An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 148

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The following courses are accordingly offered, leading to the corresponding degrees: In the College of Letters and Sciences-The classical course leads to the degree of Bachelor of Arts: the scientific course leads to the degree of Bachelor of Sciences ; the course in music and the allied subjects leads to the degree of Bachelor of Music. In the College of Agriculture- The course in agriculture and horticulture leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science. In the School of Applied Science-The course in civil engineering leads to the degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering, and the course in mining leads to the degree of Bachelor of Engineer of Mines. In the Preparatory School- the classical and scientific courses prepare for admis- sion to the corresponding courses in the college; the English course prepares for admission to the College of Agriculture and the School of Applied Science.

The experimental station, operated under the Hatch act. has been a department of the university since 1892. The original idea was to conduct the ex- perimental work on farms in different parts of the state. Three tracts of 160 acres each were secured by donations from citizens near Grangeville, near Nampa and near Idaho Falls. Later, at the sugges- tion of the national authorities, these were ordered abandoned by the regents in 1896. That year citizens of Moscow purchased a farm of 90 acres near the college, and donated it to the school for use as an experimental station. June, 1902, the regents adopt- ed the policy of separating so far as possible the work of the experimental station and that of the colleges. It was decided to separate the duties of the president and director of the experimental station and appoint one of the officers of the station as director. which was done. A feature of the work of this portion of the institution is the conduct of farmers institutes in the different parts of the state. Publications are also issued covering the results of experiments and re- search, which give information of great value to the farmers and fruit raisers. Students of the college of agriculture do all the practical work on the farm and are paid for their services. The farm is equipped with barns, buildings and implements suitable for experi- mentation and instruction. In one building is a butter making room, a cheese room, a laboratory for testing milk, an engine room and cheese testing rooms. And in addition to these are store rooms for seeds, grains and vegetables. A model greenhouse, of glass and iron, 18 by 50 feet in size, is connected with the agri- culture building.

The faculty of the university now consists of 14 professors, two associate professors, II instructors and two student assistants, or 29 in all, representing in their collegiate and university training 25 of the lead- ing colleges and universities in the United States. The growth in the faculty has kept pace with the growth of the student body. From an enrollment of 30 in 1802 the number of students increased to 248 in 1897, and the enrollment for this year exceeds 400. In the present enrollment 14 counties of the state are repre- sented by students and five other states have also sent pupils. The university alumni includes four gradu- ates of 1896. five of 1897, eight of 1898. seven of 1899. ten of 1900 and 24 of 1901. It is worthy of note that 39 students of the university enlisted in the army during the Spanish war, a larger number in proportion to enrollment than of any other uni- versity in the United States.

The faculty of the university consists of the follow- ing : James Alexander MacLean, president. B. A., University of Toronto, and M. A. and Ph. D .. Co- lumbia : Louis Fourniquet Henderson, professor of botany, Ph. B., Cornell; John Merton Aldrich, pro- fessor of zoology and curator of museum. B. S. and M. S., South Dakota Agricultural College, and MI. S., University of Kansas : John Edward Bonebright, professor of physics. B. S., Northwestern University ; Alfred Stanley Miller, professor of mining and metal- lurgy. A. B. and A. M., Leland Stanford, Jr., Uni-

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versity, E. M., School of Practical Engineering, San Francisco, Ph. D., Heidelberg University, Ohio; Fred A. Huntley, professor horticulture, B. S., Michigan Agricultural College; William W. Baden, professor of Greek and Latin, A. B. and Ph. D., Johns Hopkins, LL. B., University of Maryland; D'Arcy P. Parham, professor of English, M. A., Randolph-Macon, Va .; Jay G. Eldridge, professor of modern languages, B. A. and M. A., Yale; Charles A. Peters, professor of chemistry, B. S., Boston University, and Ph. D., Yale; Charles N. Little, professor of civil engineering, A. M., University of Nebraska, Ph. D., Yale; Isaac J. Cogswell, associate professor of music, B. M., Chi- cago Musical College; Nina A. Wilber, associate pro- fessor of oratory and physical culture, A. B., Uni- versity of Michigan; W. S. Morley, A. B., College of Emporia, A. M., Princeton ; Hal T. Beans, instructor in chemistry, B. Sc. and M. A., University of Ne- braska; Miles F. Reed, principal preparatory depart- ment and instructor in pedagogy, B. S., University of Idaho; Sarah E. Poe, B. L., Wilbur College, Lew- iston, Idaho ; Florence P. Moore, instructor in mathe- matics and German, B. S. Northwestern University; Agatha J. Sonna, instructor in Latin and history, B. A., Wellesly; Mrs. M. E. Young, preceptress and director department of domestic science; Herbert T. Condon, B. S., University of Oregon, LL. B., Uni- versity of Michigan, registrar and secretary of fac- ulty ; Margaret Bryan McCallie, librarian, B. S., Uni- versity of Idalio.

