Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-11
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IDAHO NEWS.

IDAHO NEWS.
The supreme court of Idaho, in 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 %. Judge Steel is
sick at Lewiston with the grip, but
is reported improving.
D. ]. Lambert of La Grande, Ore,
has purchased the mill and timber at
Council belonging to the Richardson
Sawmill company. This is one of the
largest mills in the section having
capacity of 10000 feet daily.
The new double cilinder chemical
fire engine bought by the city of
Grangeville arrived in fine condition.
It is the latest improved machine of
it's kind.
Major George A. Manning, depart
ment commander of the department of
Idaho. Grand Army of the Republic,
has issued his order naming June &c,
q and % as the dates for the annual
encampment, which is to held in
Payette.
The Oregon Railroad & Navigation
company is making preparation to
push its work along the Snake river
and early this week construction will
start out of Huntington, northeasterly
along the stream to point west of
Council. McCabe & Peterson have the
contract to build 81 miles of line
The firm is also doing considerable
work on the DISQUALIFICATION branch
which will be rushed to completion
The Hunter Mining company at
Mullan will soon be running it's ma
chinery by electric power supplied by
hn
pany of Spokane.
Timber owners operating in the
Occur d'Alene district of northern
Idaho have begun the formation of an
association for the prevention of for
est fires in the vicinity of their hold
ings.
At an early hour Sunday morning
a sanguinary fight occurred on a
freight train of the Short Line at
Orchard. Brakeman Milan Miller was
shot by tramp in the groin, but is
not thought to be fatally wounded.
Oscar Lafavor, the miner who fell
80 feet down an ore chute in the
Standard mine at Burke, is seriously
injured. His spinal cord is broken
anu Ine SnIlre lower pOrIlon Vi his
body is totally paralyzed. If he sur
wives he will be a hopeless cripple.
His wife and family of little ones are
with him.
The sheriff has paid into the Sho-
shone county treasury a total of $685.
1875 in liquor, pool and billiard IL
censes. A considerable amount of
tbic &c fOy eo1ooy Jioopeos which will
expire March 81, 1907