Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-07-19

. STATE NEWS

A rural free delivery mail route
has been established out Of cene-
see.
w J. Mcconnell. formerly gov
ernor Of Idaho and we'll known in
spokane, has beer succeeded by
James K. Jenkins of Iowa as In
dian inspector
On account of the practical de.
struction of the prune crop on June
sth, it is probable the Giotillery
company will defer building UNI
til'next season Weiser Signal
Boise, July 1O.~ Ex-Governor
W J. Mcdonnell, who has been
Indtan inspector for the last four
wears, is here. 1t is learned the
department turned him down,
refusing him a reappolntment.
The vein of free milling in the
White Cross mine on Moscow noun
tain has widened TO six feet, A
depth Of about one hundred feet
has been reached, and as the shaft
went down the showing has CON
tinuously improved.
Otto Abelin writes from Moscow,
idaho, that he will leave today tor
Santiago de Cuba to erect a large
concentrating plant furnished rs
the Allis-Chalmers company He
will sail from New York July Z5.--
Review.
Coyote scalps are TOW worth
$l.50 each. The bill passed by
the last legislature provides that
bounty on coyote, lynx and wild
cut scalps. The claims must be
approved by county cpmissioners
to whom the scalps must i's presen
ted.
Wallace, Idaho, July lathe
Humming Bird Mining company
cut its ledge yesterday and found
three feet Of shipping gaiena. ! he
town has been full today Of mcn
hunting for stock. AS high az Il
2 cents has been offered and re
fused for the stock, which yester
day was hunting a buyer for 9
cents.
Boise, Idaho, July i5.The state
board of pardons this afternoon
committed the death sentence Of
',Diamond6eld Jack" Davis to life
imprisonment in the state peni
Tertiary, thus ending for the Time
one Of the most sensational and
perelstently prosecuted and de.
Tended cases in the erin inal annak
Of the northwest. The boards
action was unanimous.
Ne5perce, 1.-TWO rural deliv
cry routes will ba established GU
Nezperce. Mr.. De La Montanya
the government agent, today com
pleted his Investigations and ac
cepted the routes. John Jorgen'
was appointed carrier for the Rus
sell route and A. A, Ounce for til,
route extending in the direction
Of Mohler. The service will be in
stalled as soon as possible,
McGrane Bros. are making de
livery of horses this week here
They have been buying fnr the pas
month for the Wyoming marke
and rounded up ten carloads her'
this week to deliver to Rober
Walsh. All the horses are to b.
shipped To Wyoming, presumabl,
for cavalry purposes. There ar
about $50 head in the lunch offere,
this week and they have beer
picked up mostly in Nez Perez ant
Idaho counties. Teller,
As fine a stand of timothy a
one cares to see in any country Cal
be seen in several fields near Gene
see. The last two weeks a wonder
full big growth has been made. /
is doubtful if the people ever sa,
as heavy a stand of hay and. grail
here or in any other country, an,
the grumbler is as mum as an oy
ster, He has not one thing t
kick about now, As he read
about the hot wave east KILN
people aud live stock, burning u
millions of dollars worth of grow
ing corn and grass in Kansas an
Nebraska, almost daily wind an
sand storms, he crawls behind tn
barn hates himself He is happi
est when the muddy roads of win
ter appear. --Cfenesee News.