Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-07-31
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-Spring Outlook Is Good
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

broken one day last week when steam
threshing outfit, operated by Josh
Barnes in Spring valley, near Waits
burg, cut and threshed 194s sacks of
barley between sun-up and dark. The
record is remarkable on account of the
necessity to move the machine twice
during the day and that two headers
supplied the grain for the run. 1t goes
so bushels to the acre.
J. W. Thompson, superintendent of
parks at Seattle, with his wife and two
daughters, had miraculous escape
from death Saturday afternoon while
driving in the automobile near La
Grande. The car ran off the mountain
road and down an embankment so feet
high. Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson were
both painfully injured, but their two
daughters escaped by jumping from
the automobile.
At the recent meeting of the Wash
ington State Pharmacists association
at Seattle, James W. Macarthur of
Spokane was elected secretary and Dr.
w. M. Beach of Shelton president.
Now that the issues have been joined
in the Schively impeachment case and
the preparations for the trial are under
way it is possible TO make same esti-
mate of the time required for the trial,
and the cost of the trial to the state.
AS calculated by men in touch with the
situation the trial will take from six to
IS days after the Legislature recon
venes, and the total cost to the state
of getting Schively out of Office, if
indeed it succeeds, viii be between $780,,
900 and $4,000.
Reports from the Palouse and Big
Bend wheat countries say that harvest
ing will begin there in about two or
three weeks, and the crop prospects are
splendid. Hay harvesting already has
begun in the country about Walla
Walla, but little wheat has yet been
cut.
Ed Powers has invented and applied
for a patent on a grain sacker. The
meehanicism does away with the hand
ling Of sacks by hand and saves the
labor Of one man The contriyance is
said by machine men 10 be a great sue
cess an dto do away with all handling
Of sacks by hand.
John J. Ramsey, a farmer living two
miles south Of Lamont has purchased
for $4,000 the "Hoodoo Billy" place,
which adjoins the town Of sprague on
the cast.
At is meeting,saturday the farmers
union al Walla Walla ratified the ac-
ton of tho Pullman convention, agree.
ing 10 sell no wheat except at gross
weight, that ie, including the weight
of the sack, and, further, II chose II
a. Mclean, president of the Walla
Walla local, ae agent for southeastern
Washington H. marketing the crop.
County Auditor J. y. Huchei ha'
completed Do financial exhibit for Gar
leld county Tor the year ending Jun'
20. Tho number Of acres assessed y
3O5,7Oi Tho value, including improve
meuts, b fsooo93a, INC value Of eitl
loif, including Improvements, is f4lIl
800, and ~ an taxable property slsei
SOL Tho Aggregate value of All taFabl'
property W fhe county n ff,20l $780, ~
oQualilod by Abe county board az
eQnali1ed by fho state board y y re
dneod ~ ff,lO2,t4o Tho uneolloeto'
iaree on July ! amounted 40 sel,oll
and fAo iaxos collected pa tAe 100
foll nmonaied 40 toe,ssi
90 board fhe afeamer hllWauko'
running pp tAe foeW d'Alcne river
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for fho killing M tfh HOFFMAN nea
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north ~ fho eiiy, July M, Nng capture
faiuIday nIgbi by hhefln Bailey n
slosloao county Idaho, and pepui
eherln Maj Ryan NJ SPOKANE count.
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