Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-01-13
WASHINGTON, MONTANA and
IDAHO HAPPENINGS
ARE BRIEFED.
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

Convlcts at the state penitentiary
number 901.
Reduced rates for the coming horti.~
cultural meeting at Prosser from Jan
uary II to 10 inclusive have been an
nounced.
Fruit growers and gardeners in the
Touchet valley will probably form a
branch union of the Walla Walla Fruit
and Vegetable union.
The North Coast Railway company
has crew of 200 men putting the track
and yard in shape at Granger ready to
begin train service from North Yakima
to Grand View.
The census figures for four Okanogan
towns follow: Brewster has popula-
ton of 900; Conconully, 357; Oroville,
495, and Twisp, 227, according to the
official figures.
Judge E. X. Pendergast of the
superior courts of Okanogan and Ferry
counties has just appointed Attorney A.
NJ. Mackinnon as court commissioner for
Okanogan county.
The council of administration of the
Grand Army, department of Washing
ton and Alaska, have selected We
natchee as the place of the annual con-
vention, June 26, 81 and %.
w. H. Baron Thoe Schwartzenberg,
who is descendant of the house. of
Schwartzenberg of Holland, has gone to
farming at Tudor, on the Moscow line
of the Spokane & Inland railroad.
In his annual report for 1910 Coroner
). 9. Snyder enumerates 80 murders,
76 suicides, 321 accidental deaths and
1914 ordinary deaths, a total of 623
cases in King county during the last
year.
Giving no reason for the act Henry
Omeg, wealthy retired farmer, resid-
ing at Spokane, was found dead in the
basement of his house early Saturday
A wound in his head and revolver at
his feet told the story of suicide.
h Martial law may be declared in Spo-
kane and every member of the Indus
trial Workers of the World driven from
the city and possibly from the state as
the result of the cowardly assassina-
ton of Police Captain John r. Sullivan
Friday.
The twelfth biennial session of the
state legislature convened Monday. Both
houses were organized, committees an
nounced and preparations for active
| huSIDpSS pnunnlatoH d.
Taylor were given the gavels by unani-
nous vote.
AS the result of a proclamation is
sued by Mayor N. S. Pratt, every cleo
trio car in Spokane, whether on the
city or interurban lines, stopped for
one minute Monday morning at 1890,
the hour of the funeral of Captain John
L. Sullivan.
The blunder of hospital nurse Sat
urday at Tacoma ended the life of S.
Olton, a patient. Mistaking a box of
oxahc acid for sodium phosphate, the
nurse gave the unfortunate man an
ounce of the deadly poison, and he died
in agony a few minutes afterward.
The wounded robber who, with a com.
panion, shot and killed Justice of the
Peace A. A. Galbraith and w. B. Ste
vens at Acme, Whatcom county, last
Thursday, can not recover and has
made full confession. He SAYS his
name is Charles Robinson, born 20
years ago at Harrisburg, Pa.
w. L. Sturtevant, manager of the
Everett Railway, Light and Water COM
pany, was bound over to the United
States district court by United States
Commissioner Mansfield ON a charge of
using mail signs. Sturtevant was re-
leased on furnishing $500 bail. He
granted increase in wages and strike is
over.
Federal Judge Cornelius H. Hartford,
who issued an injunction restraining the
city of Seattle from spending any
money for the purpose of holding a
recall election for mayor, declines to
grant an order restraining the city from
calling the election. Judge Hanford
said that he would only prevent the
payment of money out of the city
treasury pending the final hearing of
the case, and would not interfere with
the city council issuing the official call
for the election.
Chance for Lands.
Announcement has been made by the
United States land office that after
March 6, 1911, applications will be re-
ceived for entry of lands comprising
23,07597 acres in township 80, north
range 81, situated in the northeastern
part of Stevens county, by settlers and
residents on the land before March 6.
1911.
Settlers and residents will be al.
lowed three months after March 6 70
file their selections, and the state of
washington will be allowed 60 days to
offer selections OF unoccupied land.
all vacant and unappropriated land
having been withdrawn by the secre.
tary OF the interior in October, 1906
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