Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-08
IDAHO NEWS.

| It's new uniforms from the east.
William Blevins, federal prisoner
escaped recently from the county jat
ct Moscow.
Harry Mannlng's house at Eliispor
was destroyed by fire recently. TIL
f'.mil" lost everything.
George Ash, who shot and kille
John Bishop at Buffalo Hump recent
iy, has been arrested at Grangeylllt
The coming fair and carnival to b
given by the Red Men and LeWisto
rand during the first week in June /
receiving the best of assurances.
1t is persistently rumored that Bish
OPP H. Smith Wooley of Pocatello Il
10 be appointed assayer in the United
States assay office, succeeding j. w
Cunningham.
John Burroughs, the poet and natu
ralist, in company with his party, con
sisting of Mrs. f. w. Gilbert and the
Misses Gilbert, were entertained a
Lewiston last week.
Idaho university won the debate be
tween that school and the Blair Bust
ness college, in Spokane, Saturday
night. The decision was two to one
in favor of the Idaho boys.
Harry o Brien, aged %, was shot al
Standpoint recently. Two men were
quarreling and one shot at the other
O'Brien, who was 100 yards away up
the street, received the bullet.
The Hope Odd Fellows celebrated
the S4th anniversary of the order At
Athol with Odd Fellows OF Rathdrum,
Standpoint and Hope. 1t was voted to
hold the next celebration at Hope.
The Capital State bank of Boise has
purchased the savings department OF
the HCme Investment & Savings COM
pany. The company will go out OF
business at Boise. The parent COM
pany at Salt Lake will occupy the field
in southeastern Idaho.
The county commissioners of Idaho
county have granted franchise for
a toll road to the Clear Creek Devel-
opment company, and survey is being
made of the new road up the south
side of the middle fork of the Clear
water to the mouth OF Clear creek.
The farmers tramway, after being
idle for several weeks while repairs
were in progress, is again bringing
down grain to the railroad and taking
merchandise up to the top of the hill,
where it can easily be hauled to Neg
Perez and other towns on the reserva.
ton.
Joseph Christie, superintendent and
builder of the z. A. Johnson dam and
water power, at the mouth of Lolo
creek, estimates that the construction
of the dam will take at least five
months, and does not believe the cleo
trio power will be turned on before
the first of next December.
Stock subscriptions to the Kooskia.
Lowe tramway are practically COM
pleted and the tramway company has
sent for engineers to make surveys
for route. A careful estimate of the
grain that will be delivered to this
tramway has been made, and it is
known that even with the present
acreage under cultivation, the total
will be over 100000 bushels.
A sale of 81 500 acres of timber in
the Clearwater country has been nego.
tiated to the Potlatch Lumber com
pany, which recently bought out the
milling and timber interests of the Pa.
louise River Lumber company at Pa.
louise, Wash. The timber is bought
from the Wisconsin Log & Lumber
and the Northland Pine com.
pany. According to the papers filed
for record. the price is $780, 100. This
is for the timber only.
Mildred and Bernard Chapman, aged
5 and II years, were drowned in the
Snake river recently near Billiards.
Landing. Mr.. ]. II. Pearson offers 4
reward for the recovery of the bodies.
Mr. Chipman, foreman Of the Reed
mine, accompanied by his two children,
started for Billiards. landing in skiff
with Bud Prescott and Ed Phelps. The
boat was capsized, and although the
men managed to swim ashore, the two
were drowned.
Announcement is made by Senator
Dubois that himself and associates
have been granted franchise by the
state engineer to appropriate water
from Lake Waha, lying 20 miles south
of Lewiston, for irrigation and power
The syndicate at present in
terested includes Senator Dubois, form.
err Senator Heitfeld. both of Idaho;
former Congressman LATE Pence of
Colorado, and ]. e. Trainor of Chicago,
and is known as the Lewiston-Waha
Land, Water & Power company.