Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-11
NORTHWEST ITEMS
ITEMS FROM IDAHO, MONTANA
AND WASHINGTON.
Pew interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
plaee-Business Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

All saloons have closed at Wilbur.
commercial club has been organ
lied at Wapato.
A fve-story hotel at North Yakima is
10 be built this summer.
Both the city Jail and the county
iail in Wenatchee are empty.
The higher-wages-bette theory
has many advocates in Spokane.
The Great Northern has paid part of
the losses of the Krupp fire August %.
Corporation Counsel E. O. Conner Of
spokane has decided to resign March Is.
Henry Meiners, one of the oldest
pioneers of Walla Walla, died recently.
William B. Champion, an aged and
respected citizen Of Asotin, died re-
Gently
The Masonic fraternity is to erect
the first steel structure at North Yak
ina costing 100000.
H. Davies of Davenport has been re-
appointed by Governor Hay as state
dairy and food inspector.
The tax rolls for Grant county show
the rate is less than one-half what it is
in the old county of Douglas
J. H. scheibner sold his ranch Of $40
acres northwest Of Wilbur for $4,000
cash to Robert Sheffels, neighbor.
Carl Pitzer Of Centralia, for years
an instructor in music at the Washing
ton state training school at Chehalis,
has been discharged.
Colonel William FL. Garland, an aged
promoter, was recently arrested in Sc
attic, charged with grand larceny in
selling alleged worthless coal stock.
Leonard Hagenauer, professor of agri-
culture at the University of Illinois,
has been chosen to fill the vacant chair
of agronomy at the Washington State
college.
Mrs. Matte, MAIDEN, whose maiden
name was Wadsworth, and whose
mother lived at Fairmont, w. VI, was
found recently in the bay at Seattle,
death being accidental.
The Lorrimer & Gallagher company,
of Chicago and Seattle, who have been
awarded the contract by the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway
company to fill in practically all it's
wooden trestles, between the Columbia
river and the Idaho boundary line, be-
gun work at Lind. Monday.
Action to cancel the charter of the
Weyerhaeuser companies to do business
in Washington for alleged violation Of
the conspiracy clauses Of the new crimi-
nal code is threatened as a sequel to
the long legal battle between the Nico-
men Boom company and North Shore
Boom company involving booming rights
in North river.
Descending like an invading army
from ambush, the North Coast railroad
the other night threw grading and
tracklaying crews into Kennewick and
before city officials and property owners
were aware of the fact 100 men and 35
teams were laying track along Front
street. The Front street route has been
the subject of controversy between the
railroad company and the city and
property owners for months.
Ortis Hamilton, former adjutant gen
eral of this state, is now convict No.
56S3 at the penitentiary. He comes
to prison with promise made by him
self, his relatives and his friends, that
he will not ask for a pardon or parole
inside of five years. After being con-
vieted on the first charge Hamilton
agreed to dismiss his appeal on condi-
ton that the state drop the other
cases against him. He took $37, 1000
from the state.
Following charges lodged by F. A.
Hpntley, state commissioner of horti-
culture, against District Inspector A.
~ Crowell alleging failure to cooper
ate with his superior officers for the
good of the service, participation in
tactional disputes of a local character
and failure to make an equitable di-
vision of his time between Stevens
ana Ferry counties, Mr.. Crowel was re-
moved from the service.