The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1900-02-03

The collier, Miami, belonging to the |
Pacific Coast Company, was totally
on reef near Oyster Bay, on
the east shore of Vancouver island.
At the annual election of the board |
of directors held by the Montana club
at Helena, A. L. Smith was reelected |
to the three-year term and e. G. Day
was elected to the one-year term.
Powder did not thaw so lighted
candle under 1t caused an explosion
near Myers Falls. Osborn Upper was
painfully cut about the head and pos
sibly blinded. Nick Beigle was also
injured.
The efforts of the Retail Grocers AS
ISOLATION to secure the aid Of the job
bers in boycott Of the cut-rate gro
GERS at Spokane. that would stop price
cutting. has resulted in numerous COM
plications.
Captain Henry Tailor, engineer In
charge of government Improvements
on the Sound has already begun to ac-
cumulate material for the new fortif-
cations at the entrance to the Port Or
hard naval yard.
Adjutant General Fox was surprised
to learn that the bodies of Washing
tons dead heroes had arrived at San
Francisco from the Philippines, as he
had received no official notification OF
their removal for shipment.
Goddard whipped Dan Eagan of Mon.
tana at Davenport. The contest was
fast and furious from the start, but the
Montana boxer was hit frequently and
was knocked down twice. Eagan's
second threw up the sponge.
The date of the next oratorical con.
test at Whitman College has been set
for March 10th. Twenty-Five dollars
In prizes has been offered by Mrs. Les
ter Wilson to the successful contestants
On an alder tree on high bluff, near
the mouth of North river, in this state
Surveyor Vickery has found the follow.
ing inscription: ~. 8. Survey Camp,
No. IA, December 10, 1885," This Is the
date of the first survey of Pacific county
| Il had been cut in q tree and grown ov-
er.
port cup for the best pen Of birds in the
Mediterranean class. Mr.. Corbin car
ried of this trophy last year and this
year the same birds which captured
the prize before have won again. He
won on his Black Minorcas with a
score on the pen Of 1884. It Is off,
cially announced that Mrs. Harry Baer
carries of the Finch cup, which is
awarded for the best pen In the Asiatic
class. This also is the second time
that Mrs. Baer has taken that cup.
She captured the prize with her light
Cochins. The Hazelwood Dairy Com.
pany this year takes two Of the cups
the Wetzel cup, which is the largest
prize offered, and is for the best collec.
ton in the show. and the Hypotheek
bank cup for the best pen in the Amer
lean class, which was captured by the
White Rocks. This is the result of the
fifth annual poultry show of Spokane
A telephone exchange is about to bt
established at Jerome City.
The Oregon State Democratic conven
ton will meet in Portland April IL.
Cigar band collection Is the lates
craze that Is aflicting the community O.
Portland.
, The total receipts Of the Portland
custom house for last month amounted
to $4s,6s1.73.
Mobiles tannery at Pendleton, Ore.
was robbed recently Of Its entire stool
. of robes and furs.
Umatilla county will pay $500 int
the scalp bounty fund, and her citizen
, will draw out $4,000.
, Another attempt to get woolen mil
! established at The Dalles Is being mad
, by the Commercial Club Of that place
, The Luther Elkins stock farm, "a
+ acres, near Waterloo, in Linn county
> has been sold to Chas. Pfeiffer OF A
Z bany.
II any practical woolen mill ma
wants an opening in which to begi
business. let him come to Portland
once and he will find substantial er
!. couragement.
Frank Lee of Pendleton, Ore, wa
!. run over by a loaded wagon and killed
: He was driving out of town on loa
of grain and fell beneath the wheel
His body was horribly crushed.
= The three-year-old son OF w. b. r.
) ans, an engineer on the St. Johns M
= tor line at Portland, climbed into q
:. engine which was standing in the var
and opened the throttle. In a shol
space of time the engine was going
: the rate of 20 miles an hour. Whe
" within 300 yards of the end of the lir
> the steam died down and heavy graz
- was encountered, which slackened II
- speed. The boy held onto the thrott
all the way, and was not at all disco
~ certed over his perilous ride.
MONTANA.
10 The musicians of Missoula have fo
lr med q union.
The state veterinarian reports tn
1t cattle mango is prevalent In northel
lr Montana.
Wolf bounty claims filed with t
b. state authorities during the past ye
le amounted to 51,639.
The cattlemen Of the West Roseb'
l5 in Carbon county. propose to get :
It. of the wild animal pests.
The Teton Cooperative Creame