Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-09-25
Few Interesting Items Gathered
From our Exchanges of the Sur
roundine country-Numerous Acct
aants and Personal Events Take
p,aee-crop outlook Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

naper of their own, 10 DO Pupiisneu al
Pullman.
The annual convention of the State
federation of Labor will be held in
walla Walla the last of December.
L, N. Phelps, Great Northern station
AGENT at Scenic, while out hunting Sun
asv accidently shot himself through the
forehead. The bullet, passing through
his skull, wounded his companion in the
hand.
q w. Wilton of Anatone is now the
owner of some of the best pieces of
Iord in Asotin county. He has just
bought GAO acres for $22,4oo.
The fruit shipments for the month |
of September from Wenatchee will ag- |
,reoate 200 cars, an increase over last |
wear of 40 per cent
This year $41, 9SS.45 will be received
nv the state as excise tax from express
companies under the law passed by the
last legislature. This is in addition to
the small amounts these companies
have been paying in taxes heretofore
and will pay hereafter on tangible
property assessed in the various coun-
ties. The excise tax is per cent of
earnings within the state.
Judge A. w. Frater in the superior
court of King county has made ruling
not to grant any further divorces I'M
less at least one year has elapsed since
the parties concerned were married.
Charles Turner, alias Charles Gun
derson, river pirate, arrested few
DAYS ago charged with looting camps
at South Seattle, pleaded guilty to bur-
glary and was sentenced to serve from
one to fourteen years in the state
prison.
Reports from the state board of
equalization just completed fix the
value of the wealth of the state at
1874 ,OOO, 900, which is 100000 In
excess of last years. figures.
No vacations with pay are to bt
granted Tacoma city employees here
after unless they work in departments
requiring more than eight hours day
and possible Sunday labor.
The Spokane theater has been en-
gagged for the night of October Ia
when Hearst and Hisgen, the indie
pendent party nominee for president
will both speak.
Although this years production o
wheat in Washington is less than las
year, the price is better and farmer
will receive about $23,000,OOO I'M
years crop is 29,700,6 bushels, at 2
average price of n cents. Last yea
it was 65 cents.
NJ f. Clark, wife of well know
business man of Walla Walla, ha
eloped with IL. A. Dooley. 1t IS b.
lieved that the couple are in Tacoma.
For two hours, while his life bloc
ran rapidly from the wounds made D
four bullets fired into his body by
desperate armed and masked roppe
Pantiley Uordanoff, a Bulgarian
borer, stumbled, half exhausted, alor
the Northern Pacific tracks to Hero
Siding Saturday to catch a tram
bring him to Spokane.
For a period of six week, Billy Su
day, the famous revivalist who us'
to star as baseball player, Will no
union revival services in mammo
tabernacle in Spokane.
David Wallace, a laborer in the
COrmick logging camp, near re Z
was severely hurt recently by a
rolling on him.
James McNellis, 35 years old,
structural iron worker and steel brld
builder, who has been employed
the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee
st. Paul road near Plummer, was Kill
recently.
The Home Telephone company
Bellingham has opened its long d
tance system to Seattle.
Richard Quinn of Everett recen
shot his wife. He claims the affair
accidental, he being drunk at the I'll
The woman is fatally wounded.
While walking along the bank
Pine creek, apparently in good hea
and spirits, Miss Nellie Smith, an
year old girl, was suddenly seized W
fit of apoplexy and fell into
creek. Before help could get to
unfortunate girl she was drowned.
Spokane was selected as the n
place of meeting of the Hibernians'
Henry Mcbride has emphatically
ned the story to the effect that he
Charles E. Coon intend to contest
recent primary election on the gro'
tnat the second choice provision OF
statute is unconstitutional