The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-07-30
OF IDAHO, MONTANA,
WASHINGTON AND OREGON.
4 Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-spring Outlook Il Good
wAsHINeToN sTAFE News.

RECORDS Tor IaSL AarNesLlug-An SOUTH
eastern Washington this season were
broken one day hast week when a steam
threshing outfit, operated by Josh
Barnes in Spring valley, near Waits
burg, cut and threshed 194s sacks of
barley between sun-up and dark. The
record is remarkable on account of the
necessity to move the machine twice
during the day and that two headers
supplied the grain for the run. 1t goes
so bushels to the acre.
J. ". Thompson, superintendent of
parks at Seattle, with his wife and two
daughters, had a miraculous escape
from death Saturday afternoon while
driving in the automobile near La
| Grande. The car ran off the mountain
road and down an embankment so feet
high. Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson were
both painfully injured, but their two
daughters escaped by jumping from
the automobile.
At the recent meeting of the Wash
ington State Pharmacists association
at Seattle, James w. Macarthur of
| Spokane was elected secretary and DR..
W.. NJ. Beach Of Shelton president.
Now that the issues have been joined
in the Sehively Impeachment case and
the preparations for the trial are under
way it is possible to make same esti
mate of the time required for the trial,
and the cost Of the trial to the state.
As calculated by men in touch with the
situation the trial will take from six to
Is days after the legislature recon
venes, and the total cost to the state
Of getting Schively out of Office, if
indeed it succeeds, viii be between $780,,
600 and $4,000.
Reports from the Palouse and Big
Bend wheat countries say that harvest
ing viii begin there in about two or
three weeks, and the crop prospects are
splendid. Hay harvesting already has
begun in the country about Walla
Walla, but little wheat has yet been
cut.
Ed Powers has invented and applied
for a patent on a grain saeker. The
mechanieism does away with the hand
ling of sacks by hand and saves the
labor Of one man. The eontrivanee is
lsaid
of sacks by hand.
John P. Ramsey, a farmer living two
miles south of Lamont, has purchased
for $4,000 the "HoOdoo Billy" place,
which adjOins the town of Sprague on
the east.
At its meeting Saturday the farmers
union at Walla Walla ratified the ac-
ton of the Pullman convention, agree
ing to sell no wheat except at gross
weight, that is, including the weight
Of the sack, and, further, it chose II.
ID. Mclean, president of the WaIa
Walla local, as agent for southeastern
Washington in marketing the crop.
County Auditor J.. P. Buchet has
completed his financial exhibit for Gar.
field county for the year ending June
30. The number of acres assessed is
3O5,701. The value, including improve
ments, is s~3,O6O,933. The value Of eitv
lots, including improvements. is SAY
sos, and of all taxable property $685.
sol. The aggregate value of all taxable
property in the county is s4,267, 500. as
equalized by the county board. As
equalized by the state board it is re-
dueed to s~4,1O2,576. The uneolleeted
taxes on July l amounted to s21.O77. ]
and the taxes collected on the 1908
roll amounted to s66,5s +,
On board the steamer Milwaukee. :
running up the Occur d'Alene river.
Arthur B. P. Smith, wanted at Spokane
for the killing of Eth Hoffman near :
mill on Beaver creek. 1e miles :
north of the city, July 10, was CAPTURED :
Saturday night by Sheriff Bailey of :
ohoshone county, Idaho, and Deputy :.
Sheriff Matt Ryan of Spokane county. '
The Washington wheat crop for 1909 .
viii be 100000 bushels greater than =
Of 1908, and within 1000 600 .
bushels Of the bumper crop of 1907. ac- !,
sordlng to preliminary estimates made
oy Chief Inspector King. Although the >
'mclal crop estimate viii not be made
the commission until some time next
month, Mr.. King thinks this wears
.rop viii total 100000 bushels.
Prosser win ship larger ouantitie. Of
wheat this year than was ANTICIPATED. !.
.eeoEding 10 the reports of wheat grow. ;.
rs OF the Horse Heaven and Rattle oi
make hills, who have started TO mar. y
.et their crops. 10
Bootlegging received its first Jolt At :.
Saturday, when George Thomas. =
rrested for ~unlawfully selling LIQUOR, a.
hanged his decision to stand trial ana =
loaded guilty. The minimum fine of
h1ed by the council was imposed. W.
'hieh, with costs, amounted to SIS. No