Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-07-30
Washington, MONTANA And
IDAHO news NOTES.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Business Outlook Is Good
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS


Republic Saturday voted to retain
the saloons.
The Ritzville Commercial club plans
fair this fall.
Washington State college will open
on September 81.
Packages now go from New York to
Puget Sound in 80 hours.
The passenger business is heavy on
all railroads.
Fred Thompson, one of the best
known fruit growers and shippers of
North Yakima, says that pear blight
is attacking orchards in the Yakima
valley.
Her dress catching fire from match
spark flying through the air, Grace
Watkins of North Yakima was so Sc
verely burned at Toppenish that she
died soon after.
The farmers union of Walla Walla
announces that it has won its conten-
ton with the telephone company and
the proposed So year increase in rates
will not be made.
Chelan' IS new steel bridge over the
Chelan river, costing $4,000, is com
pleted. The bridge is an important
section of state road No. 10, which
runs from Wenatchee to the Canadian
line.
Not for some years has the Asotin
part of the state witnessed such a
drouth. For three weeks no rain bias
fallen and the weather has been warm,
the mercury ranging as high as 1O4
degrees.
At a meeting of the executive board
of the Wilbur Fair association plans for
the eighth annual Wilbur fall fair, Sep
TENDER 27, 20, 20 and 80, were com
pleted. The feature will be the live
stock show.
Seven persons were injured at Seat
tie, Sunday, one probably fatally, when
an automobile driven by w. A. Briggs
and carrying a party Of his friends ran
into another machine, driven by Henry
Miyamoto, a chauffeur.
There is S., 344 900 cash in the state
treasury, according to the weekly state
ment of State Treasurer Lewis. OF
this $500, 500 is in the general fund.
The week 5 receipts were S23O,960, and
disbursements were $751;, POS.
A contract made pgior 10 final proof
by a hOmesteader 10 convey water
rights or rights Of way for water
power bitches is void, declares the state
supreme court, aud the courts viii not
attempt 10 enforce such a contract.
Charles Chrisman, farmer living
north OF Trinidad, sent last fall two
samples Of wheat 10 the National Corr
exposition al Omaha, Neb Saturday
he received a % prize and two ribbons
the ). j. hill prize, for bluestem and
winter wheat.
David >. Hedges, the loyeaT'old 500
Of 3. -. Hedges, president " the fugei
. sound Bridge and Dredging company
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near Monroe by the eapsizing " I
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