Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-02-16
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA news.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous AccI.
dents and Personal Events Take
Piace-FaII Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The amendment to the Indian ap-
preparation bill, giving $1,500,000 for
10000 acres Of land in the Colville
reservation, taken from the Indians
when the northern half was opened,
has been adopted by the senate.
Senator Ankeny is making an effort,
with good prospects of success, to
have the time of entrymen in Benton
county under the desert land act ex-
tended one year.
Representatives of the Chicago. Mil
waukee & st. Paul railroad have
land in Cowlitz, Lewis and Thurston
counties recently, involving total
expenditure of nearly $1,000 900.
Settlers of Douglas county, who are
living on land inside forest reserves
may rest easy as the new order will
not affect them, providing they were
bona fide settlers before January l.,
1906.
About 1000 men, sympathizers of
those who are conducting the strike
against the Washington Water Power
company in Spokane, gathered in the
center of the city Friday afternoon
ana jeered Justify as each car of the
railway company passed that point.
Cries Of "Scab.' "Scab." "Quit your
job and be man." were heard as the
cars appeared.
The funeral of David Warren, pio-
neer Of Medical Lake, took place re-
Gently under the auspices of the OLD
soldiers. He was born in 1917 and
had seen service in three wars.
Tho efoarnQr CpoxapQ Cantaip TT II
Lloyd is returning to port under a
slow bell, having hit a rock near Ia
toosh on her way from Victoria to Sar
Francisco. The owners, the Pacific
Coast company, announce that the
damage is not serious, but information
as to the actual damage sustained is
not obtainable.
Mayor Wright of Tacoma has de
clared that he will enforce the Sun
day closing and anti-gambling laws IL
his city to the letter. The decision
came through the council passing {
saloon ordinance over the mayors
veto.
Spokane's bank clearings the las
week showed an increase of nearly A.
per cent, as compared with one yea
ago. Only one other city in the Unit
ed States had a greater increase
Albany, N. Y.
Robert Hall of Leavenworth was In
stantly killed recently at the Lamb
Davis sawmill in that city. He ha
just stepped into the engine roof
when the snow and ice from the mai
building fell onto the roof of the er
CINE room, cruising it and catching MI
Hall underneath.
Two safe crackers at Spokane ble'
the safe at the American Steam laur
dry recently and secured S369.39.
An ordinance has been introduce
In the Spokane council and will b
considered by the council at lis nea
meeting to require the employment c
none but competent men in the servic
of the street car companies as motol
men or conductors. The ordinance
patterned after that Of other cities.
Seven Offices IN the Fidelity, Cali
ornia and Arcade buildins at Tacom
were entered recently. The only fri
to suffer to any extent was the Gre
cent Loan company, where the con
bination of the safe was hammere
in and $18 in case, watches, jewelr,
diamonds and a number of promissor
notes given by salaried person
stolen. 1t is reported that the los
will amount to several hundred dc
lars.
IDAHO NEWS.