The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-12-29
NORTHWEST NEWS ITEMS
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- interesting Collection Of Jt.m.
re" she Fosr Northwest states
Of Misesilaneoss xasar. o.th-
cred the Past Week.
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Idaho wooigrowers win meet AT
Boise. January Z.
y, II. Levy viii establish n anal,
sanphng plant and smelter at Boise.
new and complete 6o4on smelling
plant is to be established at Mineral.
D. c. Church is building launch for
navigation of the stream above AsOtin.
The artssian well now being sunk ON
the fantis tract on Normal hill has
reached depth OF about so feet.
A serious accident occurred to the
Nicely family near MOSCOW recently.
They were 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 its
boulevard At yinelAnd. which win ex-
tend mile and . quarter south from
the bridge along the top OF the bluif.
The boulevard. which win be so feet
side. win be covered with fine basalt
gravel.
The Lewision-s Spokane train eneoun-
tered sashont last week and both
mail and passengers were returned.
About two hundred feet Of track was
destroyed two miles from the mouth of
Potiach creek. The water was almost
10 the Hood stage. This city was with
out mail or travel facilities again from
the same old caase--high water In Pot.
iacA creek.
Clyde coons. normal school student
dled AZ Lewiston last week after a
brief Illness. A rumor was current 10
the effect that death resulted from In.
jurirs received In a football game at
drangeTille, Thanksgiving day. Prof.
Hunter. the manager Of the team de.
niea the story. The doctors failed 10
diagnose the case satisfactorily. Young
Coons WAS from GrangeviIle. He was
10 years old.
The almost impossible condition Of
the roads throughout the country from
the ist Of December until the following
April has been taken up with the de.
partmsnt AZ Washington. ID. C., by cit.
IEens Of the Poiiaeh with = view OF a.
osrtaining II 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. ard his attor.
neys have been in Nampa in eOnsnlta.
ton with Colonel Dewey and business
men. 70 the end OF extending the New
York ditch 80 az 10 bring the water to
the short line track east OF Nampa.
and several miles above the Riden.
haugh canal. Tho time for the con.
strurtion Of the reservoir OF the Rid.
snhaugh ditch a. provided by United
States law-iive years from date Of a..
lnK-is now within sixty days Of its
limit and something must be done In
the near future.
Frank Nye and George Human. two
woodehoppers residing near Ramsey,
had n desperate hght recently. They
have been living together for several
weeks. occupying n cabin about half a
mile from Ramsey. At the breakfast
table they came TO blows. Human land
cd on Nye's eye and Nye retaliated by
sticking fork In his adversary's neck
Tho eight 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 AZ. his opponent grabbed shot gun
and Il 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 aud rode
20 town. He swore out a warrant for
Nye but he escaped.