Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-14
ITEMS OF IDAHO, MONTANA,
WASHINGTON And OREGON.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerou Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Spring Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

committee, it is alleged, includes with
in its scope the investigation of former
Governor Mead, former State Treas
urer George Mills, son in law of Judge
Gordon of Spokane, and G. w. Clausen
present state auditor.
The appropriation and expenditure
of the moneys belonging to the state
military fund during the last foul
years have reduced that fund from 8
condition in which it had cash bal
ance of more than 100000 in 1904
to point where it is now overdrawn
by more than that amount, despite the
fact that the income of the fund from
taxes during that period amounted to
$21s,21s.
Jumping from a Great Northern
freight car at Spokane Sunday after.
noon, an unknown man plunged head.
long into the river and disappeared
beneath the rushing waters.
The Star theater at Tacoma, wood.
en- building on Ninth street, was do.
stroyed by fire Sunday. The total loss
is estimated at between $4,000 and
100000. The building was owned by
John c. Donnelly.
John Lindman, bartender of Spo-
kane, was struck by an electric train
and instantly killed Sunday.
The Walla Walla county books for
the period since July 1, 1903, recently
audited were found o. K.
The recent forest fires near Orting
were put out by heavy rains.
Seattle.-Mrs. Mary Jane Fortier,
who was shot by her brother-in-law,
Jean Fortier, after he had killed his
brother Michael, died in the hospital.
The murderer, who is confined in the
county Jail, has confessed to the police
that he was prompted to the deed by
revenge.
Last spring, pursuant to the senate
memorial of the Washington legislature,
the general land office was called upon
to withdraw certain lands at the June
ton of the Columbia and Okanogan
rivers, containing altogether 275O.s2
acres in the Colville Indian reservation.
for TOWNSHIP purposes The matter was
again called to the attention of the
department by Senator Jones, some de-
lay having occurred. He has been in
formed that the land was withdrawn
from entry under section II of the act
of March %, 1906, on March 81 bv
order OF the secretary and the order
has now been promulgated.
Itna6ino
handing searching investigation of
the recent accident at the armory, when
balcony railing gave way and many
persons were precipitated to the floor.
1t is demanded that those responsible
for the weak railing be criminallv
prosecuted.
The Kennedy Ford local of the Far.
mer's union has announced big pic
mic at Kennedy Ford, six miles east of
Palouse Saturday.
Little rain has fallen in Wenatcbee
Valley this spring, and the mountain
sides do not have the usual green cover
even at this early period in the sum
mer. Irrigation bitches are being
opened and water was turned into the
Wenatchee Canal company big ditch
last week. Indications are that there
will be a big crop of apples and about
quarter of crop of peaches.
The saloons are closed and the drug
stores are closed as are all the other
stores in Pasco on Sunday.
Sheep wintered in Benton county
and owned by residents of North va.
kima and other parts of Yakima coun.
ty, which are wintered in the Prosser
section and held there until after the
assessors have done their work. can
not be assessed and their owners taxed
in Benton county.
George Dunworth of Seattle has been
nominated by President Taft as the adj
ditional judge for western Washing
ton. E. c. Hughes of Seattle refused
the appointment.
Greenville Holbrook, a pioneer bust.
ness man of eastern Washington, died
recently.
ortls Hamilton, former adjutant gen
eral of Washington, was Saturday
morning arraigned before Police Magis.
trate Milton Giles on charge of EN-
bezzlement of state funds. Hamilton
pleaded not guilty, waived examination
and asked that the case be Immediately
transmitted to the superior court for
trial.
Mrs. Florence Moore, whose intimacy
with former Adjutant General Ortis
Hamilton is alleged to have caused that
young mans downfall, has gone to her
mother in Oakland. Before leaving Sc
attic she paid all her bills. Seven
drays were needed to pack the belong
Ings in her rooms.
Milton Bush, 81 years old, assistant
cashier of the Boise State bank. died
recently from an injury by being hit
On the head by ball sustained in a
practice game of baseball.
Various stages of development of the
Pacific Northwest, from the entrance of
Captains Meriwether Lewis and William
Clark into what was then the Oregon
in 1905 to the present, dav
will be exemplifed by two parades If
progress and march in review by the
Industrial and irrigation army in con.
lection with the seventeenth session Of