Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-09
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES

NORTH WEST NEWS NOTES
The setting of the cases has been
left till the coming term which begins
in February.
1t is estimated that 300 Pendleton-
ians journeyed to Stanfield by special
train New Yers day to participate in
the big rabbit drive there.
On account of not receiving the heat
ing and ventilating apparatus in time
it will be impossible to start school il
the new Whitefish, Mont, Central
building this week
The O.-W. r. G. N. company is ex-
perimenting with Filipino labor and so
far the results have been so satisfac-
tory that the railroad officials are of
the opinion that the islanders will be
retained
The suit between the Stewart Min
ing company and the Ontario, involv-
ing the right of the owners of the
latter to mine ore from the property,
will come before Judge W. w. Woods
at Wallace January 6.
Mrs. George W. Irwin, aged ga, wild
ow of George w. Irwin, and one of the
best known pioneer women of Mon
tana, died of cancer Saturday at Butte.
She came overland to Montana in
prairie schooner in 1865.
A special train containing $50 Royal
Rosarians, whose mission is to plant
rose bushes on the sites on which the
Oregon buildings will be erected at
the Panama-Pacific exposition at San
Diego, left Portland Saturday over the
Southern Pacific railroad.
Mining men who have been watch
ing conditions in the Occur d'Alene
region very closely in recent months
believe that gigantic combination of
a number of Independent companies
with the Federal Mining and Smelling
company is under consideration.
J. w. Stack, foreman at the Washoe
smelters in Anaconda, Saturday was
served with two warrants charging ex-
tortion in the matter of giving men
under him positions. Numerous other
warrants are in the course of prepare
ton alleging similar offenses against
other foremen at the smelter.
Ex-Governor w. J. Mcconnell of
Idaho has issued letter protesting
against the adoption of the eight
amendments, voted upon at the last
election, to the constitution of Idaho,
| and Monte 10 fao or bat he
rule by which all these amendments
have been declared carried that it
would be possible to amend the consti-
tuition if the amendment only received
The arraignment at Wallace, Idaho,
Saturday, of B. F. O'Neil, former Wal
lace banker, on nine complaints charg-
ing the receiving of deposits after he
knew his institution to be nsolvent, oc-
cupied but 10 minutes in district court.
{ With formality and superfluity omitted
by the prisoners consent, but one OF
5 the nine charges were read in it's en-
tirety. The differences in the eight
other complaints were detailed. AS
each of the number was called he
pleaded not guilty.
dozen votes.
Five Canadians spent Saturday il
Walla Walla visiting the state peniten
tiary and county jail for the purpose OF
securing ideas which will be used IL
q the construction of a new prison al
Oakalla, B. c. The party consisted Of
L. c. Hall of Vancouver, B. c., w. Ridg
way Wilson of Victoria, Warden Will
= liam G. McMynn of the Oakalla prison
4 Hugh A. Hodson, an architect of Van
!. couyer, B. G.; Colon S. Campbell, su
r perintendent of provincial police.
= Frank Hall, of Salt Lake City, spe
q cial assistant to the United States at
g torney general, has received instruc
r tons to leave for San Francisco Jan
uary IA to take part in the govern
/ ments case against A. w. McCune ant
8 others accused of selling timber Gu
IS illegally from government lands The
{ case to come up in San Francisco i:
y against A. B. Hamblin, involving tim
! Der grabs alleged to have been mad,
q by the defendant in Montana durin.
J. the early construction of the Northern
Pacific railroad. In all the govern
ment seeks to recover S2.512.954