Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-08
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 10 Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

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have been raised at Hoquiam and the
perpetrators of the fraud have reaped
something of a harvest.
Seattle friends of q. b. Search. who
was killed in the railroad yard at FL
lensburg October 25 are offering re-
ward of $50 for the recovery of his in
surance Identification card.
The managers of three theaters at
Bellingham have ben arrested on the
charge of violating the Sunday closing
law.
The danger of strike on the part
of the longshoremen at Seattle is past.
AT recent meeting it was decided to
sign the scale proposed by the ship
owners.
The authority of Superintendent
Harry F. Liston of the Puyallup Con-
solidated Indian agency has been off,
cially suspended. The government
cial affairs.
In a brand new $4,000 train, the
equipment of which is declared by
competent judges to be the finest and
most modern that could be bought, an
excursion party of 200 representative
business men of Spokane. Occur
d'Alene City. Rathdrum, Spirit Lake,
Newport and other nearby places, and
a few visitors from distance, made
trip from Spokane to Newport and
return over the new Idaho & Wash
ington Northern railroad Saturday as
guests of the company.
Shipments of all classes of products
from North Yakima last year totaled
54,785 tons, an increase of 1885 tons
over 1906.
Horatio Daniels was stealing ride
on the pilot of a locomotive recently
near North Yakima when the engine
struck COW. In the ensuing mixup
Daniels suffered several fractures and
internal injuries. He managed to
hang on until the engine stopped.
The Japanese and Chinese language,
together with the history, literature
religion and commercial customs OF
those nations, will be taught at the
University of Washington next year
according to present plans.
George w. Ragsdale, proprietor oil
the Favorite saloon. who struck and
killed DUSTY" Dean in fist fight in
an argument over money matters, was
found guilty at Spokane of manslaugh
ter.
Mrs. c. o. Browder, widow of the
late c. o. Browder. formerly auditor o.
Whitman county, died recently.
Decisive steps have been taken In
Wj1hnr toward nj ~ .
commercial club for their town to fur
Their market day plans.
Case & Esbach. the North Coast con
tractors, have been awarded the con
tract for a dam to be built by the
Pleasant Valley Irrigation company IL
the East Selah valley. The company
will irrigate about 1900 acres Of lane
for fruit culture. The dam will b.
so feet high and 500 feet across.
On the eve of his retirement a.
pastor of the Emanuel Baptist church
Seattle, suit against the Rev. w. G
Jones by Elmer E. Poole, a Boston
jeweler alleging alienation Of hi
wifes affections and asking $25,00
damages therefore, was dismissed.
At a recent meeting of the La Cross
local No S, Farmers Educational an,
Cooperative union, farmers bargaine
for 100000 grain sacks.
Everett's postoffice was entered b
cracksmen Sunday morning. Forcin
the vaults they secured $4,000 1
stamps, as well as $3.50 cash which wa
in the till Of the cash stolen, SIP
belonged to a clerk in the department
Clifford Baker, a lad 10 years old c
North Yakima, had his left hand con
pletely blown off while fooling with
shotgun.
During the last year the gross re
ceipts of the Wenatchee postoff1c
amounted to $14,511. gain of 22.7 pc
cent over the year 1906.
Charles Eastman was shot and alta
ly wounded by Policeman Durham |
Sedro-W oolley while resisting arrest.
Practically all of the single mills 1
Washington will resume operations 1
March, after shutdown Of from thre
to six months. There are ATS mills |
the state, and all but about 4 per Ger
are closed down.
CneGON ITEMS.
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