Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-01-30
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BEING BRIEF PARAGRAPHS

CliS L . ~
E. E. Espy arrived last Saturday
from Portland, Ore.
A fine, new line of up to date station
cry at the P. o. newsstand.
Frank Duncan was owe from Dixie
for a few days this week.
w. E. Merriam left this morning for
Spokane as a witness in the Sherman
Rice case.
Miles Rice returned last night from
Mount Idaho and Grangeville much i'm
proved in health.
BORN. -Wednesday morning, to Mr..
and Mrs. H. P. Mccarthy, a nine
pound girl. Mother and child are doing
well.
Letters received from s.. w, Smith
say that he has reached San Francisco
and is having a good time.
We desire to call the attention of the
readers of this paper to the advertise
ments of outside business houses which
will will appear in the next issue.
Walter Cook left today for Spokane,
where he goes to attend the marriage
of his daughter, Lima M. He and Mrs.
Cook will return in about a month.
F. T. Jones, H. N. and H. S. Shuck
left Tuesday morning for their homes,
Mr.. Jones going to Spokane and the
Shuck brothers to Wardner, Idaho.
Homer Fem and George Bentz, for
est rangers, returned last evening from
a weeks trip down on Salmon river.
Snowshoes was their mode of naviga-
ton.
]. L. C. Mccartney started for the
Hump country Thursday morning on
business connected with the withdrawal
of the forest reserve. He will return
in about a week.
F. H. Harper, owner of the Winifred
group on Blue Ribbon gulch, brought in
some fine ore from the property. One
large chunk showed a quantity of gold
and was a pleasing sight to look at.
Grin Lamb was in town Monday
night on his way from Orogrande to
Lewiston. He is the owner of the well
known Diamond Hitch group near Orc
grande and is said TO be a remarkable
showing. Mr.. Lamb has done a great
deal of development work with most en-
couraging results.
James Montgomery, one of the pio-
neer mine owners of Orogrande, was in
the city the first of the week. He is
interested with Schuyler Franklin in the
Outlook Nos. l and 2 claims and are
now engaged in running a tunnel on the
property and besides this will do con-
siderable other work this winter.
The Harpster correspondent of the
Sites Journal says: Henry Foulks Of
Switchbask met with quite a serious
accident a few days ago. His horse
ran away with him while hauling wooc
and threw him against a log and cut {
very severe cash in his head which ne,
cessitated him seeing DR.. Busey, who
took four stitches in his scalp. Las
report he was getting along nicely"
The Elk Hotel is now comfortably es
tablished in its new quarters and is
great improvement over the old place
The building was ~remodelled, repapereC
and many other changes made anC
everything arranged to make the place
as comfortable and homelike as possible
and the increased patronage show tina
the efforts of the proprietor, j. G
Chesebro, are appreciated by the pub
lie.
S. B. Buckner came in last SATURDAY.
evening from Clearwater and will re
main here during the winter. Las
October Sy bought Bill Snyder's rancl
near Clearwater, on which he spent tn,
fall clearing land and making other i'm
provements. He a y on the first O.
September of this year he will retir,
from active public life to the seclusiol
of his farm, and will view the smoke O
life's battle from a distance. He say
those without experience knoweth no
what the pleasures of farm life. Whel
the summers u is throwing it's fer
ray upon the earth's bosom what coul
be more comfortable than basking i
the shade of a pumpkin tree and imbib
the s~ucculent juices of the milkweec