Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-07-25
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

tablished in all the suburbs of Sc
attic.
John Schaeffer has been arrested at
Prosser on the charge of completely
in the killing of Henry William, a
negro, in saloon brawl.
Parties representing New Hamp-
shire homeseekers have bought 5000
acres of Mason county logged off
lands and are now colonizing the
tracts.
F. L. Blake, the Northern Pacific
brakeman who shot Charles Rice,
hobo, at Toppenish, and who was him
self wounded, has been discharged
from custody.
District Attorney Royland of Taco
ma has begun action against several
of the Tacoma tobacconists, who, he
claims, have been disregarding the
anti-cigarette law.
1t is reported that negotiations are
under way in Portland for consoli-
dalton of the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company and the Home Tel
ephone company.
Despite the fact that as the result
of a post mortem examination held
over the body of Grotton Gregg at
Spokane, the coroner is of the opin-
ion that the young molatto met death
at his own hands.
i. Eighty-five thousand acres of land
for the Big Bend irrigation project in
Washington have been restored to the
public DOMAIN and will become subject
to settlement and entry after notice
by the secretary of the interior. The
lands lie in townships 10 and 33 north,
-, ranges 26 and AZ east.
The first and third battaliOns of the
bird regiment at Fort George Wright.
e Spokane. have left for North Yakima,
from which point they are to start on
2OO-mile march TO the encampment
grounds at American lake, near Ia
coma.
Z The Palouse harvest has commenced
n with the cutting of alfalfa hay and
e within two weeks the cutting of the
g. grain hay and timothy will be well
c under way and the fall grain will be
G. practically ripened for the sickle. In
" the favored section comprising the
le eastern portion of Whitman county
|; and the prairie lands of Latah count.
ID the prospects Tor crops OF all kinds
~ We're never better.
d, State Bank Examiner A. W. Engl'
d. has prepared a summary showing tn
condition OF the state banks OF Wasl
ington al the close of business Ma
~ IA. The individual deposits OF th
lg state banks on that date was S35.4l9
al 1872. which, with Sl0.366. 467O4 4
ed certificates of deposit brings the tote
le. deposits up 10 S45,7S5,574.5O. The stat
'rt banks held in cash in the vaults $40
he ga .260.3S. The total resources q
10 the banks was SS5,769.5l3.3s.
'n- The Whitman county courthouse
nd adorned with a beautiful new Anne
.io jean nag. 1920 feet bought VIA
money Appropriated by the commN
siouels Tor decoration of fhe cour
house on ihe fourh oi july
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