Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-07-18
WASHINGTON STATE

Prosser is after the next meeting of
he State Editorial association, which
in session this week at Mt. Vernon.
w. H. Wiscombe of Spokane will be
named as the new superintendent of
the Old Soldiers home at Port Orchard,
Wash.
Forty carloads of cherries represents
the cherry crop of the Wenatchee val
ley this season, as compared with 10
carloads last year
The first woman IS national fraternity
in Pullman and the fourth on the Pa
cifc coast, was organized there Satur-
day night. This is the Pi Beta Phi
fraternity.
While trying to get a pitcher of
water from a well on her father IS farm
10 miles east of Cheney Friday morn
ng, Mrs. Eva Walker lost her footing
and fell into the well and drowned.
Chris G. Smith, a Chauffeur, 81 years
old, employed by the Seattle Taxicab
company, was struck by an inbound AL
XII Point street car Sunday morning and
died in the Seattle general hospital
three hours later.
J. d. Atkins, former Spokane post
Office clerk, was arrested with Perry
Carmen, fellow treasury employee, on
the charge of raising 81 bills to $40 de-
nomination, was arraigned in the Unit
ed States court at Baltimore Monday.
Because of the request of relatives
of Mrs. Proctor, wife of Sergeant Jay
Proctor of the 126th heavy artillery,
who killed himself, his wife and two
children, July 4, separate funeral serv-
ices were held Sunday at Walla Walla.
The steamer Relief is to be put into
commission July Is on the Columbia
river run between Kennewick and
White Bluffs. The business men of
Kennewick, Pasco, White Bluffs and
Hanford insure the transportation COM
pany against loss through lack of bust
ness.
Twenty carloads of sheep and lambs,
the property of Andrew Anderson of
Ellensburg, left that point for the Chi
cago market Saturday. This is the
largest shipment of live stock that has
left the Kittitas valley for a number
of years. There were over 5000 sheep
in the shipment
The Parker-Zillah branch of the
North Yakima & Valley railroad will
start train service before the end OF
this month, according to reports. The
service will be mixed passengers, ex
press and freight, with especial atten
tion to fruit freight shipments. Two
trains will be operated each way daily
The Broughton & Eager sawmill, 1!
miles from Dayton, on the south forl
of the Touchet, was burned to tn
ground July 4. 1t is stated that will
the mill there was also destroyed abou
100000 feet of lumber. The loss will
e not be less than $1,000. c. j. Brough
: ton and Ed Eager of Dayton owne
: the property.
J. The death rate in North Yakima ha
y OtCn QtCltdStu LII Ouc year lTOu L
l per thousand of population to abou
: 1915. The decrease in the deaths fror
: typhoid fever has been from 81 in tn
- months ending July l., 1911, to
in the ~ months ending July 1, 191:
( This decrease has been brought abou
by the campaign against typhoid feve
Ii and for sanitary precautions which wa
begun in June, 1911.
After laboring hard and enduring tn
hardships as a pioneer in Adams count
= and accommodating a substantial FORUM
j. F. Collier has decided portion c
his land to five of his children. TIL
gifts of Mr. Collier represent an aggr
y gate value of $4,000. All of the Ian
lies on Rattlesnake fiat, the best whef
y section in that part of Washington
- Mr.. Collier still owns three sections j
: Adams county and 200 acres near Pull
man. He discontinued active farmin
= some years ago.