The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-07-17
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
AND MONTANA ITEMS.
4 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.

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west and a resident of Spokane for
the last Is years, died recently.
A $500. 600 increase of stock for the
further development and improvement
of its property in eastern Washington
was voted by the stockholders OF the
Hanford Irrigation company at a spe-
cial meeting.
The third annual convention of the
stevens County Sunday School aso-
citation will be held in Colville June
80 and July l.
An election was held at Pennington
recently by the school district to de-
eide as to issuing new bonds. The vote
was against issuing new bonds.
Throwing up her hands with a pierre
ing scream. Mrs. Elizabeth Gauvitte,
wife of Joe Gauvitte, former proprietor
OF the Bodega saloon, Spokane, fell
dead Saturday night. being shot by
her husband, who has confessed. They
had had domestic troubles.
To cross the Chicago, Milwaukee K
St. Paul line and u Seattle and Ia
| coma out as wheat shipping points for
the central Washington fields, are de-
clared to be objects and results Of the
pIan of James ]. Hill to build another
railroad extension in eastern Wash
ington.
At the annual convention of the
state nurses association at Tacoma
recently it was decided to ask the next
legislature for the passage OF a Dill
providing for the licensing Of all
trained nurses of the state, provision
being made in the bill for an examin-
ing commission or board.
I'VE. the jury, find the defendant,
!. Hezekiah w. Barnes, guilty OF murder
in the first degree" was the verde;
: of the jury in the trial Of Budd Barnes
at Walla Walla for the murder OF
Mrs. Anna Aldrich, whom he killed
: with a pick handle in the mountains
near Dixie May l.
F. P. Greene, auditor OF Spokane
: county, was elected president OF the
: state organization OF county auditors
recently in session at Mount Vernon
Tacoma was selected as b next place
, of meeting.
The Washington State Dental SO
ciety. at its annual election of officer
at Spokane. selected George 7. Wi
: liams, Seattle, president. The assoc
: alton this year begins active opera
I tions under the new constitution adopt
: ed from that of the Illinois society
=, The association will meet next yea
4 at Seattle.
Word w~as'recently sent to Secretar
of the Treasury Cortelyou notifyin
him that the Observation-Disclosures e.
position has complied with the col
gressional requirement that 100000
be raised by subscriptions, nomini
b. tons. ETC., irrespective of any state {
IS federal appropriations, before the CO
i, g~resional appropriation Of 100000
made available.
Fire recently swept a portion OF III
business district of Tenino, and befol
il had been extinguished had cause
a loss of 500. 600, with very little /
rv surance.
70 Fire destroyed the dry kilns OF II
-. Johnston-Dean Lumber company
or Robe. near Granite Falls, recently.
William Cox, who killed his ste
mt father. Major Whitfield, near Re
,ar Douglas county, recently, gave himse
up to the officers. He claims to ha'
led fred the shots which killed Whit
III to protect his mother. He is in Il
tie county Jail at Waterville.
ut. Five saloons, a barber shop and
ng restaurant were burned at Nor
ties Hooper, on the line CT the s., P. &
icy railway. near Kahlotus, recently.
General Manager Claghorn of I
Northwestern Improvement compal
states that no troops had yet been
quested for the mines at Clealum a
Roslyn. and that he did not fear I
strikers would become violent. ]
sn- said. however, that the strike was n
ended and that officials of the unto
would perhaps arrive from the ca
TO settle the dispute, as the local o
cials Of the union are unable to CT
troll the strikers.