Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-08-08
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"Kid" Mccoy is under arrest in
London, charged with being implicated
in an $4,000 robbery.
The Spokane Y. M. G. A. says an
open swimming meet will be held in
the association tank during the week
of August 1S.
According to advices received from
officials at the Olympic games at Stock
holm, the Swedish olympiad will prove
to have been a failure financially.
Miss May Sutton of Los Angeles won
the western woman s tennis champion
ship by defeating Miss Mary K
Browne of the same city, 60, 6-3.
At a recent meeting of the racing
committee of the Spokane Motorcycle
club the date for the big race meet to
be held at the Interstate fair grounds
was set for August 10.
Leon Galore, rated as one of the best
pitchers in "bush' ball in the north
west, has signed with the Trenton team
in the Tri-State league and is credited
with being the best twirler on the staff.
"Billy" Gibson, matchmaker for the
Garden Athletic club of New York,
offered Jack johnson $4,000 to fight
Joe jeanette 10 rounds in Madison
Square Garden on Labor day. He ac-
cepted
| nj ha IaI 10 oil
horses actually starting in the harness
races at the coming Spokane Interstate
fair, which are not distanced in the
first two heats. There will be no deduc-
tions whatever from money winners.
The erection of $4,000 country club
house at Lewiston Orchards, near Lew
iston, Idaho, and the extensive i'm
provement of a large area to be given
to golf links, tennis courts and croquet
grounds is planned by prominent Lew
iston people.
When 1000 feet in the air the rope
attaching the trapeze bar to his para
chute broke and Thomas Heitfeld Of
Springfeld, ILL.,, fell to his death Satur
day at Canton, Ohio. His body struck
head first in soft earth and was buried
to the knees.
In three-hour tennis contest on tn,
Vancouver (B. c. Tennis club courts
Joseph G. Tyler won the British Colum
bia mainland tennis title by defeating
Bernard P. Schwengers of Victoria b.
| of A. a a "a
day Schwenger won the Canadian cham
pionship from Tyler of Spokane.
J. E. Cody, who claims to be tn
world 8 champion diver, Saturday per
formed the remarkable feat of swim
ming down the Willamette river fron
Oregon City, a distance of 10 miles
Cody was in the water three hours an,
two minutes. This is said to have bee
the longest swim ever accomplished i
: the Pacific northwest, if not on tn
Pacific coast.
Portland and Vancouver oarsmen di
vided honors in the championship race
at the North Pacific Oarsmen associa
ton regatta Saturday at Victoria, I
G. A. P. Faender of Portland won tn
senior singles and J. Havely and F. F
Sewall of Portland won the senior dot
bles. In the senior tours the Vancor
yer crew crossed the line a quarter O
length ahead of Portland.
Brought face to face with the grad
crossing menace by the death of D.
E. M. Rininger at Riverton, the Sea
tie Automobile club is arranging t
make formal demand, first on the boar
of county commissioners and later o
= the public service commission of til
e state, for the elimination of all grad
y crossings in this district where the leas
f possibility of loss of human life exist
" The Montana state fish and gam
I commission, represented by E. J. Ma
q thewson of Anaconda, chairman, an
" Major George E. Doll of Helena, seer
q tary. and State Game and Fish Warde
Henry Aware, member ex-officio of tt
board, last week selected the site fl
Montana s second fish hatchery on Fla
:. head lake. The Cramer site, one mi
;. below Somers, was formally selecte
= as the best from every point of view.
d High Masons Confer.