Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-07-11
washington, IDAHO, OREGON
AND MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Crop Outlook Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Fire recently swept a portion of the
business district of Tenino, and before
it had been extinguished had caused
a loss of $4,000, with very little in
surance.
Samuel l.. Wharton, a familiar fig
ure among mining men of the north
west and a resident of Spokane for
the last 10 years, died recently.
A 100000 increase of stock for the
further development and improvement
of its property in eastern Washington
was voted by the stockholders of the
Hanford Irrigation company at a spe
cial meeting.
The third annual convention of the
Stevens County Sunday School aso-
citation will be held in Colville June
80 and July /.
An election was held at Pennington
recently by the school district to de-
eide as to issuing new bonds. The vote
was against issuing new bonds.
Throwing up her hands with a pierre
ing scream, Mrs. Elizabeth Gauvitte,
wife of Joe Gauvitte, former proprietor
of the Bodega saloon, Spokane, fell
dead Saturday night, being shot by
her husband, who has confessed. They
had had domestic troubles.
To cross the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul line and cut Seattle and Ia
coma out as wheat shipping points for
the central Washington fields, are de-
clared to be objects and results Of the
plan of James j. Hill to build another
railroad extension in eastern Wash
ingtOn.
I'VE the jury, find the defendant
Hezekiah w. Barnes, guilty Of murder
in the first degree" was the verdict
of the jury in the trial of Budd Barnes
at Walla Walla for the murder Of
Mrs. Anna Aldrich, whom he killed
with a pick handle in the mountains
near Dixie May L.
r. p. Greene auditor of Spokane
county was elected president OF the
state organization of county auditors
recently IN session at Mount Vernon.
Tacoma was selected as the next place
of meeting.
The Washington State Dental So
ciety, AT It's annual election of officers
al Spokane. selected George T. VIII
liams, Seattle, president. The associ.
alton this year begins active opera.
tons under the new constitution adopt.
ed from that OF the Illinois society
The association viii meet next year
al Seattle
A the annual convention Of The
state nurses association al Iacoma
recently a. was decided 10 ask the next
Legislature Tor the passage of q bin
providing Tor the licensing " an
trained nurses of the state. provision
being made ~ the Dill f0r an eKamin.
lpF commission or board
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