The university is situated on an eminence overlook- ing the city of Moscow from the southwest and com- manding one of the most attractive prospects of moun- tain and valley in the Palouse country. The situation is ideal for an educational institution. At an alti- tude of about 2,700 feet, the air of the locality is pure and invigorating and the climate is healthful. The winters are neither severely cold not prolonged; the climate is favorable to effective study. Students from higher altitudes, from dryer regions or from the more humid climate of the coast find the climate of Moscow agreeable and promotive of work. The uni- versity campus, comprising 20 acres, is crossed from the direction of the city by a winding driveway. The part of it in front of the university is devoted entirely to lawn; other parts are used for an athletic field and drill ground. The main or administration building is an attractive and commodious structure of three sto- ries and high basement, finished in California red- wood and native tamarack, supplied with artesian water and electric lights and heated by steam. It represents a cost of about $200,000. The school of mines is three stories high, built of brick, with a ground plan of 60 by 108 feet. One side of this build- ing contains a mining laboratory, assay rooms, bal- ance rooms, private laboratory and office for the de- partment of mining and a museum, laboratory, lec- ture rooms, library and office for the department of geology ; while the other half of the building is de- voted to machine and wood working shops for the department of mechanic arts. In other rooms are the boilers and engines which supply power and heat

to the building. The dormitory is a three-story brick with basement, finished according to the most ap- proved plans.

It contains two reception halls, 35 dormers, study halls, sewing rooms, gymnasium, a dining hall for 100 boarders, apartments for the pre- ceptress, an infirmary and many other features con- ducive to the health and comfort of the young women. The building is heated by steam and electrically light- ed. It has an abundance of baths and other con- veniences. A wooden building 50 by 125 feet, known as the annex, is located about 100 feet behind the main building. It is used as the armory and for

other purposes. East of the main building is the greenhouse. The library, including six departmental libraries, contains about 4,000 bound volumes and a number of pamphlets. The general library occupies a large and well lighted room on the first floor of the administration building and contains works in history, literature, philosophy, art, ctc. About 50 of the lead- ing periodicals of the United States and foreign coun- tries are subscribed for and the newspapers of the state are donated and kept on file. The nucleus for the museum was the collection of Idaho minerals, etc., exhibited in the Idaho buildding at the World's fair in 1893. This was donated to the university at the close of the fair. The J. Rand Sanborn was purchased by the state for the university and there have been other important acquisitions, including Philippine articles presented by students who served in the army there. There are about 2,500 specimens in the mineral collection. The animal collection is a large one, and the museum also contains 175 species of birds. Under the act of congress providing the land grant for the university, military drill is re- quired of all male students except juniors and seniors. Each cadet is required to provide himself with the prescribed uniform. The equipment of the cadet battalion includes 100 Springfield rifles, two field guns and ammunition and target materials furnished by

the war department. Camp equipage is provided by the state. Efforts are made for an annual encamp- ment, during which the instruction is entirely mili- tary and practical and the cadets are put through all the duties of camp life. The three cadets in the gradu- ating class who have the highest grade of merit for the entire course are reported to the war department, where their names are recorded in the adjutant gen- eral's office and published in the Army register for that year. In making appointments to the regular or volunteer army from civil life preference is given to those who have their names so recorded.

Among the student organizations are the Alumni Association, which has an annual meeting and ban- quet commencement week ; Young Men's Christian Association and Young Women's Christian Associa- tion, oratorical associations which participate in con- tests and debates with similar associations of other schools of Idaho and Washington; two literary soci- eties, the Websterian and Amphictyon; an active ath- letic association, with departments devoted to football, baseball, tennis and track athletics, and the following musical organizations : Philharmonic Club, which

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renders monthly programs, the mandolin and guitar club, two glee clubs of men's and women's voices, and the university band and orchestra.

