Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-19
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA NEWS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathe cred
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-crop Outlook 10 Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

C'rOcerS' association at Seattle, begin
ming October IA and running to the
26th, is nearing completion.
The Puyallup and Bellingham fairs
have again demonstrated the rich ter
ritories surrounding them.
The Spokane Retail Grocers' asso-
citation will hold food show in the
state armory November to 18.
James Donahue, an employee Of the
Waverly beet sugar factory, who sew
eral weeks ago fell into vat of boil
ing water, died Saturday.
The general tax levy of Pierce coun-
ty will be about 40 mills, in spite of
the fact that property valuations we're
hoisted this year by the county asses
sor and board of equalization over 49,
600, 1000.
The we'll known Charles e. Watson
ranch IL miles south Of Creston, has
been sold through the real estate
agency of Plummer & Hye to e. A.
Patrick Of Spokane for $4,000
To Asotin county goes the first prize
at Lewiston fair for its excellent ex-
hibit, the horticultural judges voting
the blue ribbon and the 800 prize to
The Potlatch Lumber company's big
mill, with all branches of its work at
Potlatch, was closed down Saturday
afternoon to enable the employees to
enjoy free trip to the end of the
Washington, Idaho & Montana at b.
will.
After $4,000 worth of warrants had
been subscribed by citizens of Walla
Walla to carry the city's 100000 bond
issue until the bonds could be issued,
the city attorney has decided the bonds
illegal.
The county commissioners have ap-
propriated $4,000 for an exhibit of Kit
titas county resources at the A-Y.-P.
exposition in 1909.
Kennewick wants new city hall
Russell Pierpont, forest ranger, re
Gently killed fine specimen of big
horn mountain sheep in the Cascade
range, Just south of the British Column
bia line.
The Lincoln county fair was a great
success.
AS the first move in vigorous cam
paign for the erection of a monument
on old Steptoe battle field, committees
have been appointed in all of the diff
ferent towns where the movement Ii
being carried on. These committees
will work separately, the object O
each being to raise a certain amour
of money toward the monument fund
The Whitman county tax levy is II
mills.
Spokane county commissioners hav'
fixed the tax at 81 mills as against g.
last year.
After a hard battle for his life il
the rapids of the Spokane river, VIII
Davis, 81 years old, of Spokane, be
came exhausted and sank to his dealt
in IL feet of water.
Palouse merchants. in all lines, hav
agreed to close their stores at 6;3
p. M, beginning October 10.
John Edgren, well known pionee
citizen of Stevens county, is dead.
Millers and exporters anticipate tina
before November 1 the price will
reach the dollars mark, or even more
at tidewater.
The recent state convention of tn
w. G. T. U. at Wenatchee came to al
end after three days very successful
assembly. Mrs. E. C. Bardwell of Wa
la Walla was elected president
Edward Spencer, slayer of Ell
Mundt of Spokane, who, the suprem
court asserts, must serve out the re
mainder of his sentence in prison, l
still missing from Walla Walla
The steel for the new railroad fror
Leavenworth up the Chumstick ha
haop doIiuorQd of the roadside.
At the request of number OF tn
county clerks Of the state, Hugh I
Todd, clerk of Whitman county, ma
issued a call for the first count
clerks convention to be held In Ts
coma, Wash, Saturday, November q.
A disastrous wreck, occurred SUI
day II miles west Of Hunts junction
in which the engineer and hrema
were badly injured and eight cars
stock went into the ditch. Only meage
details were obtainable at the locs
Office of the Northern Pacific.
Transcontinental railroads opera
ing In the Inland Empire PRACTICAL
admit the correctness Of Spokane
contention for lower basis OF rate
as against cities on Puget sound an
the Pacific coast, by the pubncatio
of a new tariff, effective November
on lumber and forest products fe
shipment to eastern points.
The Columbia and Okanogan steam
boat Chelan. which has been on Tn