Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-04-18
WASHINGTON STATE


State Senator Peter Jensen of Ia
coma has applied for membership in the
socialist party.
After April 1 saloons must leave cor
ners and occupy less conspicuous spots
in the business district of Seattle.
Easter Sunday saw the sudden deaths
of two pioneers, both widely known in
Spokane, A. S. Salnave and P. T. Cedar
holm.
Elizabeth Kellmer, who took chloro-
form at Coulee City last week during
fit of dependency, resided in Spo-
kane nearly all of her life.
George Crawford of Davenport has
sold to j. A. Anderson of Spokane 4S0
acres of land northwest of Davenport
for $4,000, or $40 an acre.
One hundred and fifty health officers
representing state, county and city
boards of health in the state of Wash
ington met last Monday morning in
Seattle for their annual convention.
A school for farm boys will be held
at the Spokane Interstate fair Septem-
Der 80 to October 6 under the auspices
of the Washington State college and
the superintendent of Professor r. G.
Ashby.
Leonard Smith, large farmer, living
east of Ritzville, says he never had
better prospect for wheat than now.
His farm consists of about 1900 acres
of winter wheat and 200 acres of
spring grain.
cone Catholic priest at $25 year, -
is the lowest salary of any of the SAG
positions in state institutions covered
by the payroll for the year beginning
April this year, as just announced
by the state board of control.
By deed recorded at the auditor IS
Office Julius c. Johnson, cashier of the
Almira State bank, became owner of
> section 4, township 81, range 81, 10
miles north of Almira, for which he
o paid w. B. Tompers and wife $4,000
+ Captain John Truebridge, commander
1 of the steamer Elihu Tomson of the Pa
n cfic Cold Storage company's fleet, died
S recently in Seattle. Captain True
bridge brought the steamship Mime
r sofa to the Pacific on her maiden voy
g age, and was one of the most widely
t known mariners of the North Pacific
Clarence Dayton Hillman, the mil
. lionaire Seattle real estate dealer sen
= fenced to the federal penitentiary foi
- using the mails to defraud, begged thu
= federal court of appeals in Portland t.
: give him stay of 80 days, in orde
, that he might set his vast business af
q fairs in order before entering Nc
!, Neil IS island penitentiary The cour
: refused.
II Revival of the big irrigation and OIL
chard planting project at Wahluke
d which, after it had been capitalize
IS for more than $4,000, 900, went bank
" rupt last month, the failure being 70,
d. lowed by the arrest of all the promoter
le who could be found by the federal at
id thorities, has been started by J. H. Fo'
ct Spokane contractor, who was author
IN lied by the federal court to undertake
a the task.
70 The Rev. Harry Ferguson, mayor Q
w Hoquiam, has written a sharp lette
to the citizens committee, which O.
dered him to resign under penalty {
being recalled because of his sympath
- with the sawmill strikers The mayo
~ takes the committee and the mill of
Gals TO task for usurping his power
Us He says the mill managers could hay
u settled, the strike three months ago ha
~ they been willing to- give the workin
40 men fair living wages. The recent il
ou crease from $3.50 to So per day to $2.2
ni which was adopted by the mills, W;
es the best evidence that the employee
Ut could have averted the trouble, IL
no mayor says.
m
ly Towns IN Chelan county are prepa
as. ing for improvement this year whit
II will lead to better sanitary condition
,ss and better streets. Leavenworth
I'm taking up the paving of the main bus
re- ness street. At Cashmere 5000 feet
ed sewer will be laid this summer and bi
in for the work will be opened April
ms The town of Chelan is profting by t
elk large amount of development work G
mi ing on in that section. The buildil
of the Wenatchee Oroville branch
the Great Northern is the chief eau
of Improvements in this section a.
will cause an expenditure of mai
of thousands of dollars this season in