Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-07-18
WASHINGTON. IBAHO. OREGON
and MONTANA items.
a Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-Numsroos Aool-
dents and Persenal Events Take
Piaos-Crep outlssk Coed
WAsHIhoroN ITEMS.

at Colfsx Saturday
Crowds numbering between 6ooo and
1000 people filled North Yakima to at
tend the Fourth of July celebration.
The annual picnic Of the Inland
Association of the Deaf and Dumb
was hold at Spokane the Fourth. Not
withstanding that it's members were
bereft of the power OF speech 1t is
doubtful IL there WAS a happier gath
ering in the city during the holiday.
With an initial membership of near
ly $50 former residents of Michigan,
the Spokane Michigan club was or
Eanized recently.
Thirty or thirty-nve thousand people
took advantage of special rates and
excursions the Fourth to leave Spo-
kane for the day.
Frank Fine, q Prescott farmer, was
hurt by the explosion of a giant crack
er, which tore off the ends of two iu.
gers on his left hand and lacerared
the palm of his right hand.
State Railroad Commissioner }. S.
Jones was the victim of female pick
pocket while in a Tacoma department
store recently. He missed has wallet
which contained $27 in cash, a couple
of rings valued at $3.50 and some pa
pers. The woman could not be found
Robert Pfueller, a resident OF Sno-
homish, blew his head off with dyna-
mite recently because his wife scolded
him for drinking. He was 65 wears of
age.
S. p. WickstTo;n of Seattle was
struck by a train between Wilson
Creek and Krupp Friday and terribly
injured.
Harry Cross died at Longs, near
Dayton, from the effects OF the bite of
an insect, causing blood poison.
George M. Wright, the city marshal
at Woodland, who accidentally shot
himself in the head on the night of
June is, is dead.
A six-inch artesian well only So feet
deep and furnishing 1000 gallons OF
water daily, has just been completed
by the East Tacoma Manufacturing
company.
During fire drill at Port TownYerd
on board the steamer Chippewa j. r.
Walsh, a Vancouver messboy, 10
years old, fell overheard and was
drowned
Frank Hoskins has completed his
private irrigation plant for watering
100 acres OF bottom a few miles be-
low Dayton, and water will be turned
into the main in a short time. Ar.
Hoskins plans 10 cut the land into
tracts OF five acres and have Il plant
IN I'D
build up the fruit business
One boy with his hand nearly blown
on by a blank cartridge. one man with
his hand injured by a dynamite crack
er, several boys burned by powder
from pistols and q number OF minor
accidents constitute the record In
bellingham the Fourth.
la a IRE which broke out al o 40
O'Clock Saturday night in the kitchen
of the Spokane Club building al spo
kane, and WAS stubbornly fought by
fhe eity's entire hre apparatus for
three hours before a was controlled.
Dwight C. Johnson. an orc buyer Rell
known to minInF men ln fho north
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fourth story window Property l0ss
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