Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-03-17
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-Fall Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

the penltentlary Saturday by Travel
ing guards Esterbrook and Chalott |
and Deputy Sheriff Chef Bedding of
Seattle. There are 819 convicts serv-
ing sentences at the penitentiary and |
"a out on parole.
Jay p. Graves Of Spokane has pur-
chased the tremendous falls in the Co |
lumbia river above Kettle Falls, |
Wash, 100 miles north of Spokane,
for $4,000. He expects to develop it
into one of the greatest electric prop
critics in America. Although the falls
are so immense that it is exceedingly
difficult to estimate the flow, there is
believed to be minimum of 10000
to 100000 horse power at low water.
The supreme court, in a decision
handed down recently, sustained the
lower court in finding L. M. Poole OF
Spokane guilty of living off the earn
ings of fallen woman, and in SEN
fencing him to five years imprison
ment.
The North Coast road is not only an
assured fact but it has been definitely
stated by President Robert E. Stra-
horn that North Yakima is to be the
main division point between the two
terminals. Walla Walla and Seattle.
While lying fiat on the floor of the
first story of the Merle Heany Manu-
featuring companys building, with
their heads projecting over freight
elevator shaft, directing streams of
sx,t L4 wi ar
broke out recently Lieutenant Charles
Kirk and Pipeman Herman Larson of
the Seattle fire department, were
caught under the elevator and receiv-
ed serious injuries.
The Tacoma republican convention
has nominated for mayor, R. L. Nc
Cormick; treasurer. Ray Freeland;
comptroller, John Mead.
The contract for the construction
of the new armory building at Spo-
kane has been let. Price $4,000.
In response to request for an
opinion on the subject, Attorney Gen.
eral Atkinson has advised the board
of control that the grain bags manu-
featured at the Walla Walla peniten-
tiary can be sold only to actual con-
sumers who are residents of the
state.
A full-hedged opium den, with some
of the paraphernalia still in sight, was
discovered in Seattle recently in a
Chinese laundry.
The supreme court has declared
unconstitutional the so-called pedlers
licene law of 1905, under the provi
sions of which pedlers were required
to pay a license fee of 5000 in each
county in the state in which they car
ried on bushes.
Judge Moore, mayor elect of Seat
tie. says he will close all forms OF
gambling down tight in Seattle.
The supreme court has rendered a
decision knocking out as unconstitu
tional the plumbers license law.
The supreme court has decided that
where a boundary line between two
tracts of land has been fixed by mu
tual consent between the owners and
remains the recognized dividing line
for a period of 20 years, in fact II
becomes the actual boundary, not
withstanding subsequent govern
ment survey finds 1t is wrongly locat
ed
lay p. Graves has bought from
Frank p. Hogan the Bowl and Pitch
err" power site, seven miles down the
river from Spokane, for $4,000.
A travelling man named Stauldine
WAS robbed of $106 in cash and $1,000
in checks by burglars who entered
his room at Aberdeen.
The apples on sale at the depo
news stand at North Yakima are {
great attraction to homeseekers II
transit. The medium sized apples
they purchased for eating, while the
larger ones. which are curiosity tt
them. they secure for souvenirs. Some
of the travellers willingly pay Is cents
each for the large specimens.
The LewistonC Charleston company II
employing 1875 men laying the new
nine line from Asotin creek to irrigat'
Vineland. Five miles of the work II
finished.
Tumbleweeds and Chinese lettuce
which have been long pest to far
mers of Harrington section, are re
norted to be worse than ever.
The state land commissioner OF
fee has made the regular monthly set
Element with the state treasurer will
a total remittance of $137, 459.37, tn
principal items being the curren
school fund collection, $29,3S1.70; tn
permanent school fund. $50. 40S.71, ant
the tide land fund, which goes int
the states general fund, $45,097.40.