The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-05-08
IDAHO NEWS.

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The Lewiston City band has received
Its new uniforms from the east.
William Blevins. federal prisoner
escaped recently from the county jai
at Moscow.
Harry Manning's house at Ellispor
was destroyed by fire recently. Til,
family lost everything.
| George Ash, who shot and kille.
EJohn Bishop at Buffalo Hump recent
~, has been arrested at Grangeville
The coming fair and carnival to bs
given by the Red Men and Lewisto.
band during the first week in June i.
receiving the best of assurances.
1t is persistently rumored that Bish
op Fl. Smith Wooley of Pocatello il
TO be appointed assayer in the Unitec
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 al
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 OBrien, aged %, 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
The Hope Odd Fellows celebrated
the Saith anniversary of the order at
Athol with Odd Fellows of Rathdrum,
Standpoint and Hope. 1t was voted t.
hold the next celebration at Hope.
The Capital State bank of Boise has
purchased the savings department OF
the Home Investment & Savings com.
pany. The company will 60 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 franchise for
toll road to the Clear Creek Devel-
opmenr company, and a survey is being
made of the new road up the SCUM
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 it can easily be hauled to Nez
Perez and other towns on the reserva-
ton.
Joseph Christie, superintendent and
builder OF the q. A. Johnson dam and
water power, at the mouth of Lolo
creek, estimates that the construction
Of the dam will take at least five
and does not believe the cleo
tric power will be turned on before
the first of next December.
Stock subscriptions to the Kooskia-
Lowe tramway are practically COM
pleted and the tramway company has
senc for engineers to make surveys
.or route. A careful estimate of the
grain that will be delivered to this
,ramway has been made, and it is
known that even with the present
acreage under cultivation, the total
will be over 100000 bushels.
A sale of 31,50O acres of timber in |
he Clearwater country has been nego-
lated to the Potlatch Lumber CON-
'any, which recently bought out the
Milling and timber interests of the Pa
ouse River Lumber company at Pa
ouse, Wash. The timber is bought
rom the Wisconsin Log & Lumber
company and the Northland Pine com.
'any. According to the papers filed
or record, the price is $136,10 This
S for the timber only.
Mildred and Bernard Chapman, aged
and IL years, were drowned in the
snake river recently near Billiards.
landing. Mr.. J. H. Pearson offers a
eward for the recovery of the bodies.
dr. Chipman, foreman of the Reed
nine, accompanied by his two children.
tarted for Billiards. landing in a skiff
With Bud Prescott and Ed Phelps. The
'oat was capsized, and although the
men managed to swim ashore, the two
hildren were drowned.
Announcement is made by Senator
dubois that himself and associates
AVE been granted a franchise by the
tate engineer to appropriate water
rom Lake Waha, lying 20 miles south
It Lewiston, for irrigation and power
purposes. The syndicate at present In
includes Senator Dubois, form
r Senator Heitfeld, both of Idaho;
ormer Congressman LATE Pence of
colorado, and ]. e. Trainor of Chicago,
nd is known as the lewiston aha
and, Water & Power company.