Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-05-03
STATE NEWS

Diamondfeld Jack has heec. r. :
sentenced by Judge Stewart. his
execution to take place June Dist.
The ousted Nez Perez commits
sioners have been saved 1900 each
by decision of the supreme court.
A mad coyote bit eight head of
cattle near Cambridge last week.
All the stock died Of hvdrophobia.
The coyote was killed with a club
by man named Sandreth.
Charley Hutchins was over from
the Nezperce country this week
He has $50 acres of ground sown
to fax and is called the flax king
of the Nez Perez reservation =
Genesee News.
The annual oratorical contest for
the Watkins gold medal. which is
offered each year to the University
of Idaho students, took place at the
university auditorium, A. |. Eagle
getting first prize.
Wallace, April 27 Late yester-
day evening thegrand jury brought
in mot true bill in the case OF
Bob Rogers, the man arrested at
Mullan on suspicion of being one
Of the men who attempted to kill
the deputy sheriffs a couple of
weeks ago.
E. l.. Parker, of Nezperce, and
A. K. Merchant, of Orofino, have
been appointed by the Nez Perez
and Clearwater county commits
sioners tc determine the indebted
ness to be carried by that part of
Nez Perez county now attached to
the new county.
A fire, caused by the explosion
OF a gasoline lamp, destroyed the
general merchandise store of the
Peck Mercantile Co. and the hard
ware store belonging to Skey Bros,
, at Peck Loss about $4,000 and
$4,000, respectively. Small insur,
ance.
Lewiston, Idaho, April 27.--The
Northern Pacific train which arriv
ed last evening brought two car
loads OF intending settlers from
Indiana and Illinois, nearly all OF
them this morning taking the
Clearwater Short Line train for the
terminus of the road at Sites, from
which place they will go to points
on Camas Prairie, about Grange
vile. Review.
The machinery for the Mohler
creamery went through town Wed
nesday. The outfit consisted Of IA
16 horse power engine, boiler, watts,
tanks, separators and all appliances
necessary to carry on the business
of butter making by modern meth
DDS. The town Of Mohler is very
fortunate in securing this new en-
terprise. 1t viii no doubt be a
great help to the dairy interests in
that section. ---Cul de Sac Register.
| D. E. Marvin, chief clerk of the
land department of the Northern
Pacific Railway Co, has placed
Mt. Ranier script on ten thousand
acres of white pine timber land in
the Clearwater country north OF
| Pierce City. This makes 10000
acres that have been selected by
the company, all laying south OF
the Clearwater river. co. Brown
has been engaged for the past four
months in selecting the lands. 1t
is understood that the timber Sc,
lected will not be operated on for
number of years and will be held
| until such time as it becomes more
valuable
Frank Brown arrived in the city
yesterday from Mt Idaho enroute
to San Francisco, where he goes to
purchase mill and concentrator
for the JUMBO mine at Buffalo
Hump. Development work at the
mine has been carried on all win
ter anti there is now 800 feet OF
underground work, The lower
tunnel is 315 feet in length giving
a depth OF 240 feet. An upraise is
now being made to the upper tun-
mel.
The vein averages 6 feet in width
and the ore averages $40 per ton,
1t is conseryatiSely estimated that
$3.50 600 worth of ore is blocked
out. The Jumbo has always been
looked upon as one of the big prop
critics of the HUMP and now that
development justifies a mill big
things are expected, Mr.. Brown
expects to have the mill in opera
ton within so days. Tribune,