Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-09-29
IDAHO NOTES.


H. M. Narl was struck by rock
from blast near Stevens and serious
ly injured.
c. d. Sherman, aged SO years, for
years janitor Of the county offices at |
Wallace, died recently.
Persons wishing to be naturalized |
in Tune for the election will have tot
do so before September 81.
The Wardner school board has de-
cided to enforce the rules, regulating
the districts between Wardner and
Kellogg, and have Kellogg pupils at
tend the Kellogg school,
Mrs. Jane Nelson was found drown
ed in the Portunef river at Pocatello.
She was II years Of age and very fee
Bile, and 1t is supposed she fell into
the stream while crossing the bridge
A fight occurred in a saloon at Sho-
| shone in which p j. Clomas, a brake
mon on the o. s. L.. was instantly
killed by Fred Regan. No one saw
the ARRAY except the bartender, and
he refuses to talk. Clomas was shot
five times. Regan at once gave him
self up to the authorities and is held
on the charge of murder
AT Boise 1t is reported that ]. ]. Hill
has taken over the railroad project
known as the San Francisco, Idaho &
Montana, organized for the purpose of
building line from San Francisco to
Butte.
Frank B. Harrison, lad IS years of
age, employed as section hand on
= the Payette valley railroad, was swept
from the top Of car by telephone
wire and falling across the track YVES
instantly killed
The remains of Arvid Bodine, one Of
the men drowned in the river five
miles from Standpoint, was found float
ing near Corbin bridge. The body Of
Leaf, who went down at the same
: time, has not come up.
Fire at Minidoka destroyed the
Overland hotel, Minidoka hardware
store, Burroughs Mercantile Co.'s
store, Cotton's store, vaughn's livery
stable, five saloons, a lodging house
and number of residences. The loss
is estimated at $4,000.
MONTANA NEWS.
At the 10th annual convocation Of
the grand chapter of Royal Arch Ma
sons in Helena j. B. Legatt of Butte
was elected M. e. Excellent grand
high priest.
The Billings opera house was totally
destroyed by fire recently. The loss
is about $4,000, partially covered by
insurance. The origin of the fire is
attributed to defective electric wiring,
, although many contend it was incen-
diaryism. The uests from the ad-
joining Commercial hotel escaped in
their night clothes and that structure
y was saved by hard work.
w. R. McGinnis of Kalispell has re-
turned from four months trip to Old
Mexico, Where he purchased 12,000,-
900 acres of land from the Mexican
> government for the Sinaloa Land com
pany, which is composed of Los Ange-
: les capitalists and Mr.. McGlnnls acted
as their expert to determine the value
of the land.
= Joseph Freshman, police officer
. was shot and fatally injured by high
: wayman at Butte about o'clock Sun
day morning. He was approached by
> the bandit, who commanded him to
hold up his hands, not knowing that
he was a policeman, and Freshman
reaching for his revolver, received the
contents of four chambers of the high
wayman's weapon. Freshman died
: three hours later at hospital. He
made a brave fight for life. When he
. went down under the shock of the first
> shot, he fell into an open cellarway
from which he crawled a few mo
ments later, though pierced with four
8 bullets.
Ewin Alva Mckinney was acquitted
at Missoula of the charge of having
murdered Edward Flynn at Saltese or
the afternoon of August 81 of this
9 year.
William Clifford has been at Butte
? on a Geographic order from the sher
!, if of Sheridan, Wyoming, where he is
> wanted for the robbery of the Owl 81
loon cafe in that town of the sum Of
$3.50.
Hugh DAILY. will on October 1 take
charge of the Florence hotel. one Of
:, the largest, If not the largest, boarding
: houses in the Northwest.
The members of the Woman's Pro
tective association, union No. 14S con
tanning 300 members, of Butte, has de
,, cided to stand by the male cooks ant
" walters in demanding an eight-houl
work day within 13 hours.
The Madison county fair was {
:, great success.