Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-01-29

Troy were consolidated recently, and
from now on will be known as the First
Bank of Troy, with capital of $4,000
and surplus of $4,000.
William Thompson of Wilbur, WASH,
deputy state bank examiner of Wash
ington, is to be cashier of the Lewiston
National bank, which was recently
taken over by the Union Securities
company of Spokane
II. F. Bartlett, registrar of the United
State land Office at Lewiston, has re-
ceived notice of his reappointment.
Gilbert M. Butterworth of Seattle
has received his commission from the
national headquarters of the Foresters
of America in New York, appointing
him deputy supreme chief ranger for
the state of Washington.
The Washington county assessors met
in Spokane this week.
The Portland Franchise in the North
western baseball league goes to Bel
bingham.
Senator Jones says he had not yet
given consideration to the appoint
ments for eastern Washington and
probably would not take up the cases
for several weeks.
The first mid-year graduating exer-
cises of the Cheney state normal school
will be held on Friday evening, Jan
uary 81.
Two saloon licenses have been re-
voked at Sprague by the city council
for irregularities.
An ordinance is to be introduced at
Pullman requiring the removal of snow
from sidewalks.
The fourth annual meeting of the
Western Pine Manufacturers associa-
ton was held at Spokane this week.
President James A. Mclean of the
University of Idaho has gone to Den
yer, Chicago, Washington, d. c., and his
old home in Montreal, Canada.
A boys vested choir of the Episcopal
church at Wallace was organized early
in the winter by the Rev. Pembroke
Reed, rector
proximately 10000 acres of overlooked
lands along the st. Joe river, dredge
the mouth of the Spokane river and
lower the water in all tributaries to
the lake. This is the result of a recent
meeting of settlers living along the st.
Mary's and st. Joe rivers.
Land purchases aggregating $500
acres and representing an investment
Of $1s5,00O have been made in the Lew
iston country.
The Snowstorm Mining company de
clared a dividend Monday Of So, 500,
payable January 20.
After having beaten his wife s head
TO pulp with the butt of a rife in the
presence o. three little children and
then chucked her body through a trap
door into the cellar, Joe Yigue, a
rancher, who has been on trial at Sand
point for the last week, was found
guilty Of murder in the second degree.
To save orchards from damaging
frosts merchants Of Lewiston and
Charleston have started a move TO raise
$4,000 10 purchase fire pots, TO be kept
burning in orchards during the frost
periods. The plan is to let out the pots
TO fruit growers deemed worthy. aud
then after the crops are reaped collect
the pay for them and reimburse those
contributing 10 the fund.
Mrs. Laura d. LOTUS was bound over
ne The district court on q charge of muir
der in the first degree and confined Ia
gail without bail by Justice Henry Cum.
mings of Moscow. Mrs. LOTUS killed
her husband with D double .barreled shot
gun.
40 Is said that the student body of
Che State Normal school al Lewiston
has greater average mileage than in
amy other normal in the United States
The increase in enrolment this year as
compared with January, 1909. is b.
maikaple' being AS per cent The see
ond semester opens February q.