Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-22
pal convention has placed itself on
record as favoring the division Of the.
Oregon diocese, the western portion to
be separate from the eastern.
IDAHO ITEMS.

Five carloads of hogs were shipped
from Lewiston, Saturday, consigned to
Seattle.
The average daily attendance Of pu-
pills in the Moscow school last term
was TAG.
The biggest celebration in the his.
tory of the town will take place July
4 at Medimont.
Moscow is having installed new rs
horse power gasoline engine In the
pumping station.
Work on the Genesee water works
is at standstill, owing to the non.
arrival of piping.
Everything was in readiness at the
mills. Of the Occur a'Alene Lumber
company to start saving Monday.
Mrs. David Pugh. living a mile ard
a half southeast Of Nez Perce, was
gored by an infuriated COW Saturday
afternoon, and it is feared was fatally
injured.
AT Neg Perce the two and one half
year old son Of l.. W. Edmister was
accidentally burned to death recently.
Hallett Abend of Lewiston has been
notified of the death Of his grandfath-
er, Edward Abend, aged 81. at Belle
vile, ILL.,, leaving him $4,000.
The $4,000 issue of school bonds of
Weiser independent school district
have been sold to the state at par. The
bonds are issued to construct high
school building.
Work of placing machinery in the
new steamer Mountain Gem at Lewis
ton is being rushed, and 1t is thought
the boat will be ready to make tho
initial trip by July s.
Private Maris of G. company, a rest.
dent of Lewiston, won the medal for
the best craftsmanship in the cadet
battalion at the Washington state col.
lege. The medal was won by the
score of Is out of possible 100 at 30U
yards. a
The federal laws on marine inspec-
tion do not apply to Lake Occur d'Al
enc, because 1t is wholly within Idaho
and is not subject tc federal authority.
Senator Hepburn will not deliver
the Fourth of July oration at Wallace.
A few hours before he received the in
vitation from the Wallace committee
he received a telegram from Occur
d'Alene requesting him to address the
citizens there on the Fourth. He wired
his acceptance.
Crop prospects throughout the Clear
water country were never better. The
acreage in grain is unusually large. On
the lower lands the grain is far enough
advanced to be considered safe.
Adjutant General vickers has been
informed the proposed participation of
the Idaho regiment In the American
Lake encampment can be accomplish
ed II the strength Of the 10 companies
that would go be kept down to an av-
erage Of SIS men.
The present year In the KOotenai
valley has been an exceptional one.
The drouth does not appear to have
damaged crops to any extent What
grain has been put In Is in fair condi.
tion. The hay crop Is expected to ex.
ceed any in the valley for years. The
fruit production will be enormous II
the present conditions continue.
The Idaho Consolidated Power COM
pany has just been Incorporated at
Cheyenne. Wyo., with a capital Of 81
100000. The new company takes In
all the existing power plants of south.
eastern Idaho and controls all the prop
critics and franchises. 1t is proposed
by the company to merge the existing
plants at American Falls into one
mammoth plant and the capacity Of
1000 horsepower will be increased to
25, 900 horsepower.
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