Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-03-06
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.


Dayton won the recent debate with
the Davenport high school team.
company has taken over the Sun
nyside Sun and Sunnyside Valley Re-
publican plants.
The Rockford Register has been pur-
chased by w. J. Taylor, former prin-
cipal of the high school.
The milking machine is said to be
success. ''The Rosalia'' is the latest.
1t is manufactured at Rosalia.
The jury at Mount Vernon declared
Leo Bezmer guilty of kidnapping for
the purpose of holding for ransom.
Olympia offers a $40 prize for the
best slogan, something catchy, to be
used at the A.-Y.-P. fair on Olympia
day.
At Raymond, Charles Resk, Finn.
was shot and killed in the Astoria
saloon recently by Deputy City Mar
shall Ray Wheaton.
Farmers around Oakesdale predict
an early spring. Grain is reported in
good condition, and unless late freezes
damage it it will be heavy
April is is the date for the hanging
of Jose Nichols and J. Arata, who were
recently convicted of murder in the
first degree at Port Orchard.
The postoffice at Hay station, in
western Whitman county, was broken
into recently and a small quantity of
stamps and some small change were
taken.
w. p. Reser of Walla Walla Satur-
day sold 10000 bushels of wheat at 92
cents for club and SO cents for turkey
red. This is the largest sale there this
season.
North Yakima police announce that
their campaign for a purer Yakima has
resulted in the discovery and breaking
up of gang of men engaged in the
white slave traffic.
At recent meeting of the La Crosse
Farmers union $4,000 was subscribed bv
20 members present toward a fund to
buy or build warehouses at La Crosse.
Pampa and Meeker.
Friday morning occurred the death of
one of the oldest pioneers of three
states, more so of eastern Washington.
whom Alexander Dallas McMichael
passed away at Spangle.
sample of bluestem wheat, grown
by Adolph Hermanns in Waitsburg, has
taken first prize at a fair at Winona,
MINI, which exhibited samples from
every locality Of the wheat producing
states in the northwest.
The members of the Yakima county
Alaska fukon-Paeife committee, repre-
'enting nearly every town in the coun-
" recently made an apportionment Of
me sum Of $4,000, which will be
raised for the county exhibit.
The name Of Ulysses $. Grant was
added 10 the list of distinguished
American statesmen whose deeds have
leen commemorated by having Wash
ngton counties named in their honor.
q was taken from Douglas county
The state board Of control has fixed
'flees for grain bags this year at the
Haiia Walla prison al 8 2-lO cents for
YNeat sacks and z ~ cents Tor oat
lags. Under the laW passed BIZ this
ogisiatnfe application for purchase win
'e feeeiYed ~ April y
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pe band of men who, under Colonel
'teptoe, mot and captured me hostile
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nay a plot of ground and erect mon
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