Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-02
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
AND MONTANA NEWS.
A Few interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous AccI-
dents and Personal Events Take
Piace-FaII Trade is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

waShOutS cut off thriving place from
outside world. Wheat waits in ware
houses, with no prospect of shipment
before next crop.
Master painters of Tacoma have de-
cided for an open shop policy after
March l, regardless of the action of
the union
Walla Walla county has been the
hardest hit Of any of the eastern
Washington sections on account of
washouts, thousands upon thousands
OF dollars worth of damage being done
the roads and farms, aside from the
damage the railroads have received.
Copies of the Indian war records for
the state of Washington have been
completed and forwarded from Wash
ington to Olympia. They contain
record of all Indian wars in this state
with roster of all those who took
part in them.
A. c.. Steinman of Ellensburg has
assumed the duties as receiver of the
North Yakima land Office.
Jack OKeefe, pioneer Of Asotin
county, died recently.
AC bcNcuA duuudl COuVtutlOu VI
the Washington Letter Carriers asso-
cation was held in Seattle Friday Of
this week
George Hubner was crushed to death
recently by rolling log in England's
logging camp near Castle Rock
Tacoma has been selected by the Co
lumbia conference as their next place
of meeting in the fall.
S. Gardner Yerkes, assistant general
passenger agent of the Great North
ern railway, has resigned mis- position
with the Hill line, to become effective
March l.
Serving a sentence of four days in
the city jail as man, dressed in
mems clothing and confined in the
tank" with dozen seasoned hoboes,
was the experience of Edna Elliott,
who, seeming to be unable to keep
out of trouble, was convicted of petty
larceny in Spokane and sentenced to
pay a fine of s100 and costs.
The Chelan Commercial club, at its
last meeting. passed resolutions in
viting the Mountaineering club of Sc
attic to hold its first annual outing
on Lake Chelan, and pledged its mem
of the invitation. to do all in their
power to make the visit of the Noun
taineers agreeable.
The Wenatchee valley has a new
fruit growers organization, which has
just filed articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state. The
union Is composed of fruit growers
who have withdrawn from the Wenat-
chez Valley Fruit Growers associa-
ton This detection from the olde.
association represents about 33 per
cent of the members at Cashmere.
Judge James X. Kennedy, an old
and well known lawyer and former as
sociate justice of the supreme court
of the territory of Washington, died
at his home in Walla Walla recently
aged "a. Death was due to heart dis
ease.
1t is claimed thai the interstate
commerce commission is likely to de
ci6e Spokane's contentious in the rate
case favorable to that city; that, if so
the railroads will carry the case into
the federal courts with the expedition
assured under the new law for ad
vancing such cases to an early deci
sion.
The Palouse cornet band has been
leorganized after lying dormant fol-
Il year The band VIII consist of "a
pieces and will be under the leader
ship of Professor A d. Stai les. The
citizens Will contribute literally to-
ward its support.
The warm weather of the past few
days has drawn quite all the frost
from the ground and many farmers
have started their spring work.
Dr.. William Il. F'ifield died recently
at Tacoma, aged so years He grad
uated at Bowdoin college in 1851 and
went to California in 1852, where he
nracticed medicine at SITTER Greek
in me early mining days. lie came
to Tacoma in 1889.
At the end of the sixth week of the
10th Washington legislature 80 bills
have been passed by both houses and
signed by the governor, of which IL
originated in the senate and 23 in the
house and three have been passed by
both houses and transmitted to the
governor, but not yet signed by him
Of these three one originated in the
senate and two in the house. In add
ton to this 20 bills have been passed
by both houses. but not yet trans
mitted to the governor, of which nine
originated in the senate and II in the
house.
William Hartman veteran Of the
Civil war and pioneer resident Of