Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-07-05
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-crop Outlook Is Good.
IDAHO NEWS.

The ROCKY MOunldlH bSu 1SlSpnOhS
company has offered reward of $500
for the arrest of some one understand
ing telephone wires, who cut off ca
HE at Pocatello recently.
The telephone operators at Wallace
who went out on a strike a few days
ago have returned to work.
Three Italians were buried in cave
in in a tunnel at the Silver King mine
at Government gulch, near Wardner,
recently and it was IL hours before
thew we're rescued. None of them
we're injured.
The Monarch Timber company is
having constructed two sawmills with
in half mile of the town Of st. Joe.
Mrs. Belle Hall of Priest River, in
her trial for murder of Jack Burnett,
Nav 10. was freed by the jury.
Douglas & Valentine of Pocatello,
Idaho, have sold to G. B. Reynolds of
Kearney, Neb, 16,600 head of sheep
for $66.400
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, it 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-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.
John Broadley escaped from the
county Jail at Moscow while acting as
a 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 bt
done until the exact results of his at
tempt are determined.
The Nez Perez Indians are holding
the celebration of the traditional wa
dance and parade, the festivities last
ing all this week. Delegations from
several tribes in the northwest will
join in the celebration.
In row among some Italians work
ing on the railway near Boomers Ferry
Eli Rigock, who was shot in his lef
side the bullet striking a rib and com
ing out at the lower part of the aldo
men, will recover. Buda Korock, wit
was shot over the left eye with 81
pistol will recover.
Reports emanating from Weiser, re
port that an engineer in the employ o
the Northwestern railroad compan.
has been surveying right of way TO
projected extension.
The striking telephone girls at Pc
catello have decided to go back II
work at the old wage scale, pending
settlement.
No permits are needed to fish ant
hunt on forest reserves.
A most serious coal famine is threat
ening the entire Snake river valley
For over a month there has not beel
pound of coal shipped into Blackfoo
AOi COLulueICldl use.
Much activity is noticed aroun'
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 dorman
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
dAlene; delegates to national conven
ton, Ella Farmin of Standpoint ant
Matilda Lapp of Rathdrum.
The preliminary hearing of Johl
Grenfell, charged with the murder o
John Hunger, was held recently a
Wardner.
While party of &c Pocatello youni
people were on their way to an Indial
dance recently their horses ran ava.
and the entire party was dumped GU
OF the wagon on the rocks in a law
ped. Six were seriously injured, ant
all were more or less bruised.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
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