Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-07-28
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of tho Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acci-
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-FaiI Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

The Tacoma city directory for 1906
shows Tacoma's population to be a.
30, a gain Of 10000 over last year.
The Hastings Industrial company Of
Chicago will put in an 500 COW cream
cry at Palouse City.
Three barns, containing 118 tons Of
hay, were destroyed by fire recently
on the Mike Jennings ranch, four
miles from Spangle.
A. l.. Bassford, a switchman on the
Great Northern. was killed at L.eaven-
worth recently by being struck by
freight engine.
Henry Dill, an aged farmer OF Span
gle, was found dead in the road recent
ly. He had evidently been thrown
from a load of lumber which he was
hauling, and had been run over by the
wheels of tue wagon.
Congressman Francis w. Cushman
with his wife and mother have arrived
home in Tacoma.
The country schools of Washington
face famine Of competent teachers
for the work next winter.
C. J. Anderson, cashier OF the First
Bank Of Kiona, was drowned recently
while swimming in the Yakima river.
Colonel F. Jackson, one of the most
prominent residents Of Prosser died
Saturday morning after an illness of
about two weeks. He was promi-
nent member of the Grand Army.
Grain is seriously hurt. say farmers
about Davenport.
The lid is on at North Yakima, as
chief of police has ordered ali the
games to close.
While playing along the bank of an
irrigating ditch in North Yakima Geor-
gia Richmond, the two and half year
old daughter Of V. S. Richmond. fell
into the stream and was drowned.
For the fiscal year ending June &c..
1906, the Spokane postoffice shows an
increase of 1877 per cent.
Governor Mead has committed the
sentence of death passed upon Oscar
D-~dsnaw life Imprisonment
Over $1,000 acres of land near Alma
and Conconully. which were with
drawn from entry on account of the
Okanogan irrigation and reclamation
project, have been restored to entry.
Filing cannot take place until after
notice has been posted 80 days.
The thirty-seventh annual conven-
ton of the Grand Lodge of Washing
ton. Independent Order of Good Tenn
plars, in session at Yakima, elected
James r. O'Farrell of Orting past
grand chief templar.
Work on all other buildings provid-
ed for by the omnibus public buildings
appropriation bill, which became law
at the last session of congress, will
probably not begin until late next
spring and possibly not until June.
Adolph Kirchner. prominent must
clan of Spokane, is at the head of a
movement to organize in Spokane the
Spokane Aschenbroedel society, which
will include professional and amateur
musicians and singers in the Inland
empire, the purpose being to hold a
musical festival in Spokane next May.
The factory inspection law makes
inspection compulsory, and does not
leave 1t to the option of the factory
owners. according to Charles F. Hub
bard, state labor commissioner.
The annual convention of the Inter-
national stage Employees at Boston
elected John Suarez, of St. Louis pres
ident. s. H. Metcalf of Spokane is
among the vice presidents chosen.
IDAHO NOTES.