Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-02-02
washington, MONTANA and
IDAHO Happenings
Are BRIEFED.
4 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

at Oakesdale.
The jury in the case of Steve Bennett,
wealthy Italian, accused of stabbing the
night marshal at Colville, brought in
verdict of not guilty.
James A. Brown of Spokane commit
ted suicide in Portland by taking eva
hide of potash. No reason other than
dependency caused by illness is assign
ed for the deed.
While trying to thaw out a frozen
pump with gasoline near Wilbur Sat
urday, can containing about three
gallons of the liquid exploded, fatally
burning Dea Jensen.
H. S. Hollingsworth, one of the first
white men to settle at what is now the
city of Colfax, his homestead being part
of TIE original TOWNSHIP, died recently
in Portland, aged 70 years.
During the past week the state treas
ury collected but $52,o45, and paid out
nearly $4,000, so that cash on hand,
according to the weekly report of Treas
urer Lewis, is but $e9s,7o6.
Clicked by a peanut shell, Luella
Byerly, 2-yearold daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Byerly of Ostrander, Wash,
died on the train which was hurrying
the child to Portland for treatment.
Jacob Stitzel, the oldest real estate
man in Washington, who was stricken
with paralysis Saturday, died at 6
'clock Sunday night. He was born at
Gettysburg, Adams county, Pennsyl-
vania, February %, 1881.
Unless live stock companies have a
capital stock of 100000, at least one
half paid up, it cannot transact business
in this state under provisions of the bill
drafted by the insurance code commits
sion and now receiving the consider.
alton of the legislature.
Mrs. Mary A. Johnston, aged 95 years
died Saturday at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. James N. Bradley, in Tacoma
Mrs. Johnston was the daughter OF
Thomas Wheeler, a famous court artist
of London, and the niece of Lady
Hutchins, with whom she spent mos
of her girlhood. Mrs. Johnston inner
tied the wonderful talent of her dis
tinguished father.
National Guard Expensive.
Washington taxpayers paid out 1912,
600 for the maintenance of the Wash
ington National guard in the two years
1909-1910, in addition to nearly $75,0O
allotments from the federal govern
ment.
Incidentally, it shows that the off
{ GERS of the guard drew more none
from the state for uniforms than tn
entire payroll for enlisted men. Th
expenditures of state funds in the tw
years include SHIFTS salaries of tn
! adjutant generals department, abou
. $4,000 to complete the armories at S,
n attic, Tacoma and Spokane and $4,000
already spent on the BelTingham a
mory, all these sums coming from tn
D state general fund, in addition to 1857
7s4 spent from the military fund fC
:, miscellaneous.
!, Discuss New Grain Law.
+ Discussing the proposed provisions {
the new grain inspection law, delegat,
T. from the farmers union of several {
a the eastern Washington grain count,
who have been at Olympia several da,
= on various matters of legislation, we
in conference Saturday with the mer
bers of the state railroad commissio
d which has general supervision of IL
N grain inspection bureau, and Assistal
st Attorney General Tanner.
Those attending the meeting as re
It resenting the grain growers were:
ID McCurtain of Davenport, president
% the Lincoln county farmers union;
IS H. Childs, Reardan, of the same G
ganization; Mr.. Davis of Adams count
former Senator McCroslSey of CARTE
county; Mr.. Darling of Bridgeport,
"a the Douglas county union, and Mr.. Ma
tin of the Spokane county union.
" commission and members of the co
One of the questions perplexing t
. ference is the exact scope desirable f
the inspection law. While it is agre
that it should apply to all public
ne terminal warehouses storing grain f
e, any and all shippers, the Difficult
5s arises as to the milling men, who b.
and store their own wheat and w
~ may at times accommodate some shi
I per with storage facilities, but not ma
III ing this part of his regular busine
operations.