Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-02-12
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-Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.


Preliminary work on the big electric
railway tunnel under the business Sec
tion of Spokane was commenced this
week.
Tacoma.-That the German govern
ment is friendly to Joshua Klein, the
self-appointed Messiah, planetary di-
vinity and radioactive healer, was in
Dictated by the receipt of telegram
signed by Emil Won Hoffman, secretary
to the German ambassador, baron Won
Bernstorff, in Washington, stating that
no pains or expense is to be spared in
defending Klein.
State Auditor Clausen has prepared
a statement of state receipts and dis
bursements for January. 1t shows
gross receipts of $4,000, of which
$151, 500 is general fund, which in
cluded $4,000 state taxes, $4,000
liquor licenses, $4,000 sales of tide
lands made by Land Commissioner
Ross, $4,000 collected from corpora
tions in fees and licenses, and $11, ZOO
collected from insurance companies.
} The expenditures for the month aggre-
gated $21s,OOO, of which $4,000 was
paid out of the military fund and about
: $4,000 was paid for legislative ex-
} penses.
) For the first time in the history of
3 Whitman county wheat reached ST a
t bushel Saturday.
John D. Bayman, a pioneer of
l Sprague, aged 65 years, died recently.
e An appropriation of $4,000 has been
g asked for in bill introduced by Sen
I ator Ankeny for the national irriga-
+ tion congress at Spokane.
Frank Cereni, president of the Oak
J. land Institute of Banking, was in
! dorsed for a position on the national
f executive council by the Seattle chap
). ter.
IS Electric engines are to be used in
II the G. N. Cascade tunnel, each weigh
r ing 115 tons.
All records for wheat prices were
Y. broken at Walla Walla last week, when
70 Dement, Bros, grain buyers, of Walla
ID Walla, purchased 1900 bushels Of
lie choice bluestem wheat at $1.03 &
III bushel.
Dr. 1t is reported that the equipment
lie and franchise of the Palouse Light and
st Power company, of which D. G.7Kline
as felter was the head, has been take1
C. over by the Idaho-W Washington Ligh
and Power company, of which M. J
I'd Shields of Moscow is president, TO
n. $2s, 900.
n AS soon as the legislature adjourn
IL the state railroad commission has de
n cided that it will make trip over al
d. the railway lines in the state to per
Ii sonally investigate the service rem
up dered, station facilities, agents ant
ar train service generally.
Fire starting in the boiler room o
to kitchen in the basement of the Elks
in temple at Spokane did about $500
worth of damage to the building earl.
NV Sunday morning.
"a The district forester has recommend
ar- ed to the land Office in Washington
CHI D. c., the issuance of patents to Goa
Ial lands in the Cowlitz pass to severa
on Yakima men.
he John w. Fields has broken all rec
ords for Horse Heaven wells. He ha
ub struck a good FLOW of water at 5
ri feet, despite the fact that the well wa
nd sunk on top of hill.
That Will P Breeze, the youn
ht- Walla Walla man whose body wa
by found near North Yakima, was mul
lrs dered is the opinion of DR.. David /
ed Rosser, who conducted an autopsy.
TT The Puget sound imports of burla
OF, last year represented upward of 5000
-as 900 bags used by the farmers OF Wasl
it ington.
The glee club of Washington Stat
lu- college is on its 18th annual tour c
les the state.
c. It took four different opinions
ra- members of the state supreme court
SO confirm M. E. Hay in the Office of lie1
OF tenant governor, from which Charlie
of E. Coon sought to GUST him by qr
The warranto proceedings, alleging tn;
of Hay paid for advertising his cand
en- dacy, contrary to law, before the pI
mary election. Five judges who d
MED the writ had three different re
*. sons to give, while Chief Justice Ru
kin and Justice Fullerton, in a 1oI
zee opinion, gave their reasons for belle
!. ing the writ should issue.
-, An increase of $500 in the populate
80 of Spokane since this time last we
aOa is shown by the figures of the ne
70 city directory. The population with
o ors the city limits is 10000.
vs.; Joe Gauvitte, wife slayer, OF 81
kane, was found guilty of murder
for. the first degree last Saturday.
nv IDAHO ITEMS.
T. The slot machine is now barred fir