Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-05-04
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, Oregon
and MONTANA NEWS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-FaII Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

held in Dayton Saturday was one OF
the most successful ever held. Near
ly every farmer in the county was in
town with his family.
Mrs. Elizabeth (NeiD Walters, who
died at her home near Kettle Falls re-
Gently, was one of the pioneer women
of Stevens county.
A fire recently destroyed the resi-
dence of Thomas Powell of Cumber-
land. Wash, small coal mining
town on the Buckley line of the North
ern Pacific railway. The names OF
the dead are Thomas Powell and
wife, and Thomas Mcdonald, all re-
ported to have been burned to
crisp.
Fire completely destroyed the plant
of the Seattle Daily Star Saturday
night, consuming the building, one
stroy frame structure, in which the
plant was located. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000, covered only by $780,
900 insurance.
c. F. Christianson, Spokane, has
been honored by being awarded the
Royal Humane society medal and GER
tificate. The Canadian branch of that
order has voted the medal to the Spo-
kane boy for saving the life Of G. E.
Berglund in the Kettle river last July
Mary Ann Cashmere, an Indian wo-
man, was killed recently on an Indian
ranch near Marcus by an Indian named
Saul LOWE.
After spending fully an hour kneel-
s.,r~ D,-s1 I'm 1fNff
pressed her lips to a vial of poison,
reeled and fell dying in the new
Church of the Immaculate Conception
in Seattle.
Dan Evans, one of the men injured
in the Great Northern wreck near Orc
vile, died at the hospital. A brake
man named Jerry Foley was caught
between two cars on the Great North
ern near Curlew and was killed in
stantly
The state board of finance has select
ed the following financial institutions
as repositories for state funds under
the law passed at the last session of
the legislature: The Old National
bank of Spokane, Traders National
bank of Spokane, Colfax National
bank of Colfax, Baker-Boyer National
bank of Walla Walla, Washington
State bank of Ellensburg First Ma
tional bank of Bellingham, Bank of
Commerce of Seattle, Union Savings
& Trust of Seattle, Dexter, Horton &
Co. of Seattle, Fidelity Trust of Ia
coma, Capital National bank of Olym.
pia, Security State bank of Chehalis.
The rate of interest to be paid on
average daily balances by all the de-
positories is to be per cent, as fixed
by law.
A. r. Moore, a veteran of the civil
war and an old resident of Walla Wal
la, died recently.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. s.
Milligan was killed at his home in
Waitsburg recently by falling under
the wheels of loaded wheat wagon.
Irene Sherrod, the little girl of Wal
Ia Walla, who was. suffering from a
continued case of hiccoughs' has been
cured by the application of an electric
battery
Joseph Locati, 6 years old, died al
st. Marys hospital, Walla Walla, re
Gently from alcoholic poisoning.
Complying with the strange wish Of
the deceased, six woman pallbearers
OBLIGATED at the funeral of the late
Mrs. Abigail Shearer at Oakville re
Gently.
Whitman County Notes.
Colfax is again confronted with the
water question, the supply at Elberto1
showing signs of diminishing.
After the second of June when tn,
new fee bill goes into effect, marriag,
licenses will be SO instead of SIS, as a
present
Lybecker's ferry at Wawawai wen
out recently, and Mr.. Lybecker nal
rowly escaped drowning. The boa
} and cable were saved.
The poll tax collector is abroad il
, the land and all "eligibles" are bein
rounded up by Marshal Birchard an
, requested to pay the necessary So O
work in person or by substitute on tn
: town streets.
Cars for wheat shipments are bein
t furnished more literally by the raj
roads traversing the Palouse countr
and heavy shipments of grain are b,
. ing made to the Coast
OREGON sQUIBs.
Spinal meningitis has become NOR
to be feared at Portland than of an