The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-10-08
INTERESTING IDAHO EVENTS

Grangeville.-The grand lodge of
| Odd Fellows will meet here October
| Is and the entertainment committee
of the local lodge is preparing plans
for about 500 delegates. The lodge
has just completed improvements
costing about $4,000 to the opera
house, which is part Of the Odd Fell
lows building.
Spirit Lake.-Hewitt Davenport
has resigned as townsite promoter
and agent for the Spirit Lake Land
company, effective October Is, at
which time he. will move to Spo-
kane to become manager of the real
estate department Of the Inland EN-
pire company.
Boise.-The Register and Receiver
of the United States land Office have
handed down decision in one of a
number of cases arising in the Noun
tainhome territory in which assign
ees have taken desert entries that
have afterward been charged with
fraud in their inception. The de-
cision holds that the assignee was
an innocent third party and the
rights to the land must therefore
be protected, in the absence of any
testimony involving fraud.
Moscow. c. Grogan, of Wis
consin, Idaho's new football coach,
has arrived and will begin his pre-
liminary work toward forming lines.
Jerry Nissen, assistant coach, has
arrived from his Summers vacation
and active work among the football
material will take place from now
on. There are only three of the last
years players that will be in the
games this season. The new North
west conference rules in force this
year are especially hard on Idaho,
for they eliminate many of her best
men.
Buhl.-Large crowds have been
pouring in on every train every Sday
since September %, the day of the
commencement of registration for
the Carey act drawing of the West
End Twin Falls Irrigation company.
More than two-thirds of the people
arriving Immediately depart for
Roseworth, the farming community,
in the center of the West End tract,
to cruise the land and as each load
returns everyone registers. The ave-
rage acreage for all who have reg
istered amounts to 1851 acres each.
No Restrain On Lumber Companies.
Boise.-Attorney General C. D.
McDougal has handed down an op-
inion holding that under the laws
of the state of Idaho and the con-
tracts which have been entered be-
tween the state land board and tim
Der companies, there is no restraint
upon the purchasers of timber which
would prevent them from cutting
trees under a certain size. In fact,
company purchasing timber by
acreage is entitled to cut all stand
ing timber. The law providing that
no timber under q diameter of IL
inches shall be cut excepting for
specific purposes applies only where
timber is purchased in small guam
titles.
Twin Falls.-On the urgent re-
quest of the city council, State Pure
Food Commissioner James H. Wallis
made an official inspection of the
slaughter houses and diaries in
Twin Falls with the result that every
slaughter house was closed and over
a thousand dollars worth of meat
found at those places when inspect
ed has been destroyed The propri-
etors take their losses in good part
and admit they are alone to blame,
while the whole community is ap-
plauding the fearless work of Com
missioner Wallis. Two of the
slaughter houses will be at once re-
placed with modern sanitary build
ings and large force Of men is at
work on the other two in order that
they may comply with the state
regulations.