Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-08-12
WASHINGTON NoTEs.


Homer WicKs was drowned recently
in the Snake river near Colfax.
New wheat is arriving in Seattle
two weeks in advance of last year.
A new jail for boys has been fitted
up in the court house at Seattle.
The records of the burned court
house at Waterville are unimpaired.
The Olympia Trade Council has Sc
cured Governor Mead as labor day |
orator, September A.
ChuckanuL sandstone will be used in
the construction of the new federal
building at Seattle.
George Rumens, an old time Palous-
er and wealthy rancher and mine own
err, attempted suicide recently.
1t is said the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railway company has pur-
chased terminal grounds in Seattle.
The year old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Mahart of Reardan was run over
by load of hay and instantly killed.
Straw day was observed at Cunning
ham last Tuesday to put the roads in
shape for the general hauling time to
come.
Mayor Clark of Sumas has instruct
ed the town marshal to close up all
gambling places and prosecute all Of
tenders.
A comparison with the tax rolls of
Lincoln county of the last year show
an increase in taxable property of
$318,329.
1.-The Spokane Interstate Fair will
show an improvement over all previ-
Gus years this season." says Manager
Cosgrove.
Property owners of Sedro-Woolley
are required by it's city ordinance to
cut the thistles from their places be-
fore August 10.
During the last 81 years the fire in
surance companies have paid losses in
the state of Washington amounting to
more than SIS, ,65S.
For the past month the demand for
labor at the Seattle city employment
bureau has been from two to three
times as great as the supply.
The jewelry store of A. E. Sever OF
Palouse city was robbed of SIS worth
of goods by a man whom Mr.. Sever
accidentally locked in his store.
An unidentified man, supposed to be
George Shannon, was shot and killed
yesterday morning at 4 o'clock al
Cheney by Marshall A. Blackman.
The appointment of eX-Congressmar
Sam c. Hyde of Spokane to be com
mandant of the state soldiers home al
Orting is announced by the governor.
Washingtons grain crop for the
year 1905 will be between 100000
and S5,OOO,OOO bushels, is the state
ment of S. S. King, deputy grain in
spector.
The monthly financial statement is
sued by the state auditor shows re
ceipts to the general fund amounting
in July to $751; ,243 and expenditure:
of $102699.
Eugene E. LarimOre, western Wash
ington agent for a piano house, ha!
been arrested in Seattle charged will
embezzling 1885 in money belonging
to his employers.
1t is announced an effort is bein:
made to organize citizens of Wash
ington who were formerly natives o
Michigan into an organization to b.
known as the Michigan society.
Ex-State Senator G. A. Mantz, 70
L
citizens of Colville and one of thu
ablest constitutional lawyers in thu
state of Washington, died recently.
Harvest is in full swing now in thu
Waterville section. The farmers ar
still crying for harvest hands, ant
never before has help been so scarce
Grain sacks are now worth 91s cent
apiece in Waterville.
John b. Whidden of the junior clas
at the University of Washington, ha
received word from the college au
thorities at the University of Chicag
that he had been awarded scholar
ship in the department of history il
that institution.
One of two whales that have beel
making their summer home in Puge
sound, wandered about until he caugh
a glimpse of Tacoma recently and fel
dead. His floating carcass was foun
between Steilacoom and McNeills is
and. The dead whale was dark brow
in color, about so feet long.
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