Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-10-13
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
ANB OREGON news ITEMS.
A Few interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-Fail Trade 10 Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
A fuel famine is on at Washtucr

After hop picking season lasting a
month, the 1906 Yakima crop is har-
vested and 1t is known that it will fall
at least 20 per cent below the 1905
crop. 1t is estimated that the product
for this year will not exceed $4,000
bales, while last season it was approx
imately $4,000 bales. The slump is
due to unfavorabia weather conditions
The September report Of the Wash
ington state finances by State Auditor
Clausen shows expenditures Of $685.
1880 and receipts of 1,227.5S for
the month. The balance in the gen.
eral fund October 1 is shown at $685.
525.38.
Tacoma journeymen plumbers have
made demand on the master plumb
ers Of the city for an increase in
wages from S. to $3.50 per day.
King county property owners oppos-
ing the Lake Washington canal pro-
posed by Jas. A. Moore, have begun
an action to restrain the bond issue
carried at the recent election to pro-
vide $500,0000 toward financing the
enterprise The county commission
ers and Moore are named as defend
ants.
Application for a new trial will be
made by the o. r. & N. railway in
the case of joint freight rates between
the O. R. & N. and Northern Pacific
from eastern Washington to Puget
sound, in which Judge Chadwick Of
Colfax handed down a decision adj
verse to the railroad company.
The Methow-Barron state road, for
which the last session of the state
legislature appropriate $4,000, $1,000
of which was to be spent in Okanogan
county, and for which county has al
ready spent or appropriated more
than similar amount, is nearing COM
pletion.
Melvin A. Edwards, aged SO, died as
a result OF scalds received at Milan,
Wash, through the explosion of the
boiler in the engine room of the Spo-
kane Lumber company.
The first trains over the Spokane
International railway will be operated
some time next month.
]. B. Wisdom suffered stroke of
paralysis Thursday while at work on
his ranch northwest of Wilbur.
Australian markets will be sought
for big red apples grown in the Wen
atchee valley. e. Wagner, leading
grower, will start soon for the orient
with 5000 boxes, making six carloads
Ax~ah II Ifnv, hNu mo q
lent death near Brewster recently.
He was jolted off wagon and the
wheel passed over his head.
The main line of the Vancouver,
Victoria & Eastern railway from Ferry
and Midway, B. c., to Nelson, Wash,
is practically completed, and will be
in operation the first of November.
Palouse warehouses are glutted with
grain and hay as it is impossible to
secure cars Several warehousemen
have been compelled to ask patrons
to suspend delivery until the car sit
uation is relieved. Wheat is quoted in
the local market at SO cents for red
Russian and So for club variaties. Few
farmers are selling.
AS the commencement of a cam
paign to raise an additional $4,000 for
the Young Mems Christian association
building at North Yakima it was de-
cided to have special programs in the
churches October IA, which will be
known as Y. M. G. A. Sunday
State Treasurer George G. Mills has
completed the biennial report of his
Office for the two years ending Sep
TENDER 80, 1906. This report shows
that business had quadrupled since
1904, although there has been abso
lutely no increase in the office force
and but $45 year increase in sala
ries. The two years receipts were
$685., 5O3.91 and disbursements were
1860 ,OO096.
The big Indian powwow is on a
Toppenish, and will continue until DC
tober o. Racing will be the principa
pastime during the daytime, and a
night dancing and other forms of In
dian entertainment will be indulge
in far into the night.
Frank Baker, one of the convict
employed at the state rock crushin
camp at Meskill, Lewis county, ha
escaped.