Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-02-11
NORTHWEST NOTES
ITEMS FROM IDAHO, MONTANA
AND WASHINGTON.
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 ITEMS.

WASHINGTON ITEMS.
The deposits of two Newport banks
at the close of business January 81,
totaled $205,915.
Judge Dudley Dubose, who figured
prominently in the Nome, Alaska, min
ing scandals and who was Alaska attor-
ney for big eastern corporations, died
an a hospital at Seattle recently.
A grand jury at Seattle has indicted
three men for violation of the registra-
ton law, and in default of 81, 500 bail,
two of the men were locked up in the
county Jail, the third escaping across
the bay.
Work ON wrecking the old Great
Northern bridge at Albeni falls. near
Newport, is progressing rapidly. The
span over the smaller falls has been
taken down and false work is now be.
ang placed under the larger span.
Construction of the proposed Hopkins
road in the Tukanon valley, near Day
ton, is assured, contract having been
let by the county commissioners to s. L.
MCGEE for $4,000, the lowest of four.
Work will commence at once and will
be completed in June.
George B. Losey, a soldier in com
Pany Il, First United States infantry,
diet at Fort Walla Walla recently. He
served as drummer boy in the civil
war and had been in the regular army
nearly 80 years. His body will be
taken to Oxford, Mich, for burial.
Mrs. Theodore Laufer, a pioneer resi-
dent of the Uniontown country, but
who has been living in Charleston for
eight years, died suddenly at st.
Joseph's hospital in Lewiston, follow
ing an operation. She is survived by
her husband and FIVE children.
The Farmers union organized at
Goldendale last summer purchased and
operated the Klickitat Valley Wheat
company warehouse in handling the
1909 crop are so well pleased with the
result that they have decided to build
an addition to the warehouse doubling
the capacity,
Farmers of Connell report the wheat
crop as having wintered well, there be-
ing practically no loss on account of
freezing or winter killing. The only
loss reported is that of the extremely
tate-sown grain. More moisture has
fallen since October, 1909, than in 10
months prior to that time.
There were 312 criminal cases tried
in courts of Yakima county last year,
according to the report Of Prosecuting
Attorney J. L. Ward. OF these 1856 re-
suited in conviction. Most of the con-
victions were for bootlegging, there
being AZ such cases. Last year was the
first for a long time that Yakima
county has not had one or more muir
der cases.
j. j. Bracken broke a bone in his
left arm and was arrested recently in.
q Chinese noodle shop at Walla Walla.
The man is an ex-convict, recently dis
charged and got into an argument with
the Celestial in charge, concerning his
bill. With a cuspidor as a weapon, he
as said to have put his foes to utter
rout, but fell down a fight Of stairs
an the hour of victory
The largest amount of timothy hay
that was ever brought to Cheney by one
man was seen on the streets recently
when G. A. Prince, driving six horses
with one wagon and two trailers,
weighed $4,000 pounds at the F. M.
Martin Grain and Milling company.
There were 145 bales on the wagons,
belonging to J. H. Macdonald, and
was brought from his place ~ miles
west of Cheney. 1t was No. timothy
hay and brought $40 per ton.
The special school election to vote
on the bond issue, which was to have
taken place recently at Ritzville, was
postponed on account of an opinion
handed down from the attorney gen
erals Office that two bonding PROPOSE
lions to be voted upon could not be
presented at the same election. New
notices will be gotten out for an cleo
tion February 10, when the proposition |
of $27, 900 high school building and
site will be voted upon.
While crossing the Northern Pacific |
Grestle at Spokane an unknown man
was run down by the North Coast linn
tied, eastbound, which hurled him from
the bridge to the ground below, break
ing both of his arms, his neck and
ankle and killing him almost instantly. |
The man was feet inches tall, |
weighed about 100 pounds and had dark
brown hair and a reddish mustache. !
There were no papers to give a clue to
his identity, the only clue being a !
bottle of liniment bought in Bovin,
idaho.