Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-05-25
WASHINGTON, idaho, Oregon
and MONTANA news.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of tho Sur
rounding Country-Numerous AccI-
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-FaII Trade 10 Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

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At the home of Andy Riddle, an In
dian, near Toppenish, recently, Joe
Flinne, a Sioux halfbreed, shot his
wife and himself, killing both instant
ly. The trouble is supposed to have
occurred over the fact that Mrs. Flinne
has left her husband and gone to the
Riddle home to live.
The state railroad commission, it is
stated, has decided to abandon the
Joint wheat rate order made last
year, and is working on a new one,
which will include the electric as
well as steam roads.
1t is said to have been discovered
that many boys in the Tacoma high
school, instead of spending their
money for their lunch at noon, put
In the time of intermission in play
ing poker and penny ante.
On charges of having fraudently
converted to their own use timber
from government land, Peter McMar-
tin, D. A. Martin and Walter Fair
banks have been fined in the aggre-
gate sum of $31,213 by Judge Hanford
| in the federal court at Seattle.
The rivers of Yakima valley are
gradually assuming flood proportions
states a recent report.
Most of the restaurants in Spokane
have advanced the average prices
to the consumer from 80 to SO per
cent on every order.
Indians and negroes were employed
in Seattle on the docks in place of the
longshoremen who were recently lock-
ed out
Memorial services were held Sun
day by Spokane Aerie No. 2, Fraternal
Order of Eagles.
Homer N Kennedy, chief clerk in
the office of Henry Blakeley, general
western freight agent of the Northern
Pacific, has been appointed to the po-
sition of general agent at Spokane to
succeed George A. Mitchell.
James Anderson, a farmer and
stockman living near Pullman, lost a
valuable driving stallion recently. An
other horse kicked the stallion, break
ing his leg. Efforts were made to get
him up and set the broken leg, when
it was broken in another place and it
l.
able animal and the loss was a heavy
one.
Farmers in Pierce county by the
miSinterpretatiOn of a recent decision
by Judge Smell of the superior court
declaring the city poll tax law uncon
stitutional, have refused to pay the
state poll tax, which is constitutional
/. Struck by Occur d'Alene electric
train while trying to cross the track
ahead of it, R. E. Cable and his
daughter Sadie, were thrown from g
buggy and hurt, the former fatally in
jured, late Sunday afternoon. Mr.
Gable is a rancher living near Moab
and was driving his daughter to the
station at Spokane Bridge so that she
might take the inbound train to Spo
kane. Cable died early Monday morn
ing at hospital in Spokane.
The labor problem is causing much
uneasiness in the Palouse country.
The recent rain was welcomed by
the farmers, for the surface of the
ground was getting hard and dry ant
needed to be softened in order tha
late sown grain might come up.
According to the decision of the su
preme court, it looks as though Whit
+ man county would be deprived of {
fruit inspector.
An effort is being made to have the
Lincoln county commissioners and thu
mayor of Davenport agree upon da.
for strawing the roads leading int
Davenport.
Examinations for carriers ant
clerks in the postal service will b'
hold May 81 in Colfax. For clerks
and craftsmen in the land Offices
June 10 and 20 at Spokane, Seattle
Tacoma, Walla Walla, Port Townsend
Dillingham;; same places June TO
apprentices for the bureau of stand
ards.
The state treasurer certified tina
there is $1,036,O00 cash on hand to b.
apportioned this quarter to the schoo
districts of the state.