Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-04-18
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES

AT Standpoint, Sunday, fire broke out
in the old Rutherford building, IN the
business section, doing great damage
For the first time in the history OF
the Episcopal church at Kellogg, ldano'
vested choir was seen at the service
Easter evening.
Stefan Weintz of Spokane has bought
600 acres of wheat land located 10 miles
southwest of Great Falls, Mont, from
A. Hill for $4,000.
Elijah Smith, a pioneer railroad
builder of the Pacific coast, died IN
Portland Saturday at the age OF ~, fol-
lowing a general breakdown in health.
Thos. Masterson, 35 years old, and
unmarried, from Hedgier, N. ID, COM
mitted suicide at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Lindsay, at Lewiston, Mont. by
sending bullet through his brain.
Results in the election of school
trustees at Bozeman, Mont, show Mrs.
j. N. Kelly to have been one OF the
two elected. Mrs. Kelly will be the
first woman to serve on the board OF
trustees of Bozeman.
With $4,000 raised and prospects IA
vorable for getting the $4,000 more
which is required for the Clearwater
bridge fund, the bond issue election
at Lewiston will probably be held soon
err than was anticipated.
By the will of Mrs Abbie c. Morri-.
son, who died recently in Spokane,
mother of Paul Clagstone, candidate
for governor of Idaho, and live stock
man, her entire estate, estimated at
SLY 900, is left to her son.
The large sawmill of the Lincoln
Lumber and Logging company, four
miles from Fortine, Mont, has been
opened, with Manager c. B. Roberts in
scharge. The company owns some 7,000,-
600 feet of timber in the neighborhood.
The flood situation at Glasgow, Mont,
continues to grow more serious. Milk
river at that point recently rose IS
inches since Saturday, and is still ris-
ing about one inch an hour. Houses
on the extreme south side of the city
are in four feet of water.
For the first time in the history of
Idaho the American flag was used in
naturalization proceedings at Wallace
Saturday. The emblem was placed
over the front of the judges bench,
and was pointed to and referred to
during the course of each of a large
number of examinations.
At Echo, Ore, sixty thousand sheep
will be sheared within the next three
weeks. The shearing plant, consisting
of 25 machines run by a gasoline engine
and operated by 25 men, will begin
work under the management of Jake
Watenburger, at the shearing station
seven miles south of town. The aver.
age clip per man per day is 100 sheep
Judge E. G. Steele has overruled the
demurrer of the defendant in the case
of Charles Sullivan versus John Sulli
van in the Moscow $4,000 damage case
arising from the Latah county district
,
the plaintiff is suing to recover dam
ages for alleged alienation of the at
!, fections of the plaintiffs wife by the
!, defendant.
The network of evidence daily is be
ing drawn more tightly about John Rob
erts, who is in custody charged will
the alleged murder of George Tasting.
and Donald Stewart, automobiles, OF
the White House road recently neal
Portland. Seven persons positivel,
identified Roberts as the man they saw
lettering in the vicinity of the spot
where the tragedy occurred.
| 1t is reported that under Boise IS new
| commission form of government an eff
fort will be made practically to put tn,
saloons out of business through a,
initiative vote on proposed regulativ,
, ordinance. 1t will provide for onl,
| eight saloons in the city, with an an
nual city license of $4,000, all to opel
/ at z a. m. and close at p. m. At pres
) ent there are % saloons here paying
city license of $1,000 year.
Announcement has been made tina
the Kendrick (Idaho) State bank will
be reopened for business under new
management this week. The bank wa
closed several months ago by the stat
bank examiner and a reorganizatiot
has been effected by the depositor
: and stockholders. The officers of tn
new bank are: Martin V. Thoma.
9 president; Claus Eichner, vice pres
dent; N. Brooke, James Galloway. -.
Langdon, S. P. Callison and R. H. Pc,
: ter, directors.