Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-01-27
NORTHWEST STATES
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

WASHINGTON STATE NEWS
The announcement is made that F. W.
Miller has been reappointed postmaster
at Oakesdale.
| The jury in the case of Steve Bonnet,
wealthy italian, accused of stabbing the
night marshal at Colville, brought in a
verdict of not guilty.
James A. Brown of Spokane commit
ted suicide in Portland by taking eva
hide of potash. No reason other than
dependency caused by illness is assign
ed for the deed.
| While trying to thaw out frozen
pump with gasoline near Wilbur Sat
urday, can containing about three
gallons of the liquid exploded, fatally
burning Dea Jensen.
H. S. Hollingsworth, one of the first
white men to settle at what is now the
city of Colfax, his homestead being part
of the original townsite, died recently
in Portland, aged 72 years.
During the past week the state treas
ury collected but $52 ,045, and paid out
nearly $4,000, so that cash on hand,
according to the weekly report of Treas
urer Lewis, is but $99s,7O6.
Choked by a peanut shell, Luella
Byerly, 2-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Byerly of Ostrander, Wash,
died on the train which was hurrying
the child to Portland for treatment.
Jacob Stitzel, the oldest real estate
man in Washington, who was stricken
with paralysis Saturday, died at G
O'Clock Sunday night. He was born at
Gettysburg, Adams county, Pennsyl
vania, February %, 1881.
Unless live stock companies have a
capital stock of 100000, at least one.
half paid up, it cannot transact business
in this state under provisions of the bill
drafted by the insurance code commits
sion and now receiving the consider
alton of the legislature.
Mrs. Mary A. Johnston, aged s5 years
died Saturday at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. James N. Bradley, in Tacoma
Mrs. Johnston was the daughter OF
Thomas Wheeler, a famous court artist
of London, and the niece of Lady
Hutchins, with whom she spent most
of her girlhood. Mrs. Johnston inner
tied the wonderful talent of her dis
tinguished father.
National Guard Expensive.
Washington taxpayers paid out $212,
906 for the maintenance of the Wash
ington National guard in the two years
1909-1910, in addition to nearly $75, 0O(
allotments from the federal govern
ment
Incidentally, it shows that the off
GERS of the guard drew more money
from the state for uniforms than tn,
entire payroll for enlisted men. Thu
expenditures of state funds in the twt
years include SHIFTS salaries of tn
adjutant generals department, abou
$4,000 to complete the armories at Sc
attic, Tacoma and Spokane and $3O,OOI
already spent on the Bellingham ar
mory, all these sums coming from tn
state general fund, in addition to $157
7s4 spent from the military fund TO
miscellaneous.
Discuss New Grain Law.
Discussing the proposed provisions o
the new grain inspection law, delegate
from the farmers union of several o
the eastern Washington grain countie
who have been at Olympia several day
on various matters of legislation, wer
in conference Saturday with the men
bers of the state railroad commission
which has general supervision of tn
grain inspection bureau, and Assistar
Attorney General Tanner.
Those attending the meeting as rel
resenting the grain growers were: 4
McCurtain of Davenport, president {
the Lincoln county farmers union; Y
H. Childs, Reardan, Of the same o
:. ganization; Mr.. Davis of Adams count,
: former Senator McCroskey of CARTEL
county; Mr.. Darling of Bridgeport, {
, the Douglas county union, and Mr.. Ma
: tin of the Spokane county union.
One of the questions perplexing IL
a. commission and members of the COZ
v ference is the exact scope desirable fl
n the inspection law. While it is agree
" that it should apply to all public
terminal warehouses storing grain f,
any and all shippers, the difficult
arises as to the milling men, who bu
and store their own wheat and wi
r may at times accommodate some shi
81 per with storage facilities, but not nal
'e ing this part of his regular bushes
10 operations.
III IDAHO.