The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-07-16
KENDR|CK HIGHWAY
DISTRICT CHANGES
IMPROVING ROADS ON SEVERAL
RIDGES-HAD MARROW ES-
CAPE RATHER
(From Kendrick Gazette)

| From Kendrick Gazette)
The commissioners of the Kendrick
| Highway district met in regular ses-
sion last Saturday at the city hall
and transacted their usual monthly
business. During the session definite
action regarding repairs and improve
ments to the Little Bear Ridge grade
was taken and authorization for the
immediate start of the work was
given. Our loyal commissioners do
not intend to allow the future ramp
ages of Bear Greek to destroy their
solution of the problem presented at
the forks of Bear Greek lies in the
construction of single bridge across
the East fork.
With the above in mind, they they
started actual work on the building
of new bridge short distance above
the mouth of the East fork of Bear
Greek and are blasting a new road
for several hundred feet on the Little
Bear end of the bridge to connect the
old grade with the bridge approach.
This arrangement will free the struc-
ture from the strain of the double
flood waters of the two creeks and
Bear Ridge at all times.
The new road on American Ridge is
just about completed and is a speci-
men of work which is favorable to the
operation of the districts heavy road
machinery. An unbelievable amount
of construction can be done by the
grader and tractor with two men op-
Grating and a we'll turned pike" is
the result of a few days of steady
work. Before the end of the week,
the new road will be completed from
the forks of the road known as Keene
Corner to the prune dryer just south
of the Frank May ranch. This is one
more improvement which we can chalk
up to the credit of our highway COM
missioners.
Had Narrow Escape.
Jesse Hoffman had narrow escape
from death on Thursday morning
on Sperry grade. In turning out for
team, he was crowded too close to the
edge of the bank and it gave away
under the weight of the car. Had
the edge of the grade, the car and oc-
cupant would certainly have toppled
into the canyon. AS it happened, the
weak resistance of the twig was just
enough to hold the machine on the
grade until Mr.. Hoffman could get
out and get help. Three cars went up
from Kendrick secured the car bv
means of ropes and got it back to
safety. The near accident occurred
near the place where the Fleshman
car rolled down the hill several years
ago.
Kills Big Rather.
Aaron McCrery reports the capture
and immediate demise of a record
running rattle snake on Tuesday of
this week. His royal snakeship, more
than likely, waylaying an N. P. train
near the road crossing about two
miles above town when McCrery
ensued lively chase before the rat
tier gave up his wriggling ghost. The
serpent slipped into tthe tall grass
near the track and McCrery, seeing
that the snake had twelve rattles and
a button, pursued and tried to push
the button with the business end of
his shovel, thus finally succeeding in
his mortury endeavors. Aaron says
that he took unfair advantage of the
rattle snake because it had undoubted-
ly broken its back trying to crawl
around some of the curves in the rail-
road between Kendrick and Troy.
VIII Teach in Alaska.
Miss Hood has accepted a position
as teacher in the high school at Sitka,
Alaska. She plans on leaving here
about the middle of August, giving
her time to arrive in Alaska to start
school Sept 9th. This is not Miss
Hoods firstteaching experience there
and it is because she liked it so well
before that she is planning on return
ing. Miss Hood taught in the Kend-
rick high school last year and did ex-
ceptionally good work. We regret
losing such teacher and citizen, but
if the weather continues hazy as it
has for the past few weeks we will
why she will make the
move. Her mother will also probobly
go to Sitka in the fall.
Owing to alterations in the power
line, caused by construction of the
new road on American ridge, the Pot
atch Electric company has been
forced to cut off the service from the
town for an hour or two during the
week. These interruptions are abso-
utely necessary in order to allow work
IN the high voltage in order to allow
are made as far as possible at time
when the least convenience is caused
% the majority of the power users.