Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-09-11
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-Fau Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

is reported to be 107 years old, died
recently near Orient.
Michael Bartlett, railroad grader,
committed suicide at Seal Rock, near
Olympia, recently.
| The bodies of z. J. Burns and Miss
Maud Parker, drowned at Liberty lake
last Sunday, were recovered
| Bowman Espey, living near Palouse,
has threshed his crop of college hybrid
wheat No 1913, and got an average of
As bushels an acre.
Fire that broke out in the old west
ern car barns at Hoquiam Saturday,
destroyed eight buildings and did dam
age to the extent OF $4,000, partially
insured
A dangerous forest fire is raging
near the town of Woodland, near Ia
coma, and threatens to destroy the
Long & Hill Logging company camp
and other valuable property.
Fire, starting, it is believed, from
oiled cloths which had been used in
polishing floors, destroyed the $4,000
residence of Henry Vincent, together
with furniture, etc, valued in all at
$1,000.
Mrs Susan Jones, who was perhaps
Asotin county's first white settler COM
ing TO this part of the state during the
year 1875, and who has lived at Aso-
tin during all of that time, died Sat
urday.
In attempting TO board the eaboose
of freight train which was backing
into the o. r. & n. yard at Tekoa,
Robert Mortimer slipped and fell, and
his right leg was run over by one Of
the trucks.
From 2 o clock Sunday morning until
dawn the town Of Goldendale was
threatened with destruction by a fire
which started in the Armory building,
owned by N. b. Brooks. Total loss is
about $4,000.
NJ. T. Akers, assistant professor of
electrical engineering in Washington
State college, and Miss Helen Fairfax
Rogers, daughter of the late John r.
Rogers, formerly governor of Washing
ton, were married in Seattle, Monday
afternoon.
One life was lost, 10 horses were de-
stroyed and a block of frame buildings
on Western avenue, between Univer-
sity and Seneca streets. Seattle, was
wiped out in a fire SUNDAY. The body
has not been identified. The property
loss is less than $4,000.
Difficulty is being experienced by
the contractors working on the Con
nell Adrian cut of west Of Hatton,
Wash, in keeping men on the work,
as the soil where they are working IL
80 light that the worlNmen are almost
suff0cated when they work.
Attorney De Wolf Of Tacoma aud
Judge j. w. Robinson OF Olympia, IL Is
expected, will be called upon BY Attor-
ney General Bell 70 show cause why
they should not bo punished for con
tempt Of court IN making charges
against the supreme court OF the state
Of Washington.
Governor Hay has appointed Kate
Turner Holmes Of Seattle, Senator j.
ID. iiassotf OF Ritzyille, w. b.. Henry
Of Seattle, and ~ y. Hopper, of Ia
coma, member of che advisory board
Of ihe state library commission.
Thor terms vii expire on August IN,
1919 kate Turner Holmes y roap
pointed
Miss Aaudo Stearna, Nho vas partial
ly paFaly1ed recently BIZ an electric
saoef focclfed Hhilo using p Telephone
~ hef home ~ reported etifemely weak
pa Tacoma ana ln p much worse CON
alilQn ihHn ai any time slneo ihe aee
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'pp in e'iAW beg lefi afu ~ lefi n.y.
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