Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-06-01
IDAHO.

The Boise chamber of commerce is to
be Incorporated.
The elocution department Of the uni
versity is preparing to present "The
Rivals"
Weiser now has five mails per day, as
the four daily trains on the Short Line all
carry mail.
w. A. wright's Touring mill at
Fletcher burned last week. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, $1,000.
The annual encampment Of the @. A.
R., department of Idaho, will be held
| in Weiser, June 6, and s.
The tenth annual convention of the
State Christian Endeavor will be held
in Caldwell from June 9Th to 7th.
Two hundred and ninety-two ranch
ers in the Lost River country are In
volved In a water suit in the Challis
court.
The spring term of the district court
will meet in Moscow June 4. Judge
Steele held court at Lewiston last
week.
The lawsuits now pending between
politicians will cost Nez Perez county
not less than $4,000 before they are
adjudicated.
The office of the surveyor general re-
ports that there will be nearly twice as
many entries of mining claims in that
office as there were for the last fiscal
year.
At the state school land sale at
Weiser George Lindsay disposed of
128058 acres for $13,255.80. The land
is in the valley of the Snake in the
vicinity of Weiser. One piece brought
SIG and another $14, the remainder
going at $40.
At Moscow the body of an infant was
! found in a plain pine box, which had
been struggled into the cemetery and
buried without the knowledge of the
sexton. Evidence was produced that
a bludgeon had been used by the un'
known murderer.
Postmasters have been appointed for
, Idaho as follows: ]. H. Brown, Lees
burg, Lemhi county, vice William H.
! Brown, resigned; Ole H. Torgenson
? Park, Latah county, vice Nelson Requa
! resigned, and B. Barnard Hartwell
Roseworth, Cassia county. vice G. A
, Owens, resigned.
!, The sawmill of L. A. Porter was to
> tally consumed by fire ut Lewiston
The plant was under lease to Charles
F. Allen for 20 years. More than 40,
600 feet of lumber burned, besides .
box car belonging to the Northern Pa
ciflc. The loss is about $4,000, witt
no insurance. The origin OF the fire II
unknown.
Jarret Bolin, a farmer In the Clear
water valley, was killed recently by .
train. He was crossing bridge neal
the mouth of the Potlatch when tn,
train overlook him. He stepped asid
on the trestle to a safe position, bu
just as the locomotive reached him tn,
current of air took his hat of. II
reaching for his hat he was struck b!
the train and thrown from the bridge
a distance of 15 feet.
The rural mail delivery will be estat
lished over route running from tn
Moscow postoffice south to north lin
of ]. H. Hibbs' ranch, distance Of i
miles, thence east to Ingwalls Smith
place, four miles, thence north T.
Blaine, thence to Moscow. The rout
will accommodate 230 families, or al
estimated population of 1000, with
mail delivery every day except Sur
q days and holidays. Persons desirin
"a the service, though they may not liv
t. directly on the route traversed, can b
IL served by putting up mail box at
N point on the route most convenient t
IL them. All persons desiring the servic
Is must provide mail box, so situate
st on the route that the carrier can rid
t. or drive up to it. The boxes can b
" homemade or purchased for rs cent
e. apiece at local hardware stores. 1t
expected the service will be institute
May 10. Caleb Ayers has been recon
mended as carrier and J. H. Hibbs Q
substitute.