Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-06-27
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 LIENS.

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which are now well developed.
In the superior court at Seattle re-
Gently Guy c. Stratton, secretary and
treasurer of the Acme Single Mill
company, was sentenced to serve
sentence of from one to five years in
the state penitentiary and to pay
fine of $500. He was convicted of
manslaughter in running down Hen
rietta Johnson with his automobile and
killing her. He gave notice OF appeal.
While playing hockey from school
John Weddle and Walter Moe, aged
and 10 years, respectively, were re-
Gently drowned in Lake Union, in Seat
tie. The bodies were recovered.
The recent fire in the Stone, Fisher
company's department store at Ia
coma caused $4,000 damage, due prin-
cipally to the automatic sprinkler
flooding two Of the floors.
While playing about the house at
Spokane a year old son Of Mrs.
Campbell found a loaded revolver and,
pointing it at his mother, pulled the
trigger playfully. The weapon was
discharged and the ball lodged in Mrs.
Campbells leg.
The water of the Columbia river has
risen 50 high that Wenatchee's tenn
pOrary pumping plant is in danger Of
being carried away in the flood.
The artificial ice manufacturing
plant which has been built during the
spring at Prosser has been put in oper-
alton for the first time, and the test
was satisfactory. The ice machinery
and the cold storage plant represent
an expenditure of $4,000
William Jarvis who was recently
convicted OF horse stealing at Con
conully, was sentenced TO the peniten-
tiary for an indeterminate term OF
from one TO ten years
Mayor John i. Miller of Seattle has
announced the appointment of Captain
Irving Ward as chief oil police
j. ". Culton, a pioneer resident OF
the Palouse country, died al Palouse
City recently.
The funeral of Mrs. Nancy j. Rem
shaw, a widely known Whitman coun
~ pioneer, who died al the house OF
her son. Moses A. Renshaw. in Seattle
took place from the house of Charles
ScriDer la ColfaX last week
Stale superintendent Henry B
Dewey has commissioned former Prin
cipal ~ M Shafer of the state norma
school as sole delegate from Washing
ton to attend the national congress ID
Cleveland Ohio in july, 90 unity ane
codiiy school laws. Mr shafer Wal
leave june 20.
The department at Washington hai
nouhed Postmaster Hugh ltldrldHe o
Bellinsham a. immediately secure
proper data on ihe site for ihe peq
federal building there, flai the GOV
eminent architect may have "a hasil
on which io prepare plans
Fire which originated py ihe ofef
turnlng of keloseue lamp early sai
urday morning destroyed $4,000
Worth of property lp fhe rearicie'
district and caused ine death AT Al
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NYell haln which nHa destroyed HIno
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