Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-16
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.

DAYTON g amman norse oho",
day, April "a.
Prescott will be a dry town after
October 9, 1909.
Monday, April ~, was general clean
ing day at Palouse.
The Waitsburg Times and Waitsburg
Gazette have effected consolidation.
The new Wenatchee depot to be built
by the Great Northern will cost $50, OoO'
George Hay, 10 years of age, whose
home is few miles west of North YAK
ina, was drowned recently.
Willie Harner, less than years old,
received burns while playing at Seattle,
recently, which resulted in his death.
Elmer F. Cave, principal of the Ala
media county schools, has been selected
superintendent of schools at BeIllng-
ham.
Louise Marie Cheever, IA days old,
the last of the triplets born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry A. Cheever, Seattle, Friday,
March 26, is dead.
All willows in the fruit section of
Yakima county, particularly through
the Yakima valley, must be cut down
or sprayed.
Charles Dunn, a laborer, aged 25
years, was run over and killed by
passenger train at Bristol, near North
Yakima, recently.
Elmer Walden, years old, son of j.
w. Walden of Everett, while playing on
a float on the water front fell into the
water and was drowned Sunday.
Officers high in the ranks of the In
ternational Horseshoers & Blacksmiths ,
Masters association will be in Spokane
on April "a to attend the big state con
vention of the smiths and shoers.
The apricot, cherry and pear trees are
in full bloom at Cliffs, and the peach,
apple, prune and nut trees will soon
open out their blossoms. Damage done
by the hard freeze will be of little con-
sequence.
The university of Puget sound, a Ia
coma institution, is in a turmoil because
of the recent ruling of Lee L. Benbow,
president of the institution, forbidding
the members of the faculty from attend
ing theatres.
The Washington National Guard of
Seattle have moved into the new ar
mory drill hail. which is said to be the
finest hall of its class west of Chicago.
The building will seat 61OO persons and
is well appointed.
1t is thought E. c. Hughes will be
named for the new judgeship in Western
Washington; the following postmasters
are nominated: Velascu J. Knapp, Ana
cortes; Cornelius E. Legg, Chewelah;
George D. Primer, Blaine
Because he left an incubator lamp
turned up too high Albert Schurra, a
poultry raiser who lives between St.
John and Winona in the Took creek dis
trict, lost his home, household goods,
carpenter tools, two incubators and 400
chickens.
Master Kegley announced that the
annual picnic and live stock show of
Evansville grange, seven miles west
of Pullman, will be held again this
year in Lyle's grove as usual. The
dates fixed for the picnic are July 1,
2, 3 and 4.
The judge of the National Rifle asso-
citation has announced that Washington
State college won the rifle shooting
championship of universities and col
leges last week on scores of 949 out of
a possible 1000. The average was "a 9
per man. Columbia university, New
York, was second
The body of James A. Frace, who has
been missing few days, was found in
the brush in the western part of Ia
coma. Three bullet holes were found
IN his body, and the police believe he
was murdered for revenge by unknown
persons. He was contractor well
known in the northwest
Fire broke out Wednesday afternoon
IN the plant of the Union Lumber com.
Pany' one mile from Lacey, and totally
destroyed the mill, bunkhouses and con-
siderable lumber. Loss, 100000, partly
covered by insurance The loss of the
mill throws $50 men out of employ
ment, rs of them Japanese.
1t is reported 300 families from Chi.
eago are to be located in the Richland
irrigated district on the Columbia nv
the United Industries company of that
metropolis, which has bought 1000 acres
under the Richland Land company ditch,
The price was 100000. The land is all
TO De set in winter apples.
A new clue to the whereabouts Of
little Cecil Britain, who was kidnaped
TWO years ago in Walla Walla, has been
OBTAINED OBTAIN by a Tacoma man, who has
notlhed the Britain family. The in.
1ormant withheld his name for the nres.
ent. The boy is said to be held in
ldaho and is in the care of an old
woman who presumably was not con.
neeted with the kidnapping.
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