The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-12-28
NORTHWEST NEWS ITEMS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES.
An interesting Collection OF 'te"s
From the Four Northwest STATES
of n miscellaneous Nature S"tn-
cred the Past Week


Idaho woolgrowers Will meet DIT
Boise, January z. :,
r n Levy will establish a small
sampling plant and smelter at BOISE
new and complete 6O-ton smeltihs
nlant is to be established at Mineral.
r G. Church is building launch Tor
navigation of the stream above Asotin
THE artesian we'll now being sunk on
the Yantis tract on Normal NH mas
reached depth of about 30 feet
serious accident occurred to the
Neelv family near Moscow recently.
They we're thrown from a wagon the
wheels striking a chuck hole, tongue
broke and the horses ran away
The Lewiston water and power com
pany began grading last week for us
boulevard at Vineland, which Will eN-
tend a mile and a quarter south from
the bridge along the top of the blum.
The boulevard which will be 90 feet
wide, will be covered with fine pasait
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
to the flood stage. This city was with
ont mail or travel facilities again from
the same old cause-high water in Pot
ZACH creek.
Clyde Coons. a normal school student
died at Lewiston last week AFTER
brief illness. A rumor was current t(
the effect that death resulted from in
iuries received in football game a
Grangeville, Thanksgiving day. Prof
Hunter. the manager of the team de
MES the story. The doctors failed U
diagnose the case satisfactorily foun'
Coons was from Grangeville. He wa
1S years old.
- Frank Nye and George Human, tw'
woodchoppers residing near Ramsey
had a desperate fight recently. The,
have been living together for severa
weeks. occupying a cabin about half
mile from Ramsey. At the breakfas
table they came to blows, Hinman land
ed on Nye's eye and Nye retaliated b.
sticking a fork in his adversary's neck
The fight was continued for severa
minutes, Nye using the fork and Hir
man his fists. Nye was getting tn
worst of the encounter when he seize
an ak, his opponent grabbed shot gu
and it looked for a few minutes Xix
there would be one less woodchoppe
in that section of the country. Hill
man kept his opponent at bay with tn
gun until he saddled his horse and rod
to town. He swore out warrant 70
Nye but he escaped.
The almost impossible condition c
the roads throughout the country froI
the LIST of December until the followin
April has been taken up with the d
partment at Washington. ID. c., by CT
liens of the Potlach with a view of a
certaining if the government can Civ
any assistance, either in the way {
furnishing data for building goo
roads or financial aid.
Frank Annett, builder and promote
of the New York ditch, and his alto
ney, have been in Nampa in consult
ton with Colonel Dewey and bushes
men, to the end of extending the Ne
York ditch so as to bring the water
the short line track east OF Namp
and several miles above the Ride
baugh canal. The time for the CO.
struction of the reservoir of the Ri
enbaugh ditch as provided by Unite
States law-fve years from date OF I
ing-is now within sixty days OF l
limit and something must be done
the near future.
, NNssHINGTON