Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-05-16
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 STATE NEWS.

Il QOQOTS
were awarded to Louis Brislawn OF
Sprague, the subject of his address be
ing Regulus to the Carthaginians.'
The second medal was won by Miss
Ethel Despair of Harrington. her sub
ject being The Sioux Chiefs Daugh
ter
Climbing. aboard the tug Keros as
she lay moored to the wharf at Ia.
coma, two desperate burglars entered
the cabin occupied by Captain James
Hlrd and Mate Henry Branaugh
placed a handkerchief saturated with
chloroform over the nostrils of each.
and then robbed the men of every
thing of value that they possessed.
Charles S. Warren, one of the cred
itors of the Vendome Hotel company
at Davenport, has filed a suit for s15.-
600 against the hotel company and
asked that receiver be appointed.
Mr. Deary announces that the Pa
louise mill of the Potlatch Lumber COM
pany, which has been idle for more
than six months. started Monday for
the summers run There are 1000. 900
feet of logs in the river ready for the
saws The mill will give employment
to rs men for the summer.
James Duff, a well known citizen of
Chelan county, dropped dead at his
residence in Wenatchee recently.
The bodies of the two young men
who are believed to have stolen two
horses from the Arrow and Eagle liv-
cries in Wenatchee last week. were
found Saturday in the bottom of a lake
near Stratford, having evidently been
drowned while attempting to cross.
The two bodies were locked in a deadly
embrace at the bottom of the lake.
Eddie Gregg, u years old. placed
a basket of flowers on the front door
knob of A. w. COpeland's home at
FOy station, few miles from Seattle.
as May day custom. He rang the
dOorbell; nobody come, and he rang
again. Mrs. Copeland answered, did
not see the flowers, but saw the boy
run. Gregg rang again, when Cope
land opened the door and fired with
a shotgun. The boy received the load
AZ eHo eHA6Ai anu may uic " DlOOu
poisoning.
While going from the lobby of the
Montgomery hotel at Elk to her room,
Mrs. North, mistress of the hosiery.
was shot in the left temple by an IN
known assassin concealed outside the
house.
The directors of the Moran Ship
building COMPANY Seattle, We're re-
Gently offered $2,OOO.OOO for their
plant and business in Seattle and de
clined TO accept the consideration,
holding out for 81. 100000
The funeral Of Nathan West. 81
years old, and one OF the oldest Dion-
GERS Of the Inland Empire took place
la Tek0a Saturday.
Farmers from the fruit districts
along the Walla Walla river report
fears OF considerable damage 10 fruit
and berries during the recent cold
snap.
The cornerstone Of Che new Baptist
church al North Yakima was laid Sat
urday.
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work on bis seed farm near Fairfield
so men being engaged ln setting out
seed peefs and planting varieties AZ
vegetables and seeds for fhe iall crop
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