The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-05-30
IDAHO NEWS.

President Roosevelt remained two
hours in Wallace
An electric road from Kooskia 10
Buffalo Hump is proposed.
The ferryboat on the North Fork
Of the Clearwater al Ahsahka. which
broke loose a week ago. is stilI out.
rate Of one fare and a third is an
nounced 10 Lewiston on the occasion
Of the Red Mems carnival there, June
&c.
In the Nez Perez prairie it is be-
lieved the aggregate yield Of grain this
year will be fully Is per cent greater
than ever before
The Rocky Mountain Bel Telephone
company will MAKE improvements in
the telephone system at Wardner 10
the extent Of $1,000 or over.
Work on construction Of the tram
way from Summit to Lenore viii ee
commenced in June. This tramWay
viii be over 1900 feet in length.
The souvenir presented to President
{ Roosevelt on his visit TO Wallace was
a small pyramid consisting Of galena,
+ copper, silver. gold and gold quartz.
4 The result Of voting for queer of the
carnival at Lewiston resulted in the
election Of Miss Nyda Mounce. NOM
mated by the Artisans, receiving 5S72
votes.
4 Three sales of this years wool clip.
sggregating $1,000 pounds, were made
last Saturday at Lewiston TO +. Z.
( Green, representing Boston manufac-
tuners.
Petitions have been circulated ard
have received 1000 signatures asking
that a daily mail be established he
tween Lewiston and Cottonwood ard
Grangeville.
Charles A. Dunn OF Wallace, WHO
1 received the appointment to Annapolis
by United States Senator w. b. Hey
turn, has received word that he passed
the examination.
The body Of Charles Miller. who
was drowned in Salmon river on he
/ cember S, 1909, has been found. Il is
now thought that he committed suicide
while respondent
F. E. Johnesse. superintendent 81
I the Thunder Mountain road. has let
4 contract for building il TO the North
western Bridge & Construction com
pany of Boise, for SIS eco.
George Forester. a veteran Of the
civil war, 60 years Of age. died at
1 orohno recently after a lingering H.
ness. He served in Company E. Forty-
eighth Wisconsin infantry, during tie
: rebellion.
/ During a fight Sunday Afternoon
after the baseball game between Boise
and Nampa at Nampa. James y.
Quarles, eolored. Of Boise shot Special
oficer John n. Grogan through the
shoulder Henry Williams. a Boise
bartender. went to the assistance Of
Quarles and was attacked The night
started over an attempt by a BOISE
player TO apologize TO a Nampa player
for spiking him.
Seventy-hve thousand acres Of arid
land will be reclaimed and opened fer
settlement in Idaho as the result of
a deal which has been consummated
in Salt Lake. when the American Pals
Canal & Power company concluded az.
rangements for completing its canal
in Idaho. The contract was awarded
to Lyman Skeen OF Ogden for the cen
struction Of the entire canal system
The cost Of this work. exclusive If
headgates, etc. will amount TO sass.
900. More than 100 men will begin
construction work this week. aud win.
in 80 days II is believed water can be
delivered upon 5000 acres The com.
pany's canal is taken out Of the Snake
river, about IL miles above the town
of Blackfoot. in bingham county, ard
runs southwest So miles. II terminates
just below the American falls. where
II discharges its surplus water back
into the Snake river.