Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-01-19
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

Convicts at the state penitentiary
number 9O1.
Reduced rates for the coming horti
cultural meeting at Prosser from Jan
uary IL to 10 inclusive have been an
nounced.
Fruit growers and gardeners in the
Touchet valley will probably form 6
branch union of the Walla Wal,a Fruit
and Vegetable union.
The North Coast Railway company
has crew of 200 men putting the track
and yard in shape at Granger ready to
begin train service from North Yakima
to Grand View.
The census figures for four Okanogan
towns follow: Brewster has a popula-
ton of 1916; Conconully, 357; Oroville,
495, and Twisp, 227, according to the
official figures.
Judge E. K. Pendergast of the
superior courts of Okanogan and Ferry
counties has just appointed Attorney A.
Okanogan county.
The council of administration of the
Grand Army, department of Washing
ton and Alaska, have selected We
natchee as the place of the annual con-
vention, June 26, 81 and %.
W. H. Baron Thoe Schwartzenberg,
who is a descendant of the house of
Sehwartzenberg of Holland, has gone to
farming at Tudor, on the Moscow line
OF the Spokane & Inland railroad.
In his annual report for 1910 Coroner
). Z. Snyder enumerates 80 murders.
rs suicides, 321 accidental deaths and
1874 ordinary deaths, total of 623
cases IN King county during the last
year.
Giving no reason for the act Henry
Omeg, wealthy retired farmer, resid-
ing at Spokane, was found dead in the
basement OF his house early Saturday.
A wound in his head and a revolver at
his feet told the story of suicide.
Martial law may be declared in Spo-
kane and every member of the Indus
trial Workers of the World driven from
the city and possibly from the state as
the result of the cowardly assassina-
ton of Police Captain John T. Sullivan
Friday.
The twelfth biennial session of the
state legislature convened Monday. Both
houses were organized, committees an
nounced and preparations for active
business completed. Paulhamus and
Taylor were given the gavels by unani-
nous vote.
AS the result of a proclamation is.
'ued by Mayor N. S. Pratt, every cleo
'ric car in Spokane, whether on the
'ity or interurban lines, stopped for
me minute Monday morning at 1890. |
he hour of the funeral of Captain John
[. Sullivan.
The blunder of hospital nurse Sat
lrday at Tacoma ended the life of 8 |
)lton, patient. Mistaking a box of
xalic acid for sodium phosphate, the
lurse gave the unfortunate man an
unce OF the deadly poison, and he died
agony few minutes afterward.
The wounded robber who, with a COM
anion, shot and killed Justice of the
'eace A. A. Galbraith and w. B. Ste.
ems at Acme, Whatcom county, last
thursday, can not recover and has
lade a full confession. He SAYS his
anne is Charles Robinson, born 90
ears ago at Harrisburg, Pa.
w. L. Sturtevant, manager of the
iverett Railway, Light and Water COM
any, was bound over to the United
tates district court by United States
commissioner Mansfield on a CHARGE of
sing mail signs. Sturteyant was re-
'ased on furnishing $500 bail. He
ranted increase in wages and strike is
yer.
Federal Judge Cornelius H. Hanford
tho issued an injunction restraining the
lty OF Seattle from spending any
loney for the purpose of holding
scal election for mayor, declines To
rant an order restraining the city from
ailing the election. Judge Hanford
nd that he would only prevent the
ayment OF money out of the citv]
'easury pending the final hearing of
le case, and would not interfere with
lie city council issuing the official call
'r the election.
Chance for Lands.
Announcement has been made by the
nlted States land Office that after