Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-02-10
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of tho Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-FaIl Trade 10 Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

good showing is made in the
treasurer's office of Douglas county in
the collection Of taxes for 1904.
: The MAYHEM grange is one of the
prosperous institutions of Garfield
county. 1t has a membership of 100.
The 50th anniversary of the we'd
ding of Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Loundagin
was celebrated at Waitsburg last
week.
Only one woman committed suicide
In Spokane county last year out of the
16 unfortunates who ended their ex-
istence.
| That he was tired of life, is the ex-
PLANTATION given by Peter Thompson, a
Dane, who shot himself in the head at
Spokane recently.
| Manager butcher of the Sprague
roller mills has received an order for
1850 barrels of -four to be shipped to
Vladivosteck at once
The state board of control will in
future not limit the sale of jute bags
manufactured at the state penitenti-
airy to use in the state of Washington
The Harrington school board has de-
cided to turn the seats in a number
of the schoolrooms half way around
to gain better light for the pupils
at work.
A huge tree sprayer has been sent
to Spokane from the Washington State
college at Pullman to be used for
the spraying of shade trees, which
have become affected by aphis and
other pests.
Representative Jones has been as
sured by Secretary Wilson that east
ern Washington will receive liberal
appropriation Of the general funds for
the promotion of scientific farming in
the west.
The highest price ever paid for 10I
acres of fruit lands in Yakima county
was recorded recently, when E. ].
Haaeze sold a tract on Mob hill to H.
Is. Wilkinson of Syracuse, N. Y, for
$4,000, or $500 an acre.
On the ground that her husband has
not taken bath for four years and
has not during the seven years of
their married life used soap for per-
sonal cleanliness Mary Fredericksen
commenced suit against Kristian Fred
erickson in the King county superior
court to obtain divorce.
No officer in the northwest is a more
thorough student of the Bertillon sys-
tenn Of measuring criminals and the
finger print system than Deputy Sher-
if Maxey Of Ellensburg, and no office
in the northwest is better equipped
for this method of taking and retain
ing measurements of criminals than
the sheriff's office of Kittitas county
About 1000 persons gathered at the
Sunnyside barbecue to celebrate the
coming Of the railroad. Two beeves
were roasted, with which bread but
ter, baked beans, pickles and coffee
were served. The business men Of
Sunnyside acted as walters A tenn
porary table 300 feet in length en-
circling the barbecued beeves was
provided, around which the guests
stood several deep. All the towns
from Prosser to North Yakima were
we'll represented.
Judge M. ]. Gordon Of Spokane and
other lawyers claiming to have con-
tracts with the Colville Indians for 10|
per cent of the amount received by In
dams from the sale Of their surplus
lands, are trying to secure an amend
ment to the bill for opening the Col
vile reservation which will provide
for payment to them of $3.50 ,000 Their
contract was approved by Hoke Smith
when secretary of the interior, but 1t
is now claimed the contract was new
er made with representative citizens
of the Colville reservation.
IDAHO NEWS.
Mrs. Ella A. Wade, postmistress at
Mullan, has resigned.
The Commercial Cream company of
Lewiston is establishing cream sta
ton at Genesee
William Campbell, settler living at
Big Creek, 80 miles above st. Joe, &C
cidentally chopped his foot in two.
1t Is authoritatively stated that the
Northern Pacific has awarded the con-
tract for building the Lewiston-G Grange
vile line to Porter Bros. & WEIGH.
The debating council of the Univer-
sity of Idaho has severed debating re-
lations with Whitman college on ac-
count Of lack of time
At recent meeting of the Mullan
town council 10 years franchise was
granted the Mullan Electric Light &
Power Co. to operate in that camp.
i Larger premiums for the live stock
exhibit and a better street fair togeth-
er with more entertainment features
at the fair grounds are improvements
that Secretary C. w Mount Ia Dlan-