The university publications include the annual re- port of the regents to the governor, the annual cata- logue, the annual report of the agricultural experi- ment station, frequent pamphlets and press bulletins from that station and the Farmers' Institute year book, the students' handbook, published by the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A., and the Argonaut. The university Argonaut was established during the administration of President J. P. Blanton in 1898-9. At his sug- gestion a meeting of the student body was called and a committee was appointed to investigate the cost and to draw up a constitution and by-laws. The commit- tee's report was adopted at the next meeting. Guy W. Wolfe, a senior, was elected editor-in-chief and business manager. The paper was named "The Uni- versity Argonaut," and was published as a monthly. Mr. Wolfe is now a practicing attorney at Moscow. The next year the offices of editor and business man- ager were separated and Burton L. French and G. O. P. Mix were elected to the respective positions. They were both seniors; in fact, it has become al- most an unwritten law to elect members of the senior class to these positions. Mr. French is now con- gressman from Idaho and Mr. Mix is a successful Moscow business man. In 1900-1 the paper was issued as a weekly, with Jesse L. Rains editor-in-chief and Claude W. Gibson business manager. Next year Henry M. Lancaster, editor-in-chief, and Fred H. Mc- Connell, business manager, got out a twice-a-month edition. Miss Nellie B. Ireton was elected editor- in-chief for 1902-3 and John W. Shepperd business manager, and a weekly was issued. During the lat- ter part of the year a change was made in the consti- tution, and the offices of associate editor and assist- ant business manager were created. Officers are elected in March of each year. The editor begins his duties ' immediately, but the business manager does not take up his work until the following fall under the new arrangement. The officers for 1903-4 are Benj. W. Oppenheim, editor-in-chief, and T. R. Jones, associate editor: J. Loyal Adkison, business man- ager, and Floyd D. Angel, assistant business man- ager. Besides thèse, the editor appoints a staff of four from the college to assist him. The paper is now es- tablished as a weekly and will probably continue as such. It will thus be the college newspaper. With the growing needs of the college a monthly magazine, under a separate staff, will be established, devoted to literary subjects exclusively.

The present board of regents of the university con- sists of President John B. Goode, of Rathdrum ; Vice- President Mrs. Wm. H. Ridenbaugh, of Boise; Sec- retary George C. Parkinson, of Preston; Henry E. Wallace, of Caldwell; and George Chapin, of Idaho Falls. William L. Payne is treasurer. President Goode and Secretary Parkinson are the executive board. All are of high standing and wide knowledge and are laboring enthusiastically and earnestly toward the upbuilding of the institution. The university of

Idaho was placed at the outset fairly and squarely upon four foundation piers, viz: Free tuition, sufficient material resources, severe educational requirements , and a distinct ethical purpose, consequently the per- manence of the state university is almost as well as- sured as the permanence of the state itself. The state university will live and grow and prosper because it ought to live and grow and prosper forever.

The present city officers of Moscow are: Mayor, J. C. Wolf ; Clerk, H. H. Robinson ; treasurer, Mrs. Emma Edmundson; police judge, John Craig; en- gineer, Benjamin E. Bush ; councilmen, A. M. Ander- son, R. D. Carter, W. O. Griffin.

In 1901 there were shipped from Moscow 759 cars of grain, 150 cars of hay, 56 cars of fruit, 20 cars of stock ; total of 940 cars. The business inter- ests of the city are represented by five dry goods stores, three hardwares, four drugs, thirteen groceries, three banks, two railroads, two jewelers, three liver- ies. four hotels, four newspapers, two harness shops, two bakeries, three meat markets, four implement houses, one cigar factory, three millinery stores, five grain warchouses, one steam laundry, one foundry, one gents' furnishing store, one shoe store, one furni- ture store, two planing mills, one flour mill, one saw mill, one hospital, electric light works, and waterworks.

The contract has been let for a new system of sewerage: a brickyard has just been established by Frank White and W. C. Laude, east of the Northern Pacific depot ; articles of incorporation of the Inter- state Co-operative Telephone Company have been filed, capital stock, $10,000 ; a bill has been introduced in the United States senate providing for an appropri- ation of $25,000 to be expended in the erection of a federal building at Moscow ; a free delivery system has been established with three carriers; the postal re- ceipts at Moscow for 1901 were $10,942.83.

Never in the history of Moscow has there been such a demand as now for business locations. For a vear past there has scarcely been an available loca- tion to be had. The town's growth has reached a point where Main street will no longer suffice for its business needs, and side street locations are com- ing into demand. The prosperous condition of the town has brought substantial results and merchants are preparing to enlarge their stocks, while many new buildings are under consideration, some of them now in process of erection. This last fact is con- clusive evidence of the substantial growth Moscow has experienced during the past three years. The demand for residence property is no less marked. Al- though building material was scarce, over one hundred new residences were built in 1902 and the first half of 1903.

