The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-09-24
ITEMS OF IDAHO, MONTANA,
washington AND OREGON.
. 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.
Ephrata is to have a new bank 500

81 E0SN - @OPPGAA0A ndH III
T. vented a new wheel for generating
+. power. The feature of this wheel i
i, that in operation it is submerged in
the stream and part of its paddlers
open to receive the current, while the
others close to cut through it.
Probably one of the most methodical
prisoners ever confined in the Spokane
county Jail is Edward Scholl, convicted
Saturday of killing Henry Foulstraw
near Colbert last July.
Dennis D. Twohy, one of the best
known railroad contractors and busi.
ness men in the northwest, died at his
home in Spokane Sunday afternoon.
The contract for the addition to the
Palace hotel at Pullman has been LET
for $17,5OO.
Reclining on his squalid couch and
inhaling the fumes of opium. Lee
Chung, a Chinese cook of Walla Walla,
set fire to his room and persisted.
Fred L~ugenbuhl, 43 years old, a la
borer employed near Cashmere, COM
mitted suicide Sunday by cutting his
throat.
The resignation of E. NJ. Denton as
manager of the Kerr-Gifford
at Waitsburg has removed from the
ranks OF pioneer grain dealers of the
Inland Empire a prominent figure.
1t is reported the combine wants no
union grain, as the cold lineV agents
at Washtucna decline to buy from
farmers' warehouses, but decline to saw
whether the concerns have entered into
an agreement.
Marshal Middleton, a Is wear old
boy, was thrown from a wagon during
a runaway near the gate of the state
fair grounds, North Yakima, and died
a few minutes later.
Governor Hay has appointed Mavor
Mitchell Harris of Olympia to succeed
the late colonel Fred d. Huestis of
olympia as a member of the state cap
ltoI commission. The commission is to
cruise the state granted lands and sell
them to pay off the debt and build a
new 100000 state capitol.
William j. Bryan's day at the Alas
a-Yukon-Paciic exposition October 10
IS to be made a memorable occasion.
The principal feature will be Mr.. Bry- |,
IS address to 10000 or more people T.,
N the Natural Amphitheater. I,
The woodworking plant of the IL !
iamer Manufacturing company, Ia
.oma, was destroyed by fire. Saturday.
Loss, $4,000 to $4,000; insurance,
=, 900.
The sugar beet movement to the :
Naverly scales has begun. Between 30 z
nd 40 cars Will be taken to the scales Il
ally. 1t is estimated that 60 laws will G
lapse before the entire crop is moved. Z
The Simpson Mill company of Sc
title has purchased from the Port
'lakeley Milling company 1900 acres u
I timber land in Snohomish county >
ocated near the mill town of BRYANT VI
or 100000 cash. The property pur. NJ
hased cruised recently 100. OOO. 900 feet m
standing timber. T%wo-thirds of the
are Douglas fir and the remainder P
hiefy cedar. er
Laundrymen from Washington, Ore =
on and British Columbia met at Spo. NJ
ane this week in annual convention. Ia
After being out for two hours the ~
Try in the case of Charley Phillips. a ~
alfbreed, who in July, 1908, shot and =,
lied Roll Siebert, brought in a YER -
-et of murder in the second degree at s.
onconully. y,
The bank c~learances in Spokane for or,
le week ending Saturday were s4.. TO,
1897, an increase of A per cent over III,
te same week last year. :,
Declaring that the defendant had ~
alved the statute of limitations. the
preme court at Olympia has reversed -
e decision of a lower eourt. IN Whit. -
county against W. B. Stevenson. E
Although they have traced down ~,
cry clue, flooded the country with SCI
otos n descriptions, the police de. nor
rtment of Tacoma is about ready II.
admit its inability to solve three oo'
utal but mysterious murders which s
taken place in Pierce county az
thin the past few months. a
state School Superintendent Dewey
apportioned the current SCHOOL, sas
nd among the various counties of this nuu
tie as follows: Adams, s5.14s1s. ian'
otin, s3,5s7.92; Benton, $3,7O4.so; =
elan' s7,191.15; Columbia, $4,14O. So: 1
nglas, ~s4,5O5.17; Ferry, $1,577.39: pee
'nklin, s1,s76.56; Garfield. SETTLES. are
mt, $4,597.3s; Kittitas. s7.9746 7. lott
ekitat, S4,367.69; Lincoln. $40. viii
"a; O~kanogan, $~4,497.74; Spokane ing
,672.ss; Stevens, $1O,319.62; WaTa and
LA, $12,64s.93; Whitman, s19.2so1s. visit
Ima, ~s16,227.42; total, $466. 392. "a, Ihe'
e, .O16. 1,0Ot
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IDAHO TTrMs each