The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-05-05
IDAHO.

The Boise chamber Of commerce Is TO
be incorporated.
The eloeution department Of the uni.
yerslty 10 preparing TO present 1.-THE
Rivals"
Weiser now has Eve mails PEI 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, $1,000:
insurance. $1,000.
The annual encampment Of the q. A.
R., department OF Idaho, win be held
in Weiser. June 6, Z and 8.
The tenth annual convention Of the
State Christian Endeayor will be held
In Caldwell from June 6th TO It'll.
Two hundred and ninety-two ranch.
ers In the Lost River country are In
Volved In q 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.
Al the state school land sale at
Weiser George Lindsay disposed Of
i2S0.5s acres for tl3.255.e0. The land
IL in the valley Of the Snake in the
vicinity OF Weiser. One piece brought
SIG and another Sl4, the remainder
going at $40.
Al Moscow the body OF an infant was
found in a plain pine box, which had
been smuggied into the cemetery and
buried without the knowledge Of the
sexton. Evidence was produced that
q bludgeon had been used by the IN.
known murderer.
Postmasters have been appointed for
Idaho as follows: ]. II. brown. Lees
burg. Lemhi county. vice William H.
Brown. resigned; Ole II. Torgenson.
Park. Latah county, vice Nelson Requa,
resigned. and B. Barnard Hartwell.
Roseworth. cassia county. vice c. A.
Owens. resigned.
The saTmill Of l.. A. Porter was to-
tally consumed by IRE at Lewiston.
The plant was under lease to Charles
=. Allen for 20 years. More than 40
900 feet Of lumber burned, besides a
box car belonging 10 the Northern Pa
cihc. The loss is about 5000, with
no Insurance. The origin Of the Ore Is
unknown.
jarrett Bolin. a farmer In the Clear.
water valley, was killed recently by a
train. He was crossing a bridge near
the mouth OF the Potlatch when the
train overlook him. He stepped aside
on the trestle TO n safe position, but
just as the locomotive reached him the
current Of air took HE hat Oh. In
reaching for his hat he was struck by
the train and thrown from the bridge,
q distance OF Is feet.
The rural mail delivery will be estAb-
hshed over q route running from the
Moscow postofice south TO north line
Of J. II. Hubs ranch. a distance Of 10
miles, thence east to Ingwalls Smiths
place. four miles. thence north TO
Blaine. thence 10 Moscow. The route
will accommodate $50 families, or an
estimated population OF 1000, with a
mail delivery every day except Sun
days and holidays. Persons desiring
the service, though they may not live
directly on the route traversed, can be
served by putting up q mail box at a
point on the route most convenient to
them. All persons desiring the service
must provide a mail box. 30 situated
on the route that the carrier can ride
or drive up to Il. The boxes can be
homemade or purchased for rs cents
apiece At local hardware stores. II is
expected the service will be instituted
May 10. Caleb Ayers has been recon-
mended as carrier and J. H. Hibbs a.
substitute.