Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-12-10
NORTHWEST STATES
ITEMS OF IDAHO, MONTANA,
Washington and OREGON.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fan Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

WAOt11NG1ON o4AA5 N6"o.
Bluestem wheat brought $1.123 a /
bushel in the Colfax market Saturday. |
Alfred Livengood, aged AZ, at Dayton,
is the youngest superintendent of city
schools in. the northwest.
1t is said that $1.22 1-2 was offered a
farmer near Uniontown for large crop
of bluestem wheat Saturday, but was
turned down.
Charging predecessors with virtual in
fraction of the state laws, County Asses
sor Adelbert E. French of Columbia
county, announces that the records as
kept by previous assessors of Columbia
county are incomplete, confusing, mis-
leading and erroneous.
Charles F. Stuart, Maiden business
man, has been appointed postmaster at
that place, vice Rufus r. Wilson, editor
of the Maiden Herald, which has dis
continued, who has resigned to accept
position in the government printing
Office at Washington.
The Pullman Touring mills have been
sold to L. W. Robinson of Pullman for
$21 900, which includes the stock of
flour and wheat on hand. The mill and
real estate sold for $4,000. The flour
and grain were sold at $4,000.
The Typographical survey of the
Quincy, Morrison and Red Rock quad
rangles, under the direction of United
States engineers, was completed No
vember 80.
A large quantity of provisions from
Aberdeen were sent by steamer to
South Bend, Willapa and Raymond,
which have been cut off from rail COM
munication for several days. Condi-
lions in the isolated sections became
so serious that an appeal for aid was
sent to Aberdeen.
By a miracle, in the opinion of wit
nesses, no one was injured when a
Northern Pacific freight train, moving
westward, backed into northbound
Washington Water Power street car at
the Howard street crossing at $3.50
clock Saturday at Spokane
State Land Commissioner E. w. Ross
will go to Washington, D. c., to de.
mand of congress the restoration to
the public domain of about 100000
acres of land in this state, which has
been unjustly withdrawn from settle
ment by the Pinchot administration
OF the 20 counties in this state af
fected by the six forest reserves
Okanogan is the principal sufferer
having 1856 acres withdrawn, while
Chelan is cut off from the enjoyment
of 1884,, 400 acres. Skamania has nearly
100000 acres withdrawn, while What
com heads the list of West Side coun
, ties with 100000 acres withdrawn from
, settlement.
} by other northwestern cities to elimi
nate loan sharks
! Estimates of flood losses in north
! west Washington are almost doubled al
: the waters recede and outlying districts
} are heard from. Many place the los
D at $2,5OO,0OO in Skagit and Whatcon
D counties. The upper Skagit valley will
D be cut off from the rest of the world
D for months, until 40 miles of railway
4 are relocated and built. Two big cemen
8 plants at Concrete must close.
D Recent mysterious fires in the Moxe
D valley, just across the river from Nortl
2 Yakima, have caused the destruction
of about 200 tons of hay, resulting il
a loss of about $1,000 to the owners
. At Seattle recently four thugs raide,
the store of Dan s. Lyppes, and binding
: Mrs. Dyppes and another woman, an,
cruelty beating Mr.. Lyppes, searche,
the victims and secured $500 wit
which they made their escape
Ruth Clark, IL years old, wa
= drowned in the flooded Quilcene rive
at Quilcene, Wash, recently.
E. J. Foote and James Wilson
5 I. W. WIS at Spokane, convicted O.
= the charge of conspiracy, will be mad
i to work on the county rock pile, tn
same as all other prisoners.
F. E. Snodgrass, who far the las
> five years has been deputy collector o
customs in charge of the Spokane Of
fee, has resigned. His successor
James E. Daniels of Northport.
s. The collapse of the toy department
e balcony in a big store at Walla Wall
l. Saturday, caused the injury of thre
q children, and scores of others ha
IS narrow escapes.
D. William Henry Harrison Billups, age
e SO years, died recently at Waitsburs
IDAHO ITEMS.
A new bank at Kamiah is reported
Saturday was a gala day in White