The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-08-27
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miles east OF Lewiston, destrovas ~
entire town, including II huaau 'ne
houses. The loss will reach , ah
100000. with $4,000 insurance 'e Te
origin of the fire is not known Inc
Boise. William Owens. rano,
living three miles from Merldlan"
fatally hurt Saturday evening h. was
Ing thrown from his horse. He s,. W.
on a rock, badly fracturing his sss,,
At last accounts he was alivo 'Aun.
there is no hope for his recovery 'u'
Lewiston.-Senator Dubois wh.
In the city, has just received ~
graphic advice of the successfu, ras
sage of his examination for sd pas'
lance to the naval academy at Ansne
lis of Leslie Charles Davis. Of Grsrgo
vile. Davis was appointed m,ast1s
man by President Roosevelt m In ]A.r
commentator OF Senator Duho,. '' ~
| Waliace.-lt Is reported that ~,
forest fire that has been raging ~
Lake gulch for several days has bnrn
ed four miles and has reached n.
summit, and is now Threatening soras
of the valuable timber on Slate eres,'
which flows to the st. Joe river Man.
| Wallace residents own timber ca,m,
along Slate creek, and the couros :,
the fire is causing them much anvia,~
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. men worn
sent out last Thursday to fight the for.
est fire raging on Lake gulch, which
Is located just over the hill west NJ
town. The wind had changed during
the late afternoon and evening and
the officials deemed It advisable n
prevent the flames from approaching
any nearer the city. The expense If
the fire fighters will be borne eoually
by the city and county.
Wallace.-1n the probate court here
Curtis LfghtDer was awarded SEM
damages by a jury In suit against
Arthur Powell of Harrison. Lightner
alleged that Powell, who represents
lumber manufacturing company at
Harrison, has purchased a consider.
able quantity of timber from one Jar.
vey. of Kingston, which had been cut
from land owned by him. Powell will
{ appeal the case to thed istrictc curt
The timber is claimed to have been
cut on the north fork of the Occur
| d'Alene river.
st. Marys.-Two men are dead and
a third Is missing as the result Of
d row over alleged claim-jumping on
& Marble creek, near here. Saturday
" night the bodies of p Bouly and N
Lindsay were found on the trail be-
o tween Marble creek and Gordon.
r Bouly's body had 10 bullet holes. The
. bodies were some distance apart. The
third man. Tyler, is missing. Only the
Il most meager information has been OBJ
q tanned here. 1t Is said Bouly and
i. Lindsay were claimjumpers. Nothing
is known about Tyler. The sheriff
e and coroner left for the scene. Er
?. citement prevails in st. Marys, as
there has been threatening talk about
, alleged claim-jumping for several
e months.
= Wallace-Armed with search war
o rant, Sheriff Charles Manley visited
III the premises of Paddy" Burke on
B. Boulder creek, near Mullan, and IN
he one of the cabins discovered IA VIII
il chester rifles. Eleven of them repeat
K ing rifles, 1910 caliber, OF the 1850
re- pattern, while the other three were
m carbines. They were all rusty ron
h. the long time they had lain inactl's
:. in the box in which they were found
- Burke asserts that he was not aware
W of the presence of the rifles on nls
t. premises. He states that he had DOL
e, been in the cabin for the past tn'ee
ts weeks, and that when he was tnsle
be the last time the guns were not III n'
g cabin. He claims he is unable 10 "
plain their presence. 1t is Deiie'sl
,s- that the guns are relics OF tne 'u,v
IA ulent period during the labor trouules
~ of either 1892 OF 1899, since ~llV1
N time they have remained cacneu
re They show little evidence OF has'ns
u" been used.
in Wallace.-After spending part u
DIV two DAYS visiting United States sena,
ell tor Hepburn, F. H. Newell' on's si.r,.
ty the government bureau OF lne ls' Din.
lei alton of arid lands, and Gino'u ..,-r
chot, chief of the government i0, ThIs
bureau, have gone to Spokane A." M.
their trip here was more Oh snr
ture of a friendly visit with o ~ AN.
he Hepburn, still there were severe, ina
40 ferences among them relative ~
,al reclamation projects in the s ssior n
- part of the state and the creation -.
10 forest reserves in the northern
,u' ton. .ro,, and
re- While the views of Mr.. Newer 'l ~
ply Mr.. Pinchott coincide with 'av,s 70
to Senator Hepburn regarding 'n' An,
of clamation projects. there was !, ~
M ference of opinion among them ~ y
AK ference to the formation OF ioie ror Al
mi serves. They are strongly III la' whls
,an the erection of new reserves
Senator Hepburn Is opposeu, erea.
Mr.. Pinchott is advising .ae rosur
ton of a forest reserve IN .ne ahracs
d'Alene district which would , san IN.
ort many thousands of acres o. ~. 'a cosur
to Guiding the headwaters OF su W. He
q d'Alene river and its triputa'', raserss
10 is of the opinion that the aiming
49, would be q great benefit 10 ane me zen.
yer industry of the country. while ,1s astrs
'el ator believes It would act aS
=, ment. ~. here that
the Mr.. Pinchott stated while ns,e d
po- he understood that the resioe .sa o.
the this section were opposed 70 No no be-
the adjustment of a reserve; "a sact thai
pei lieved that was due 70 ~ he resson'
to they failed to understand sns and th'
for the formation of reselse o,,g then
rules and regulations gose.ar rss whlcl
He says that the fores. ~" a,d whicl
now prevail in the country h,a tlmbs
nd are destroying much vaiua - rds yer
avs would be prevented II tne at reserves
Of within the confines Oh ioiN