Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-02-02

rival, and the latter's mother and
sister, left what Is believed to have
been a considerable quantity of gold
dust buried along the Yukon river in
Alaska.
The new town of Potlatch, the home
of the Potlatch Lumber company's big
sawmill and lumber plant, is making
more rapid growth than any town In
the history of the state, outside of a
mining camp.
The state land board has been COM
sale at Occur d'Alene City, as the time
limit to remove the timber has been
extended from three years as fixed
in the present advertisement, to 10
years from date of sale. The sale
has been postponed until March 6,
1906.
Sites and surrounding country now
have the worst roads of the season.
The bridge over the Clearwater be-
tween Sites and Kooskia is now COM
pleted.
Archie ellis, foreman of the carpen-
ter gang at the Morning mill at Null
Ian, narrowly escaped losing his left
hand. If not his life, recently. While
working around the machinery Mr.
ellis allowed his left hand to become
caught in a rapidly revolving pulley.
The dance hall and saloon conduct
ed by William Moore for the past, six
months at Wardner has closed its
doors and ceased to do business.
F. F. Johnson, president of the First
National bank of Wallace, has gone
to Twin Falls to open bids for the
construction of a building for the
First National bank of Twin Falls.
The Occur d'Alene land Office is
Withdrawing an additional II town
ships and adding the tract to the
Priest River reserve. The withdraw
land in Kootenai county lies due cas-
of the Priest River forest reserve anC
is contiguous to it.
The Idaho Cedarmen's association
has been formed recently in Spokane
with Idaho men in the company anC
one Spokane man. The purpose of The
organization will be to establish ;
uniform grade, and rules governing
the inspection of telephone, telegraph
, and electric light poles.
Wardner, Idaho, Jan. 81. Fire
starting in the Flint stope, between
the sixth and seventh levels has driver
the miners from their work in thu
Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine.
The origin of the fire is unknown
1t was probably started by the firing
of blast or caused by candle being
left in the timbers.
+ MONTANA soUIBBs.
9 Harry A. Kennedy, one of the bes
; known mining engineers in Butte, an
: well known business man, was re
T. Gently instantly crushed to death i
the 1900 foot underground shaft in tn
n Pittsmont mine while engaged i
measuring the distance of a drift
= Death came without warning, larg
> mass of rock crushing Kennedy
chest and body in as if it were a
e eggshell and breaking his neck
g Smith Higgins and Mrs. Emm
Rowe of Missoula have been unde
n arrest at Juneau charged with tn
i theft of $500, the property of the fou
p minor children of Mrs. Rowe, whol
t she is accused of deserving to ru
/, away with Higgins.
e Butte is again wide open town, th
e games opening with flourish Las
e. Monday after a suspension of 81
Ie months, during which time it is est
S. mated the county and city official
le were quarreling over the so Gale
K. "license money" County Attorne
- James E. Healy, up to this time, ha
), repeatedly assured the public Of his d.
\ termination to suppress gambling
which, on the statute books,is felony
but now he has put himself on recor
as saying he is in favor of wide ope
:, gambling and is thoroughly tired {
- the gambling question. The play o
- Monday was extremely heavy, GROVE
" packing the various tables to almo
the point of suffocation.
Fire of unknown origin has PARTIAL
: destroyed Senator Clark's Butte RI
u duction works at Butte. The fire Ell
y veloped the concentration building
10 which it started and the large elevate
~ used for conveying concentrates. tt
engine house with valuable machineI
and the smelter plant was saved. 4
IL 81. Wetbey, local manager for Senate
D. Clark, estimates the loss at $500, 00'
y only partially insured. The plant wi
r. be rebuilt soon as possible. Meanwhil
IN all ore from Clark properties will
N treated at the Washoe smelter in AMI
y conda.
OREGON ITEMS.
Id Kull Keller, an old and respecte