Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-13
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Accl-
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-FaII Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

sheep near Kiona for Prior & Son of
North Yakima.
Thus far the free employment
bureau recently established in Walla
Walla by the farmers of that district |
has proven success.
The proposition to vote $4,000
bonds for Latah school district No.
60, to build new schoolhouse, was
carried recently at the election.
The wild animal industry cost the
taxpayers of Lincoln county 1921 dur
ing the month of March, SIP for coy
ote and 50 for wildcat and lynx scalps
John Birnot OF Spokane, formerly a
farmer, has bought from j. Brown 220
acres of land in the Saltese lake bot
tom, the price being $4,000, or 500
an acre.
A great deal of dissatisfaction exists
in the Columbia Flat county in regard
to the school situation, as the nearest
school house is 10 miles from the home
of some Of the children.
A building of an entirely new type
is planned to be built in Spokane this
summer. This building will be an
q
ture, which will cost s250,000.
General William Booth, founder of
the Salvation Army, was in Seattle
Sunday. tie embarked Monday on the
steamship Minnesota for Japan. Gen
eral Booth delivered three addresses
Easter
At last plans are practically COM
pletely for the erection of a $260,00O
hotel in Walla Walla. The proposed
structure is TO be seven stories, with
300 rooms, and modern in every de
tail.
The adoption of 1000 mile inter-
changeable mileage book will be
placed on sale in Spokane May 1, and
which will be good over the Great
Northern, Northern Pacific and o. X.
& N. roads.
In the case of the state against the
management of the Tacoma theater,
in which the defendant was charged
with violating the Sunday closing law,
Judge Smell has rendered a decision
in favor of the theater.
Assistant Attorney General A. j.
Faulkner has decided that the in
crease in salaries voted at the last leg
islature will not take effect till June
IA, although the appropriations carry
ing larger salaries are available
April 1.
Frederick Schaefer, a German cob
bier, was run down by streetcar in
Seattle Saturday night and instantly
killed. The body was practically cut
in two. John Aiken, the motorman
was arrested on a charge of man.
slaughter.
There is a large amount of wheat
,aggregating nearly 100000 bushels
still stored in the warehouses along
the w. & c.. R. railroad, which has not
been shipped out for want of cars, and
that the owners have been obliged to
pay insurance, besides losing interest
on their money by the delay.
ITO connect eastern and western
Washington SO that the main tread OF
domestic commerce may be given
larger and broader ways of transpor
tation 1000 miles of wagon road has
been projected in this state, which tc
construct will cost more than $1,000,
000," says ]. H. Snow, state highway
commissioner.
In an opinion to Land Commissioner
E. w. Ross, Assistant Attorney Gen
eral A. j. Falkner holds that the lano
commissioners having sold timber on
state lands in Stevens county sep
arate from the land, where the timber
does not exceed 100000 feet to the
quarter, the land itself cannot also be
sold until the timber is removed.
To meet more than five millions In
appropriations made by the last legis
lature for state expenditures for the
two years beginning Monday, there is
on hand in the state treasury general
fund less than $4,000. All told, the
treasurer at the close of business Sat
urday holds about S1,625,000, accord
ing to a statement issued by Treasurer
George G. Mills, but Of this a consid
cradle portion is permanent school
funds. which the state cannot touch
Whitman County Notes.
The baseball fever is high in Ro
salia.
A move is on foot to organize TO-,
600 club at Garfield.
Albion will soon have newspaper
l. H. Hughey is to be editor.
Spring seeding throughout the Pa
louise country promises to be late this
year.
The Spokane G Inland has a steam