Every city reflects the character of its citizens. If the latter are active, wide awake and full of public spirit it is pretty certain that the place in which they reside is progressive, enterprising and up-to-date. If the people of the city are concerned only with their individual private affairs, and are too selfish to give a thought to the welfare of the community as a whole, one is apt to find in that city stagnation, lack of enter-

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prise and municipal lethargy. It is a fine public spirit that has made Moscow what it is today. No city thrives without this spirit and nothing can interfere with the growth of the city that possesses it. No city in Idaho has better prospects today than has Moscow. The sources from which it will draw its support in the future are next to inexhaustible ; its citizens are pro- gressive and united in their efforts to advance the general welfare : it is a city of homes, a city of schools, a city of churches, a city of wealth and refinement, and a city where commercial institutions are on a solid basis ; it is a most desirable place of abode, either from a commercial, educational or social standpoint.

KENDRICK.

Kendrick, the metropolis of the Potlatch empire, is located on the Palouse branch of the Northern Pa- cific railway, at the junction of Bear creek and the Potlatch river, on the south boundary of Latah county, and in the center of the Potlatch district. With her strongest competitors,-Moscow. 25 miles northwest, and Lewiston, 30 miles southwest-Kendrick must re- main for an indefinite period of time the metropolis of some of the finest agricultural, timber and mineral country in the northwest. In no country can a more enterprising class of people be found than those of the Potlatch. Between the citizens of the town and those of the country the best of feelings exist which harmonize all the plans that enter into the progress and welfare of the Potlatch empire in general. Scarce- ly had the outlines of the town that was destined to become the keystone of the Potlatch assumed shape ere the energy and enterprise that have characterized its existence were asserted by the building of roads to the various ridges. Today Kendrick's location, with roads leading in from all sides, might well be com- pared to the hub of a wheel that holds its position through the spokes. Each serves as an avenue of resource which year by year strengthens with the de- velopment of the country and contributes toward the healthy progress of the town.

With such a scope of fine agricultural land at her doors, which is the basis of all manufactures, the question of power, space and shipping facilities nat- urally comes up, and finds answer in the force of her position. Just above the town Bear creek, a beautiful stream of clear water, which has its source in the mountains, enters into Potlatch river. The Potlatch, with its numerous tributaries, taps valuable forests of timber. Fir, cedar, yellow and white pine timber tracts line the banks of both these streams. The cur- rent of the river is strong ; the waters have about 30 feet fall in every 1,000 yards. Along the banks of the streams are many splendid sites for mills. In the corporate limits of the town the river has a fall of 38 feet for the 1,000 yards, which, with the body of water that runs continually the year round, would furnish power to operate a number of mills. With the ex- penditure of a little money the stream could be cleared sufficiently to drive logs down to mills where shipping facilities can be had over the Northern Pacific. With

such a water power and with mill sites in abundance, Kendrick offers advantages to manufacturers superior to any town in the country. A flouring mill and a tannery are among the successful industrial enter- prises established at Kendrick.

Another important and attractive feature of Ken- drick's location is in respect to her superior advantages for maintaining a system of water works. With a gradual slope toward the west, the lay of the ground furnishes a perfect system of drainage and sewerage.

Kendrick has reason to be proud of her public schools and her houses of worship. The public schools are chief among the hopes and aspirations of the peo- ple and today her schools stand in the highest rank of the educational institutions of the state. The high standard that the public school has attained has been one of the potent factors in making Kendrick a town of homes. There are now 220 pupils enrolled in the public schools. The school property is valued at $5,000. The teachers include J. P. Barrackman, prin- cipal; Mand Brilhart, Arsella Emerson and Lucile Fisher, assistants. The school board consists of E. P. Atchison, A. P. Hamlev and Rev. J. A. Hedges. There are four churches, each of which has an edifice. These include the Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist and United Brethren. The secret societies are well represented. The Odd Fellows have purchased a site and propose to erect a two-story brick building, the upper floor of which will be used by the order and the lower floor rented for store purposes. The sub- ordinate lodge has about 75 members and the encamp- ment about 30 members. The Rebekah lodge has 100 members and is the banner lodge of the state. The Masonic lodge has a large membership and is also dis- cussing building.

