Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-11-25
NORTHWEST ITEMS
WASHINGTON, MONTANA And
IDAHO NEWS NOTES.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Crop Outlook Just Fair.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS

WASHlNGION STATE, NEWS
The township plan failed in Whitman
county at the recent election.
The Cotton roller mill is running
double shift. Large orders are being
filed.
Tacoma suffered a great rainfall Sun
day, over two inches falling in two
hours.
Amended plans for state historical
building at Tacoma have been ap-
proved.
The tracklaying machine has COM
pleted laying the steel on the War
den branch.
An epidemic of scarlet fever has
caused the suspension of school for two
weeks at Maiden.
An acute car shortage is affecting the
handlers of grain and fruit in the sec
ton around Colfax.
The Oroville city council has let the
contracts for the installing of a sys-
tenn of water works to cost 100000
Following criticism of his depart
ment by the mayor of Bellingham,
Chief of Police Hiram C. Cade has re-
signed.
The 31st annual session of the Spo-
kane County Teachers institute will be
held November % to December 2, in
elusive.
VIM. McFall, who died recently at
Pomeroy, was one of the pioneers of
Garfield county, having located there
in 1877.
Wrapping silk kimono saturated
with chloroform tightly about her head,
Miss Jean Rutherford, 21 years old,
ended her life in her room at Seattle
Shot by a bandit who attempted
single-handed to hold up crowded sa-
loon at Bellingham recently, Frank
Dix lies with a bullet through his
breast.
The Palouse Irrigation and Power
company's project comprises the water
ing of 1000 acres in the Washtuena
valley and have completed it's new con
crete dam.
The National bank of Mabton anG
the Davenport National bank of Dav
export have made application to be des
ignated as repositories of postal saw
ings bank funds.
J. C. Harrigan, editor and proprietor
of the Colville Examiner, resident OF
Colville for five years and newswritel
of 20 years experience, was married
last week at Spokane to Miss Vesta E
Moxon, formerly of jamestown, N. d
The commissioners of Adams county
have let contracts for the construction
of three bridges across Crab creek OF
the Othello road, 800 feet long with 81
feet of steel, one across Second coulee
TIA feet long with 60 feet of steel ant
one over Coulee "a feet long, with 81
feet of steel.
November 8 John Miller Murphy re
tired from active newspaper work
after having edited and managed tn,
Washington Standard of Olympia TO
so years, without missing an issue
Prominent newspaper men and pioneer
from all points of the northwest CAV,
banquet in his honor Saturday nigh
at Olympia.
Marking the completion and openin,
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senger station at Ellensburg as well a
marked advancement and prosperity o
the city in 1910, a banquet was ten
dered Saturday night by the Ellens
burg Chamber of Commerce, at wnicl
Howard Elliott, president of the North
ern Pacific and his staff Of official
were the guests of honor
At Everett John Harris was arreste
recently on charge of highway rob
berry. He was identified as John Hel
ring, notorious convict sentence
from Snohomish county February q
1901, to serve from six months to
years for knocking Paul Brandt o
the head at Snohomish and Robin
him. Herring was twice paroled an
returned to the penitentiary.
The officials of Lincoln county an
$7,14O.17 short in their accounts, al
cording to the state board of account
ancy, which recently completed tn
checking over of the books of tn
county. OF this amount it is state
$5,754.25 is due to illegal pay draw
by the county commissioners for e.
ira sessions held, for which warrant
were drawn and paid without frs
having the bills approved by the 81
perior court. The balance is due I
clerical errors and small fees whic
were not accounted for but whic
have since been made good.
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