Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-07-23
Northwest States
ITEMS OF IDAHO, MONTANA,
Washington and OREGON.
4 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.

Herman V. Suneson and John Wan
key, diamond drill men in the Walter
Scott mine near Northport, lost their
lives Sunday from bad air.
After nearly so years of varied pio-
neer- life, George w. Conrad passed
away at his home, Loon Lake recently.
Luther George Hager, member of
the Post-Intelligencer staff, employed as
cartoonist, recently married Miss Beat
rice Holbrook Dearborn, heiress in her
own right to a fortune estimated at a
half million dollars.
The Palouse river is covered with ice
six to eight inches thick, and teams are
at work putting up supply.
Nick Brunski committed suicide at
Spokane.
January was the coolest New Year S
day ever officially recorded in Seattle,
the temperature having fallen to 27
above zero.
Q. w. Waters, receiver of the defunct
Palouse State Bank, has announced that
he will pay the creditors a dividend of
20 per cent on their claims as a New
Year s remembrance, the payment to be
made January 8.
Preliminary plans for fighting frost
next spring have been perfected and
nearly every orchard along the Colum-
bia river from White Bluffs to Hoover
will be equipped with smudge pots be-
fore chill nights of early spring come.
The first Union Pacific train to enter
Seattle arrived Sunday afternoon.
The town of Cunningham has let the
contract for sinking a well for city and
fire use.
X. G. Kohler, Ellensburg, j.. M. Roth
rock, Spokane, and II. A. jackson, Day
ton, have been appointed by Governor
M. II. Hay as delegates to the National
Wool Growers association, which meets
at Ogden, Utah, January 6, and 8.
The postofice department is sending
out warnings TO the public and 10 its
Offices in regard 10 money order blanks
from the town of Ostrander, this state
These orders were taken la a robbery
Of that Office on July 10 last and theii
numbers run from $3.50 10 6400, inclus
i've
>. NJ. bennington Of Ritzyille pleaded
guilty 10 a charge Of forgery and wa
sentenced 10 Malla Walla for not lesl
than three nor more than 20 years.
spokane bank clearings for 1903, wer'
$500, 500 1874, showing a gain Of S52,6l9,
0ss over 1905, an Increase Of - pc
cent.
The Nalla Nalla wireless telegraph
station ID in operation aud already thl
operator John " Titus, has succeeds
lu getting into communication With
point in The Pacific ocean within 50
miles of the Hawaiian islands.
~ Az AcboNnl q f'Fmer living nea
Garfield, Mac recently hned fi6 an
eosis for violation of fhe eompulaof
education law in that he refused 10 sea-
ht 80 sons aged q and 70 yeagf, 9
school
lAo Aealfh onicer haf posted noiiee
"a Dbepelsl forbiaeing any public gall
enng1 apo schools oo account of searls
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