Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-12-19
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES


from 81 to $3.50 ton to Juneau and
Ketchikan, Alaska, are announced.
Eight business houses in Post Falls,
Idaho, were broken into Saturday
night and money and goods were
taken.
The jury in the case of the govern
ment against Max Fried, charged with
white slavery, failed to reach verdict
at Butte and was discharged.
At Juliaetta, Idaho, convention of
the farmers union was held Saturday
and it was decided to use cotton bags
next season, owing to the exorbitant
prices on jute bags.
Two masked men recently held up
the Sand house, Butte, robbing a bar
tender and two loungers of about $25.
They were later captured and identi-
fled as j. b. Harris and John Donovan.
Two robbers recently held up the
eleven Mile house." a road resort
near Portland, Ore, shot the propri-
etor, Joe Charland, in the leg three
times, shot out an oil lamp and es-
capped with SIT.
A White Orpington pullet scoring
93%, owned by Mrs. John Kennedy,
took the grand royal sweepstakes and
the silver loving cup at the recent sec
ond annual show of the Northwestern
Poultry association at Kalispell, Mont.
Plans are now being perfected for
holding in Helena in the early part of
January the first state convention OF
suffragists in Montana. Delegates to
the convention will be composed of
the chairmen of the county equality
leagues.
Negotiations are on for the sale of
the Salt Lake & Oregon electric rail
way to eastern interests, says Simon
Bamberger, the president of the road.
The deal, if consummated, will involve
millions, and it is said by those inter
ested that other millions will be forth
coming to extend the traction system
north from Ogden and south from Salt
Lake.
Major John B. Keefer, army pay
master in Oregon, Washington and Ida
no, in the early days, died at Harris
burg, Pa, where he resided. He was
paymaster in this northwest country
from 1877 till 1896, being first appoint
ed by President Grant He is survived
by widow and five children, one of
whom, q daughter, Mrs. M. H. Paxton,
lives at Walla Walla.
Major Fred R. Reed, known in south
ern Idaho as THE Prince of Boosters,
has been appointed by Governor-elect
John M. Haines commissioner of immi-
grafton, labor and statistics. Also he
announced the appointment of the
colonies of his staff as follows: Will
H. Gibson, Mountain Home; John T.
Henderson, Arco; Herbert Lemp
Boise, and E. N. Higbo, New Meadows
Kalispell, Month. w. Good has
closed a contract with the Somers
Lumber company for the delivery OF
25 100000 feet of logs within the next
two years. The contract is in addition
to one for 35,OO0,000 feet made earlier
in the season. The logs for both con
tracts aggregating 6O,OOOOOO feet will
be cut on the Upper Saltwater, chiefly
from Mr.. Goods own land. He has
sublet work to a number of contract
ors.
John Wilson, upon plea of guilty al
Dillon, Mont, was sentenced to two
terms in the penitentiary the frs
for 20 years for highway robbery, ant
the second-to begin upon the compile
ton of the first-10 years for shooting
Oregon Short Line Officer Charlie!
Martin. Wilson was shot and PARTIAL.
paralyzed during sensational pisto
fight with the officers, but not before
he had shot down Martin, who ha
since recovered.