The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-05-05

The Boise chamber of commerce is to !
be incorporated. "a
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 G. A.
r.. department of Idaho, will be held
In Weiser, June 8, and s.
The tenth annual convention Of the
State Christian Endeavor will be held
In Caldwell from June 9Th to 7th.
Two hundred and ninetv-two ranch
ers in the Lost River country are in
volved In 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 Perce county
not less than $4,000 before they are
adjudicated.
At the state school land sale at
Weiser George Lindsay disposed of
12S0.58 acres for $13,255.S0. The land
is in the valley of the Snake In the
vicinity of Weiser. One piece brought
SIC and another $14, the remainder
going at $40.
At Moscow the body Of an infant was
In q nin hnv h{a1.
been smuggled into the cemetery and
buried without the knowledge of the
sexton. Evidence was produced that
bludgeon had been used by the un-
known murderer. @fs..e s
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 at Lewiston.
The plant was under lease to Charles
F. Allen for 20 years. More than 4O,-
900 feet Of lumber burned, besides a
box car belonging to the Northern Pa
cific. The loss is about $4,000, with
no insurance. The origin of the fire Is
| unknown.
Jarret Bolin, farmer In the Clear
| water valley, was killed racently by a
train. He was crossing bridge near
| the mouth of the Potlatch when the
train overlook him. He stepped aside
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just as the locomotive reached him the
current of air took his hat off. In
| reaching for his hat he was struck by
the train and thrown from the bridge,
| distance Of 15 feet.
The rural mail delivery will be estab.
lished over route running from the
Moscow postoffice south to north line
| of ]. H. Hibbs' ranch, distance of 10
miles, thence east to Ingwalls Smiths
place, four miles, thence north to
Blaine, thence to Moscow. The route
will accommodate 230 families, or an
estimated population Of 1000, with q
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 a mail box at a
| point on the route most convenient to
them. All persons desiring the service
must provide mail box, so situated
on the route that the carrier can ride
or drive up to it. The boxes can be
homemade or purchased for Is cents
/ apiece at local hardware stores. 1t is
expected the service will be instituted
May 10. Caleb Ayers has been recon-
mended as carrier and J. H. Hibbs as
substitute.