Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-08-01
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES

county CHERRY falr was held last Weel
The entire south side of Zortmal
Mont, was destroyed by fire recent.
I The loss is estimated at $4,000.
Guy P. Dunbar of Ashland, Calf
engineer of light utility locomotiv
Falls, was killed recently when his ei
CINE was derailed near Doris.
Three thousand farmers of the Ne
u Perez and Camas prairies attended til
it first annual live stock show held {
Il Nez Perez, Idaho, under the auspict
of the Nez Perez Commercial club.
The committee from the Helena l9k
of the Sons of Hermann are noYmeet-
ing arrangements for the anris to he
f ing of the grand lodge, wday, August
" held there Friday and 5
o and 10.
q. IL. Browp Poison, Mont, was
y tne Lake point of death Sunday. He
: iouno AID unconscious, 32 caliber re-
was nearby, and there was a wound
y'the right temple. For 16 years
Brown has been a sufferer from locomo-
tor ataxia.
G. G. Endersby, an employee of the
Dick Peloquin ranch at Valcour, Mont,
was struck and killed by a passenger
train Friday night. Endersby had been
to Warland to picnic and dance and
was on his way home. 1t is supposed
that he lay down on the track to rest.
Endersby's home was at Homer, Neb.,
years ago.
With the receipt of the $4,000 fur
nished by August Paulsen, Stanley A.
Easton and the Greenough estate to the
defunct Bank of Commerce, at Wallace.
Receiver L. c. Wilson will be able to
pay 16 per cent dividend to the de-
positors. This will make the disburse-
ments to the depositors total 46 cents
on the dollar.
One of the worst harvest storms in |
recent years swept down upon Una
tilla county, Oregon, Saturday night
and wrought damage amounting to
many thousands of dollars. Grain was
beaten down and shattered. Bridges
were washed out, several houses and
much machinery washed away. A num-
Der of horses were drowned. Wires
were blown down and considerable 9th
er damage done.
One of the most disastrous fires which
has occurred in Palouse city in years,
IN so far as individual loss is concerned.
broke out about O. clock Sunday morn
ing in the blacksmith shop of w. j.
Breed and destroyed frame buildings
On 125 feet of frontage on East Main
street, the total loss being estimated at
$4,000, with no insurance, the rate. I
because of the frame buildings, being
almost prohibitive.
Robert E. Strahorn, vice president of
he Oregon Washington Railroad & Nav I
cation company, of which the former t
North Coast railroad, organized and
promoted by him, is a part, on Satur- c
lay was chosen president of the Harri-
nan electric lines in Oregon, known 4
lnder the name of the Portland, Eugene
Eastern railway. He has been 4
harged with the duty of looking after I
III the Oregon lines of the company.
Public sales of dairy stock will be h
big feature of the Pacific Interna- O
lonal dairy show, to be held at the v
Union stockyards November +
. to 23. The directors have decided g
0 hold two and one-half days of public n
ales, allowing dairy cattle from all v
arts Of the world to be sold. The di-
ectors have decided to offer $4,000 for
rizes and trophies. No entry fee will
@ charged for cattle placed in COM
etition, and admission to the show
yill be free. II
AS result of the land sales held last t.
'eek in Missoula and Sanders coun- a
les the state will receive more than
100000. AT the Sanders county sale
72O acres were disposed of, bringing
total of $95,779, an average of 500 u
acre. The highest price per acre .
Tas $3.50. At the Missoula sale 5O15 .
cres were sold for $92,623, an average y
SIG an acre. In addition to the
creage Deputy Land Registrar o 'Keer, n
Tho conducted both sales, disposed of "
lots in Missoula for $13,3s2, an n
verage of $196.75 a lot. The state
Ind at Missoula, which has been plat
I'd into lots, has yielded the state so
ar 100000. o
AT the county school convention held q
gently at Grangeville, Idaho, dele n
ates were present from Grangeville, i,
Milk Springs, Whitebird, Iii
loumicq, Kooskia. Meadow Creek. Ka. h