Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-04-07

stalled along the Washington-Idaho
state line by the government.
The loss of the administration or
main building of the Idaho state
university, which was completely de-
stroyed by fire Friday has cast gloom
over the entire state.
After being out 20 hours the jury
in the case Of the state against Sam
uel L. Mcfarland. Lewiston attorney
charged with embezzlement, failed to
agree and was discharged.
On June 20 hundreds Of Christian
Endeavorers from all parts of north
Idaho and Washington will gather in
Lewiston for the biennial convention
of the Washington-North Idaho Chris
tan Endeavor union, which will con-
tinue until July 1.
Considerable excitement has been
caused by the announcement of
Stephen Carver, banker of Chinook,
Mont, that he is DESTROYS OF building
a railroad from Lewiston through
Charleston to Asotin, and then to Ane-
tone. In Asotin county, distance of 80
miles.
| During the latter part of April,
Professor H. T. French of the agri-
cultural college and experiment station
will ship 200 head of Angora goats
from Oregon to Moscow to stock his
goat farm six miles north.
BY the rules governing the triangu-
lar debate league, consisting of the
Universities Of Idaho, Oregon and Wash
ington, Idaho wins the championship
+ I,.< ~ oI
is c.. Hallowell a railroad employe
whose home near the o. r. & N
roundhouse was totally destroyed by
fire. Residence and furniture were
valued at $4,000; no insurance. The
father risked his life to save his three
children, whom he carried out in his
arms. On his last trip a burning raj
ter fell and struck him on the shoulder
Police Chief Pat McGovern of Coeul
d'Alene has received another checl
for 5000 for faithful duty. This time
the check comes from the United
States government for capturin,
Portland Whitney" the Wallace post
1 office thief, convicted about eigh
i months ago. Whitney was sentences
to IA years Imprisonment.
Henry Henenkrat, accompanied by hi
e sons Alfred and Arthur, the three be
}. ing trappers at Kingston, recently too
n to Wallace two handsome mountai
e lion hides, for the killing of whic
beasts the county paid them bount
y of SIS for each animal. The lion
were of about the same size, approx
n mately six feet from tip to tip, an
o both were entrapped and killed tw
i, miles northeast from Kingston.
n MONTANA soUIBBs.
II A. B. Keith, ST., recently editor {
u the Butte Miner and one of the pr
minent newspaper men of the nortl
n west died at Butte recently of hea
te failure, aged So.
70 Jasper Lebo was sentenced to or
ID year in the penitentiary at Kalispe
having pleaded guilty to illegal
Ia registering for the city election.
Scott Winnett, wealthy ranchms
m residing near Columbia Falls, Wi
Il killed recently in a runaway.
rt Howard E.. Babcock, a we'll know
IT. Helena merchant, died last week
Lake Geneva, Wis, aged 40 years. +
no was a native of Monmouth, ILL.,, al
o. came to Helena 20 years ago fro
m Denver
&C The Right Rev. John Patrick Ca
roll, bishop of the diocese, Helena, h
ON made the announcement from the p'
ar pit of the cathedral that Peter Lars
at of Helena had made a donation of 5:
nh 900 toward the construction of ne
,r. cathedral on $4,000 site donated
Colonel Thomas Cruise, the banker a
III mining man of Helena. The bish
"a also stated that resident of a sta
he other than Montana had made a 6
IN of 1000 toward the erection of a
rochial school on the same block. o
oh err contributions aggregating $50
~ were announced, making the total 81
$50, 900.
70 1t has been repeatedly stated
&c those in authority that the new II
20 from Great Falls to Billings will I
enter Great Falls via Rainbow; the
fore, the surveyors now work.
~ around Rainbow may be doing so me
~ ly for their own amusement.
Nv Court at Lewiston has been adjou
ass ed until the 23rd of April. owing
Ia the postponement of several cases a
.an the settlement of others.
Ar A bill has been passed granting
no Capital City Improvement company
- Helena, the right to construct d
-, across the Missouri river in Montan