Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-12-01
washington, MONTANA And
IDAHO NEWS NOTES.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Crop Outlook Just Fair.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS


county at the recent election.
The Cotton roller mill is running
double shift. Large orders are being
filed.
Tacoma suffered a great rainfall Sun
day, over two inches falling in two
hours.
Amended plans for state historical
building at Tacoma have been ap-
proved.
The tracklaying machine has COM
pleted laying the steel on the War
den branch.
An epidemic of scarlet fever has
caused the suspension of school for two
weeks at Maiden.
An acute car shortage is affecting the
handlers of grain and fruit in the sec
ton around Colfax.
The Oroville city council has let the
contracts for the installing of a sys-
TEN of water works to cost $1,000.
Following criticism of his depart
ment by the mayor of Bellingham,
Chief of Police Hiram c. Cade has re-
signed.
The 31st annual session of the Spo-
kane County Teachers institute will be
held November % to December 2, in
elusive.
VIM. McFall, who died recently at
Pomeroy, was one of the pioneers of
Garfield county, having located there
in 1877.
Wrapping a silk kimono saturated
with chloroform tightly about her head,
Miss Jean Rutherford, 21 years old,
ended her life in her room at Seattle.
Shot by a bandit who attempted
single-handed to hold up a crowded sa-
loon at Bellingham recently, Frank
Dix lies with a bullet through his
breast.
The Palouse Irrigation and Power
company's project comprises the water
ing of 1000 acres in the Washtucna
valley and have completed its new con-
crete dam.
The National bank of Mabton and
the Davenport National bank of Dav-
export have made application to be des
ignated as repositories of postal saw
ings bank funds.
J. c. Harrigan, editor and proprietor
of the Colville Examiner, resident OF
Colville for five years and newswritel
of 20 years. experience, was married
last week at Spokane to Miss Vesta E
Moxon, formerly of jamestown, N. D
The commissioners of Adams county
have let contracts for the construction
of three bridges across Crab creek OF
the Othello road, $50 feet long with 81
feet of steel, one across Second coulee
174 feet long with 60 feet of steel ant
one over Coulee "a feet long, with g.
feet of steel.
November John Miller Murphy re
tired from active newspaper work
after having edited and managed tn
Washington Standard of Olympia 70
so years, without missing an issue
Prominent newspaper men and pioneer
from all points of the northwest CAV
a banquet in his honor Saturday nigh
at Olympia.
Marking the completion and openin
of the new $4,000 Northern Pacific pas
senger station at Ellensburg as well a
marked advancement and prosperity o
the city in 1910, banquet was ter
dered Saturday night by the Ellens
burg Chamber of Commerce, at whic
Howard Elliott, president of the Nortf
ern Pacific and his staff of official
were the guests of honor.
At Everett John Harris was arreste
recently on a charge of highway rob
berry. He was identified as John Hel
ring, notorious convict sentence
from Snohomish county February 2
1901, to serve from six months to 1
years for knocking Paul Brandt o
the head at Snohomish and Robin
him. Herring was twice paroled an
returned to the penitentiary.
The officials of Lincoln county al
$7.14O.17 short in their accounts, az
cording to the state board of accoun
ancy, which recently completed tn
checking over of the books of tn
county. Of this amount it is state
$5754.25 is due to illegal pay draw
by the county commissioners for e.
ira sessions held, for which warrant
were drawn and paid without fri
having the bills approved by the 81
nerior court. The balance is due
clerical errors and small fees whic