Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-08-21
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.

The Dayton schools open Sept. 6.
The death of Levi Carter at Browns
vile, Ore, removed a prominent figure
from the ranks of Columbia county
pioneers.
At Pasco the anti-cigarette law is
practically dead.
A. j. Marsh, II. Wolf and j. w. Gar
lington, members of the Soldiers home
at Orting, have petitioned the state leg
islature to sanction the removal of the
home from Orting to Port Orchard.
Three buildings, valued at $4,000,
were destroyed at Anatone recently.
The loss was partially covered by in
surance. The fire originated in a pile
of rubbish.
Thomas Connolly, the forger, who
was captured at Spokane, was given
from one to 20 years in the state peni-
Tertiary.
A new gusher has been tapped at
College Place, near Walla Walla, yield
ing a flow of 500 gallons minute.
The Tekoa city hall is now completed.
1t contains offices, fire department, jail
and council chamber.
Several steam threshers will begin
the season s run this week around Pull
man.
Senator W. L. Jones has departed
for home, and S. H. Piles will join the
national waterways commission at
Strasburg, Germany, in September.
Half of the little town of Snoqual-
mic, situated at the falls of the same
name, famous for their beauty, was de-
stroyed by fire Saturday, entaiing 4
loss of 100000. Snoqualmie is 6s miles
from Seattle on the Northern Pacific
branch.
Mrs. j. A. Bailey committed suicide
at Spokane Saturday
That unit No ] Of the Tieton project
near North Yakima, will have laterals
built and water on the land ready for
the rnachers by next spring is the an
nouncement Of f. =. Newell. chief of
the United States reclamation service.
Lake Union shore lands, Seattle, two
thirds Of which are submerged or semi
submerged, and with an appraised valu
alton Of not more than $4,000, sold on
the courthouse steps at public auction
this morning for 100000.
From noon Friday TO midnight, when
the weekly close season commenced,
1739, 900 sockeye salmon were taken
from traps and by seiners and landed
lac the canneries of Bellingham, Blaine,
Anacortes and the lower Fraser. Rec
ords Of al previous catches have been
broken.
Every combine I'm Asotin county Is
now n the fields and viii operate for
the next three weeks. The reports are
chat the grain ON Asotin fiat Is aver
aging 35 bushels
Spokane Odd Fellows are planning 10
charter a special train 10 attend the
Sovereign Grand Lodge meeting Of the
order which conyenos in Seattle from
September 20 10 20.
The shoepmen of Asotin county as
wei as other counties arc this year
keeping close watch for signs of for.
esi ires.
Captain Charles d. CLARK, until %.
gently ianiior at the courthouse al spo-
knnel died yesterday a. Wayside, Wash,
IA the age Of ~ yoars.
Ma Anna Quick. % pioneer of Now
port, died ai sNoe', Idaho. from can
eer of tho face.
~. pafnoille, p pioneer ~ Whiimnn
county aged sa. died roeently Mr.
palneillo ligod foI yeare op farm be
tween oaheadalo and hosalin.
IHo masked mon boarded ap ouf
Nard lale ilolloy 1ar "a lacomn "a.
comfy Rnd hold up ihe eror and fhfee
passenger securing approximately $50
In oasl nud ESQ god Haichee
~ y snld eQfk ou the Lake Wash.
lnRiop ahip canal designed NJ give ~.
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Rnu nlihln oo 0Ayf
1ho seofolaly ~ nw lsf approved
iho accommodating f0F tlo allotment
vi funds f0l iND eoasl aofonfo Hggle
getting tlatah 300 lQn Hofdop ~
lAus, gols tlll 900.
hi lle l|0aluf FaneN noaT halF
l4F iho ihf0slol eHplodoa, setting ~
NJ llQ maellnf. ahIeN burned. 500 Ypl
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fplly insured
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