Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-29
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
AND MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding CouHtry-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Crop Outlook Good.
WAS HlNGToN ITEMS.

WASHINGTON ITEMS
The new union depot at Pasco will
cost $4,000.
The building of new houses still
goes on in Odessa.
The state board of education granted
life diplomas TO Il persons last Satur
day.
Al Hill, an old resident Of Spokane
died Saturday afternoon from an at
tack Of cancer of the stomach.
James Hall. railroad lineman, was
struck by = train near Sisco and re
ceived perhaps fatal injuries.
The town Of Valley had a 100000
fre last Saturday. 1t started in a
livery barn and swept the east side
OF town.
Charles Stanford. a horse owner,
was robbed of $2l15 and a pair of
trousers while asleep in his quarters
at Seattle.
J. L. Layton. a rancher near Vernon.
was shot and instantly killed last
week by John Anderson in a dispute
over irrigation.
This years fruit crop in the Kit
titas valley viii reach more than So
600 boxes is the estimate of men in
terested in orcharding there.
Frank Bryant is in the Ellensburg
Jail charged with killing Thomas john
son, real estate dealer at Gle Elum.
The men were fighting over a bill.
Fire, caused from the sparks of a
stationary engine, destroyed 10000
feet of lumber at the Odell sawmin on
the Tucanon, near Dayton, last week.
The safe in the Toppenish postoffice
was blown open the other night and
the robbers made a successful get
away. The amount taken is not known.
A dam across Toroda creek, near
which was constructed to
furnish water for the Byng brothers
sawmill, was destroyed by dynamite
recently.
Six million feet of high grade dress
ed lumber has been ordered in Belling-
ham from Puget sound mills to build
Seattle's 2S mile new water supply
main from Cedar river.
X. Warrener, who stopped to button
his shoes when a Vancouver, b. c.
roOming house in which he was living
caught fire, burned TO death, and 20
occupants narrowly escaped.
Within a week it is announced over
300 condemnation suits will be brought
by the Northern Pacific railway TO get
Of property worth millions
Of dollars for the Point Defiance line,
Tacoma.
Robert MOttau of Tacoma has re-
oeiyed notification that he has fallen
heir 10 an $4,000 estate Ia Germany.
The estate was willed 10 Mr.. MOttau
by his brother, who died a few months
ago
-Four masked men attempted 10 hold
lp street car Saturday on its way
b Seattle. They We're frustrated by
.he motorman, who saw the masks
and pat ON full speed The bandits
ired al tAe car
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noBu ~ ihe 1ac0ma police as ihe
baby burglar wac arrested recently
pa cliy deiaouffs charged Win rob
l|ug ono pueFelf e0cny of about
700 iu cash. He confessed
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