Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-05-30
IDAHO NEWS.

Beginning May 81. the steamer Geor-
gia Cakes will make Sunday trips
around Lake Occur d'Alene to accom-
modate excursion parties and camp
ers.
A rate of one fare and third is an
nounced to Lewiston on the occasion
of the Red Mems carnival there, June
I-6.
In the Nez Perez prairie it is be-
lieved the aggregate yield of grain this
year will be fully % per cent greater
than ever before.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company will make improvements in
the telephone system at Wardner to
the extent of $1,000 or over.
The souvenir presented to President
Roosevelt on his visit to Wallace was
small pyramid consisting of galena,
copper, silver, gold and gold quartz
Three sales of this years wool clip,
aggregating $4,000 pounds, were made
last Saturday at Lewiston to F. e.
Green, representing Boston manufac-
turers.
have received 1000 signatures asking
that daily mail be established be-
tween Lewiston and Cottonwood and
Grangeyille.
Charles A. Dunn of Wallace, who
received the appointment to Annapolis
by United States Senator w. B. Hey
Lurn, has received word that he passed
the examination.
The body of Charles Miller, who
was drowned in Salmon river on De-
cember 8, 1902, has been found. 1t is
now thought that he committed suicide
while respondent.
George Forester, veteran of the
civil war, 60 years Of age, died at
Orofno recently after a lingering i'll
ness. He served in Company e, Forty
eighth Wisconsin infantry, during the
rebellion.
During a fight Sunday afternoon
after the baseball game between Boise
and Nampa at Nampa, James F.
Quarles colored, of Boise shot Special
officer John N. Grogan through the
shoulder. Henry Williams, Boise
bartender, went to the assistance of
Quarles and was attacked. The fight
started over an attempt by a Boise
player to apologize to a Nampa player
for spiking him.
f. E, Johnesse, superintendent of
the Thunder Mountain road, has let a
contract for building it to the North
Western Bridge e Construction COM
pany of Boise, for $4,000.
A new passenger boat is being built |
to ply on lake Couer d'Alene and to
the head of navigation on the st: Joe
and the st. Maries, rivers. 1t is ex-
pected she will be able to make Is
miles an hour She will be completed
in about two months.
Work on construction of the tram
way from Summit to Lenore will be
commenced in June. This tramway
will be over $4,000 feet in length.
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 5572 |
votes.
The ferryboat on the North Fork |
of the Clearwater at Ahsahka, which |
broke loose a week ago, is still out.
Announcement is made that the Ket-
tenbach Grain company has completed |
arrangements for taking over the grain |
and warehouse business of Kerr, Gift |
ford & Co., in the Clearwater country, |
end that the transfer will be made at
once
Seventy-fiye thousand acres of arid
land will be reclaimed and opened for
settlement in Idaho as the result of
a deal which has been consummated
in Salt Lake. when the American Falls
Canal & Power company concluded ar
rangements for completing its canal
in Idaho. The contract was awarded
to Lyman Skeen of Ogden for the con-
struction of the entire canal system.
The cost of this work, exclusive of
headgates. etc, will amount to $685.
600. More than 100 men will begin
construction work this week, and with
in 80 days 1t is believed water can be
delivered upon 5000 acres. The COM
paay's canal is taken out of the Snake
river, about IL miles above the town
of Blackfoot. in Bingham county, and
runs southwest So miles 1t terminates
Just below the American falls, where
1t discharges it's surplus water back
into the Snake river.
KILLED BY EXPLOSION.