Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-09-23
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON news ITEMS.
a Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
"a, rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-Fall Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Deulduu 10 lOT IdUOTGTS Ill
the Palouse country.
State Normal school at Ellensburg
opened with an enrolment of 143
students,
Sunday, for the first time in the his
tory of Kettle Falls, the saloons were
all closed.
The enrolment of the Pullman
public school at the end of the second
week was 4S7.
The purchase Of the Tacoma hotel
by w. S. Norman of Spokane, has
become an accomplished fact.
Frank Pasquale was hung at GAS
Friday morning in the penitentary yard
for the murder of Charles Gray.
The number of convicts confined
at the state penitentiary is greater
than for long time. The number is
IT'S.
Henry Parker of Parker & Williams,
contractors, has disappeared from his
rooms at a Chehalis hotel and has not
been heard Of
Morris e. Stinebaugh, aged IS years,
was killed Sunday night by falling
from the roller coaster at Natatorium
park at Spokane.
At the bond election held at
Chelan, it was decided by a vote of
1876 to 60 to issue bonds to build
$4,000 schoolhouse.
]. M. Stewart, wood dealer of Wal
la Walla, committed suicide at Pendle-
ton by shooting himself through the
head. Another case of booze
F. Haun has finished threshing 100
acres of red Russian wheat five miles
north of Elberton. He secured 1886
bushels, or better than 40 bushels to
an acre.
At Whitman college, which open
ed Monday, the registration of students
was the largest ever reached at
the opening date. About 250 students
are registered.
Lieutenant r. B. Grutb post sur
geon at Fort Wright, at Spokane, has
been ordered to the Philippines and
will sail December 5. His successor
has not yet been announced
Commencing with last Sunday
North Yakima will be closed town
till after hop picking or longer. This
decision was reached when the sa
loon men got together and agreed not
to open.
Henry Ulrich, age IS, and John
Berry, age 10, have admitted to the
police that they were in the recent
accident at Spokane which resulted
in the death of c. S. Wilson. "
rich was on the horse that ran dowr
and killed Mr.. Wilson.
Mrs. E. Carr, wife OF an old pioneer
was fatally burned at her sons home
Sunday evening at Seattle. 1t Il
thought that she was trying to ligh
the fire with coal oil and that por
ton was spilled on her dress, which
ignited and inflicted fatal injuries.
Steve Maddox attempted to com
nit suicide at North Yakima b.
cutting himself across the throat witt
a razor. Failing in his attempt h
took his clothes off, set fire to them
and then Jumped into the blaze. II
was taken in charge by officers an
will be sent to his home in Noun
Vernon.
Two heavily loaded streetcars co
lided at a sharp curve on the SouI
Tacoma line Sunday afternoon, ser
ously injuring two persons and pruiS
ing and shaking a number OF otnerS
The most seriously injured are Henr
Dewolf a solicitor, and Joseph ia
ligher one of the motormen. Both WI
recover.
Washington day at the Lewis an
Clark exposition will be September z
The day will be made one of the pli
gest of the whole exposition perlo'
and will be notable because OF tn
large number of prominent Washln'
ton people who will attend. ANON
these latter will be Governor AlDel
e. Mead and his staff.
An increase in one year OF Slf,lSS
974 in the total assessed valuatio
of all property in the state OF was
ington as equalized by the coun'
boards. is shown in comparauN
statement prepared by the state boar
of equalization from schedules III
nished by the various counties III
total assessed valuation is given
27997,919.
At a point on the Spokane riV'
Is miles north of Davenport ana
miles northwest of Spokane, a nus
landslide filed the channel of the riv
and completely damned the curre
for over an hour. In this instance
great chunk of the mountain, ca
rying rocks and giant trees, gave wa
and in a few minutes formed a ia