Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-12
washington, IDAHO, OREGON
ANB MONTANA items.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of tho Sur
rounding Country-Numereus Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Plaos-FalI Trade ls Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Rev. Myron Eells, D. D., died re-
Indian reservation near Union City in
Mason county. Myron Eells was born
at Walkers prairie, Stevens county,
about 80 miles from Spokane, Octo-
Der 7, 1843.
New buildings erected during the
past year in Prosser footed up to an
aggregate of $125,950.
Seattle is working to secure the next
meeting Of the Wholesale Druggists
association.
John Sampson, rancher, was killed
near Renton by log rolling over him
while he with others were clearing
piece of land.
Yakima wants $50 workmen by the
first of March to work on the Tieton
canal project.
The Farmers Warehouse company
of Elberton has sold their two ware
houses to the Pacific Grain company
of Portland.
After two hours search the friends
of l.. B. Bergquist, who got out OF his
sick bed and left the house at IL
o'clock at night, found him dead, face
downward, in a little stream of run
ming water SO yards from his house at
Tacoma.
School has opened for the first time
in the fine, new brick schoolhouse at
Chelan. The structure cost, COM
pleted, about $10,500.
There were Is cases Of smallpox
in the isolation hosp al at Spokane.
Fred E. Lucas, aged So, a well
know lumberman OF Spokane died re-
Gently.
The year of 1906 has witnessed per
haps the most rapid growth in the
history of Dayton. The population, &C.
cording to the school census, is 1000
an increase of nearly 1000 since 1900
]. G. Hillman, steward at the state
prison. has resigned. The vacancy will
be filled by appointment of ]. w
Oliver, a former guard at the institu
ton, who originally came from Ia
coma.
Unless coal can be obtained imme
diately, the Seattle city schools viii
have to close down for want of fuel
Esther Mitchell of Holy Roller
notoriety, who murdered her brother
George in Seattle, has been legally de
clared insane, but she may not be de
ported to Oregon because the law or
dering deportation is invalid. Such Il
the decision rendered today by a ma
jority of the state supreme court.
Peter Elmer a steamftter employ
ed on the Seattle Brewing & Mating
plant at Georgetown, died from a bloy
received during a fight with X. Nc
Cloud, a foreman on the work.
Laurence R. Battele, the 10 year oil
son of Matron Lena w. Battele of tn
Beta Theta Pi fraternity house, nea
the university, in Seattle. was sho
and killed by his brother Kenneth
while the Battele boys and numbe
of young boys of the neighborhoo
were playing Indian and holdup at tn
Battele home, in the absence of tn
mother.
The fruit raisers of Okanogan cour
ty have organized permanent societ
known as the Okanogan Horticulture
association.
Charles S. Tolman, SO years,
brakeman on the Spokane & Inlan
electric railroad, was electrocuted SUI
day morning near California creek, l
an endeavor to adjust the "pant'
graph" trolley to the wire. He wa
thrown from the car by the shock {
the thousands of volts that entere
his body and fell upon his head, b
neck being broken.
Thomas Redshaw a young mine
was accidentally shot and Instant
killed by John Dewinter, a life Ion
friend, with whom he was hunting c
Lake Washington Sunday morning.
After half hour of suffering cause
by fatal dose of carbolic acid, Mr.
Perry d. Tull died Sunday afternoc
at her apartments in Spokane.
Starting from an overheated fu
mace, fire completely destroyed tt
Lincoln school building at North YAK
ma, used for high school, entailir
loss of s25,O0O The insurance
$4,000
IDAHO NEWS.
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