Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-20
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES

III GlBln, Ole', icOonoiJ'
Census figures show Washington has
AL, 294 males, and Oregon 257, 1Ss.
The pioneers reunion at Weston,
Ore, was attended by $500 people.
The planning mill of the Patrick Lum-
Der company at Crescent Valley, B. G.,
burned recently.
Several thousand dollars damage was
done the light plant at Grants Pass,
Ore, by lightning recently.
Bigger and better was the verdict of
the throng that visited the live stock
show at Union, Ore, last week.
At Pocatello, Idaho, contracts for
bitulithic paving on 20 blocks in the
business heart of the city were let re-
Gently.
Charles Strassburg, a well-known
farmer living near Jessup's mill east
of Kalispell, Mont, committed suicide
recently.
Gabriel Rousselle, one of the early
settlers of the Flathead, and. perhaps
| Iut DtbJ huOWA VI Il ldtACdQ PiOAOOAot
died recently.
Members Of the United Commercial
Travellers from Idaho, Utah and Mon
tana met in convention in Pocatello,
Idaho, this week.
At San Francisco L. R. Stockwell,
for many years well-known actor-man-
ager, died after a long illness. He had
been blind for several years.
At klamath Falls, Ore, recently six
: persons were struck by lightning during
, storm which preceded the most severe
r downpour of hail ever recorded in
Klamath county.
At Portland, Ore, fire of unknown
origin Quilted the three upper stories
, of the new Crown mills, -four mil
owned by Balfour, Guthrie & Co. Los
100000, covered by insurance.
e Raymond, the 6-year-old son of Mr.
:. and Mrs. Dan Connors, who reside a
4 Fernan lake, about two miles iron
/ Occur d'Alene city, was drowned re
e Gently while rowing with his brothe
Robert, years.
Between 5000 and 10000 Elks fror
practically every large city in tn
"a United States will be the guests o
II cities in the northwest, either befor
l. or after the grand lodge reunion a
/ Portland July to 10.
A fire, the origin of which is nc
T11l
water company's warehouse at Kooski'
10 Idaho. The large tramway was ais
u damaged. The loss is approximate
q $4,000, covered by insurance.
h. Military bands, nonunion bands, am
Of teur bands and union bands accompan
n. ing visiting lodges to the Elks' nation
"a convention in Portland will be plac,
on common footing in the annual P
or rade on Thursday, July 8. All will
of allowed to enter, regardless of the at
a tude of the American Federation
Musicians.
a At Chinook, Mont.-The jury in t
eu case of Joseph Bixby, accused of t
" murder of George Crist, brought in
'es verdict of not guilty. The defenda
made the claim that the shooting was
self-defense. The killing occurred
Riedel, in the Bear Paw mountain
of south of here, last March. Bixby is t
wo second mand acquitted of murder he
on this week, on plea of self-defense.
~ The body of a man found in
~ North Park country, Montana, has be
~ identified as that of Edward Lii
80 known among his associates as "Slim
'u Mr.. Link left Ike Chance IS cabin M
~ 4 to do some trapping on Kushene
''0' creek, in Canada, taking a dog W
him. The dog returned May IA, arc
ing the suspicion that harm had
MN fallen Link.
ed,
IF The bond of former Banker B.
the o Neil, now in Jail at Wallace avn
the ing trlal on 10 charges IN connec.
at with the failure of the closed st
Bank of Commerce, recently redu
lid from $4,000 to $s1, 900, was still
Their shaved Saturday and now sta
at $4,000.
What is stated by eastern wool /
len, ers to be the largest clip of wool e
ing sold at one time was sold at Bill
day Saturday by the Rae Brothers Sh
rite company of that city. The clip {
hui sists of 100000 pounds and is
product of 100000 sheep. The remoy
his of the wool from the sheep repres'
and month IS work of 126 shearing
chimes. The price per pound was
made public, but the aggregate amo'
: to little less than $750,O0o. The !
fast est clip ever sold in Montana be