Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-04-17
ITEMS OF IDAHO, MONTANA,
WASHINGTON And OREGON.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

"f~AAAr yin STATE NEWS-
Dr. Heg has been appointed state
commissioner of health at a salary of
$4,000 year.
Premature explosion of charge of
dynamite in the tunnel of the Great
Excelsior mine near Maple Falls, What
com county, resulted in the death of
William Laufman and the fatal injury
of Frank Hart.
A. R. Lehman, hay and feed com
mission broker, who was to have been
married to Miss Martha Christian, a
Seattle school teacher, has disappeared
from Tacoma.
With capital stock of $50, 1000, the
Broughton National bank at Dayton
Will be incorporated during the month
Tom Hagarman, Jr., the 16 year old
son of I. Hagarman of st. John, is dead
from an accidental pistol shot which
he received while he was showing the
gun was not loaded.
Held up by two armed thugs, Police
Officer Joseph Backus, one of the recent
husky recruits to the Spokane force,
was robbed Sunday night of his revolver
and after being first deprived of his
star, club and helmet had these articles
returned to him by his assailants.
Mrs. Martha E. Marshall, formerly of
the Walla Walla country, died recently
in the Alberta country.
Mr.. Barber of Ritzville has been
granted a patent ON a brake for pas
senger or freight elevators.
Suit has been filed by the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union of
America, through the state executive
committee for Washington and Idaho.
of which J. M. Reid Of Pullman is pres
ident, to require the railroads in Wash
ington and Oregon to give the same
rates on grain, live stock, vegetables
and other farm products to Astoria as
to points on Puget sound, Portland and
the Coast.
One Of the largest Masonic gatherings
ever held in Pennington was witnessed
Saturday at the dedication of the beau
tiful temple Of Pennington lodge, F. &
A. M.
Thirty women have discontinued the
use Of private boxes at the Seattle post
Office, owing to a demand being made for
references. 1t is learned that the gov.
eminent has begun crusade TO stop
clandestine correspondence, which is
said 10 be common among many persons
Of social prominence.
Governor Hay is this week attending
business in the eastern part Of the
state. He will be at Walla WalIa April
10 attend a meeting Of the state prison
board and al spokane April 20 attend |
p good roads meeting at the chamber
~ commerce, and viii remain az Spokane
until April Q, with q probable trip 30
Wilbur arranging bis business Affairs
snd preparing 10 move his family 30
olympic. On April 10 he will be- af
Everett and April ~ al Monroe, leaving
mat night on bis return 10 Olympic.
W n Eddy an aged q. A. n. man,
plunged from load 0f hay recently.
hfee miles cast of snohomish, and, fall.
ng upon bis hands, fractured both
wrists
=, ~ Thomas, found guilty in tho
'upefior court of Whaicom county NJ
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Happy Valley lasi fall END sentoncod
p pro imprisonment, haa begun hla SEA
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