Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1903-12-25
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-cuIiings
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
Numerous Accidents and Personal
Happenings Occur.
WASHINGTON ITEM&.

.lsA.ll, while the receipts for 1903 are
$o6,57S.49, showing an increase Of $751;
394.3S.
Byron Larson, the youngest son or
G. f. Larson, Of Republic, got lost on
Loon mountain, at the head Of Nine
Mile creek, recently and froze to death.
His body was recovered by searchers.
Considerable interest is manifested
in the forthcoming election recently
ordered by the county commissioners
to determine whether II not the town
OF %Starbuck, with it's 400 inhabitants,
shall be incorporated into a town of
the fourth class.
About 700 new residences have been
erected in Spokane in the past seven
months.
With the forwarding of 800 by the
people of Olympia to the secretary
of the Rogers memorial committee,
the entire amount of $4,000 sought to
be raised to erect a monument to the
late governor vas completed.
An Olympia paper prints a story to
the effect thai recently a tremendous
landslide occurred IN Mount Rainier,
involving the highest peak of the
mountain, reducing it's height and COM
pletely changing the conhguration Of
the southeastern slope.
Stockmen of the Big Bend are in
better spirits now than a few weeks
ago, owing to the late rains.
The new peddi2r's ordinance of Spo-
kane, excluding peddlers from the
downtown district in the fire limits,
was declared void by a Spokane judge.
The official program of the eleventh
annual meeting of the State Dairy
mems association to be held in North
Yakima, December 20, 80 and 81, 1903,
has been announced.
B.. f. Gootch, wanted at Silver City
N. NJ, for the murder of Ross in the
fall of 1902, is under arrest at Everett
in the county jail.
The armored cruiser New York and
the gunboat Bennington have left the
navy yard at Bremerton under rush or
ders for San Francisco.
Ray Gilbert, a freight conductor,
~Nbose yin was from Ellensburg to
Pasco, fell from a car below North
Yakima recently n was killed, hay
ing both legs cut off. He is arnephew
of General superintendent Gilbert.
Arrangements for the entertainment
OF the farmers Institute to De held IN
Walla WaAa in<February is annsoune
ed. The Walla 7Nslla poultry SHOW
will be held In conjunction WITH the in
stitute.
Attorneys for Cy Victor. who was
recently convicted {1aDavenport of the
murder .Qf Qt6rape FhennAs. have filed
seven afad&sik6 kq3ative TO the pend
ing motion zor = now trial.
A deed VIZ = stated consideration
Of $4,000 Eae Glsd for record recent
ly from k1od ayter to the Evergreen
State I mt company and conveys the
fruip m Nnrda on Moran prairie hand
led ~ the comp my.
HrfetY O'Connors brakeman on a
wqf<S Train on the o. r. & N. was
k1s99 xoqently four miles from Walla
R4AM ~ being crushed under the
John j.. McGllyra, one of Sc
&Ikt#6 Oldest pioneers, is dead, at the
~ 7e years.
The new directory of Walla Walla
rhows a total of 1890 m of indi-
3 &idusl residents Of the city, names Of
4rpis and duplicates being omitted.
'By the use of the multiplier 2h the
population of the city is shown TO be
52.475.
Work at the state normal at Cheney
was suspended Wednesday afternoon,
20 be resumed again January 4,
There is a possibility that North
n Yakima will suffer a shortage Of fuel
II before long,
Although much has been done by
California scientists In solving the
7 problem Of the Goblin moth in their
field, yet Principal 70. A, Bryan OF the
state agricultural college OF Pullman
says that the remedy for the fruit
tree evil must be still worked out ia
each individual locality, He has ac-
eepted an Invitation 10 address the In
land Empire Horticultural aQa tlQTir
cultural society al us meetiuI ~ spe'
kane IN January,
Ernest stalberg broke botA n
by falling from a h0rizoAtsl bar Ia
the gymnasium OF the feuag MeH's
club al Davenport, fopAe btsjkefk
attempted 20 swing by hls kneps ffpn
the bar, lfe lost his liola sid feij
lIe succeeded Ia alighuaa npoa ~
leet, but plunged forsafd, pfe&hIns
both bones Of The rlelA sSm ~ ene
bone ~ The Left ara, Y
A dam on the coweee1n river a
tributary 81 the cowlte, cr5Ispsad 10