Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-19
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
Piaoe-Fall Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

to order for the tenth legislative ses-
sion Monday at noon.
Two laborers were killed and one
badly injured by huge blast at M.
Phins railroad construction camp six
miles out of Kahlotus, Sunday after
noon. The dead are: Lew Colville,
an Australian; Milo Marritis, an Aus
Strian. IfIt
That construction work on the vari-
Gus extensions of the Inland Empire
system will be pushed forward the
coming spring is shown in the an
nouncement of President Jay P.
Graves, of the placing Of large con-
tract for steel to be delivered during
April, May and June. The contract
is for 1000 tons of 60 pound and 70
pound steel rails, and means that
nearly rs miles of road will be added
to the Inland Empire system in 1907.
Driven to extremes by the scarcity
and high cost of fuel, farmers in the
vicinity of Washtucna are burning
corn on the cob.
Lying face downward. on the snow
covered sidewalk, near North Forty
third street, the lfeless form of Eben
Pierce, one of Tacoma's pioneer citl-
zens. was discovered Sunday night.
His death is believed to have been the
result of stroke of apoplexy, and in
dications are that death was instan-
taneous.
The people of Monitor and Browns
flats, near Wenatchee, are said to be
practically hemmed in by snowslides,
which have blocked the roads.
The Sound steamer Alice Gertrude,
owned by the Puget Sound Naviga-
ton company, struck on the reef at
the entrance to Clallam bay. She is
lying 200 yards from the beach and
the heavy swells are pounding her to
pieces.
Plans and specifications for the
new federal building at Spokane have
been completed.
The Great Northern has ordered %
Mallet compound engines of very
heavy build for freight service in the
Cascades. The locomotives are to be
delivered within the coming year.
While coasting down a hill OF
Peone prairie, near Spokane, Adolpf
Back, the 10 year old son of Mr.. ant
Mrs. John Beck, was almost instant
ly killed by heavy bobsled which
ran over him.
Martin Meuli, wealthy rancher
has contracted with Arthur Bransol
to erect a three story 50x12O foo
brick hotel building at Lewiston, Ida
no. The building is to be completes
by August /, and will cost $4,000.
will be uD to date and modern II
every respect.
Such mass of business has collect
ed In the land office at North Yak
ma on account of the presidents fai
ure to appoint receiver to succee
H. F. Nichols, deceased, that 1t Is es
timated it will require four or fiv
months after a receiver is appointe
found in the Sudan.
For 10 days the coolest weather ha
prevailed in Spokane in Ia years.
DIN Worden, aged 10, who col
fessed to stealing $500, was commi
ted to the state reform school
Judge Rigg of Pasco.
Nearly a million and half pound
Of fruit were shipped by express froI
North Yakima alone during 1906, tn
exact amount being 1,417,6S9 pound
r. c. Bare, the alleged horsethie
who broke Jail Thursday night wit
Kid Barker the Kennewick murdere
has been captured at Sunnyside b
Constable Young.
The private library of Rev. Myro
Eells, who died at Union last weel
was beuueathed to Whitman colleg
and Rev. Mr.. Eells also recommends
representing 80 years careful to
and research, be given to the instit
ton.
Senator Dubois has offered a
amendment to the indian appropri
ton bill, appropriating $1,500,000
payment of 100000 acres OF &C
Vile Indian land opened to settlemel
under the act of 1892.
An examination Of the records
the county auditors office OF wal
Wala county discloses that an unus
ally large number of real and chatt
mortgages have been placed on recol
during the past two months.
There is a movement on foot amor
the large wheat producers OF Eas
ern Washington to devise some methe
to cope with the high prices demarde
by the grain bag trust for grain bag
The proposition to combine and ser
a representative direct to Calcutta
purchase sacks from the producer hi
been suggested as the most effectu
solution.
Rennrts from the Bellingham e