Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-10-06
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-Fali Trade 10 Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS


Colfax high school. who engaged in
fstic bout with one of his students re-
Gently, has resigned.
The Washington State College ex-
cursion train over the Oregon Railroad
& Navigation company to Spokane
was cancelled as the project met with
a frost.
The bank clearings at Spokane for
the last month are the second largest
in the history of Spokane, second only
to the month of May this year. The
clearings for September amounted to
$1S,114,89S.
]. M. Perry, who was taken to North
Yakima a month ago from Kennewick
suffering from an attack Of lumpy jaw,
died Saturday.
1t is reported William Jennings Bry-
an, presidential possibility, and Sam
uel Gompers, labor leader, will stump
this state for the democratic congress
sional ticket.
That the allied Hill lines. through
the Portland & Seattle railway, will
extend their road down the north bank
of the Columbia to the Pacific ocean,
is now practically certain.
Work on the Spokane & Inland Elec-
trio railroad is being rushed within
the city limits of Colfax.
The largest apple crop in the history
of the Wenatchee valley is now being
harvested.
In honor of the beginning Of 6
o'clock closing in business houses and
to celebrate the victory of Wenatchee
at the Spokane Interstate fair in Sc
curing the $1,000 prize offered for the
best permanent exhibit. the CONNER
cial club held a jollification Tuesday
evening.
]. M. Bowes, an undertaken of Aber-
deem, is asking that Mrs. Tweedy De
notified that Myrtle had died.
Five of the largest locomotives in
the world are now in the Great North
ern shops at Spokane, and are being
set up for use on the line between
Leavenworth and Skyhomish.
Wilsoncreek is shipping more wheat
this season than ever before ana
warehousemen report that they have
handled twice as much grain as at the
same date last year.
The homeward movement of sheep
from summer to the winter ranges Is
under way.
Lumber manufacturers at recent
meeting of the Southwestern Washing
ton Lumber Manufacturers associa
ton in Centralia made kick against
the alleged discrimination i'll lavor o.
shippers from eastern Washington
Idaho and Montana, who are said tc
re receiving all the cars they need FOL
shipments.
Shipments of hay in carload lot'
from Waverly and Fairfield to Spo
kane will be charged for at the rate
five cents hundred pounds hereafter
a reduction of over 80 per cent.
d. G. Penney has sold his interes
in the Lincoln County Times to hi
partner. ]. A. Prudhomme.
Work on the new sewerage system
at Waitsburg is progressing rapiul'
and 1t is thought will be finished Win
in a week.
It is estimated that out of a tota
output of 100000 bushels of barrie
raised in Columbia county this season
30 600 to 100000 sacks have been SOL
at rs to so cents a hundred. ADou
100000 sacks have been pooled an
held for $100 a hundred.
The body of an unknown man apou
As years of age was found recently
reef of rocks in the Snake rive
about As miles above Wahula, nea
Scott station.
James McAuliff, one of Walla Wa
las most prominent pioneer residents
is dead.
Following is the quarterly statemer
of cash balances in the hands or I'd
state treasurer at the close of bushes
September 80:
General funds, 1913, 601.S5; militar,
s56.7s5.19; permanent school, Sos
234.37: current school, $6O,991.3l
harbor, $3S96.73; special land deposit
s186.4O: revolving (penitent1ary
s169,SS2.25; grain inspection, S40S5.6z
fish hatchery, s19,756.3O; universit
permanent, $3S,110.30; United State
soldiers home, $13,102.S7; state
brary. 81 .061 .05; scientific school, Gu
rent overdraft, $12,0S0.2S; scientif
school. permanent, $49,S39.95; capit
building. $345.59; agricultural colleg
current, s91O154; agricultural colleg
current $91O1.54; agricultural colleg
permanent, $3S,Ss990; G. E. P. and
institutions, current, $16,22153; G.
p. and R. institutions, permanent, Sol