Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-01-20
Northwest STATES
WASHINGTON. MONTANA. IDAHO
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
4 Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of tho Sur
rounding Country-kumerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-FalI Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

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The wrestling match at Harrington
between Joe Heinrich of Spokane and
John Swartz, Ed Rux and Almond Fox
OF Harrington was won by Heinrich
in the total wrestling time of II min
utes and IS seconds.
| A man whose name has not vet
been discovered, recently was found
dead near Spokane.
Rev. H. Edward Mills, who has been
chosen for the new pastor of the Ply
mouth Congregational church at Spo-
kane, has been in charge of the Edge
wood Congregational church in Seat
tie for three years.
After an eventful life that spanned
almost century with the male
members of her family connected with
all three of the great wars of the
country, Mrs Julia Stilley Smith died
at Kettle Falls, recently, at the home
of her son Harvey, aged nearly SO
years.
George Einsidler, a pioneer of Whit
man county died suddenly at his home,
southwest of Albion, recently.
The price of sugar beets is to be
advanced so cents per ton if a certain
increase in the tonnage is reached, &C.
cording to report.
The wheat convention, at its session
at Pullman, passed a resolution in
dorsing the work of the national
grange in trying to secure removal OF
the international revenue tax on de-
naturalised alcohol A memorial on
the subject will be forwarded to con-
gress.
The faculty of the University of
Washington will start a movement
with the assured support of President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root to have
the $50, 00e, 900 indemnity paid by the
Chinese for the Boxer trouble used
to establish chairs of Chinese Ian
guage in the leading universities OF
the country.
Jack O'Keefe has accepted the chal-
lenge made by Kid Parker to meet him
in Spokane, and has notified the Spo-
kane Amateur Athletic club that he
will go against the great little fighter
from Denver. 1t is known that Eddie
Quinn, manager of the S. A. A. c.,
thinks Parker and O'Keefe would
ever been pulled off in Spokane, so
the sports expect to see the two men
matched.
Joe Rousseau of Tacoma has iden-
titled George Gilmore. the man who
was shot to death b. Officer Mort Bell
at Bakersfield, CAL, some weeks ago
while attempting to escape from Gus
tody, as his brother, Henry Rousseau,
a resident of Tacoma.
The report of the Yakima Horticul-
tural union, composed of fruit grow
ers in Yakima county, shows net prof
it's of the union for 1905 at approx
mately $4,000 During the year SO cars
of fruit were shipped.
Leaving his crutches as silent mes
sage to those he left behind. Ray
Strobe plunged into the cold waters
Of the Spokane river at Spokane and
carried out his oft repeated threat that
he would end his life in the Spokane
river.
Congressman Cushman has intro
duced bill providing for the appoint
ment of commissioners by the COVER
nor of Alaska instead Of by judges, as
has been the practice In the past.
Ross r. Brattain of Spokane is in
Washington to qualify as United
States consul to Heng Chow, China.
The Washington Irrigation company
has q large force preparing for 1906
water delivery from the Sunnyside ca
nal. This work has been delayed on
account of the pending negotiations for
sale to the government.
The house has passed the Jones bill
providing for the construction OF a
bridge across the Columbia river at
Wenatchee.
DR.. N. G. Blalock announces a big
rabbit drive at Blalock island in the
Columbia river, February 9.
Walla Walla has been selected for
the next G. A. r. department encamp-
ment, to be held June 25, 26 and 81.
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