Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1905-05-13
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA,
and OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding county-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Outlook is Bright.
IDAHO SoUlBBS.

one Of the new laws which went
into effect in Idaho May 4, provides
for a Juvenile court.
From present indications at least
$500. GOO will be spent for new build
ings or additions to old ones at Poca-
tello this season.
Monday morning at 7:30 the cadets
81 the University of Idaho left for
their annual encampment, which this
year will be held at Occur d'Alene.
James Wing. an employee of the
Morning mine at Mullan was killed
Sunday by falling down an ore chute
How the accident occurred is not
known
Horticultural Inspector ]. r. Field
says that the prospect Tor a good
crop Of fruit in the Payette valley of
Idaho has never been better than at
this time
More large buildings will be built
this year at Wallace than any year
since the FIRE Of 1890, which wiped out
the business section. The volume of
the building indicates the prosperity
az the district.
The Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine
az Wardner. Idaho, for the second
time this year has raised its monthly
dividend 10 $4,000 and distributed
that huge sum last Thursday among
its stockholders. That makes total
dividends Of $525.000 paid since Jan
uary and S2,796.000 TO date.
Burglars entered the postOffice
building al Kellogg and rihed three
ulls. securing between $50 and $40
Tho greater part Of the money be-
lougod TO d. Price who conducts a
store I'm the building. The exact
amount OF the postoflice loss is not
known.
The council at Twin Falls has fixed
the license for saloons at $4,000 each
per year.
DreXel Van Arsdale. the Il year old
son of c. c. Van Arsdale, was drown
ed late Sunday afternoon two miles
below the mouth of the Clearwater
river. He was caught in a whirlpool.
Nearly 5000 men are now employed
in the great producing mines of the
Occur d'Alenes and in the prospects
of the various sections of the district.
It is doubtful if ever in the history
OF this silverlead region there has at
one time been so great a number of
men employed.
". T. Rice. former treasurer of Sho-
shone county. has returned from To
nopah and Gomfeld. New, where he
and several other mining men from
the Occur d'Alenes spent three months
examining and prospecting the gold
fields MIR. Rice was greatly disap-
pointed In the country and says that
he is satisfied TO remain in the Occur
d'Alcnes which far surpasses the Ne
vada mining district.
The first bounty on cougars. und7r
the new law. was paid at Rathdru
20 Patrick Fox of Laclede. W
brought in a large cougar hide al
was maid SIS by warrant on the CT
rent expense fund. The animal mes
Ured almost nine feet from tip to Il
n was accidentally caught in a be
tran and is the first one that Mr.. f
has seen in that neighborhood.
= Of the several railroad projects
the northwest. that which contei
plates a line from Palouse. in VIII
man county. toward the east and in
tho timber belt of Idaho. is one
notable importance. According
present plans. IL is 10 be only As mi
loug hut &c viii tap an unusually r
country. and as a result of its G
struction there viii probably be m
ufacturing and agricultural develo
ment fuzzy as important as any that
now tributary to any piece of road
equal length.