Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-09
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.

The Garfield public schools will
open On the 18th inst. with S. NJ. Nc
Croskey in charge.
William w. Bailey, manager of the
Portland store of Tull & Gibbs, died
at Spokane Saturday night.
Granger is one OF the new towns on
the Sunnyside branch of the Northern
Pacific railway, in Yakima valley.
Robert Colby, living near Reardan,
reports the banner yield of oats, his
crop averaging 100 bushels to the
acre.
The county superintendent of
schools has apportioned $6429.20 of
school funds among the 122 districts
of Douglas county.
The Ritzville public schools opened
Monday morning with IA teachers.
Three will teach in the high school
and II in the grades.
Senator Samuel H. Piles has &C
cepted the invitation by the Walla
Walla County Fair association to make
an address during fair week.
Complaint is made by farmers liv-
| ing in the vicinity of Oakesdale,
Thornton, Sunset and st. John, be-
cause of their inability to get grain
threshed.
E. A. Bickford of Mob Hill has sold
his 10 acre ranch near North Yakima
for $4,000. He paid $4,000 for it year
ago. The purchaser is E. w. Hines
of Glendive, Mont.
a. R. Arbuckle, who was at Wilbur
for three months publishing the Sen
tinel, has been appointed state organ
izer for the Fraternal Union of Amer
lea.
The II year old son of ]. G. Parker
of Granger. was killed recently by the
caving in of a cistern in which he
was working with his father. The Lao
was dead before he could be rescued
Ferrets may become an important
factor in agriculture in this country
as destroyers of the squirrels which
: levy heavy tribute on the grain crops
of Whitman county every year.
Deaths during August as recorded
J. by the Spokane board of health mum
bered II, of which 3S were males ant
SO females. For the same period
4 there were 101 births, of which 81
3 were males and 46 were females.
4 Alice Durkee, the 10 year old cir
8 who was shot by Harry Stanley, VIII
0 committed suicide, at Spokane, i
l dead, and the number of homicides il
Spokane since January l, 1905, no
J. counting the large number of suicides
l was swelled to eight.
8 With 200 passengers aboard, man
0 of whom were women and children
9 who almost created a panic, the stem
9 err Flyer at o'clock Sunday afternoo
4 ran full speed into the Olympia Oyste
o company's dock while making lane
g ing at her own wharf in Seattle.
Fire did $4,000 damages at Dayto
y Sunday. 1t destroyed the Great Yves
l. ern hotel. The residence of Jess
Samuel was damaged to the exter
e of $500. The Baptist church and pa
a. sonage were scorched. A general stoI
e. and the residence of Mr.. Engel wei
"a burned.
" A corps of engineers of the COVER
ment reclamation service is in Yakin
n valley. They are making surveys, L
a speeding pumping plants, pipe line
IL ascertaining arid land acreage, in IA
e. gaining full and complete knowledt
of the Sunnyside CANAL preparation
r. to a report to the government.
10 The steamer Jerome, loaded vii
IN 1000 bushels of wheat, consigned fro
s, Kennewick to Cello, struck rock
OF the Columbia river when just abo'
of the mouth of the Snake river al
sank in about 80 feet of water. II
re cargo is ruined, but it is believed Il
re boat can be raised. Captain DAM
BY was in charge of the boat. No Of
OF was injured.
re Following is a condensed report
e; the business done at the United Stat
IL land Office in Walla Walla during A
gust: Cash entries for 162S.S4 acre
he "a; receipts for same, $2426.75; desc
ed land entries for 2569.61 acres, 10;
es ceipts $642.41; homestead entries
6424.S7 acres, receipts, $S91.22; fin
ed proofs for 15l492 acres, receip
re $64.07; miscellaneous fees, $1O2.S9.
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