The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1905-05-11

of the United States. this being I'M
der the treasury department. The
salary ranges from Sl400 to S250O
per year. the position being for life.
AT the age of sixty-four years the
officer is retired on pension equal
ing three fourths of his salary. The
rank is from lieutenant to captain.
Examinations will be held et Boise
and Moscow May II. Is. 10. One
modern language. French. Spanish
or German. is required; also mathe.
MATES and soma of the sciences in
addition to the common branches.
The Twin Falls telephone COM
pany, which has been granted a
franchise to install a telephone sys-
tenn hers, is largely composed of
local people. I. B. Perrins is pres
ident and general manager. and r.
N. McCollum is secretary. S. d.
Burton. of Milmer, and S. H. Hays.
of Boise. both locally interested.
are two of the other members of the
company. The capitalization is
$4,000. Last year a line from
Shoshone to, Twin Falls, via Blue
Lakes, and thence to Miner. a dis
lance of seventy miles. with branch
to Shoshone Falls was constructed.
The poles are set for line to Rock
Greek, which will connect there with
Oakley. Albion and Minidoka. and
the company is only awaiting the
arrival of wire to put this line in OPP
Grafton. Twin Falls Times.
Alfred Doull. of Spokane. Who is
installing the mammoth brick and
tile plant, has begun work on the
foundation of the machine room.
Mr.. Doull says. AZ will erect four
drying vaults $4,000 feet and four
firing kilns twenty feet in diameter.
The several buildings will require
400, 900 brick, of which | shall make
$50, 900 by hand at once. When
completed the plant will be heated
from hot blast fans and work will be
carried on the year around" Be-
ing located but one and ons-hAlf
miles from the city the hauling to
the business center o. railroad will
be but a small item. This is a
much needed industry We have long
hoped would be established in our
locality and by September l Mr..
Doull will have pressed brick on
the market in large quantities at
rate which viii be much less than
any other bnilding material in the
country.-Grangeville Free Press.
Another frightful mining accident
occurred in the old Granite mine on
Nine Mile about eight o'clock Sun
day evening. by which James Ho-
warth may become totally blind.
He and his partner. Billy Miller.
we're mucking out at the face of
forty foot drift run from a 100 foot
drift raise when the accident &C.
Cured Hovarth vas picking the
dirt loose when the point of the pick
struck a piece Of powder in the
muck pile exploding it, shooting
he loose dirt and rock in all direc-
ions. One piece of rock put out
,ne of Hovarth's eyes, another pen
.trated the neck near the throat, in
letting a frightful wound aud many
mailer pieces we're imbedded all
,ver his face. The other eye is
.lso injured and in an effort to save
he sight, he was taken to Spokane
donday afternoon, where he will |
eceive the attention of specialist.
lis wife and Fred S.roh accompan-
I'd him.-State Tribune.
The distinctncss with which the
hoshone falls can be heard in Twin
alls at times is almost awe inspir- Z
u. As rule it is possible for a
-rson to approach within a short
istance of the majestic canyon \
ithout hearing 4 sound which would {
.tray the presence of the falls. :
II depends upon the condition of
lie atmosphere and the direction of )
% wind. Sometimes a stiff north \
st wind, blowing directly from the &
lie ~ tbe tito ill mi ~,vvx >