Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-13
WASHINGTON ITEMS
Ritzville's new creamery has starte,

Henry Mickels, editor of the Cheney |
Free Press, died Saturday after but a |
few hours illness.
Main street of Waitsburg is soon to
be lighted with cluster lights instead
Of the present arc lights.
North Yakima will hold a special
election on the 100000 bond issue for
a sewer system for March 10.
G. A. Gaines, prominent stockman
of Northport, has organized a Stevens
County Live Stock association.
Walla Walla Farmers union men,
bers have signed an application for
1 100000 grain bags at Tacoma.
1t is thought the legislature will pass
most of the bills proposed for the bet
ter government of cities of the first
class.
Farmers are incensed at the tactics
of the so-called grain bag trust in rails
ing the price of bags so early in the
season.
Four county division fights are
threatened in both houses, with gen
eral prospects that none of them will
get through.
White mold in hay fed to sheep was
responsible for a large number OF
deaths in the flock being wintered
near Chewelah.
George Defoe, whose trial for the
murder of John Hagerman was set for
Wednesday, pleaded guilty to man
slaughter at North Yakima.
Announcing that she had no friends
left and that life was no longer worth
living, Miss Mary Dawson, aged 81
years, committed suicide at Spokane
Sunday.
A resolution introduced in the house
Monday by Representative H. w
Holmes of Snohomish asks investiga
ton of affairs at Washington STATE
college.
The State Sheriffs' association
met at Olympia this week The sher
ifs asked for the passage of a Law
permitting them to install identified
ton systems.
Four female elk, two male elk, tw
bull buffalo, two silvertip grizzly bears
one brown bear and seven beaver
have been donated by the government
to Spokane's zoo.
An immense ice gorge has forme
in the Columbia river at Boone's Lane
ing, threatening damage to the in
proved islands and lowlands along tn
east side of the river.
| Governor Lister has received wor
, from graduate nurses of hospitals pr
testing against the passage of an eigh
: hour law for women such as to app
to the nursing profession.
= Indians of the Yakima and Columb
: valleys are to hold a big celebrate
= from March 1 to March at the ranC
t of Chief George Stwire Waters, ne;
J.. Toppenish, in honor of the inaugur
< ton of President-elect Wilson.
Great Northern representatives a
u nounce that it is the intention of Il
j company to have its line north fro
n Wenatchee in operation by July 1,
t. possible and at least in time to hand
the 1913 crop from that territory.
According to a recent official es
mate, a million and a half grain ba
g will be needed for this years whe
II crop by the members of the farme
e union at Walla Walla. The farme
l. are preparing to pool their orders
a. one big deal.
u AS the result of a decision hand
n down by the government board of fo
j. inspection at Washington, VIII
a Bluffs, Hanford and Ringold will he
IS after be compelled to discontinue
E. use of the label of the Yakima Val
Fruit Growers association.
" The inventory of the Cheney st;
e. normal school property just filed
re the report of the state bureau of
OF spection fixes the total at $189,351
OF of which $4,000 is comprised in
of city blocks, the remaining being sch
Id buildings and personal property.
~ The theft of large quantities of br
{, and copper from several machin'
Vi houses in Seattle has been solved
OK finding several thousand pounds
% copper wire, copper and brass fifth
at cables and pieces of brass machin
he hidden in the waters of Wolf creel
*
no Senators Arthur Mcclure and Ha
m. H. Phipps, in senate bill No. 1877, ]
viding for a $40,000,000 state b.
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