Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-09-29
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of tho Sur
rounding Country-Numerous AccI.
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-FaIl Trade 10 Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMs-

clubs of Walla Walla.
Need of more houses Is crying one
in the city of Wenatchee.
Hereafter no more girls will be en-
ployed in the postofice at Tacoma.
Another attempt to burn Waterville
has been discovered by Night Watch
Hall.
The big roller skating rink at Nata-
forum park was burned to the ground
recently.
The school house in district No. 35,
Snohomish county, was burned a few
nights ago.
Seattle Odd Fellows may, before
long, have capacious and handsome
lodge building for their own use.
1t is said freight trains will be NOV
ing over the Spokane International
railway by the first of November.
Judge Huneke of Spokane has set
October as the date of trial of Sid.
ney Sloane for the murder of his ia.
Their.
logging train and special freight
on the Interurban line between Seattle
and Tacoma, collided at Milton re
Gently
Warehousemen say that 35 bushels
of fall and 80 bushels of spring whes.
an acre is fair estimate for the dis
trict around Tekoa.
So rapidly is North Yakima increa5
ing in population that about dozer
more teachers will be employed in tht
schools this year than last.
John c. Ross, aged go years, fell
from the upper deck Of his steamer
the Mizpah, in Oyster bay, near Ia
coma, recently and was drowned.
The secretary of the interior is ad
vertising for bids for the construction
of the main canal for the Tieton irri
cation project near North Yakima.
At meeting of old settlers held al
Wenatchee steps were taken which
will lead to a permanent organization
of the old settlers of Chelan county.
Avis Ray, the IL year old son Of E
B. Ray of Tacoma, was fatally injured
at North Yakima by being thrown
from horse. His skull was fractured
Peter Foley, the man who was ;r
jured a few days ago while working
on the Spokane & Inland grade, dice
at Colfax without regaining conscious
ness.
Sam Marsh of Lamona was killed {
short distance out of Downs on thu
Great Northern track Friday night
He had been conducting saloon
,zamona for M. S. Hugh.
Charles Gottschalk, % years Of age
was run over by a Northern Pacific
freight train in the yards at SPOKANE
Saturday night and received injuries
that may result in his death.
The Waverly sugar factory has pu
on large force and is making brown
sugar out of syrup held over from las
year. This brown sugar Is to be work
ed over into white sugar later.
The horse men are again securing
the range for stock which was no
gathered in the big round up las
spring, and several shipments will b
made from Wilson creek In feV
days.
William Peterson, aged 81 years
builders apprentice at Moran q Co..
ship yard, Seattle, was instantly Kill
ed in the tool sharpening room recent
ly by being struck on the head by
piece of emery wheel that had broken
The hop house owned by Charle
McAllister at Yakima City, containing
10 tons of hops, was completely lie
stroyed by fire recently. The loss Il
estimated at $4,000, with no insur
ance. The fire was caused by an over
heated kiln.
The state convention Of Hibern
ians on Sunday elected the follow
ing officers: President John Cannon
of Seattle; vice president, Jane
Martin of Walla Walla; secretary
William d. Gleason of Tacoma; treas
urer. P. Fitzpatrick Of Seattle; char
lain. Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Dea Of Seattle
They will meet next in Walla Walla.
A bloody murder was revealed Sal
urday morning at Sprague when tn
mutilated body of an unknown ma
was found in a boxcar on an N. I
freight train. The dead man is DC
scribed as small, feet Az inches 1
height, apparently about 30 years Ole
dark complexion and black hair an
mustache. On the left arm the letter
&c. W." are tatooed. The end OF Tn
thumb on the left hand is missing.
Auditor Burch has completed an al
stract of the assessment OF real an
personal property of Garfield count
showing the valuations fixed by tn
board of equalization. Exclusive {
town and city lots there are l35,s2z-S
acres Of improved land, the value G