Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-16
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON news ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Outlook is Bright.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

says Washington crop will aggregate
thirty millions.
Lincoln county farmers have never
known a period of greater prosperity
than they are now experiencing
The machinery is being placed in the
new creamery which is expected to be
in operation within 10 days at Waits
burg.
OF the Is Sunnyside school teachers
two are men, one a married woman
and II unmarried. Eight own ranches
near Sunnyside.
The remains of Thomas Madden,
who was killed by freight train on
the Great Northern, were taken to We
natchee for burial.
The body of an unknown man was
found Sunday in the river at Spokane.
The dead man was large, tall and
well built, and weighed about $50
pounds.
N. o. Baldwin has closed a deal for
the Jacob Ledgerwood estate. the
estate is situated eight miles west of
,Pomeroy and consists of 1920 acres
and sold for $4,000.
Work has ben resumed on the fed
eral building at Seattle and will be
continued without delay, says the con-
tractor. 1t will require about two
years to complete the building.
1t is announced that Major Gerhard
l.. Luhn, United States army retired,
at his own request has been relieved
from duty as instructor in military tao
tics at Gonzaga college at Spokane
The annual report of the commits
sioner of pensions shows that 9765
residents of the state of Washington
were on the pension rolls June 30
1905. who drew during the last fiscal
year s1,27S,660.
The body of Andrew Jackson, pic
neer of Medical Lake, was found II
Fernan lake, a small lake mile anc
a half from Occur d'Alene city The
deceased is supposed to have met his
death by accidental drowning abou
six days ago.
Friday night the most terrific rain
storm known in northwest Washington
since the establishment of branch
the government weather bureau
Bellingham eight years ago, occurred
one and a half inches of rain falling
in two and half hours.
The best offer for supplying tn
state with jute for the years run
the penitentiary jute mill submitte
to the board of control in response I
the call for bids was nearly $lO,OO
more than the board expected to pa
for the $500 bales required.
A negro was shot and mortali
wounded while stealing ride on Tn
westbound freight at North Yakim
by Brakeman c. E. tombstone. JONI
stone claims that the negro attacke
him with bar of iron while he wa
trying to put him off the train.
James Hamilton, who claimed 10 Q
an English nobleman, related to tn
duke of Abercorn, is missing in Sea
tie and his best friend, Arthur Gam
a Dawson mining man, has reported
the police his belief that Hamilton hs
committed suicide by drowning.
burglars robbed the safe of the Ce
trail theater at Seattle, one OF the chal
of 10 cent houses, some time ear
Sunday morning, and got 1928 in cas-
The safe was not blown open, whlt
shows that the robbery was comm
ted Inv some one who knew the CONT
nation.
Jananese Consul Hisamiduz. at Sea
tie has exchanged kilograms WI
Aimaro Sato, on Baron Komuras sta
in regard to the exact sailing date
the minnesota. Baron Komura q
sires to give a public reception IN
attic before leaving, as marx Oh
probation. !,
Moritz Thomson, president or
Centennial Mill company, estima'
that California will use 6,0OO,OOO pus
els of Washington wheat this yea
He also states that orders for appro
mately 100000 bushels have been
ceived from the United Kingdom. L
present harvest in Washington is es
mated at "a 100000 bushels.
Bonds from the Spokane 81 ina
Railroad company have been solo
eastern firms and the road has
funds with which to build lts iii
from Spokane to Colfax and Palou
with provision for securing enou
additional money to extend the roau
the Snake river or elsewhere when
comnanv thinks such extensions wo'
be profitaDie.
The attorney general has given
opinion on the new law prohibiting
running at large of stock IN count
which are three-fourths under zen
in which he holds that the law is 1