Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-01-03
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, 0RLGON
AND MONTANA ITEMS.
a Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIaec-Crop Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

miles south OF Palouse City. The con-
sideration was $1,000.
The Potlatch Lumber company has
just completed hot pond at the mill
at Potlatch. where the logs that are
trains may be dumped. The pond is
heated by steam. piped from the big
boilers.
| Through the resignation of the Rev.
Walter h. Jennings from the pastor
ate Of the Baptist church at Dayton,
the controversies that he has waged
with many people in that city are
ended
His body grasped in the strong arms
of a monster devilfish, Edward Glow,
fishing in a rowboat in the narrows,
would have lost his fife in the sea
vampires embrace had it not been for
prompt action of two companions, who
were with him.
The secretary of war has authorized
a survey of the Columbia river from
Bridgeport to Kettle Falls.
Charlie Richie of Prosser, one of
the large wheat growers in Horse
AAS1'Chg las ACCCANG GU Ouc Vi Tie f1dIL-
Parr gasoline traction pillow engines
from Iowa to use on his farm.N 1t Will
do the work of "a horses. pulling three
four-disk plows and turning over 25
acres of sod in 10 hours. If success.
1t will revolutionize farming in the
famous Horse Heaven wheat country. |
DIR. Philip Frank has received re-
plies from several coroners about the !
state accepting his invitation to a |
meeting of coroners to be held in |
North Yakima next month.
Farmers have practically completed |
hauling their wheat to the Washtucna |
market. According to the best esti-
mites about 100000 bushels have been
delivered at the four warehouses.
Two 150-horse power boilers were |
received at the state penitentiary re-
Gently for use in the new heating
plant. This will double the capacity
Of the plant. The monster boilers will
not be installed until next spring, when
the building is completed.
Lotus Tellefson, who fell from the
D. r. & N. trestTe at Alto recently.
lied from the result of his injuries.
Stanley Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs.
S. Rogers of Walla Walla, and a
'ormer Walla Walls schoolboy, is
making good in England, where he
went several years ago to study art.
The fall shipments of wheat from
<ennewick are practically over, there
having been in the neighborhood of
10000 bushels shipped from there
his season.
The Ritzville Touring mills have
nut down on account of having their
toring capacity for -four full and no
riders
Considerable agitation is going on
trough Chelan and Douglas counties
o secure state road from Seattle to /
spokane via Wenatchee, Watervile
nd other inland towns of the center '
# Washington. |
Tacoma.-Entering the home of
Ohm Pedeski, a blind Italian living S
With his two sons, two burglars re- |
emily compelled the occupants of the l.
louise to hand over $215 in cash which q
'edesh had concealed in his clothes. 9
The, disbarment for six months of q
. w. Robinson, a lawyer of Olympia.
this state. for giving utterance in I
ormal proceedings to rumors reflect /
ng on the integrity of the state SUI II
RENE court. affords interesting evil T
ence of the courts determination to c
rotect his own reputation. n
On January 8 the Washington e
emocratic state committee and lead h
rs will hold a conference in Tacoma. e
It that time the arrangements will be g
lade for the state convention. and it p
likely to go to Spokane.
Mayor Wright of Tacoma has signed
he ordinance to limit the number of
aloons in Tacoma to one for each C
600 population and to restrain the Il
ouncil from granting any more H. G.
enses until the city gets 1879 900 pop- O
iation. 1t is believed the ordinance Ct
Ill make the present licenses worth p
bout $4,000 each.
Wenatchee is to have the distinction II
having fire bell that will be tha n
Irgest bell ever cast west OF the Ohio OF
yer. :,
Hazel Lee, 3 years old, and Iris h,
rabtree, 4 months old, were burned a,
death, two persons were injured and h,
lie Washington Children's home ar
Iortimer. eight miles from Seattle nj
as reduced to smoldering ash hean "
fire which started in the nurserv NJ
lortly before O'clock cat,ra.- -