The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-02-13
Over the County

The annual report of the Potlatch
highway district has been filed with
the county commissioners. The report
shows the cost of the contemplated
highways through that district, the to-
tai cost of each and the cost per
mile.
The north and south state high
way runs through this district for
about 10 miles and the cost of building
this is estimated at SIT ,S94.77 per
mile. The total cost is placed at
S175,64414 for construction and the
engineering cost is estimated at lO
per cent of this, or $17,569.41, making
total of $193,262.55 for the state high
-rray through that district The state
spays half of the cost of constructing
this line. 1t gets federal aid the
government will pay so per cent, the
state, one-sixth and the district one
third. There has been spent on this
highway up to date, $955.SS for perlim-
mary and $2413.75 for location survey
The Hepburn Park highway is part
1y in the Potlatch district. The to-
tai cost of this part of the Hepburn
Park highway is $71,123.62. The cost
per mile is very much below that or
the north and south highway, being
estimated at $11,S5394 per mile, as
compared with almost $4,000 per mile
for the north and south highway.
Laterals are to be built from these
state highways. One from Deep Creek
to Garfield is estimated to cost $55, 40.
Lateral No. 2, from Potlatch to the
state line near Palouse, via Kennedy
Ford, is estimated to cost $2S,S9O.
No. 8, which runs from one of the 9TH
ers to the state line near Palouse,
from the northeast, is expected to cost
S24,61O-Star-M Mirror.
Genesee News: Word was brot
in from the district just west of
town, last Thursday afternoon, that
something "turrible" had happen
ed to our "Cannonball' and that
help should be dispatched at once
an order to save the stranded
''crew" or the portion that remain
ed on the part that had been ruth.
lessly left behind-stranded, as il
were.
1t seems that Jonny Roberts anc
his engineer and crew were going
merrlly on their way to Uniontowr
last Thursday afternoon, wher
something out OF the ordinary hap
pened. When a little more thar
a mile west of town the rear end O.
the train, which consisted of som'
two or three cars, was lett behind
while the engine and the rest of tn
train" went on its way to Union
town. However, the grapevin
telegraph. which is sometimes used
was brought into play and tn
engineer was informed that he ha
left half of his train back on tn
track several miles and was request
ed to return for Johnny and thos
in the baggage car behind.'
Troy News: The Troy Lumber (
Manufacturing Co., held its annus
meeting in Troy Tuesday and elec
ed officers for the ensuing tern
The following board of director
was elected: Axel and O. Bohma'
W. M Duthie, August Peterson
Chas.' Freed, Peter Mattson and Pe
Johanson. The officers ar
August Peterson, president; W. \
Duthle, vice president; o. Bohma
secretary; August Peterson, ma
ager Charleston plant; Axel Bohma
manager Troy plant and mills.
The company which is one of tt
largest manufacturing enterpris
of the kind in the Inland Empir
enjoyed it's biggest years busine
in the year just closed, and t
prospects for the future are ST.
more promising than ever before.
W. F. Albright was in tos
Tuesday from the lower Potlat
creek section. He has just compl'
ed an examination of the fri
trees at his place and states that
Afnds that serious damage has ]
suited to the trees from the extrel
- cold spell recently. Sweet cherr
and peaches have probably been
the hardest, he asys, and these cro
Of fruit will be almost a mir
quantity this season. The Bi
cherries are all killed and 40
cent of the Lamberts are destroy
The chatham variety will not vi,
more than 40 per cent of or
Mr.. Albright says. The sour ch
ries however, seem to have escaI
and the prospects are for g
crop, he thinks. lhe peach c.
will be practically failure,