Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-10-27
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washington, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA items.
4 Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numereus AccI.
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fa.. Trade 10 Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WARRINGTON NOTES.
q. F. Mcclure has purchased from
George F. Suvers 232 acres near Gar
field for $3.50 an acre, or s18,212.
1t Is said work is soon to begin on
the 100000 building with which Aug
ust Paulsen is to replace the Marion
block at Spokane. There are build |
ings either completed during the pres
ent year or under way which will to-
tai in value fully 100000.
The unwilling of the Monaghan mon
ument took place October 25.
No further developments have come
out in the case of Reno Hutchinson,
general secretary of the Young Mems
Christian association, who was MUIR
dered Monday night at Spokane.
In celebration of the most prosper
Gus year in the history Of the We
natchee valley and Chelan county the
residents of the counties of Douglas
and Chelan joined in harvest festi-
val and race meet at Wenatchee on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Of
this week.
Sheriff Painter of Walla Walla has
in custody Nelson Melander, suspect
ed of being implicated in the murder
of an unknown man near Simmons
Siding on Snake river, about two
weeks ago. So far as known there is
no direct evidence connecting Melan-
der with the crime.
The contract for the construction of
the new city hall building at Walla
Walla has been let. The building will
be of Tenino stone and will cost $780,
900.
Two collisions on a piece Of track
20 miles long, occurring within an
hour of each other, is the record made
Saturday evening by the Great North
ern at Malaga and at Trinidad. AS a
result two men, both engineers, are In
the hospital in Wenatchee, Engineer
James e. Barr with crushed foot
which 1t is feared will necessitate am
putation and Engineer Harry Halter
injured in the back SO seriously that
his life Is in danger, and fireman if
injured more or less seriously.
To prevent an invasion Of Seattle
during the winter months by the
crooks now said to be operating in
San Francisco and the northwest
Chief Wappenstein declares that ne
must have 80 additional patrolmen al
once and II necessary he would ash
the public to subscribe $4,000 to pay
their salaries for six months.
Safe crackers got in their work a.
Tyler early Saturday morning. Two
safes In the store of s. Wolf and com
pany we're blown and $125 belonging
to the postoff1ce taken.
Dates have been settled for the sec
ond annual school Of music OF tn
Washington state college for May 2
and 4, 1907.
The Potlatch fire department ma
been organized with a membership o
100.
The first horse show ever held II
Franklin county took place in Conner
Saturday.
A cave-in in a sewer recently
North Yakima caught Newt Green an
Dick Noreen, two laborers, and befor
they were rescued both had dleo
Great quantities Of rocks and loos
dirt fell upon the men.
William Constantine, worth $l5o
900. who shot and wounded his sor
in-law, Jesse Hall, on October z, a
Seattle, because of stories of domestl
infelicity told him by his daughter
has been re-arrested and placed
Jail. He had been out on bail but IN
prosecuting attorney feared that n
would make an attempt to leave Tn
city should Hall die. Hall Is not e.
pected to live.
M. e. Kincaid Of Seattle, chairma
of the state board Of control, has r.
signed that position and was appoin
ed superintendent of the state pen
Tertiary at Walla Walla in place
A. F. KEGS. Governor Mead has al
nounced the appointment Of Maine
Piles of Olympia, brother OF the UNI
ed States senator, as member OF 'n
state board of control to succeed N
e. Kincaid.
While going to Coulee City recent
with her husband and his motne
Mrs. Mary G. whitley was acciden
alIv killed in a runaway.