Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-12-28
IDAHO.

Idaho woolgrowers will meet at
Boise, January Z.
r. II. Levy will establish a small
sampling plant and smelter at Boise.
A new and complete 60-ton smelling
plant is to be established at Mineral.
b. G.. Church is building a launch for
navigation of the stream above Asotin.
The artesian we'll now being sunk on
the Yantis tract on Normal hill has
reached depth Of about 80 feet.
A serious accident occurred to the
Nicely family near Moscow recently.
They were thrown from a wagon, the
wheels striking chuck hole, tongue
broke and the horses ran away.
The Lewiston water and power COM
pany began grading last week for it's
boulevard at Vineland. which will eX-
tend a mile and a quarter south from
the bridge along the top of the bluff.
The boulevard, which will be 80 feet
wide, will be covered with fine basalt
gravel.
The Lewiston Spokane train encoun-
tered a washout last week and both
mail and passengers were returned.
About two hundred feet Of track was
destroyed two miles from the mouth of
Potlach creek. The water was almost
10 the flood stage. This city was with
out mail or travel facilities again from
the same old canse-high water In Pot
ZACH creek.
Clyde COOns, normal school student
died at Lewiston last week after a
brief illness. A rumor was current to
juries received in a football game at
Grangeville, Thanksgiving day. Prof
Hunter, the manager of the team de-
MES the story. The doctors failed to
diagnose the case satisfactorily. Young
Coons was from Grangeville. He was
10 years old.
Frank Nye and George Human, two
woodchoppers residing near Ramsey,
had desperate fight recently. They
have been living together for several
weeks, occupying cabin about half
mile from Ramsey. At the breakfast
table they came to blows, Human land
ed on Nye's eye and Nye retaliated by
sticking fork in his adversary's neck.
The fight was continued for several
minutes Nye using the fork and Hin
man his fists. Nye was getting the
worst of the encounter when he seized
an AK, his opponent grabbed shot gun
and it looked for few minutes like
there would be one less woodchopper
in that section of the country. Hin
man kept his opponent at bay with the
gun until he saddled his horse and rode
to town. He swOre out a warrant for
Nye but he escaped.
The almost impossible condition of
the roads throughout the country from
the 1st of December until the following
April has been taken up with the de-
partment at Washington, ID. c., by cit
liens of the Potlach with a view of as
pertaining if the government can give
any assistance, either in The way of
furnishing data for building good
roads or financial aid.
Frank Annett, builder and promoter
of the New York ditch, and his attor-
ney, have been in Nampa in consulta-
ton with Colonel Dewey and business
men, to the end of extending the New
York ditch SO as to bring the water to
the short line track east OF Nampa,
and several miles above the Riden.
baugh canal. The time for the con.
struction of the reservoir of the Rid.
enbangh ditch as provided by United
States law-five years from date of FL
ing-is now within sixty days of it's
limit and something must be done in
the near future.