Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-03-08
NORTHWEST STATES.
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA NEWS.
A Few interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country--Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-FaiI Trade Is Good.
IDAHO NEWS.

IDAHO NEWS.
Tho appropriations committees of
the Two houses have agreed upon
sums to be granted state Institutions. |
The total amount of the bond issue
decided upon was $751; 900, which
leaves a margin of $4,000 on the
states bonding limit of $300,800. The
conclusions reached by the committee
ON the bond issue for the several in
situations were as follows:
Lewiston state normal school, $40,-
900.
Albion state normal school, $40, 900.
Academy Of Idaho at Pocatello, $21,-
600.
Idaho industrial training school,
$4,000
State university, $4,000.
Soldiers home, $4,000.
Asylum at Orofino, $4,000.
Capitol building. $4,000.
This does not include university
short term bonds not to be issued I'M
til after the next meeting of the state
board of equalization.
John Stellman, living north Of Mes
Perez, had 30 hogs drowned in the
pond at his place last week.
During the extremely cold weather a
hole was cut in the ice in the center
of the pond so the stock could get
water. About so hogs went on the
ice to get drink and broke through.
Frank L. White has sold his Mos
COW nurseries to Rice Mumm Of SpO-
kane, who will move the entire stock
t. that city.
The Motter-Wheeler department
store at Moscow has closed it's bust
ness.
The sheepmen met their Waterloo
Saturday at Boise. 1t came about in
the senate, where their bill to amend
the two-mile limit law relative to
grazing of sheep was defeated, the
vote standing 10 to IL.
There will be a council of Nez Perez
Indians at Lapwai this week. They
will gather there to take some action
on the partial destruction of the spec,
ial Neg Perez forest reserve.
Despite the fact that there are slight
chances of ever recovering the body
road & Navigation cOmpany's civil
engineer, who was drowned recently
strict search is to be made.
The First Baptists church of Boise
has closed deal for property con
uering upon which a church will Ill
timately be built costing $4,000 to
100000
Senator Dubois has signed a con.
tract with the Slayton Lyceum bureau
to lecture at Chataqua assemblies in
all parts of the United States this
summer, his theme in all cases being
the Mormon question.
The assessing of Kootenai county
property has been begun. 1t is
thought the assessed valuation has in
creased greatly. In Occur d'Alene it
is claimed the increase will make
fully SO 1-3 per cent over last year,
H. L. Day and Barney O'Neill OF
Wallace, Idaho, gave a dinner Sun
day night at the New Willard hotel
at the national capital in honor OF
Senator and Mrs. Dubois. Others
present we're Senator-elect Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., of Oregon; Major and
Mrs. Galbraith, Miss Mary Galbraith
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Arney.
Landslides on the Clearwater
branch of the Northern Pacific have
been so troublesome this spring that
the company has decided the question
OF deserving the present route and
building on another. The worst slide
Of the season occurred Friday morn
ing. covering the track for a distance
of 200 feet