Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-12-28
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerou AccI-
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-crop Outlook IL Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

WARRINGTON STATE NEWS
Tacoma -four mills have advanced
the price Of bran and shorts 81 ton
The next convention of the Wash
ington State Federation of Labor will
be held at Tacoma January g.
Attributing the loss to the inability
or unwiilingness Of the railroads to
supply cars. G. E. Nosler, local man
ager for tho Blalook Fruit company
at WallA Walla, declared that that
concern had suffered loss of between
$4,000 and y2e. O00 during the season
past
Francis B. Clarke has been appoint
ed president Of the Portland & Seattle
railroad.
The citizens OF Rosalia are gratified
to find that the flow OF water which
had been struck In the Rosalia Water
company's well stands the test. Water
Is being pumped at the rate OF 100, 900
gallons day without reducing the
flow.
Representative wheat dealers, ship
pers and exporters of the Pacific
northwest went on record before the
state railroad commission Saturday
as unalterably opposed to the agita-
ton and proposal to handle the wheat
crop OF the state In bulk instead of in
sacl1s
Prosecuting Attorney Rowlands of
Tacoma announces his intention of or
dering all Tacoma theaters to close
Sundays. beginning December %.
Edward Spencer of Spokane, the
revolzing of whose conditional pardon
by Governor Mead was recently sus-
tained by the supreme court, was in
carcerated in the penitentiary Satur-
day.
Spokane is to have real estate ex-
change.
The mixed train on the Colfax-
Moscow branch of the o. r. & N. was
wrecked recently at Richardson's
curve.
A lockout of the organized building
tradesmen and building laborers in
Seattle is predicted
The state of Washington has begun
issuing mo fund" interest bearing
warrants on its general fund.
The state supreme court has handed
down a decision holding valid the
100000 bond issue by the city of
Walla Walla for the building of city
hall and fire station.
Beginning Sunday, December Is,
regular trains will be run by time
card ON the Portland & Seattle rail-
way from Pasco to Cliffs.
William R. Day has been appointed
TO the position of postmaster for
Asotin.
A new town hall is proposed for
Toppenish.
The Whitman county superior court
jury term was finished Saturday and
the jury discharged.
Plans calling for an increase in the
endowment of Whitman college of
$1,S65,000 for the addition of the de-
partment of technology to the institu-
ton. and for the expenditure of $685.
600 in buildings we're decided on at a
meeting of the board of trustees and
representative Walla Walla business
men held recently.
Register zenas Coleman of the Unit
ed States land office at North Yakima
has compiled his report for the quarter
ended September S0 which shows a
total business for the three months
Of $22,828.45. The report shows 80
committed homesteads taken up, com
prising 1915 acres and valued at $11,-
1920, and 16 timber and stone claims,
comprising 1811.74 acres, valued at
$4529.40. There were 46 entries OF
desert lands, comprising 6737.21 acres