Show I I CARRIED OVER OV THE TIlE RAPIDS Seven Men Drowned in Payette River Eiver Idaho Nine Others Escape After Hard Bard Struggle S Portland Ore May 31 A special to the Evening Telegram from Boise Ida says While attempting to make malte a landing above the rapids in Payette river about twelve miles from Garden val valley valley al alley ley seven men were drowned last night The two boats which they were vere ere using were wore carried over the rap rapids rapIds ids d and swamped The rh Theothor other nine oc occupants occupants of the boats had a hard bat battle battie battie tie tle for their lives Jives but managed to t reach shore The drowned men are Bert Ure lire Mel Curtis Joe Hamilton Toni Tom Highland I Frank Fitzgerald I Dave McMillan I Joe Boden So far as can be learned all are arc un unmarried unmarried unmarried married men The force of sixteen men In the two boats were were engaged in a alog alog alog log drive for the Idaho White Pine ine Milling company After portaging a large fall the first fiNt boat attempted to toland toland land and tie up for the night at the head of one of the rapids It failed to tomake tomake tomake make the landing and the boot boat bo t was swept down The second boat followed the first the occupants thinking their comrades had passed the tho safely and were also swamped by the torrent The news of the tragedy reached here by telephone from Crom Garden Valley to which place the survivors hastened None of the bodies has been recovered yet |