The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-11
news NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
And OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
4 Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Plaee-Fail Trade Is Good.
IDAHO NEWS.

The supreme court of Idaho, in a de-
cision rendered recently has decided
that land owners along the Occur
.d'Alene river in northern Idaho have
a right TO bring suit and have their
cases tried when they allege that their
farms have been flooded and grass de-
stroyed because the big silver-lead
mines Of the Occur d'Alenes have
dumped poisonous refuse into the
river.
The steamer Mountain Bell has been
towing lumber TO Lakeview, on Lake
Pen d'Oreille. 1t is understood that
the miners OF that section will build
a bridge across one OF the streams so
that ore can be hauled on the lake to
be loaded on boats. The ore will
possibly be smelted at the smelter
here.
The water in the south fork of the
Occur d'Aleue river is still on the
rampage. and further damage is
threatened.
District court at Moscow has been
adjourned till May IA. and the jury
is to report May 2S. Judge Steel is
sick at Lewiston with the grip, but
is reported improving.
The new double cilinder chemical
fire engine bought by the city of
Gr~angeville arrived in fine condition.
L is the latest improved machine of
its kind.
D. J. Lambert Of La Grande, Ore,
has purchased the mill and timber at
Council belonging 10 the Richardson
SawmilI company. This is one of the
mills in the section, having a
capacity OF 10000 feet daily.
Major George A. Manning, depart
nent commander Of the department Of
Idaho. Grand Army of the Republic,
has issued his order naming June &c,
= and > as the dates for the annual
sncampment. which is TO held in
2ayette.
The Oregon Railroad G. Navigation
company is making preparation to
lush its work along the Snake river.
md early this week construction will
tart out of Huntington, n"ortheasterly
long the stream to a point west of
,ouncil. McCabe & Peterson have the
ontract TO build 81 miles of line.
The firm is also doing considerable
york on the Riparia-L Lewiston branch.
which will be rushed to completion
The Hunter Mining company at
Julian will 500 be running its ma.
hinery by electric power supplied by
NTo=hfnnFr, VN~,+-- -
any of Spokane.
Timber owners operating in the
'oeur d'Alene district Of northern
1aho have begun the formation of an
s%sociation for the prevention of for
ST fires in the vicinity of their hold I
lgs. (
At an early hour Sunday morning
s~anguinary fight occurred on a
train of the Short Line at
richard. Brakeman Milan Miller was d
by a tramp in the groin, but is /
OF thought to be fatally wounded.
Oscar Lafavor, the miner who fell G
. feet down an ore chute in the v
tandard mine at Burke, is seriously
His spinal cord is broken
the entire lower portion of his L
ody is totally paralyzed. If he sur b
he will be a hopeless cripple. n
is wife and family of little ones are
it'll him. s
The sheriff has paid into the Sho- G
county treasury a total of s25.- "
in liquor, pool and billiard H.
enses. A considerable mount of fl
lis is for saloon licenses which will s
Ipire March 81 1907 a