Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-06-21
GENERAL NORTHWEST NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES
An Interesting Collection of Items
From the Four Northwest states
of miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.
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The Boice grocers have organized
| permanently.
Murray intends to celebrate tn,
Fourth of July.
Wallace will celebrate the Fourth
OF July in a becoming manner.
The contract has been let for a new
school house in Pocatello, to cost s11.
| 253.
Bartlett Sinclair is going to the Phil
ippines and expects to remain for sew
eral years.
Frosts during the past week have
practically destroyed the fruit cror
around Murray.
The wagon road being constructed to
the Jericho mining camp east of Ken.
drick, Is nearing completion.
Charles M. Mullen says that 60, 600
sheep have crossed the bridge at his
place at Horseshoe Bend this spring,
and the end is not yet.
Sales of wool aggregating 1000, 900
pounds are reported by eastern buyers
at Caldwell and Mountainhome, Idaho.
The prices quoted are to IL cents.
Charles Elliott, who has four and a
half acres of Strawberries Just ripening
on his place. five miles northeast of
Kendrick, is shipping about 100 crates
a day to Moscow, Pullman and other
points.
The state has selected 4S.654.31 acres
of land along the Payette river. This
is between townships IL and 10 north
and ranges 2 and east. 1t is a strip
81 miles long by 12.wide. The land is
mostly timber
The one theme of conversation has
been the decision of the supreme
court in the Clearwater county case.
The people of the Wallace end of
Shoshone county were generally in
favor of the creation of new county.
e. K. Hayes, who has 40 acres of a
prune orchard, reports at Emmett that
about 95 per cent of the crop was kill
ed by the heavy frost on the 9Th inst.
The blackberry crop will also be an
entire failure, as well as strawberries
and other small fruits.
Dates for the Lewiston Interstate
fair have been definitely set for Octo-
Der and IL inclusive. The premium
lists and race program will be printed
and distributed within few days.
The date of the fair is Immediately af-
.er the close of the exposition in Spo-
Kane.
"The Blackfoot Salmon River rail-
'oad is being pushed as fast as men |
md money can do the construction |
work. says Colonel J. w. Jones of |
3lackfoot. ut is expected the railroad
will be running into the rich gold COP
'er mining camp at Houston by No
'ember /. 80 miles"
Edward Rice must hang so far as
ne supreme court is concerned. That
'ibunal has handed down decision
the Judgment of the death
entence announced by the lower
ourt. Rice was convicted of murder
the. first degree for killing Matt
Ialley in Shoshone county in Octo-
sr, 1900.
At Idaho City the jury found George
den guilty Of manslaughter for the
Hing OF d. w. Crake at Pearl, MAY
}. Eden was sheepherder and Crake
miner. Eden drove his sheep on
rakes's claim and the latter assault
Lr. Gardner and wife, three unknown
ersons.
John Keller was stabbed to death
Port Hill, Idaho, by Thomas Elem
ings, who now awaits hearing in
lie Justice court of Bonners Ferry.
larged with murder in the second de-
zee. The jugular vein was severed
I'd Keller bled to death.
Seventeen judges have been appoint
to the courts of first instance at ,
anila. Among these appointments
ere are IL Americans who have been 4
wing the most satisfaction. as fol- !
VS.: Manila, Kincaid of Texas and :
lin of New Hampshire; Aparria.
lountsof Georgia; Dagupan, johnson
Michigan; Batangas, Linebarger of ;
Ilnois; Neuvra Casceres. Carson of !
rginia; Iloilo, Bates of Vermont:
egros, Norris of Nebraska; Cebu, Car I r
ok of Illinois; zamboanga, lexis of !.
->' N'Au SoAo, WhluoOII VI MlSSOur1. | q
The war department has given out a
atistics showing the extent of the I
sintegration of the Filipino insurrec- :,
m. The compilation of reports cover y
period up to April IL, 1901. Up to i
nuary l, 1901, the number of insur-
nts captured or surrendered was 81
Z, together with 5,40S rifles, Sc field
Gees, over 5000 shells and balls &c., te
rounds of ammunition and 10 tons ~
powder. From January / to April Or
the number of captured incdulel 247 m
GERS, 2,459 men, The number sur ~
ldered was $40 officers, 6,492 men. n
king total of 1.067 officers, 1881 h.
n, or grand total up to that date ~
S1,315 insurgents captured. To this e.
to be added 1858 rifles captured, 9.
DO surrendered, total of G, 298 rifles. ~
900 rounds of ammunition, 4OS bolos A.
I "a pieces of cannon. -
preliminary census volume Just is y
ID in London gives the population of
five largest cities in England, ex- 80
sive of London, as follows: Liver 81
j. 6S4,957; Manchester, 543, 1853; Biz az
lgham, 522,1S2: Leeds, 426.95S: re-
sffield, 3S0,707. The total number of as
les in England and Wales is 15.721,- o.,
(; of females. 16.S04 34I. mon In -