Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-11-21
NEWS OF IDAHO, MONTANA,
WASHINGTON And oregon.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fall Trade Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.


The New Ridgeway theater at Col
fax will open December 16.
William II. Taft S plurality in the
state of Washington reached a total of
44,12s.
Wenatchee apple growers are ship
ping at the rate of 200 barrels of apples
per week
The only hotel at Elberton was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday morning. 1t will
be rebuilt
The carpenters union of Spokane has
voted to contribute 500 to the National
Apple show.
Sheepmen in Douglas county are re-
Joicing over the fall rains and the
warm weather
The teachers of Whitman county held
an interesting educational meeting in
Palouse last Saturday.
Glen, the 4-year-old son of Charley
Jones of Dayton, was kicked to death
by mule Saturday evening.
William J.. Webb of Everett. aoed 55
years, committed suicide Sunday at San
Diego, Cal, by drowning himself
The big &C. c. C. CT farm near
Lind has been sold to w. J. Bonnington
Of Ritzville. The consideration was
$4,000 for the 1000 acres.
A searching party is out to look for
N. Z. Ormes, the timber cruiser who
disappeared two weeks ago from the
home of Carl Engfer, near Puyallup.
Mr.. leonard, who runs the Garfield
roller mill, -four mill with a capacity
Of so barrels a day, states that ship
nents to South Africa and South Amer
lea are to be made.
Construction work is in full blast for
the big irrigating plant being installed
by the Northern Pacific Irrigation com
paDy TO water $50 acres of the rich
highlands adjoining Kennewick on the
west
1t is expected that the immense Nab
ton siphon, which will bring the water
from the Sunnyside canal, under the
Yakima river TO the level fields Of Nab
ton, will be completed some time this
week
Early IN the spring another industry
will be started IN Columbia county
which promises to develop a phase of
farming that has heretofore been neg
lected. The Hopkins dairy will then
manufacture cheese.
q. A. Draper Of Elberton, breeder of
red polied cattle, will leave for the east
soon and will add new blood TO his herd
before be returns The last two years
his cattle have won him 10 cash prizes
$500, besides making sales amounting
" several thousand dollars
Special trains are being planned to
earry visitors 70 the educational con
sress 10 be held al Walia Walla No
Yember ~ and 49, The transportation
committee has secured from the railroad
companies an open rate Of one and one
tbifd fares for the round trip.
Nenatchee' ; p0stOiice has gained 10
receipts ~ per cent during the year,
me Office business Amounting 10 $40, $40, /
as compared witt $685. for 1907. Tho
census VI ODE city ls nov being taken
~ directory meu and they state that
"a pil rup close 10 5000 people.
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man and former evangelist himself, /
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