Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-12-25
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-Fall Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

Bluestem wheat brought $1.12% al
bushel in the Colfax market Saturday
Alfred Livengood, aged AZ, at Dayton,
is the youngest superintendent of city
schools in the northwest.
1t is said that $1.22 1-2 was offered
farmer near Uniontown for large crop
of bluestem wheat Saturday, but was
turned down.
Charging predecessors with virtual in
fraction of the state laws, County Asses
sor Adelbert E. French of Columbia
county, announces that the records as
kept by previous assessors of Columbia
county are incomplete, confusing, mis-
leading and erroneous.
Charles L. Stuart, Maiden business
man, has been appointed postmaster at
that place, vice Rufus r. Wilson, editor
of the Maiden Herald, which has dis
continued, who has resigned to accept
Office at Washington.
The Pullman Touring mills have been
sold to L. w. Robinson of Pullman for
$4,000, which includes the stock of
-four and wheat on hand. The mill and
real estate sold for $4,000. The flour
and grain were sold at $4,000.
The Typographical survey of the
Quincy, Morrison and Red Rock quad
rangles, under the direction of United
States engineers, was completed No
vember 30.
A large quantity Of provisions from
Aberdeen were sent by steamer to
South Bend, Willapa and Raymond,
which have been cut off from rail com
munication for several days. Condi-
tions in the isolated sections became
so serious that an appeal for aid was
sent to Aberdeen.
BY a miracle, in the opinion Of wit
nesses, no one was injured when a
Northern Pacific freight train, moving
westward, backed into a northbOund
Washington Water Power street car at
the Howard street crossing at $40
o clock Saturday at Spokane.
State Land Commissioner i. w. Ross
viii go TO Washington, ID. c., to de-
mand Of congress the restoration 10
the public domain Of about COO 900
acres Of land In this state. which has
been uniustly Withdrawn from settle
ment by the Pinchot administration.
OF the % counties In this state af-
fected by the six forest reserves
OSanogan Is the principal sufferer,
having ,985,6sO acres withdrawn, while
Chelan Is cut OF from the enjoyment
Of ,594 400 acres. Skamania has nearly
100000 acres Withdrawn, while What.
com heads the list Of West Side eoun.
ties with 10000 acres Withdrawn from
settlement
Tacoma has joined the crusade begun
by other northwestern cities 10 elimi
nate loan sharks
Estimates of flood losses Ia north
west Washington are almost doubled az
the waters reeede and outlying districts
aTe heard from. Many place the loss
al 81 100000 la 6kagit and Whaieop
counties. The upper skagit valley will
bo eat on from the rest Of the world
for months, until 40 miles Of railway
are relocated and built. Two big cement
plants al Concrete must close.
Recent mysterious ares in the hoxe'
valley, jusi across the river from Aoril
Yalhmo, haze caused the destruction
~ about 200 tons Of hay, resulting vi
"a loss of about ~ 900 n fhe oDneIf
AZ Seattle recently -four thugs faiaee
the store ~ Dan b lyppoe and binding
Mfs Lyppee and another N0man, ano
eluelly beating AZ Lyppoe. searched
fhe Victims ana secured $500 Nlil
which ihey made ilelT escape.
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drowned "a ihe foodod quileene nYn
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