Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-11-30
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Piace-Crop Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

kane & British Columbia Railway |
company's North Fork extension is
nearly completed.
Charley Ross, formerly leader Of P.
It. Barnums circus band, actor and
musician, is dead in Seattle.
The contractors have finished the
work on the fine new bridge at Cash
mere.
1t is claimed that a considerable
number of squatters claims in the
lower Pend d'Oreille valley are being
jumped by newcomers.
After slashing his throat with a
razor, Charles Turner of Olympia,
Jumped into the bay and died.
At the age of ~ years, Giles w.
Clark, pioneer of Spokane, passed
away Saturday night.
The Spokane armory building was
dedicated Monday evening. Governor
Mead and General James Drain were
present at the exercises, and delivered
addresses.
The Tacoma cigarmakers' strike
has been called of and the men re-
turned to work The cigarmakers will
receive the increase asked.
Fire destroyed property to the ex-
tent of 100000 in West Toppenish last
Saturday. Half insured.
w. T. Quinn, well-known con-
tractor of Puyallup, was instantly
killed under a coal train on the North
ern Pacific 10 miles east of Tacoma
Saturday forenoon. He was so years
of age and leaves a widow and three
sons.
Spokane high school won the inter-
scholastic debate from Davenport.
Governor Mead has revoked the APP
pointment of c. r. Collins of Olympia
as barber examiner, and appointed
Thomas Ivey of Spokane.
Professor w. A. Linklater of Wash
ington State college, with three seniors
and two juniors from that institution,
have gone to Chicago to compete in
the stock judging contests for colleges
at the international live stock show in
Chicago the first week in December
The passenger train from Nelson
B. c.. was wrecked Saturday near
RYAN. Wash. A brakebeam dropped
and caused the baggage car to roll
into the ditch and take the baggage
man with it. No one was hurt
The United States government Is
doing considerable work in the Pa
louise national forest on the head
waters of the Palouse river, some AZ
miles east of Palouse City.
Work han been begun on the new
theater which Ellensburg is to have.
The Northern Pacific pumphouse
which furnishes the water for man!
engines which stop at Ethiopia, burned
recently
]. C. Church, a well known ant
wealthy citizen of Asotin county
passed away Sunday at his home II
Asotin.
Fruit growers OF Charleston and Vine
land have perfected an organizauol
which is modelled after fruit growers
unions In Hood River and Mort
Yakima.
The new Carnegie public library a
Ritzville is complete with moder
steam heat. electric lights and othe
conveniences. and the committee hav
announced the time of dedication
Friday, November %.
Wenatchee won in the recent de
bate between Waterville and we
natchee schools.
The Asotin grain warehouses are fu
to their utmost capacity. Asotin's tots
crop will exceed 100000 bushels.
A. C. Hunt, serving four years 70
forgery committed in King count.
escaped from the penitentiary Sunda.
The jute mill at the state pen1teI
tiary. operated by convict labor, mani
featured 1,169,511 grain bags betwee
January l and November l of thi
year, and made a profit for the stat
of more than $4,000 after chargin
off $4,000 for depreciation of plant, ct
Mrs Ellen Gwinn, an old and wei
known resident of Colfax, is dead
Governor Mead has issued pro
lamation declaring November 2S
Thanksgiving day.
Washington's per cent share
the proceeds from the sale of publ
lands during the last fiscal year
sci $50; the total sales net $630,706.
Following the sensational arrest r
Gently at Hoquiam of Herbert Norma
alias Ralph w. Steele, for the mu
der of Frank Todd, came the suicio
Saturday of the prisoner In jail.