Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-03-20
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.


Colonists are now arriving in this
state.
William Brown, agcI 35 years, COM
mitted suicide at Aberdeen by taking
gas.
The home of Mrs. A Fletcher, on Col
lege hill at Pullman, was destroyed by
fire recently.
Hamilton Dew, L former resident of
Missoula, Mont, was killed in Seattle
by falling from trestle.
Edward L. Allen, who is working
for the Kettle River Mining company
Laurier, was seriously injured re-
Gently.
The 2-year-old son of @. M. Evans,
merchant of Charleston, was killed Sat
urday evening by falling from its high
chair.
Ten new passenger engines have been
ordered by the Spokane, Portland Sc
attic Railroad company for use between
Portland and Spokane.
Indian Gus who, it is supposed, was
intoxicated and went to sleep on the
track, was killed by a train a mile
With but little opposition the bill
appropriating $4,000 for the improve
ment of the upper Columbia river
above Bridgeport has passed the sen
ate.
The roundhouse Of the Spokane, Port
land & Seattle railroad company in
Vancouver is now being used The cost
of this rOundhOuse, storehOuse, coal
chutes and machine shops will amount
to more than 100000.
Donald +. Kizer has been appointed
chief deputy prosecuting attorney FOR
Spokane county. He will take the
place of J. Stanley Webster, who has
just been appointed superior judge OF
Spokane county by Acting Governor
Hay.
One of the highest figures Of eff
cheney ever made in target practice
has been reached by the Eighty-ffti
company coast artillery corps, at For
Casey, Wash, according to state
ment given out by the war depart
ment.
Lewis NJ. Ringer, aged "A, a pioneer
Of the Inland Empire and early day
legislator of Washington territory, diee
at Spokane Sunday. He was "a yeari
of age and for the last 10 years had
been a resident Of Pullman, where be
was buried Tuesday.
The plat Of survey Of township SO
north, range Al, will be filed April u
in the Office Of the register Of the LAM
Office ia Spokane. Applications for en-
try may be made afte- the date Or th
fling Of the plat. Actual settlers an'
residents will be allowed three month
from April a 10 ofler their filings.
lsxtrayagance ran riot in the senat
Saturday and that body passed bill
appropriating S620OOO for state road'
5000 for state aid roads, $1,000
for improvement Of tho upper coluu
bia river, 500 900 for improvement y
tho Puyallnp river aud $4,000 for al
tornoy y fees in the boundary sulf nt
cation, increasing the salary OF tn
supreme court reporter from $4,000 q
$1,000 a yoar and creating q eolnmlssio
of insurance meu to prepale q neN cod
of insurance Laws.
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