Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-09-07
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-crop Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

PATRONS OF the Tacoma Railway &
Power company's lines are not permit
ted to stand on the platforms.
Tacomans are up in arms against
the navy department for resembling
its orders for battleships to visit Ia
coma on account of the depth of the
harbor, as reported
A lack of refrigerator cars to
handle fruit caused a calamity, North
Yakima leading shippers invited the
aid of the state railroad commission
for relief.
George W. Barnes, purser of the
steamship Watson, committed suicide
by drinking carbolic acid while in
Seattle.
AT Tacoma Frank Harvey, who shot
and killed Gertrude Yall July 1, plead
ed guilty to manslaughter.
Hinderk Busman, proprietor of
North Yakima saloon, fatally shot him
self through the breast recently.
The fire department of the city of
Davenport has received a new hook
and ladder truck with 70 feet of ladder
and 10 buckets for fighting fire. This
is a long-needed addition to the fire
fighting apparatus of the town.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. E. Stockwell's 49,
month-old baby was fatally burned at
Hillyard recently by carbolic acid from
a bottle that fell from a shelf. The
child suffered five hours.
1t has been discovered that w. H.
Watson, now in Jail in Seattle for
stealing $4,000 from the California
1t cost King county 1000 to find
that Chester Thompson was insane
when he shot Judge Emory. One of
the insanity experts presented a bill
for $4,000.
Washington's attorney general will
appear before the Oregon supreme
court to defend the fishermen arrested
and convicted of violating the Oregon
fishing laws. and if the court decides
against the fishermen the attorney gen
eral will appeal to the supreme court
of the United States. The case arises
because Washington authorities per
nit the use of purse nets in the Col
umbia river, while Oregon laws pro
hibit purse seines.
The new steam heating plant fol-
the Colfax high school building has
arrived.
An Angora goat farm, to be started
with 500 animals by L. H. Alger, o
. Detroit, Mich, and Charles Davis, O.
Atlanta, Ga, is announced for Wood
lawn, Whatcom county.
The Yakima valley is expected t.
produce from so to IS per cent of /;
full crop CT apples.
The new law provides that when |
shipper shall make application to
railroad for cars, not to exceed 10 II
one day, the railroad shall furnish thu
cars within six days or pay demur
rage charge to the shipper of 81 pc
day for each car asked for.
Bonds offered by North Yakima ar
not considered legal, SO there will b
no paving now.
George Lebebvre. a first-class fire
man on the battleship Nebraska, wa
fatally shot by Marine Guard Steven
at the Puget Sound navy yard recently
Thomas benson, of Davenport, die
recently at the age of so years.
The wheat harvest is progressin
rapidly, but reports received say tina
not more than one-third of the crop
threshed The markeet remains fri
and quotations we're advanced IL cen
today on all grades.
Twenty-Five men fought fire tha
destroyed dry kiln containing 10000
shingles owned by Rule & Miller, q
Dewey, Wash, near Bellingham.
The 4-year-old son of w. H. Nulf {
Aberdeen got hold of loaded % cal
Der rife the other day and while pla.
ing with it the weapon was discharge,
the ball striking a 16-months- old bah
and inficting a wound which is expe
ted to prove fatal.
Earl D. Douglas, who was employe
as a carpenter on the dock at Greco
Bros new mill at Raymond, fell int
the river recently and was drowne'
Mrs. Plat M. CORDIALLY of Wenatche
died recently from the effects of ia
from hammock.
IDAHO NEWS
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