Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-07-17
ON PACIFIC COAST

M. H. Houser, Portland, is the larg-
est grain exporter in the United States.
At Portland fire recently did damage
estimated at $125,000 to a trunk and
bag company.
H. H. Rose is now Los Angeles may
or under a modified form of commits
sion government.
Albert B. Ruggles, for IL years pres
ident of the San Francisco Stock Elk
change, died Monday.
Disclosures of smuggling operations
carried on by Japanese fishermen are
reported near San Diego, Cal.
William Haney, 60 years old, was
struck by an automobile at Sutherlin,
Ore, and in family killed, his head
being almost severed.
Aviator Grover Bell at Petaluma,
Cal, died Monday, without regaining
consciousness. Bell was injured July
4 when he fell from his biplane at a
trial flight.
BY the overturning of an automobile
near San Diego Sunday Mrs. Ethelyn
c. Masters, daughter of John S. Brad
ley of Los Angeles, was almost in
stantly killed.
1t will be interesting to observe the
attitude of the state department
toward Representative Humphrey
bill excluding Hindus from admission
to this country.
The official call of the Western Can
ada Irrigation association, inviting
delegates and the people of western
Canada to attend their seventh annual
convention to be held in Lethbridge
August 5, 6 and Z, has been issued.
That the memory of Albert E. Mead
| fifth governor of the state of Wash
| ington, is to be perpetuated by 6
heroic-sized bronze statue to be erect
ed in Bellingham is the statement
issued by the Mead memorial commits
sion.
The Western Fuel and Diggs-Cami
netti cases, delay in prosecuting which
resulted in the sensational resignation
of United States Attorney McNab o
northern California, will be tried b.
three special assistants to the attorne,
general.
While returning to Cumberland,
mining district to the north of Nanai
mo, B. c., with money they had draw
from branch bank in Nanaimo, tw
bank clerks were held up and robbe
of $500 at Trent bridge by two mel
who escaped with the loot.
A brush fire on the west slope O
Mount Tamalpais, near San Francisco
Monday, ran before the wind wit
amazing rapidity until the whole sid
of the mountain was in flames and tn
Muirwoods, the only grove of sequoia
on San Francisco bay, were in imm
nent danger.
Major G. H. Martin, member c
the general staff of the United State
army, has taken the oath as colonel {
the Third infantry, Oregon Nations
guard. Major Martin is the first rex
ular army officer in the history of tn
country to be detailed for service
command of state troops.
Virgil Perrine, aged 20, who says b
came here recently from st. Loui
robbed the First Stare Bank at Mi
waukie, six miles south of Portlan
/ Saturday afternoon, by holding up til
] cashier and his assistant, and escape
i. with about $4,000 n booty and late
f was captured and money recovered.
Construction of what is said will
the only powder factory in the interit
3 of British Columbia has been begu
e on a 15-acre site at Granite, which h;
l. been purchased by the Kootenai e
i plosives Co., limited, which has bee
e organized by Nelson business men
?. produce XL-Ite blasting powder. Tv
q hundred thousand dollars is the cal
tai of the company. A. c. Towner
q manager.