Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-06
IDAHO NEWS.

UNIV tN@NV
The Lewiston City band has received
its new uniforms from the east.
William Blevins, federal prisoner,
escaped recently from the county Jail
;.t Moscow.
Harry Nanning's house at Ell:sport
Vas destroyed by fire recently. The
Tamil" lost everything.
George Ash. who shot and killed
John Bishop at Buffalo Hump recent.
~, haS been arrested at Grangeville
The coming fair and carnival to DO
given by the Red Men and Lewiston
rand during the first week in June IS
receiving the best of assurances
II is persistently rumored that Bish.
op II. Smith Wooley of Pocatello is
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 ut
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 90, was shot at
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.
h., 4
The saith anniversary of the order at
Athol with Odd Fellows of Rathdrum,
Standpoint and Hope. 1t was voted ID
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 a franchise for
toll road to the Clear Creek Devel.
oDmenr company. and survey is being
made of the new road up the soutn
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 1t can easily be hauled to Nez
Perce and other towns on the reserva-
tion.
Joseph Christie, superintendent and
builder of the Y. A. Johnson dam ana
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 elec.
tric power will be turned on before
the first Of next December.
Stock subscriptions to the Kooskia-
Lowe traEway are practically com.
plcted and the tramway company has
5ent for engineers to make surveys
FOR n route. A careful estimate of the
grain that will be delivered to this
tramway has been made, and II is
known that even with the present
acreage under cultivation, the total
will be over 100000 bushels.
Mildred and Bernard Chapman, aged
and II years. were drowned In tho
Snake river recently near Ballard's
Landing. Mr.. J. II. Pearson offers 4
reward for the recovery Of the bodies.
Mr.. CIipman. foreman OF the Reed
mine, accompanied by his two children,
started for Billiards. landing In a skin
with Bud Prescott and Ed Phelps The
boat was capsized. and although the
men managed to swim ashore. the two
children 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
purposes The syndicate at present In
terested includes Senator Dubois, form.
er Senator Heitfeld, both Of Idaho;
former Congressman Lafe Pence OF
Colorado and J. f. Trainor of Chicago.
and is known as the Lewiston. .Waha
Land. Water e. Power company.