Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-11-27
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fal Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

A new move was made in the local
option fight when the Palouse local of
the Farmers Educational and Co-opera-
tive union unanimously adopted a reso-
luton condemning the liquor traffic,
putting the union on record officially
favoring local option and advising its
members to trade in towns and with
persons who openly stand for local
option.
The Alexander Stewart guardianship
case, wherein the Preston family of
Waitsburg had a legal guardian ap-
pointed for Mr.. Stewart and his in
valid wife, has come to close upon
an agreement.
Albert Wheatley, aged &c, of North
Yakima, committed suicide recently.
He was respondent.
The Charles r. Spencer private bank
at Glenwood has been opened.
Fire caused by the explosion of an
oilbox in the cereal room of the Cen
tennial -four mills, Spokane, destroyed
property estimated at 100000 at 1885
Sunday morning.
Nine cars of steel for the North
Coast railroad has been unloaded at
Alfalfa and 10 more are now on the
way.
State Treasurer Lewis report for the
week shows the total cash balance Mon
day, $766, 1871, of which amount
$259,617. is in the general fund.
With the opening of the new extern
sion down the Pend Oreille river from
Newport to lone Monday the Idaho &
Washington Northern railroad has
placed in service a new Baldwin loco
, motive, said to be one Of the finest
built engines ever sent west from the
Baldwin locomotive works.
With the apple crop of the Touchet
valley more than half harvested, it is
evident that an estimate Of 40 cars
Of apples made earlier in the season
is to be realized.
George Hilton, the nephew Of James
(. +. Logan, both Of whom are held in
the Stevens county Jail as suspects
pending q full research Of the circum-
? stances surrounding the tragedy which
ended the life Of Agnes Jansen, who
: was murdered and her body burned to
ashes in a lonely spot near Bissell a
week ago, refuses 10 be drawn into
the plot by any search for information
e touching his relations with Logan.
b Patrick Cayanaugh had his throat cut
I from ear 10 ear with fatal results by
e Jones McDoyle al Pasco recently.
j. The supreme court, by a recent de
. cision, holds the city Of Seattle can
! not recover from the contractors the
s moneys they paid Former Comptroller
!. John hiplinger, which hipinger is al
+. legged 10 have stolen.
y A. u. Erickson, president Of the 30
called milk trust, otherwise known "a
the Seattle Retail MIX Dealers associ
: alton, was taken ID tho county jai
Saturday 40 aerye term 0f ~ days
Imprisonment Tor couspiripg ~ ineIeas'
the price of milk. Erickson was tries
: and convicted tWo years ago aud son
\ fenced 10 tAe JAIL term apd p hne %
y 5000 Imposed
q 1he Eastern Washington a North
q erp Idaho Baptist convention, w sos
p s|ou ai Grace Baptist ehufch laf Neek
closed Friday efenlng afier p most spe
Z eeasful meellpg.
a IAf contest fpT aIalulng tAf tolYilli
llfer fiem VALLEY ~ Aday Aef peel
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y hiolo peFeuisl, poufol fioekma'
and Indian ngAteI y resident of Da'
gal5l Aiify ~ mQlo fAap 4p yfall
died AZ thai eliy recently NJ ppeu
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