Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-07-03
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

The water in Lake Pend Oreille is
slowly receding.
Pocatello paving contracts to the
extent of $4,000 were let Saturday.
Edward c. Hawley. son OF ex-Gov-
ernor Hawley, has been appointed
postmaster for st. Maries.
{ A railroad up Latour creek, near
Kellogg, is being financed and will be
built this summer, according to the
plans of the company.
Wallace, Idaho, will hold a special
election June % to vote a bond issue
Of $4,000 for the construction of an
additional school building.
The assets of the defunct State Bank
of Commerce, Wallace, were sold at
public auction Saturday for the orig
inal estimated amounts, $37, 1858, by
Receiver L. c. Wilson,
The general opinion of the farmers
of the immediate Lewiston country
and of the Camas and Nez Perez prai-
ries is that the grain crop now is the
best in more than is years.
| VIII 9lUUu guaranteed lOI prizes,
representative citizens of Wardner
have decided to celebrate the Fourth
of July. The main event will be the
prize drilling contest with $500 for the
winners.
No clue has been found to the mo-
tive for the murder of George Deer
ing, farmer near Grangeville. James
Deering, a nephew, is under arrest on
the theory that he knows something
of the crime.
Former Senator Charles S. Taylor,
GA years old, father OF Lieutenant
Governor Taylor of Idaho, dropped
dead of apoplexy in the Masonic hall
at Barron, Wis, recently after assist
ing in the raising of his son, Archer
Taylor, as a master Mason.
w. R. Baker, manager of the St.
Maries Lumber Co. of st. Maries, Ida
no. has announced that the mill will
be ready to commence operations July
1. Mr.. Baker now has a large crew
of men at work removing the debris
that was deposited by the spring food
from the track and yards.
A movement has been started in the
Occur d'Alenes looking toward the es
tablishment of a playground and cele
bratiOn center where all of the towns
in the district can come together and
jointly partake in the several holidays
Of the year, as well as the special
events
: At a large gathering of delegates
from Oakesdale, Garfield, Colfax, Pull
man, Moscow, Kendrick and Snake
river points, the Idaho-W Washington
Fruitgrowers association was organ
: lied at Moscow Saturday. This will
be subcentral of the North Pacific
Distributors.
Senator Brady has urged the secre
tary of the interior to permit automo
biles to run from the Idaho entrance
of the Yellowstone National park fol
a week or a month this year with 6
view to testing the practicability OF
later opening all roads in the park tC
automobile traffic.
} M. P. Splinter, a rancher living 81
miles south of Boise, was attacked
while he lay in bed by a man, sup
posed to be Arthur Eakin, armed will
KNIFE. Splinter Ddu QudrTeleQ Will
Eakin over attention the latter is sale
to be paid his wife. Splinter was bad
/ ly cut in several places.
Continued heavy rains in Lewiston
section may cause considerable dam
age to the cherry crop and growers
are commencing to feel concerned ovel
the prospects. Alfalfa growers also
fear a loss of a portion of the crol
unless better weather sets in. GraiI
prospects are good.
} The program for the sixteenth an
t nual camp meeting of Nez Perez In
) dams, who are members of the Pres
{ byterian church, has been announced
} The meeting will be held at Talmaks
> on one of the tribal timber reserves
about seven miles southeast of Vol
. mer, from June % to July 8.
A movement has originated among
. the landowners around Medimont, Oh
the Occur d'Alene river, toward thu
organization of an immense drainage
district which will include the $1,000
acres of overlooked lands in Kootena
county, practically all of which is ad
jacent to Lake Occur d'Alene and it