Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-04
WASHINGTON STATE

Work on Kennewck s new 100000
high school building is finished.
The balance of cash on hand in all
funds of the state is $1,18O, 546.74.
A Seattle man agrees to double news
boys bank saving up to SIS during the
year 1912.
The funeral of Mrs. Jeanette Cowan
Craig occurred in Sprague Saturday.
She was pioneer.
The Washington Educational associa-
tion held its 25th annual meeting at
North Yakima, this week
The Kiona State bank has decided
to discontinue business. The Prosser
State bank assumed the accounts.
1t will be later than February 10 be-
fore the supreme court of the United
States will be able to take up the Spo-
kane rate case.
Three of the horses stolen from Will
lam Potter of the Horse Heaven coun-
| try several months ago have been re-
covered in Tacoma.
The 1912 county convention of the
Royal Neighbors of America will be held
at Deer Park during the second week
of September next year.
The Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers
association has announced the prices
received for apples during the last sea
son as equal to last year.
Mrs. Carrie V. Shaw Rice, principal
of the Washington public school in Ia
coma, is the latest candidate to be
brought out for state superintendent of
schools.
During the 10 years from 1900 to
1910 the foreign-b born white population
of the state of Washington increased
from 1922 25 to 241,227, gain of 1862
per cent.
Petticoat government for Everett dur
ing the next few months at least is
assured, following the announcement by
R. B. Hassett, minister mayor-elect, of
his help.
The Kennewick Valley Telephone
company will, Immediately after the
first of the year, spend $4,000 in i'm
provements of the company's system in
kennewick.
1t is expected that more than 1000
fancy fowls will be exhibited at the
second annual show of the Benton Coun-
ty Poultry association, to be held in
Kennewick January l.
Governor Hay will probably announce
the appointment of successor to John
G. Lawrence on the public service com
mission this week. Former Governor
Albert +. Meade of Bellingham is a
candidate
Tacoma Lodge of Elks played Santa
Clause Monday to 400 poor children of
the city, who were assembled at the
lodge rooms, each upon personal invita-
ton, all receiving apparel and good
things to eat.
w. Miller, a young man living on the
Douglas county side of the Columbia
river, near Wenatchee, is one of the
few who pass through the experience
of having his neck broken and recover.
lie IelI from wagon.
The carrying out of the curtailment
plan among the Oregon and Washing
ton sawmills during the next three
months will average GA days, represent
ing total loss in production of 1884,
100000 feet of lumber.
The University of Washington re-
ceived a Christmas present weighing
$1,000 pounds and costing $4,000 when
announcement was made of the gift of
a set of chimes by Colonel Alden J.
Blethen, editor of the Times.
The Davenport Farmers union
elected the following officers recently:
Mike Tanner, president; Harry Held,
vice president; w. o. Freese, conductor;
Hampton Turner, secretary and treas
urer; Charles Morgan, John Paul and
F. W. Magin, executive committee.
Nine years. search for a daughter
who was kidnapped by her father was
brought to close in Tacoma, when Mrs.
w. V. Kilburn received word that the
missing girl had been located at Auck-
land, New Zealand. The girls father,
S. Peterson, who stole the child, died
there year ago.
The defendants in the suits brought
by the United States to invalidate pur-
chases of timber rights in the Nooksack
valley, Whatcom county, from Indians,
have filed answers declaring that they
had legal and unquestionable right to
purchase the logging rights in question.
The government contends that the nat