Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-23
NORTHWEST NEWS ITEMS.

DOCK IN hallspel, Mont, ana. great
damage.
Without having been impaneled to
try a single case the trial jury in the
federal court was discharged Saturday
at Moscow.
AT Provo, Utah, Frank A. Clark, a
resident, who faced trial on charge
of robbery of A. Pearson of $24OO, was
found guilty.
Paul Scheinmeister, a wealthy saloon
man of Dairy, Oregon, is missing.
When last seen by his relatives he had
$4,000 in his possession.
A correspondence course in proselyt-
ing for missionaries and prospective
missionaries has been arranged by Off
Gals of the Mormon church.
The British Columbia herring fishery
output this year is estimated at So ,OOO,-
600. The fish are sailed, and most of
them are sold in Japan and China.
At Baker, Ore, the United States
postoffice inspector has brought charges
of transportation of money received
for money orders against Melvin Alex
ander.
The hearing of Harold Sawley, sus-
pected of dynamiting the school house
stove at Powderhorn bay, has been set
for November 81, in Occur d'Alene
City.
The action of State Pure Food Inspec-
tor James H. Wallis in enforcing the
pure food laws of Idaho is receiving
favorable comment in all sections of
the state.
Owing to lack of yard room and to
reduce the stock of lumber on hand
the Panhandle Lumber company shut
down its sawmill at Spirit Lake, Ida,
for the winter.
cold" Bill Miner, one of the most
notorious train robbers who ever oper-
ated in the northwest, was recently
captured at st. Clair, small town in
Georgia, and placed in prison.
Jacob Nance, aged 81, was killed
Saturday afternoon by steam train on
Summit avenue about eight blocks from
the center of Occur d 'Alene City. Mr..
Nance was sitting on the track.
President L. c. Crow of the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative union has
called convention of all of the Off
GERS of the union in Washington and
Idaho, in Spokane, November 25.
Wednesday, November 30, has been
fixed as the date for the assembling
of delegates from commercial clubs for
the purpose of organizing the Fedora
ton of Commercial Clubs of the Inland
Empire.
The Humbird Lumber company, at
Standpoint, Ida, is testing new stump
puller. Experience has shown that the
new machine, with a team and two
men, will pull between GO and 70
stumps a day.
Thomas and George Mische, aged 10
and IL years, who stole a horse from
Matthews of Whitefsh and $40 sad
die from Mike Matt at Bigarm, pleaded
guilty to grand larceny and were com
mitted to the state reformatory.
In furtherance of the Idaho-Wash
ington Development league movement
large party of Lewiston business men
will leave November 81 and make
tour of all towns of the Camas prairie,
the trip being made in a special train.
Fire at Victoria, B. c., destroyed the
interior of the four-story brick build
ing of T. N. Hibben & Co., wholesale
stationery, entailing a loss of 100000.
Records of the British Columbia Pho
neer association were entirely de-
stroyed.
Speaking before the students of the
John Marshall law school recently,
United States Senator w. L. Jones of
Washington declared that in his public
life he had never heard of a senator
or representative who sold his vote
or his influence.
State superintendent of public in
struction in 10 states of the Union
have written to headquarters of the
National Country Life congress ex-
pressing unqualified Endorsement of the
aims and plans of the meeting to be
held in Spokane November % to 30.
Judge Dunn of Idaho has handed
down a decision in which he held that
a dray company can accept for trans
portation from a railroad company or
express company at the Office of such
company, or any other common carrier,
to the place of business or home of the
consignee, intoxicating liquors.