Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-10-23
THREE NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection Of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-culIlngs
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
Numerous Accidents and Personal
Happenings Occur.
IDAHO NEWS NOTES.
Happenings Occur.


school and the University OF ldano
second team resulted in q tie, no score
being made.
The Northern Pacific line revision
under construction east of Hope VIII
reduce curvature 1850 degrees, re-
duce distance $500 feet and rise and
fall 81 feet. 1t will reduce the max
imum grade on that portion OF the line
from one per cent to one-half OF one
per cent.
A representative of the Hastings In
dustrial company of Chicago has SUD-
mitted proposition to establish a
cannery at Kendrick on the coopera-
tive plan, the plant to be owned and
operated by stockholders.
The proposition of constructing an
electric railroad line from Grangeville
to Lewiston via Denver and Cotton
wood is announced.
University Puget Sound IL, Univer-
sity of Idaho 0, is the score of the
game played at Moscow Saturday. The
attendance and grounds were both
good.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES stage was
driven off the road between Golf and
Whitebird, and, with six passengers,
was precipitated down an embank-
ment nearly so feet high. The night
was very dark and the road rough
from recent rains. The drivers han
ding of his team was unsatisfactory
to the passengers, and they refused to
ride with him, and got out of the
wagon The driver handed the reins
to R. E. Lockwood of Weiser, a pas
senger, and requested him to drive.
This being satisfactory all got into the
stage. They had gone but a short
distance when the accident occurred.
Two men had their breasts crushed
in, and a third had his collarbone
broken. The other three passengers,
one of whom was a woman, were all
more or less bruised.
By the filing of an application in the
office of the state engineer for the
diversion Of water from the Snake
river at Shonshone Falls, the fact is
disclosed that Senator w. A. Clark,
of Montana, who owns tract of land
at the falls, proposes to utilize his
holdings for the establishment of a
large electrical power generating sta
ton. The application calls for q, 900
inches.
Word from Congressman French
that the Latah county fruit and vege-
table exhibit had been given the first
prize and purse of $10O at the Idaho
state fair in Boise. This was the
exhibit shown at the Moscow fair in
September.
The enrolment at the Lewiston nor
NAL school has reached 1872.
Senator Dubois of Idaho, accom-
panied by former Senator Heitfeld, is
at Medical Lake, Wash, for a few
days of recreation.
misunderstanding of orders caused
headon collision on the Occur d'Alene
branch of the Northern Pacific, near.
Borax, Mont, between a work train
and freight train. The engineers
and the firemen jumped and escaped
injury. Much damage was done to the
engines. No one was hurt.
Serious differences have arisen
among the officers and stockholders
If the Reservation Fair association
which the courts will probably be
called on to decide. The fair, which
was held at Peck by the association
he first week this month, was not f.
lancially successful, and the board of
directors accused General Manager
Thomas Kirby with the responsibility.
Vi. Judge, a miner at the Tiger
'oorman, received a serious injury
asst week by falling 40 feet down a
waste chute. He is cut about the head
IND his limbs are badly bruised.
A fatal hunting accident occurred
IN Silver creek, some miles north of
haley recently. Edward Patton. a
,ancher on Silver creek, losing his
lie. The shot was fired by Fred Sic
off OF HALEY.
Ihe Idaho state press association
net at Occur d'Alene city this week.
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