Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-05-29
ON PACIFIC COAST

Opium seized at Seattle on January
1, valued at $1,000, was burned recent
ly by the federal officers.
In the vicinity of Portland there are
over 100000 bushels of unsold wheat
in the bins of the ranchers.
At Oakland, CAL, H. E. Magill, re-
Gently appointed city clerk, committed
suicide Saturday by jumping from the
fourteenth story of the city hail.
With the object of walking across
the United States, two Portland men,
A. Herschin and Fred Islin, have
started on tramp to New York.
The biennial convention of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen is
being held in San Francisco this week
Over 1000 delegates were present.
An appeal for financial assistance
has been sent out by the wireless
operators who are out on strike for
higher wages and better working con-
ditions along the Pacific coast.
arrived at the Puget Sound navy yard
from San Francisco and will go into
drydock for general overhauling. Re-
pairs costing 5 100000 will be made.
Crazed with jealousy, Joseph How
ersby, a Mare Island employee, shot
and killed F. B. Raney, an electrician,
recently. Rainey roomed at Hovers-
by's home. Mrs. Hoversby took dose
of poison and died later.
William st. John Ranney, former
chief clerk to the auditor of the Santa
Fe railroad, who confessed thefts
amounting to between 100000 and
100000, has been sentenced to seven
years in San Quentin prison.
Striking employees at Oakland of the
Pacific Gas and Electric company held
massmeeting recently and reached
general understanding that recogni-
ton of the Light and Power council
shall be a condition necessary to any
further discussion.
The waters of the Pacific ocean
were let into the Panama canal Sun
day. A giant blast of 32,750 pounds of
dynamite was shot, demolishing the
dixie to the south of the Miraflores
locks and allowing the water to flow
, into an extensive section in which ex-
cavation practically has been COM
pleted.
The total value of sea exports OF
San Francisco for 1912 reached $780,,
100000 in round figures, according to
data just compiled by the chamber Of
commerce and made public last night
In addition SIS, S54,56 in treasure was
3 exported The total imports by soa fol
: the year amounted to $62,291 ,016, moi
t including $4,546,S28 in treasure.
Joseph Berger who was held to an
e swer in the courts of San Francisco
charge of having swindled a second
t hand dealer of that city out of $S30(
S through the agency of a money-mak
d ing machine, is under arrest at Stock
l ton, Cal, on complaint of Mrs. Fannie
: Grunsky, who charges him with being
. responsible for the loss of $1,000.
feQerdl prosecution Ol MISS ASut'
n Tillman, socially prominent in SAL
r Francisco, for failure to make prope
S declaration of the value of jewels ant
gowns brought with her upon her re
turn from Europe recently, wa
IS dropped by customs officials in New
:: York Miss Tillman agreed to pay tn
It duty for the full value of her property
S, which will be returned to her
l. The Asiatic Exclusion League O
n California has instructed its executiv
10 committee to draft a petition for rel
D. erendum vote on the alien land bill, t
If be circulated Immediately after tn
" measure is signed by Governor Johr
son. The objections of the league ar
based upon the clause in the Web
bill which permits three-year leases
The purpose of the organization is t
'" circulate at the same time a petitio
for a law which will exclude Japanes
from ownership and lease holding {
=, any kind.