Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-04-25
IDAHO GLEANINGs.

]. H. Bruce has received his COM
mission as postmaster at Weiser.
Surveyor General Perrault has sent
plats of the coded portion of the Fort
Hall reservation to the Blackfoot land
office.
The Lewiston council has appointed
committee to correspond with An
drew Carnegie, asking a donation of
$4,000 for public library building.
There is considerable activity in
real estate and timber lands in Occur
d'Alene City, and the business of the
town is experiencing quite an impetus
| in all lines
The surveyor general has been In
structed to file the plats in which the
Harrison townsite is included. He was
advised by the department that the
surveys had been approved. The plats
were sent to the Occur d'Alene land
office.
Fruit dealers and orchardists have
received notice that the price of fruit
boxes has advanced fully rs per cent
over the prices prevailing last year,
the raise in price being due to a COM
bination among northwestern box
makers.
The farmers In the sections near
Kendrick will construct a barbed wire
telephone system, to include the Pot
latch, American, Texas and Big Bear
ridges, with central exchange in Ken
dr1ck, and telephones at all points
through the field covered by the sys-
tenn.
An interesting game of ball was
played between the normal school dor
mltory girls and the Lewiston girl
nine last week. The game was wit
messed by 400 people. Five innings
were played, the score at the close be-
Ing 20, to "a in favor of the town girls. |
Articles of incorporation of the
american Ditch association, to take
water from the Boise river in Canyon
county and to use same for irrigation
purposes, have been filed with the sec
retary of state.
work Is going on in the construc-
lion OF the new ferry across the Sal
non, on the state road, between Flor
ence and Warren. The old state bridge
vent down three weeks ago, and since
hen all travel has had to cross the
liver in rowboats.
The body of Horace Rich. a quarter
Hood, was run over by an Oregon
Short Line train nine miles north of
'ocatello, and ground to pieces. At
lrst 1t was thought Rich had fallen
rom train, and so met his death,
Tut later developments offer conclu-
i've proof that he was murdered and
us body placed on the track with the
ope OF concealing the crime.
There Is considerable stir about the
gency at Spalding over the receipt of
letter from the commissioner of In
ian affairs announcing that congress
ad failed to make the usual allow
nee OF $4,000 a year for the salary of
gency clerks and employees, and as a
Consequence the leasing of Indian
lnds would cease with the end of
ne present official year, which closes
uly !.
Five townships of white pine timber
md lying east and north of Pierce
1ty were filed in the land office.
hese lands will not be open to gen.
raj entry and settlement until the ex-
ration of so days. the state having
lie exclusive right of selection and
ntry during that time. Despite this, d
ntries have been offered and are now
cid suspended for 1000 acres of these G
nds, only two of the suspended Of II
red filings being homestead entries. II
le remaining being entries under the L
one and timber law. el