Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-07-04
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.

Mrs. May Cottrell, formerly house
keeper for Colonel d. P. Jenkins. the
wealthy Spokane pioneer, recently ar
rested for raising a check for s12s
given her by her late employer tc
S925. tried to commit suicide recently
The Ridgeway theater, the only play
house in Colfax, was destroyed by fire
at 3 o'clock Saturday morning. The
origin of the blaze is a mystery, but
those on the scene first say it was
caused by defective electric wires.
Loss, $12, 900; insurance, 81, 900.
Brooding over the refusal of his
sweetheart's parents to permit him to
visit the young womans home. Will
liam Sullivan, % years old, living near
Stevenson, ended his troubles by send
ing a bullet crashing into his head.
A. J. Murphy. who lives northwest
of Almira Is miles, went to the home
of Jens Weismann, a neighbor, Thurs
day, and. having asked permission to
write a letter, was left alone in the
room. Mr.. Weismann a short time
after, hearing the report of a gun. ran
TO the house to find Murphy lying by
his chair, having taken Weismann's
gun from its rack and shot himself
Murphy died in a few minutes.
AT the special election at Deer
Park it was voted TO incorporate.
S. G. Cosgrove, candidate for gov
ernOr on the republican ticket, has re-
turned home from an electioneering
tour sick man and has of late been
confined to his room. He is to make
no more speeches. Should he con-
tinue 70 make speeches, the doctors
say, he will lose his voice perma-
nently.
That deposits in the banks of the
state of Washington increased s6.442.-
z66 between February IA and May IA.
is shown by Rogers Financial Record.
a summary Of the condition of the
banks Of the Pacific northwest, pub
lished after each call Of the comptrol-
Ter OF the currency, by Edgar Roger
Of Seattle. The total deposits of the
banks is given at $685.
O6s. 1872.
The twenty-frst annual meeting of
the Washington State Dental society
viii convene in Spokane Thursday
this week and continue during Friday
and Saturday. j. Q. Bryan Of In
annapolis will be one OF the principal |
attractions and will deliver several
addresses during the convention.
The work OF the May examination |
)f teachers has been completed. The |
number Of applicants an this examin- |
alton was 1893, which Is 1855 more than
took the examination IN May. 1907 OF
Ihe l4SS applicants 957 received Ger
lhcates. This means that there were
go failures in the state, 81 per cent. |
The state railroad commission has
announced its first findings on the
value NJ railway property in the state
THIS shows in round numbers pr0p-
sriy used exclusively Tor railroad pur-
poses Dy The Northern Pacific. slll,-
100000 Great Northern So, 900 900. |
u AZ A. ~. $4,000. 900.
Arf julia AZ Van Patfep ~ Day.
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Eastern star ~ rle etate MF IAb.
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