Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-09
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.
IDAHO NEWS.

Inc appropriations committees OF
the two houses have agreed upon
sums to be granted state institutions
The total amount of the bond Issue
decided upon was $4,000. which
leaves margin of $4,000 on the
states bonding limit of $300,8OO. The
conclusions reached by the committee
on the, bond issue for the several In
situations we're as follows:
Lewiston state normal school, $40,-
900.
Albion state normal school, 500 900.
Academy of Idaho at Pocatello, $21,-
900.
Idaho industrial training school,
Sc, 1000.
State university, $4,000.
Soldiers home. $4,000.
Asylum at Orofino, $4,000.
Capitol building. $4,000.
This does not include university
short term bonds not to be issued I'M
board of equalization.
John Stellman, living north of Mes
Perez, had 80 hogs drowned in the
pond at his place last week.
During the extremely cold weather a
hole was cut in the ice in the center
Of the pond so the stock could get
water. About SO hogs went on the
ice to get a drink and broke through.
Frank l.. White has sold his Mos
COW nurseries to Rice Mumm Of Spo-
kane. who will move the entire stock
. to that city.
The Motter-Wheeler department
store at Moscow has closed it's bust
ness.
The sheepmen net their Waterloo
Saturday at Boise. 1t came about in
the senate, where their bill to amend
the two-mile limit law relative to
grazing Of sheep was defeated, the
vote standing 10 to IL.
There will be council of Nez Perez
Indians at Lapwai this week. They
will gather there to take some action
on the partial destruction Of the spec
ial Nez Perez forest reserve.
Despite the fact that there are slight
chances of ever recovering the body
Of P. ]. Hammond, the Oregon Rail-
road & Navigation company's civil
engineer, who was drowned recently,
strict search Is to be made.
The First Baptists church of Boise
has closed a deal for property con-
nering upon which church will Ill
timately be built costing $4,000 to
100000.
Senator Dubois has signed con-
tract with the Slayton Lyceum bureau
to lecture at Chataqua assemblies in
all parts of the United States this
summer. his theme in all cases being
the Mormon question.
The assessing of Kootenai county
property has been begun. 1t is
thought the assessed valuation has in
creased greatly. In Occur d'Alene it
is claimed the increase will make
fully 33 1-3 per cent over last year.
H. L. Day and Barney O'Neill of
Wallace, Idaho, gave dinner Sun
day night at the New Willard hotel
at the national capital in honor of
Senator and Mrs. Dubois. Others
present were Senator-elect Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., of Oregon; Major and
Mrs. Galbraith. Miss Mary Galbraith
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Arney.
Landslides on the Clearwater
branch of the Northern Pacific have
been so troublesome this spring that
the company has decided the question
of deserving the present route and
building on another. The worst slide
of the season occurred Friday morn.
Ing, covering the track for distance
of 200 feet
OREGON SOuIBS.