Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-09-19
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
PIace-Crop Outlook Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

The registration for the IA wards of
Seattle totals 40,262.
Whitman college will open for the fall
semester September Is, when the con-
vocation address will be delivered by
Judge Burke of Seattle
Judge Cullen is dead. He was a pion-
Ger of the northwest and had been
resident of Spokane since 1900, NOV
ing there from Helena, Mont.
The heaviest registration in the his
tory of Spokane was chTonicled Satur
day night when the books closed for the
primaries. The total was 1865.
E. f. Price died at Reardan after a
brief illness. Mr.. Price was one of the
Oldest of the pioneers Of this vicinity,
having come to this state in 1881.
Following fit of dependency after
having last $50 at the races at Seattle,
Frederick f. Dahl, first class private
in the hospital corps at Fort Lawton,
committed suicide.
There are now 1909 prisoners in the
state prison at Walla Walla, who manu-
featured during August 136,4OO grain
bags at the jute mill, at a cost of $.O603
each to the state.
The council chamber at Olympia re-
Gently was the scene of a 100000 bond
fire. They were the old per cent
bonds issued in the early COS and re-
funded for bonds bearing 3% per cent
interest.
Fruit growers at Charleston are feel
ing the need of a strongly organized
association and before another season
an organization including every grower
in the place will without doubt be
formed.
The wheat ranchers in the Big Bend
country have disposed Of $4,000 bush
els of wheat, which they had pooled to
sell to the highest bidder. The price
received was 80 cents at Seattle, being
the highest price received in the Big
Bend for years.
All railroad property in the state is
assessed at $ll9,525, 433, telegraph com
panies at S422 1874 and street railway
companies at about $25,0O0,OO0 by the
state board of tax commissioners, ac-
cording to figures given out by the com
missiOners.
Upon petition filed in behalf of
the Dubois faction Of the democratic
party the Idaho supreme court has is
sued an alternative writ Of mandate
directing Secretary Of State Lansdon
TO appear at Boise Wednesday and
show cause why he should not file the
Dubois ticket and certify il to the coun
~ clerks as the legal democratic
ticket
THE action of King county commits
sioners IN making a horizontal cut o
20 per cent in the assessment VIII mol
reduce their state taxes one penny
declares Tax Commissioner }. y. Frost
The next sale of state school an'
granted lands and tide lands owned
by the state of Washington takes place
on the FIRST Saturday IN October The
lands 10, be offered exclusive of ud'
lands, are appraised at nearly Sooo'oVo
"A shark between ten and tNelY'
feet long which has been swimming
about The beach at Stones landing "a
Tacoma for several days past ha'
produced such "a panic among ln'
campers that bathing n me SOUND hA'
been abandoned
Thoro " marked DECREASE ip lh'
number of head of llYe stock in VIM
man county as compared WIN ipe Aa
Hessmoni of laaf year TING lepoll y"
1907 shows 291l5 horses owned in ip'
county and ihey wore valued ai 500
400 The year there are pui 2ii2'
horaof. valued "a sa3lbio aeeleAh'
of gl00 NJ number pui ihe' ale at
better class and more valuable
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