Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-11-18
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

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WASHINGTON STATE NEWS
~, M. E. Hay, governor of the
state of Washington, in conformity
with the proclamation of the president,
do hereby designate Thursday, Novem
Der "a, 1910, Thanksgiving day, and
do recommend that itsbe observed in
fitting manner throughout the state"
AT Waitsburg the, Waitsburg high
school defeated the Colfax debating
team.
Nearly 100000 barrelsgof -four were
shipped from Seattle and Tacoma to
the Orient during October
The dental law of the state of Wash
ington is soon to be passed upon by
the supreme court of the United States
Nearly 1880 persons lost their lives
| by violence in the state of Washington
during the two years preceding De-
tober 1, 1909.
William Horn has been acquitted in
Seattle of the charge of murder in
shooting John Ryan, a union longshore
man, July last.
| The North Coast railroad bridge,
which is being constructed across the
Columbia river a few miles below
Paseo, is nearing completion. al.5
A requisition from the governor of
Washington for the return to that
state Of Wilson Buttner, accused by a
woman Of Aberdeen, of the larceny Of
4 $500, was honored by Governor Gillett
Work will begin within short
while for the construction of a pa
per mill two and one-half miles east
of Spokane, which is to employ close
to 600 men with a monthly payroll of
$4,000. ~
Probably record unique in school
history is that of the seventh grade
: taught at Walla Walla by Miss Minnie
l Young. For two years, and thus far
, in the third, there has not been single
pupil tardy.
! Keith w. Dunlop, aged 81 years, an
attorney of North Yakima, was found
dead near Gle Elum Saturday. He had
evidently died while walking in from
! mining camp in which he is interested
and team had run over his body in
the dark.
The bodies of II of the fifteen miners
who were killed in the Lawson mine OF
tN4I,o
rtber 6 were brought out November IL
. 1t was impossible to identify any OF
! the men except David Tunden, the fire
boss, the bodies being greatly decem
posed. u 1859 SIS
The Northwestern Brewmasters as
ISOLATION held it's annual meeting il
Spokane Sunday. Members of the as
/ ISOLATION from Washington, Oregon
Montana, Idaho and British Conmbi;
to the number of rs were present
: Several hop growers were also in at
tendance.
y John Lindquist, aged 40, membe
of the Greeley relief expedition int
the arctic regions, sailor and soldie
( in the United States service for NOR
than IA years, and later an Alask
y miner, committed suicide by drinking
poison at Seattle Saturday. He wa
in i'll health and broke.
X Frank Chambers of Clark county
. one Of the pioneer fruit growers 0
u that section, while on his death be
- recently made a request that his ashe
= be scattered over his orchard, where h
p had spent SO many happy years. Hi
u y daughter, Mrs. Harvey Shelpman, say
u his wish will be carried out.
ID One hundred and thirty thousan
ra women were added to the votin
Q, strength of the state of Washingto
pt by the adoption of an amendment fc
equal suffrage to the constitution {
the recent election. Formal announc
ment will be made by Governor Ha
Of as soon as the official canvass of tt
m returns has been completed. Womel
IN who are taxpayers, also are eligible fl
as jury duty.