Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-08-12
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-Business Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS

WASHINGTON STATE NEWS
Tekoas proposed sewer system will
cost $4,S64.
State Senator j. D. Bassett will move
back to Ritzville from Spokane.
The membership of the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce has now reached
total of 1885 members.
The only hindrance to completing
harvest in the Palouse country in record
time is the scarcity of men.
The timothy crop throughout the In
land Empire is lighter than for many
years. Look out for high prices.
The body of an unidentified man,
a possible suicide, was caught while
floating in the river at Spokane Sunday.
The double-tracking of the Northern
Pacific main line east from Spokane,
begun several weeks ago, is being
rushed.
Many Masons from North Yakima at
tended the exercises of the cornerstone
laying of the Mabton Episcopal church
last Sunday.
The Northeast Washington G. A. R.
Veterans association will meet at Che
welah August %, the convention last
ing four days.
Co1onol ClorIy Il Corr n +r,,,4oo -
Knox college of Galesburg, ILL.,, an old
associate OF Abraham Lincoln, is visit
ing at Kettle Falls.
The death of Mrs. C. P. Pringle at
Spokane recently removed another of
the few survivors of the terrible Whit
man massacre of 1841.
A large amount of grain is being cut
for hay. Much of the spring grain
will not be threshed, as the heads have
not filed well and the straw is short.
Judge H. w. Garfield, who recently
announced his retirement from the su-
perior court bench in Whitman county,
will enter a law partnership at Spo-
kane.
Howard NJ. Griffin, whose father is a
Mob Hill rancher, was accidentally shot
and killed Sunday afternoon while on
camping expedition 60 miles from North
Yakima.
In charge of 81 teachers under the
supervision of Alfred Livengood, who
succeeds himself as city superintendent,
the public schools of Dayton will open
September 5.
The body of the 12-year-old son of
William O'Hare, residing near Spring
dale, was found by searching party.
Struck by rolling log, the little
fellows body was badly crushed be-
meath the heavy weight.
Walla Walla valley, which at one
time exported great droves of cattle
and hogs, is now importing six car loads
of beef, ham, bacon, pork, lard and
cooking oils from eastern points, each
month.
10 celebrate the harvest and to pro-
mote a general good feeling among the
residents of Clarke county, particularly
the farmers and fruitgrowers, a number
of harvest picnics will be held this
month.
One of the largest real estate deals
made in Whitman county for many
years took place recently when the
Thomas Warwick ranch, near Tekoa,
consisting of 400 acres, was sold for
$27,65O to Daniel Hay of Latah and
Silas 0 Neil of Seattle.
Charles Smith, AZ, insane patient at
Fort Steilacoom state ASYLUM. wac
killed by Michael Corbett, "a, another
patient, recently. The men were walk
ing together, both being considered
harmless, when Corbett seized a Climb
and struck Smith, killing him almost
instantly.
y. 5. Adams claims the record RIM
Tor this season with steam thresber in
"hltman county. Last Friday Mr.
Adams threshed 174O sacks of wheat
and moved four times during the day
Inc run was made nine miles west If
Coltax. This means about $500 bushels
for the days run.
Word has been received that Cbos+or
AIderton, young man who, in com.
pany with Claude Lawrence, attemnted
TO burglarize the general store of I.abas
" 20. at Lind in May, 1909, has been
apprehended in Michigan and will ba
extradited to this state to serve tho
remainder of his sentence at a reforno
school. III
Professor w. 7. Mcdonald of the
Washington State college at Pnllman
who also is assistant superintendent o.
the live stock department of the sno
Kane Interstate fair, October 3 70 70 o
says that the showing of live stoc1
TINS year will be in every respect the
greatest In the history of the fair