. e. Hardenbrook discovered
the body of boy 10 years old float
ing on the Columbia river near Hell
Gate.
A serious forest fire is raging on
the bills at East Silver Beach, near
Hellingnam
Tho lees Of the Stevens county
offices fol June as reported to the
county treasurer were: Auditor
$57s.O5; county clerk, s24sO5; sheriff
s126.sO.
One Japanese is dead, another is
dying, 200 persons were rendered
homeless and eight three-story build
ings were destroyed Saturday by q
fire which threatened to wipe out the
restricted district in Seattle. The
Japanese was buried under ruins
while trying to save his trunk, and the
fatally injured one leaped from a win
dow. The origin of the fire is un
known
The first and third battalions of the
Third regiment at Fort George Wright
Spokane, have left for North Yakima
from which point they are to start on
a 20O-mile march to the encampment
grounds at American lake, near Ia
coma.
The Palouse harvest has commenced
with the cutting of alfalfa hay and
within two weeks the cutting of the
grain hay and timothy will be well
under way and the fall grain will be
practically ripeDed for the sickle. In
the favored section comprising the
eastern portion of Whitman county
and the prairie lands of Latah county
the prospects Tor crops of all kinds
were never better.
State Bank Examiner A. w. Engle
has prepared summary showing the
condition of the state banks of Wash
ington at the close of business May
IA. The individual deposits of the
state banks on that date was $35,419,-
1872, which, with $10,366, 467.O4 in
certificates of deposit, brings the total
deposits up to $45. 5,574.5O. The state
banks held in cash in the vaults $780,
674,260.3S. The total resources of
the banks was $S5, 769, 513.sS.
The Whitman county courthouse is
adorned with a beautiful new Amer
lean flag, 12x2O feet, bought with
money appropriated by the commits
sioners for decoration of the court.
house on the Fourth of July.
Mrs. Frank Alling of Tacoma was
killed by an interurban train near
Bluff recently, just 10 feet from the
King county line.