Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-12-21
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Large delegations from over the
northwest attended the fat stock show
at Lewiston, December 12 to II.
Petitions are being circulated at Lew
iston, Idaho, calling for signatures fol
holding local option election next
March.
Anthony Shovelin, aged Sc, county
citizens of Butte, died recently of pa
ralysis.
Postal savings banks have been or
dered established January at White
Salmon, Wash, Mackay, Idaho, Lents
and Milton, Ore.
At Lewiston, Mont, George Mcclure
and Ross Mari plead guilty to horse
stealing and were given two years each
in the state prison.
John France, lumberjack, was shot
and probably fatally injured at the
North Fork hotel in Enaville, recently,
by George McGinnis, a blacksmith,
cause unknown.
In a recent decision in a Bonner
county, Idaho, case, the supreme court
of the state held that a homesteader
cannot recover for damages done his
land before entry is made.
The constitutionalty of what is
known as the public printing laws of
Idaho has been upheld by the supreme
court, therefore all county printing
must be done within its boundary.
An order of removal in the case of
Glen Warner, wanted in Holley, Ore,
on the charge of robbing a postoffice,
was signed recently by Federal Judge
John A. Marshall at Salt Lake.
Aroused by the report that Dan Nc
Innis, former proprietor of the Arcade
theater and dance hall, is planning to
again begin a saloon business in Wal
lace, clubwomen, $50 strong, have
banded themselves together to resist his
license.
The salary of Socialist Mayor Lewis
j. Duncan of Butte was attached re-
Gently to the extent of $3.50, which
the cost in the actions
brought by J. ]. Sullivan and William
McManus for reinstatement to the po-
lice force.
Settlers whose lands are overlooked
in Occur 'Alene lake s tributaries on
account of high water occasioned by
the Washington Water Power com
pany's dam at Post Falls in the Spo-
kane river, were awarded $24,414 re-
Gently.
The Rev. John R. Hedberg, pastor of
the Swedish Mission church in Ana
conda, has been arrested in st. Paul
upon a charge Of having obtained 5000,
it is alleged, through the medium of a
fake telegram purporting to have come
from a widow.
The trial of U. S. Grant Evans, form
er cashier of the Farmers Banking and
Trust company of Kendrick, charged
with having embezzled about $13, 444 of
the banks fund and also with tasty
ing entire entries in the books of the
bank, was begun this week at Moscow.
In Idaho there is not only talk of a
special session of the legislature, but
also pretty good prospect that one
will be called. In fact, Governor Haw-
ley is said to have confided to some
friends that he fully expected to call
the legislature upon his return from
the east, where he is now travelling
with the Western Governors special.
Near Elk, Wash, Engineer Fred
Daugherty, aged 81, father of babe
of 3 months, was mangled beneath tons
of timber hurled hurled from the train,
when the train of five cars, heavily
laden with huge logs, dashed away
down the grade. Homer Daugherty, a
brother of Fred, lost his life less than
16 months ago on the same train and
at almost the same spot.
st. Maries, Idaho, has taken no steps
regarding the granting of liquor Ii
censes, but it is believed the saloon
limit will be six. License in all cases will
be $500. An ordinance probably will
be passed providing that all saloons
must close at IL p. m. and no chairs,
tables, free lunch counters, games of
any sort or music will be allowed. The
first violation of this ordinance is a
800 fine and the second revocation of
license.
A contract for the sale of 73,000,000
feet of timber in the Whitman ma
tional forest in Oregon at $3.50 per
1000 feet has been made by the forest
service. The lumber company that
made the purchase is given seven years