Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-12-17
I1RTHWEST STATES
fMS OF IDAHO, MONTANA,
Washington and OREGON.
r.w Interesting Items Gathered
r.om Our Exchanges Of the Sur
.,rrding Country-Numerous Acct
,.n+s and Personal Events Take
Doce-Fall outlook Is Good.
wAsH1NaToN STATE NEWS.

wAsHINGToN STATE NEWS.
u;s hand caught between cog-wheels
mill machinery at South Bend, Ind,
r.sonb Sietofl was drawn toward the
Machinery, his head being ground to
Dnn before the machinery was stopped.
~" Mr. and Mrs. NJ. E. Chamberlain, S224
walnut street, Spokane, lost three chill |
,.oD NV death from scarlet fever last |
week.
Farmers in the Skagit flooded dis
+ricts and adjacent communities are
foodng lots of wheat and oats about
their premises to save thousands of
rame birds from starvation and extinc-
ton.
The 0. R. & N. company contemplates
building a feeder line from point
tbree miles west of Washtucna west
across the region known as Rattle
snake fat, to compete with the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound rail
road for the wheat haul.
Chesaw.-Peter Grant, who shot his
brother at the latter IS cabin on Lost
lake, was taken to the county Jail at
Conconully last night. John Grant, the
injured man, is under the doctor 8
care.
What is said to be the best horse in
the Inland Empire was bought recently
nv Palouse farmers from the Ruby
harms at Portland The animal is a
Shire, weighs 1900 pounds and cost
$500. He won four ribbons at the
Alaska Yukon-P Pacific exposition.
John H. Etridge, farmer living
eight miles northwest of Lind, has
filed suit against Adams county asking
damages of $4,000 for injuries alleged
TO have been sustained while driving on
the public road.
Wenatchee.-The street improvement
work has been stopped for the winter
by snowfall.
Ellsworth Bishop, who owns a farm
south of Garfield, says: "The Nelson
Coal company of Seattle has had sur
veyors at his place for several days ano
will have men and machinery on the
ground to begin drilling for coal by
January IL
Judge Carey, at COlville, announced
that he would order a venire OF A
Jurors to report for duty January 3, AM
that, unless a proper showing should b
made by either the state or the defens
the trial of James Logan for the XIII
ing of Agnes Jansen, his German house
keeper October 90, would be set 10
that date.
Elmer Watson, known as the = MOI
tana kidd was sentenced recently
North Yakima to from two to 10 year
at the state prison at Walla Walla to
horse stealing.
Two cars of hogs and nine of wheS
were recently shipped from johnson
The hogs were raised by James !
Adames, manager of the Coolidge
McClaim ranch. The average welgi
was $50 pounds. They were billed II
Tacoma and will be marketed at
cents a pound.
After celebrating less than an ho'
the Jury in the case Of the state again
John Riplinger, former city compton,
of Seattle, charged with embezzlemel
acquitted the defendant.
A half-grown deer feeding with
herd of cattle is a novel sight WIN
may be seen any day on the ranch !,
NJ. Lynch, on Cedar creek, III NIL
north of La Center.
The two Bar associations at SpoKa
are now merged by unanimous vote
attorneys. o,-,
The new logging road from cow u,
to a point IA miles east on the LII
Pend Oreille river is now assured
construction in the early spring =.
In an opinion to the prosecuti
attorney of Chehalis county, Attorn
General Bell rules that but So must
exacted for marriage license %
the auditor, 81 for the clerk ana no
ing for the afidavits. =,
That Fort Walla Walla Will De az
ished and Whitman college get the ID
on which the barracks are located Is
lieved to be a certainty !,
Coffin Brothers have taken I'll
flocks from the summer range III
Cascade mountains to their ranch Oh
Columbia river, seven miles below IL
In addition to their own crop tney II
bought hundreds of tons OF altalla -
and will winter $4,000 head Oh u
ranch