The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-05-09
IDAHO NEWS.
The Lewiston City band has received


its new uniforms from the east.
William BleVins. federal prisoner.
escaped recently from the county jail
at Moscow.
Harry AAnning's house at Ell!sport
aSs destroyed by fire recently. The
fainil.s'iosf everything.
George Ash. who shot and killed
John Bishop al Buffalo Hump recent.
~. has been arrested at GrangeYtlis
The coming fair and carnival TO be
giyen BY the : d Men and Lewiston
tand during the hrst week in June il
resolving the best Of assurances.
Il Ia persistehtly rumored that Bish-
op H. Smith Wooley Of PoeAiello IL
10 be appointed asssyer In the United
States assay once. succeeding J. w.
Cunningham.
John Burroughs. tho poet and nAtu'
FaltsI. IN .rmpaEy with bis party. con.
sisting u Mrs. y. w. Gilbert and the
Misses gilbert. were entertained ~
Lewiston last week
Idaho university won the debate be
~ cen thu. school and the Blair Busi,
ness college. IN Spokane. Saturday
highI The decision WAS two 10 one
in favor Of the idaho boys.
Harry . Bricn. aged -. VAS shot Al
Standpoint recsnuy. Two men were
quarrriiRE and one shot al the other.
o'Brlen. Who Was 100 yards away Up
the street. received the bullet
The Hope ODD Fellows eelebrateq
The stth anniversary Of the order at
A.hol With odd Fellows Of RAthdrum.
eahdpoint and Hope. II was voted -
bold the neat celebration al Hope
The Capital State bank Of Boise has
purchased the savings department OF
the Home Investment 4 Savings com.
pany. The company wlll go out OF
tusiness At Boise The parent com
PAay At Salt fake viii occupy the neld
IN southeastern Idaho
The county commissioners os Idaho
county have granted a franchise TO-
q toll road 10 the Clear Creek Dcyel
opmsnt company. and = survey IL being
made u the ncu road ~ the souJh
eide 81 the middle fork Of the Clear,
water 10 the mouth OF Clear creek.
The farmers tFamuAy. after being
Idle Tor several weeks while repairs
uerv IN progress. IL again bringing
doSn rraih 10 the railroad and taking
merchandise up to the top Of the bill.
where u can easily be hauled to Ncz
Perez and other towns on the reaeFvA.
,iou
Joseph Christie. superintendent and
builder Of tho z. A. Johnson dam ana
water power. az the mouth of Lotto
creek. estimates that the construction
Of the dam will take Al least ave
raoaihs. and does not believe the cleo.
tEic pewcF will be turned on before
the frat q next December.
Stock subscriptions 20 the koonkia,
Love tTamway arc practically com.
plcied and the trAmway company has
sent Tor engineers to make surveys
FOR io1te. A careful estimate of the
grain that will be delivered TO this
,ramway has bern made, and 70 IL
known tat even with the present
acreage under cultivation. the total
Eill be over 900 600 bushels.
A haie u 81 800 acrca Of timber In
the Clearwater country has been neRo.
,iated to the Potia,ch Lumber com.
pany. which recently bought out the
milling and timber interests 81 the Pa.
louise River Lumber company at Pa.
louise. wash. Tho timber Ia bough,
from the wisconsin Log & Lumber
company and the Northland Pine com.
pany. According 20 the papers nIea
for record. the price IL tl3s.l0o. This
IL for the timber only,
Mildred and Bernard chipmAn, aged
and II years. were drowned in the
Snake river recently near Billiards.
Landing Mr.. J. II. Pearson offers
reward for the recovery Of the bodies.
Mr.. Chipman. foreman Of the Reed
mine. accompanied by his two children.
started for BAllard's landing IN q skin
with bud Prescott and Ed Phelps The
boat was capsiEed. and although the
men managed 10 swim ashore. the two
Chiliren were drowned.
Announcement is made by Senator
Dubois that himself and associates
have been granted a franchise by the
state engineer TO appropriate water
from Lake waha. lying 20 miles south
OF Lewiston. for irrigation and power
purposes. The syndicate at present In.
terested includes Senator Dubois, form.
or Senator Heitfeld. both Of Idaho;
former Congressman Lafe Pence Of
Colorado. and J, Il. Trainor Of Chicago.
and is known as the Lewiston. waha
Land, Water q Power company.
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One factory at st. Etienne. France.
made last year 26s cannon to be used