Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-07-03
IDAHO NEWS.

The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company has offered reward Of $500
for the arrest of some one understand
ing telephone wires, who cut off ca
BILE at Pocatello recently.
The telephone operators at Wallace
who went out on a strike few days
ago have returned to work.
Three Italians were buried in cave
in in tunnel at the Silver King mine
at Government gulch, near Wardner
recently and it was II hours before
they were rescued. None of them
were injured.
The Monarch Timber company is
having constructed two sawmills with.
in a half mile of the town of st. Joe,
Mrs. Belle Hall of Priest River, in
her trial for murder of Jack Burnett,
May 10, was freed by the jury.
Douglas & Valentine of Pocatello,
Idaho, have sold to G. B. Reynolds of
Kearney, Neb., $4,000 head of sheep
for $66.4OO.
Much interest is being taken in the
proposed extension of the B. R. Lewis
railroad into the Occur, d'Alene reser.
walton, where, it is claimed, 1t will
intersect at some point between Chat
colet and Tekoa the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railroad, which is now
in course Of construction.
The annual summer movement of
sheep toward the mountain ranges and
forest reserves has begun.
The steamer Mountain Gem, which
has been sold to the Idaho-P Portland
Cement company to the Columbia and
Okanogan Steamboat company, has
gone to the Columbia river, where she
will become a tramp steamer in ser
vice around Pasco. o.
John Broadley escaped from the
county Jail at Moscow while acting as
la trusty.
Up to the present time no charges
have been filed against Thomas Eagen,
the man who shot Miss Hilda Carlson
at Cottonwood, and nothing will be
done until the exact results of his at.
tempt are determined.
The Nez Perez Indians are holding
the celebration Of the traditional war
dance and parade, the festivities last.
ing all this week. Delegations from
several tribes in the northwest will
join in the celebration.
In a row among some Italians work.
ing on the railway near Boomers Ferry
Eli Rigock, who was shot in his left
side, the bullet striking rib and com
ing out at the lower part of the abdo
men, will recover. Buda Korock, who
was shot over the left eye with q 50
pistol, will recover.
Reports emanating from Weiser. re-
port that an engineer in the employ Of
the Northwestern railroad company
has been surveying a right Of way fol
a projected extension.
The striking telephone girls at Pc
catello have decided to go back tc
work at the old wage scale, pending q
settlement.
No permits are needed to fish and
hunt on forest reserves.
A most serious coal famine is threat
ening the entire Snake river valley
For over a month there has not been
a pound Of coal shipped into Blackfoot
for commercial use.
Much activity is noticed around
Standpoint and Lake Pend d'Oreille re
Gently as a result Of the Panhandle
smelter starting up and the mining in
dustry, which has been lying dormant
for some time, is beginning to show
evidence Of active operation.
| The w. R. c. of the Idaho depart
ment of the G. A. r. has elected thu
following officers for the ensuing year
President, Laura Dodd of Boise; sen
Tor vice, Mary E. Post of Rathdrum
junior vice, Ella Hamlin of Lewiston
chaplain, Sallie A. Kimball of Weiser
treasurer, Celia A. Moss of Payette
secretary, Lille M. Nesbitt of Coeu
d'Alene; delegates to national conven
ton, Ella Farmin of Standpoint ant
Matilda Lapp of Rathdrum.
While a party Of 26 Pocatello younl
people were on their way to an Indial
dance recently their horses ran ava,
and the entire party was dumped on
of the wagon on the rocks in a Law,