Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-04-24
IDAHO BRIEF NEWS ITEMS.

j. H. SHAW, local agent OF the cleo
tric system, is in charge.
At a meeting of the Klamath Val
ley Commercial club on Friday if
was decided to have a big celebra-
ton July 3 and 4.
A warrant was issued Saturday
for the arrest Of Arthur West, who
is charged with stealing $50 from
Mrs Mary Ingram at Wardner.
News was received at Post Falls
last Saturday of the sudden death
Of Judge James H. Kennedy al the
home of his son-in-law near sagel
and Standpoint
John P. vollmer has accepted
plans drawn by Architect J. Fl. Nave
of Lewiston, for brick bank build
ing at Vollmer, and work will be-
gin at once.
Indian corn is likely to supplant
beans on American ridge. That Jean
buyers will not contract the crop in
advance is the main reason the farm
ers are giving up this industry.
The last vacancy in the Wallace
schools has been filled by the an
pointment of Miss Iva NJ. Close of
Hibbing, Mimi, to the position. She
will teach fifth and sixth grades.
The school authorities of Occur
d'Alene have arranged to hold
four-day art exhibit from April %
to April rs. This is the first effort
Of its kind ever undertaken in that
city
Thomas Burns, patentee of a water
gage shield, was arraigned in the
probate court at Wallace on Satur-
day for his preliminary hearing on a
charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses.
The County School Commission
ers have accepted the petition from
Spirit Lake for school district The
commissioners appointed as trustees
]. C. H. Reynolds, E. S. Prindle and
H. Davenport.
NJ. Blanchard of Portland arrived
in Wallace on Saturday and states
that he is there to secure a site for
an Independent smelter, and that he
is backed by Portland capitalists who
are anxious to install such a plant
In the Couer d'Alenes.
Although it is not denied that he
broke two of his enemy's ribs, John
Rauch, arrested in Grangeville,
charged with an assault on Joe Viii
iams, was acquitted by a jury in
Justice Vineyard S court. the jury be-
ieving Rauch was justified.
Charging that Mayor Henry Heit-
ield, ex-United States Senator, has
conducted the city government of
lewiston on a too extravagant scale,
petition to recall his election is
bout to be filed with the Lewiston
'ouncil. The city charter provides
or the recall.
For breaking into Mike Makers A
aloon at Burke, breaking into the p
III and abstracting about $40 there Il
rom and for incidentally getting lc
runk therein, Robert Munro, aged W
8 years, was brought down from st
urke to Wallace last week and m
,dged in the county Jail TO await in
-ial. es
The school board of Grangeville tn
ected teachers for the year last
aturday, there being few changes. be
rofessor George w. Cotton was re- tn
ected superintendent. Miss Bur- We
'ughs, assistant principal, was of
ected principal, as Miss Adkins wi
i'll go TO India to enter missionary FRI
ork. Ea
At a meeting of the Republican m,
unity central committee at Grange pie
lie last week delegates were select be
to attend the convention at Wal cit
&c, May II. The county primary pr'
II be July IS and the county con- ag,
ntion September u at Grange of
lie. The nominating convention boz
select delegates to the State con Pre-
ntion at Boise will be held at pos
July %. me
B. E. James, head OF the Ian
ming department. University OF the
Tho, has resigned his position, and cap
i go into Central Mexico as man
sr of a company he has recently BE-
,anized with Spokane and Moscow
,ital, to engage in mining and de- ach
opment work. Professor James Sen
a good knowledge of the region esta
which he will operate, and has the
g had in mind the forming of such fore
spec
lively and at times exciting swe
citing was held in the County AS Ions
,ors Office Friday afternoon and eau:
ming at which the County Asses ing
; of Shoshone, Kootenai and Bon stra
counties and representatives OF couI
timber companies having inter disc