Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-06-30
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
Place-FaII Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NorEs.


time after being let out of the peniten-
tiary at Walla Walla by Governor
Mead that he might expire in peace
and dignity in the bosom of his rela-
tives, is taken by the governor to be
a breach of the conditions of the par
don, and Spencer, because he overlook
ed this opportunity, is likely to be re-
manded back to prison to serve his
time.
Douglas county is to have a fine mod
ern court house, costing $50 900, at Wa
terville, the county seat.
j. G. Duncan, who helped Thomas
Melville, horsethief, to make his sec
ond escape from the Jail by carrying
him from Riverside to Ohpir, in Okaa-
hogan county, covered by canvas in
the bottom of his freight wagon, was
sentenced to pay fine of 500 and
costs.
What is claimed to be the best sec
ton of wagon road in Whitman county
has been completed near Pullman by
the expert road builders sent by the
federal department of agriculture to
construct a model piece of road as
lesson in good roads.
OF the ISL applicants for certificates
to teach in the public schools of Spo-
kane county, only about 70 passed.
A reward of $500 is offered for the
capture or information of the murderer
of Elsie Milhuff. King county offers
$1,000 and Renton city council $500,
and citizens of Renton have raised
$1,000.
Through the courtesy of the chief
engineer of the battleship Nebraska
about 100 students of the University
of Wisconsin will spend their summer
vacation on board the big sea fighter
while she is making her trial speed
tests and cruises.
Now that the sugar beet season is
opening, there is steady movement of
Japanese section hands from the rail
ways to the beet fields.
C. B. Kegley, master of the state
grange. has presented fine specimen
of the golden eagle to the Washington
State college. The eagle measures
seven feet and two inches from tip to
tip of wings.
One of the largest realty transfers in
the Kittitas valley for years was the
recent sale Of the Ramm ranch just
west of Ellensburg by Mrs. So
phronia Ramm to Frank d. Scott, re-
cent arrival from Billings, Mont, for
100000. There are 258 acres in the
tract, which is mostly in hay.
Albert Welty, who was gored by a
wild bull at his dairy farm near Ellens-
burg, will recover.
Sheep by the thousands are vending
their way from the country about Trim
idad, Quincy and Ephrata toward the
Cascade mountains, where they are tc
be ranged during the summer.
Wilsoncreek men will put in ferry
across the northern part of Moses lake
in a few weeks.
No trace has been found of the body
of John Carroll, the milkman of Walla
Walla. who has been missing since the
day of the flood A reward Of $50 has
been offered for the recovery of the
body or information as to his where
abouts, If living.
The Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern jointly will build line from
Spokane southwest to the Snake river
to connect with the joint line running
from Portland up the north bank Of
the Snake river to Riparia. Wash.
The annual communications of the
grand Masonic bodies Of the state Of
Washington will begin their sessions II
Spokane June IL and continue to June
21. There will be sessions Of the
grand lodge, Free and Accepted Ma
sons; grand chapter, Order Of the East
ern Star; grand chapter, Royal Arcf
Masons; grand council, Royal and Sc
lect Masters; grand commandery
Knights Templars.
Chow Hung Noe and Chang Ts
Tsung, appointed by the viceroy O
Manchuria to visit the United States
with other special commissioners, are
examining the irrigation system in thu
Yakima valley and the fruit raising In
dustry.
William Gordon, a wealthy ranchel
living on Spring Flats, five miles from
Colfax. lost IL head of fine horses re
Gently. He took home load OF pol
soned wheat, which he left standing II
the wagon in his yard, and during thu
night the horses got at the wheat ant
ate It. They were dead next mornfnt
when found The animals were valued
at $1,000.
Representatives of large railroad
contracting firms of Washington ant