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

Henry w. Devancieds, oanuPo'-.
Idaho, is appointed FOREST '''
Newport, Wash.
ia Jensen, lumberjack, committees
s,;c;de in the Standpoint, ldaho' jan
Jansen was arrested for druhhenne''
Lapwai, Idaho, has voted senoo, pO4a
20 tbe extent of $4,000, to be deVo'eu
70 the erection of model hlgh s'"oo'
ON land donated by the government
The Elks of Occur 'Alene, Harrison
and St Maries are planning OH Ve
excursion to Wallace on June Z 10 10
puests of the order of that city III
carnival of Elks only.
Applicants for citizenship who tooN
the federal examination before Juuge
Frank H. Rudlin were given an oppoi'
tunity of telling the court II tney Cd
teemed the red flag more than the stars
and Stripes.
The st. Joe river has overiowed JUS
banks from the head of Navigation u
Chatcolet, Idaho, distance OF ~ miles,
and three score farm houses WITHIN
mile on both sides of the river nave
been deserted.
Dennis Holland, one of the oldest pio-
neers of the northwest, passed away at
Lewiston Sunday, at the Defrance
hotel, of which he was owner and pro-
prietor. His death was due to gen
eral breakdown.
| With the announcement that Charles
F.. Rudy of Wallace has been granted
title to a homestead inside the boun-
diaries of that city, one of the longest
drawn out and most bitterly contested
suits in the history of the northwest
has been brought to an end.
The contract for the new Plummer
| (Idaho) high school has been let The
successful bid was $21,799. This con-
tract is for the building only The
contract for the plumbing and furnish
ing was let to another bidder.
Reuben Hilen of the University OF
Washington won first place in the In
terstate oratorical contest at Missoula
Carlton Spencer of the University OF
Oregon took second place, and Mis-
Florence De Ryke of the University Of
Montana, won the third prize.
| Under the auspices of the Commercial
club, the first quarterly meeting of thu
Southeast WashingtonO Oregon Develop
ment league will be held at Waitsburg
Wash, June 3. There are IA towns il
this league and 10 delegates from eacl
are expected. Better roads is the mali
subject to be discussed
That the Milwaukee railroad is 500
to build into Wallace, Idaho and fror
there on into Occur d 'Alene, is pract
cally assured in the opinion of Wallac
men in touch with the situation. A
ready, they declare, right of way
arranged for out of this city and tn
way into Wallace planned.
Half million pounds of wool wer
sold at Pilot Rock, Ore, Saturday a
prices ranging from Is 1-4c to 16 1-3
a pound The largest clip sold was tn
900 pounds of the Cunningham Shee
, and Land company at 16 cents. Tbi
c is the first public wool sale to be hel
in eastern Oregon this year.
: N. j. Blake, mayor of Plains, die
3, recently at Missoula. He was one G
the best known old-timers in wester
Montana. He came to Plains in 1873.
| Death was due to enina1 0a;lmont
Funeral services were held at Missoul
and the body shipped to Missouri fc
burial beside that of his mother.
! Among the county seat fights loon
ing in Idaho state this year the co,
+, test for the home of the Lewis count
: court house promises to develop inf
as keen fight as any in the stat
Nez Perez is the temporary count
seat and is bidding for the permaner
e site, with Volimer contestng the CLAIM
An investigation made of the ire,
g IN the Charleston orchards near Levi
ton recently by Professor A. L. M
lander of the horticultural departme,
l. of the Washington State college Shove
/ that SO per cent of the San Jose sea
s under the direction of the Lew;sto
Charleston school of horticulture h,
Il been exterminated. Previous demo
L STATIONS indicated that only 81 per ce,
e of the scale had been exterminated
o BRUTAL MURDER AT SAN DEG,