Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-06-27

The grape fair at Kennewick is
dated for September 10 to 81.
Practically the entire stock of the
Bellows Clothing company of Kenne-
wick was destroyed by a fire recently.
Members of the Odd Fellows, Ma
sons and Knights of Pythias lodges of
Tekoa have arranged for a loan to
build, jointly, a two-story brick build
ing.
DR.. R. j. Cooke, one of the new
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church who will be stationed at Port
land, will hold his first conference as
bishop at Spokane, August 81.
Failure to secure sufficient evidence
to connect A. R. Carey, under arrest
charged with the murder of Henry E.
Christensen, the Pasco banker, may re-
suit in the dropping of the case.
Fire of unknown origin at Tacoma
destroyed the livery barn of the Ia
coma Truck company Sunday. Nine
teen truck horses were burned to death
and approximately $4,000 property
damage done.
That it is not within the province
of jury to fix the money liability
of the state in actions brought against
the industrial insurance commission,
was the decision of Judge William
Huneke at Spokane.
The Wahluke properties, comprising
the assets of the Columbia River Or
chards company, which is bankrupt,
have been ordered sold on July Is by
Judge John P. Hoyt in the United
States district court.
In connection with the apportion-
ment Superintendent Dewey says four
ifths of the school districts of the
state are on cash basis and that the
x-apportionments-a- law has al
ready saved $4,000 in interest.
Fire of unknown origin recently
recently burned $4,000 worth of bust
ness property at Napavine, small
town seven miles south of Chehalis.
M. F. Marshall, merchant, is the heav-
lest loser, with 1000 stock and $1,000
insurance.
Declaring that the "poisoning of
people by selling adulterated meat for a
little money is not only against public
policy but is ruinous to the health of
the nation" a judge of Spokane fined
butcher 5000 and costs and committed
him to Jail until the fine is paid.
Deeds transferring $500 acres of
some of the most valuable farming land
in Walla Walla county were fled re-
Gently by Thomas Lyons, a pioneer of
Walla Walla. The property was trans
ferred to his sons and daughters. The
land is, according to the deeds, worth
1914 900.
Because of the new and lower freight
rates, which went into effect last week
on all goods shipped from points be-
tween st. Paul and New York to Spo-
kane, jobbers on July 1 will issue new
price lists to retail dealers, in which
lower rates will be set on a large num-
Der of commodities.
Whitman college is assured to Walla
Walla. The campaign which was begun
June 1 to raise funds to keep the school
in the Garden City has finished its
work and will be able to report that
sufficient funds have been raised to
make it certain that Whitman will be
continued as Walla Walla institu-
ton.
Judge E. K. Pendergast, at Spokane,
has decided that the supreme court has
settled the fact in this state that the
acts of principal in a school or other
agent of the school district make the
district liable. 1t was a case where
the principal of a school advised a
pupil remedy that caused amputation
of finger.
A 3-year-old bull belonging to P A.
Bounds, which fell into Tieton canal
at Train creek in Teton canyon re-
Gently, foated six miles in four feet of
icy water, through three tunnels
aggregating about 5000 feet long, into
the Cowiche canyon, at the head of
the distributing system. He was res
cued, still ready to fight, nearly "a
hours afterward.
The seventh annual convention of
the State Graduate Nurses associa-
ton closed its two-days' session at
Bellingham with banquet. All of the
officers were unanimously reelected,
namely: President, Miss Ellen Wilkin-