Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-01-23
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BEING BR1EF,PARAGRAPHs

single mar to bury himself IN curing
a leap year.
Harry Poyneer left last Sunday morn
ing for a visit of a month or six weeks
at Pomeroy, Wash.
Ed Ervin's heaviest loss in the Col
umbia fire was a photograph of a native
daughter of California
G.. l. Porter has been appointed a
member of the governing board of the
Central Idaho Mining Bureau.
VIM. Hogan. general manager of the
Crooked River M. & M. Co., was a Wis
itor from Orogrande the first of the
week.
]. E. Peirson was in from Seigel
creek today. He refused to see re-
porters, giving as a reason that other
engagements had his attention.
Steve fainter and Ed Lingo were
among Sundays departures for Spo-
kane, being summoned as witnesses in
the Breckenridge damage case.
Letters came to the Elk City post
office this week addressed to the "Hon.
Mayor" "Chief of Police" and LEAD
err of the Band" We took 'em all.
Stage navigation around old Badly
the first of the week was not all that
could be desired, so the drivers say.
That was not all they said either, but
Jacob Schaefer, of Lewiston, vice
president of the Diamond Joe Mining &
Milling Co., was in camp several days
this week looking after the interests of
his company.
Frank E. McMillen has just returned
from Big Greek, where he has been do
ing some representing. He reports
everything as looking favorable for
that section.
Subscriptions taken at the P~ostoffice
for any magazine or newspaper pub
lished. We give you publishers prices,
and sometimes less, saving you time,
trouble and money.
For a limited time subscriptions will
he taken at the P~ostoffice for the Sat
urday Evening Post at $1.25 a year.
The publishers price is So. 00-you make
a saving of 80 cents.
Someone reported around town that
Harry Cain just barely escaped in his
nights - : ON the Columbia cabin the
morn. of the fire. This Harry We
he mer ~ denies, as he says he never
wore one.
j. M. Lingo receiced a letter Wednes-
day from his son, o. T., who is staying
this winter in Roosevelt, Thunder
mountain, in which he stated that pro
visions of all kinds are very carce
Flour is worth $40 a sack, kerosene 81
a gallon and other goods in proportion.
Our Orogrande correspondent writes
Schuyler Franklin is running a TUNE
on his Outlook No. l and No. 2 claims
Mr.. Franklin is very much pleased will
the showing made and will do consider
able development work this winter
Jas. Montgomery is also interested il
this property.
A friend from Spokane writes "En
closed find money order for 81 for on,
years subscription to your worthy pa
per. must say l wa surprised whei
1 received your first copy. 1t is Ger
tainly well gotten up and contains I'm
limited news. 1t will certainly be
great help to the camp"
We have not heard from our Orc
grande correspondent for some time
but late arrivals from there say he i
pursuing an active campaign agains
the lo-nesoneness of bachelorhood
However, in the course of a couple o
weeks we hope to again have full tele
graphic reports from there.
Lem Curry and Ed Roach, of tn
Dredge, spent several days in tow
this week, They have some valuabl
mineral claims near there, on whic
they have been doing a great deal o
development work during the past fall
with most encouraging results.
Last Sunday was the anniversary o
G. l.. L. Baskets birth and a humble
of his friends rendered him a surprise
Cards were the feature of the evening
Refreshments we're served at IL o'cloc
after which the guests, wishing Nh