The town was founded by Thomas Kirby, the first postmaster, in 1889, who named it Latah. In May, 1900, an arrangement was made that the Northern Pacific would build to the town, and on a guarantee that the road would be built there by January 1, 1891, Thomas Kirby gave the railroad a deed to one-half of the townsite of 240 acres. The town was then named Kendrick, in honor of the chief engineer of the Northern Pacific. May 8, 1890, the town was platted. October 15, 1890, the town was incorporated, with the following trustees: Thomas Kirby, J. M. Walk- er, N. C. Normoyle, Volley Nichols and N. Kaufman. Captain Walker was president of the Hard- ware & Implement Company, and one of the most progressive citizens; Mr. Normoyle was then propri- tor of the St. Elmo hotel, Mr. Nichols was propri- etor of the Pioneer city dray and is now at Nezperce ; Nr. Kaufman is of the well known firm of Dernham & Kaufman, and is now manager of their large main store at Moscow. These practical business men held the reins of the city goverment and wisely guided its infant steps so that it has been kept free from debt in assuming premature improvements. The advan- tages of the location for a town were recognized by Mr. Kirby from the beginning, and he displayed his good judgment in his selection of associates to join with him in building the hub of the Potlatch. Aside from

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the officers of the Northern Pacific, his associates in- cluded G. E. Potter of Colfax, since deceased, G. Hol- brook of Colfax, Hon. J. C. Lawrence of Waterville, W. White of Colfax, J. P. Vollmer of Lewiston, R. D. McConnell and James Grimes of Moscow. A board of trade was organized on the start. By mid- summer of that year the town was in a prosperous condition. Building was going on apace and all lines of trade were represented. The railroad was pushed forward that winter and February 4, 1891, the first train reached Kendrick.

August 16, 1893, came the first big fire. It wiped out 31 business structures and caused a loss of about $100,000. The chief losers and the amounts of their losses follow, the second figures being insurance car- ried, if any: Advocate office, $3,000; M. C. Nor- moyle, $7,000, $2,000; L. D. Shattler, $1,000, $600; Josephi Jarred, $200: Win. Crews, $300, $200: First National Bank, $6,000, $2,500; John Grimes, $2,000, $1,500; A. W. Taygard, $250; G. H. Sutherland, $1,500, $1,000; A. C. White, $4.500, $2,000 ; Hamley & Co., $2.500, $1,000; G. E. Porter, $1,000, $600; Hamlin & Co., $4,500, $4,300 ; McCrea Bros., $4,800, $3.500; J. F. Carlton, $1,000, $500; Lincoln Bros., $6,000, $4,500; C. H. Dodd & Co., $2,700, $1,000; J. M. Walker, $4.500, $2,500 ; J. R. Hall, $1,500, $500 ; Thos. Kirby, $5,000, $3,900; L. L. Crocker, $1,500, $1,000; C. Kall, $900, $400; W. A. Rothwell, $100; Dernham & Kaufman, $23,000, $20,000; M. S. Free- man, $2,000, $1,000; Jacobs & Toole, $200; Joseph Bryden, $800, $500: Dr. Justice, $100; J. H. Morris, $300; Martin Larson, $400, $300; Chetham, Baker & Co., $1,000, $800 ; C. A. French, $200 ; T. Atkinson, $300 ; Francis Labode, Jr., $1,800, $1,200. These fig- ures are as given in an article in the North Idaho Star, August 19, 1892. Fire could not subdue the energy of the citizens and three months later nine substantial brick buildings had arose from the ashes. January 1893, was marked as the time when the electric light plant opened up for business. In the panic of 1893 the citizens redoubled their activities, determined that the future must be one of progress. An immigration bu- reau was organized to bring the advantages of the Potlatch country before homeseekers and investors. The fruit growers also organized the Potlatch Horti- cultural Association. The same indomitable spirit was evident when, in the spring of 1894, two fires, within a week. destroyed much valuable property, only to witness larger and better buildings rise in the stead of those wiped out. A fire this year will probably have a similar sequel. Kendrick is a pull-together town. There are no discordant elements and no legiti- mate enterprise there has ever gone begging for sup- port. November 18, 1895, 750,000 acres of lands on the Nez Perces Indian reservation were thrown open to entry. Kendrick is one of the nearest railroad points to these lands and has profited greatly from the influx of settlers to that rich district and the bringing of the lands there under cultivation. In 1894 $27,000 was spent for fruit trees for the Potlatch country. In 1898 there were 300 acres of bearing orchards about Kendrick. That latter year the assessed valuation of

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An illustrated history of north Idaho : embracing Nez Perces, Idaho, Latah, Kootenai and Shoshone counties, state of Idaho, Part 148

Author: Publication date: 1903 Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 1524

Author:
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: [S.l.] : Western Historical Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 1524