Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-06
An Excellent Article Of Tobacco
Raised in Oregon.
NEGROES ENGRAVING TO IDAHO.
Preliminary Surveys for Storage Reser-
voirs and Irrigating Canals on
Indian Greek, Idaho.

Bragg for San Francisco. IL contains
800. 900 feet Of lumber.
The Governor OF Arizona has offered a
reward Of $1,000 for the death OF Kid,
the notorious Apache, aud $500 for each
OF his companions.
A Are at Flagstaff, A. T., consumed all
the buildings In the Central block and
Railroad avenue except six, which were
brick aud withstood the flames. The
FIRE originated in Knights saloon.
The court martial Of Captain Lambton
and staff Commander Bowden OF IL. NJ.
&. WArspite, Just closed At Victoria, b. |
o., resulted in their being reprimanded /
for not paying sufficient attention TO Of
hciAl notes ON navigation.
The Pacific Cable Railway Company |
OF San Francisco got a verdict at Rutte, |
Mont, in the United States Circuit
Court, against the Butte City Gable
Company for infringement OF patent
cable-car brake owned by the plaintiff.
The preliminary surveys for the large
storage reservoirs and irrigation canals
10 be constructed ON Indian creek, about
twenty miles from Boise, are now being
made. The three reservoirs to be built
will cover l zoo acres OF land each, and
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A man about 40 years OF age com
mitted suicide At Los Angeles. He was
we'll dressed and his face was pitted with
smallpox. He tried to efiace all traces
that could lead to his identity and left a
statement Of sensational nature, the
truth OF which is generally discredited.
The Pataha Farmer states that the
opal onyx mines near that city have
been opened Tor quarter Of mile, and
several slabs valued at 1900 each have
been taken out. As soon as dressing
mill Ia erected the stone will undoubted-
~ come into general use in fine build
ings.
Colonel A. Il. Isham OF Sitka, aid on
Governor Knapp's staff, who assisted
Ivan petrof to take the census OF Alaska,
believee that Petrof Is thoroughly hon
est, but that su coordinate officers per-
mitted the errors through carelessness.
He believes that Petrofi's mind is un-
balanced.
Black John" the mysterious stran-
ger who committed suicide at Los An
gelee, Is nov said 10 he 30. Homo" the
tramp who was in Jail at Tombstone, A.
T., two years ago, and who refused to
wear any clothing His conduct creates
much talk At the tune. No one ever
knew who o. Homo was.
The Navajos, who are reported ~ have
placed Northeastern Arizona in alarm,
have had a peaceful record for many
years, and are quite thrifty, owning
nearly 2,0e0, 900 sheep, and the wool clip
Is worth 500, 0o0 year. The trouble
originated in an attempt to force Indian
children to attend school.
The San Diego Union has a sensational
story telling how Cinnamon were round.
cd up In Lower California, taken across
the line and delivered TO United States
officers charged with being interested in
q scheme to dcfraud the government.
The Chinese were even robbed Of the
money found on their persons. Mexican
officials are said to have been In the con-
spiracy.
William Smith on farm near Mish-
awake, Or, has produced an excellent
article OF tobacco, the leaves and flavor,
when properly cured, being in every way
equal to that grown In the Southern
States. He supplies the home market
in the Nehalem Valley, both for chewing
and smoking, at a reasonable cost, and
says that the soil OF Nehalem has all the
elements necessary Tor the production OF
the plant.
Mayor Hazard OF Los Angeles proposes
TO veto the contract with the smelling
and refining works to build smelter in
side the city's limits. Los Angeles Is a
city OF homes, ard he does not intend to
permit without protest the destruction
to animal and vegetable life such as
wouid follow from the fumes and smoke
oil the smelter, beside the poisoning Of
the water OF the river, which is used in
some cases for domestic purposes.
In Caldwell, Idaho, some families have
been experimenting with some negro
servants, and the successful results have
far exceeded their expectations. The
negroes went to Idaho from one OF the
Southern States. In response to de-
mand for their services, large number
OF negroes, both men and women, will
20 10 Idaho from the South in the course
OF few weeks.
Work 10 progressing rapidly on the
FIRST section of Professor loves noun
tain railway at Pasadena. There will be
a continuous cable in the mountain, and
the gravity plan will be used, the de-
scending car raising the ascending one.
The balance will be further maintained
by water tanks, from which water will
lie slowly discharged on the downward
trip. Electricity will be the motive
power from the Terminal road TO the
foot OF the inclined plane.
The shoshone Falls OF the Snake river
OF Idaho. which have a body OF water
900 fee, wide with fall OF 2l0 feet, are
to be used Tor developing electric power
for irrigating purposes. A large number
Of water wheels viii be put in, and
pumping stations operated by electric
motors oil large capacity will be estate
lished at suitable points. BY this means
the water will be elevated TO canals,
through which II viii be distributed TO
lands in the djscent valleys.
An old trspper. who resides in the
Blue Mountains aud knows every foot oil
the coun ny bstween the Unien Pacific
railroad and Snake river, tells the Milton
Eagle that there 10 desperate band Of
horsethieves, robbers and murdersrs
making their rendezvous between the
banks OF She UmAtillz and Walla Walla
rivers. There are secluded mountain
retreats in that section, where stock can
be successfully hidden until all search
on the part OF the owners il over. Then
the stock 10 run off and sold. Men who
have mysteriously disappeared are be-
lieyed to have discovered the secrets OF
this outlaw band, and their bones now
lie moldering in some isolated canyon.