The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-04-27
NEWSOf NORTHWEST.
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON news ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges OF the Sur.
rounding country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-Fall Trade 10 Good.
IDAHO NEWS.

The war department has ordered two
troops of cavalry, now stationed at
Walla Walla, to make a practice march
to Boise.
The Hecla Mining company of Wal
lace has distributed it's April dividend
of $4,000 or cents share. This
il the mines thirty-fourth dividend.
Last month it paid a quarterly divi-
dend of $4,000. AS the mine is in
corporated for 100000 shares, the
April dividend amounts to 2 cents a
share. 1t brings the total amount paid
in dividends by the mine since its
first, August rs, 1900, to $660,000.
Three men, Harry Williams, charg-
ed with passing a forged check at
Mineral last fall, William Burgess and
John McHargue, both under sentence
for gambling, escaped recently from
the county Jail at Weiser.
Governor Gooding has asked all the
| citizens to help suffering Californians.
Isaac Gregory of Sites lost his
right hand recently while working in
| Landon's sawmill. The man was en-
gagged in taking lumber from the saw
The auditors annual report, filed
with the county commissioners, for
1905 shows the assessed valuation
OF property in Kootenai county to be
| $6,6S4,9 $3.50, which, under a levy of 81
mills for state and county purposes
produces a revenue of $213,919. or
this there remains uncollected $27,-
419. In addition the revenue from the
sale of liquor and other licenses
amounted to $52,096 and cash on hand
at the beginning of the year to $S217.
Officers of the Panhandle Smelling
company announce that the plant at
Boundary, will blow in May Is.
Dan Hunt, brickmaker of Boise
lost his life recently as result OF
ID peculiar accident. w. A. Daven
port and a man named Evans had a
runaway, smashing the buggy. They
were taking the team to the barn
driving them with the neck-yoke
fastened to the breast straps, and the
driver walking behind. Hunt was or
load of brick going in the same
direction. AS the runaway team ap
preached the brick wagon they start
ed to run, dashing right at the wagon
One horse went on each side, the neck
yoke being tipped up over the Wagon
and sweeping Hunt off. 1t is though
one wheel passed over the man.
. shoulder. He died half an hour later
: Deceased was SO years old and I'm
married. t
Blue Bell temple No. IS, Rathbon'
Sisters, has recently been organized
, at Wallace with 3S charter members
n Because of exceedingly warn
=. weather throughout the Coeu
!, G'Alenes during the last week, cor
siderable apprehension is being fel
y by residents over the swollen cor
dition of the south fork of the Coeu
n cvAlene river.
G. w. Williams, proprietor of tn
raging to put on stage line fror
Z Kamiah to Cottonwood via Nez Perc
5 after May 1, when the summer schet
y ule takes effect.
l. The Fort Lemhi Indian agent ha
s teIegraphed the Indian Office q
t. Washington, d. G. that the news
PAPER reports to the effect that tn
Lemhi Indians OF Idaho are starving
are erroneous, and that it Is possibl
}; to handle the situation for a mont
L with embarrassment. He also wire
U Commissioner Leupp that credit
}; being withheld from the Indians Z
&c account of their proposed removal.