Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-08-08

Is expected Will all be safely boom
ed at the mill by August 18th.
Small & Emery have had force
If 25 to 80 river drivers and many
teams at work this side of the
mouth Of the North Fork since the
sudden high water of July 4, when
the log drive broke out of the
North Fork and was scattered
along the river for 100 miles.
Boise, Aug. 4.-The friends of
Joseph Perrault, ex-suryeyor gen.
eral, are making an active canvass
to carry this county at the prima-
ries next Saturday in the interest
of his candidacy for governor.
Perrault wants the nomination as
party vipdication of his course as
surveyor general, from which Office
he was dismissed after an investi-
CATION. The Perrault men claim
they have splendid chance of Sc
curing the Ada county delegation.
All the Shoup men are supporting
Perrault.
The county teachers institute is
to be held in Grangeville, August
18th to 22nd inclusive. Prof. J. F.
Saylor, superintendent Of the city
schools at Spokane, and Prof. H.
G. Sampson, of the Washington
agricultural college at Pullman, are
to be the chief instructors. They
will have some help from local in
structors, whose names have not
yet been given out. The annual
examination for the granting of
teachers certificates Is to be held
at Mt. Idaho, August %, 20 and 80,
the law prescribing that it shall be
held at the county seat. All who
expect to teach in the county this
fall will be required to take this
examination .-Standard.
Lewiston entertained for a few
hours last night President Mellen
of the Northern Pacific, and Presi
dent Hill of the Great Northern
railroad. The railroad presidents
arrived on a special train at 8
O'Clock from Colfax, where they
held conference with the farmers
OF the Palouse country. President
Mohler OF the o. r. & N, who was
present at the Colfax conference,
planned to also visit here but was
called to Portland. The special
train left here at II o'clock for
Sites from which point the rail
road presidents will make an over
land trip to Grangeville. The
trip, il is believed, has bearing on
prospective early extensions to the
Camas Prairie country, but nc
statement could be secured from
President Mellen on that line as to
-when aueh-sextensions would be
made.-Tribune.
Portland, Aug. 2.-The contract
for building the o. r. & N. rail
road between Riparia and Lewiston
has been awarded to Wren &
Greenough, contractors. WreL
lives at Spokane and Greenough al
Missoula. The work will begin al
once and be completed by April O
next year. There are II miles o.
road to build and the contract COW
ers the grading and bridging fol
the whole line, involving about
100000. At Lewiston a bridge
1000 feet long will be constructed
across the Clearwater river. i
will he of steel with concrete ma
sonry abutments and piers and will
cost about $350,O00. After tn,
completion of the roadted thre,
months will be required to lay the
track and put it in shape. Tht
regular running of trains will be
gin about August next. TIL,
Northern Pacific will use the lin,
jointly with the o. r. & N.
The officials of the Farmers
Grain Company received this weel
the blue maps showing the profile
and working plans for the tram
way, says the Nezperce Herald
They have also received the permit
and REIMBURSEMENT from the gov
eminent of the ground necessary
for the lower terminal. The first
payment of $2080 was made last
week. This amount is one, third Of
the purchase price of the tramway
Gust Hoffman was awarded the
contract Saturday for building
both the upper and lower termi-
mails, and large force of men will
be put on to rush the work to- com.
pletion. The contract for the lum
Der for the lower terminal was
awarded to Ransom & Fox, of Kan
iah. Fifty thousand feet will be
required. The lower terminal will
he 40x100-16 feet high. The en-.
tire length of the tramway is 1904
feet This now removes the last
obstacle to the successful com.
pletion of the tramway and the
first carload of material for its con
struction is expected to arrive next
week. The officials of the tramway
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