Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES

az '2hhb po'hty '1"Nst AH'S 1'"HN "eS
in the old Rutherford building, in the
business section, doing great damage.
For the first time in the history Of
the Episcopal church at Kellogg, Idaho,
a vested choir was seen at the service
Easter evening
Stefan Weintz of Spokane has bought
600 acres of wheat land located 10 miles
southwest of Great Falls, Mont, from
A. Hill for $4,000.
Elijah Smith, pioneer railroad
builder of the Pacific coast, died in
Portland Saturday at the age Of ~, fol
lowing general breakdown in health.
Thos. Masterson, IS years old, and
from Hedgier, N. D., COM
mitted suicide at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Lindsay, at Lewiston, Mont, by
sending bullet through his brain.
Results in the election Of school
trustees at Bozeman, Mont, show Mrs.
J. N. Kelly to have been one Of the
two elected. Mrs. Kelly will be the
first woman to serve on the board Of
trustees of Bozeman.
With $4,000 raised and prospects ia
vorable for getting the $4,000 more
which is required for the Clearwater
bridge fund, the bond issue election
at Lewiston will probably be held soon
er than was anticipated.
BY the will of Mrs. Abbie c. Morri-
son, who died recently in Spokane,
mother of Paul GLADSTONE, candidate
for governor of Idaho, and live stock
man, her entire estate, estimated at
$4,000, is left to her son.
The large sawmill Of the Lincoln
Lumber and Logging company, four
miles from Fortine, Mont, has been
opened, with Manager G. b. Roberts in
charge. The company owns some 7,OO0,-
900 feet Of timber in the neighborhood.
The flood situation at Glasgow, Mont,
continues to grow more serious. Milk
river at that point recently rose IS
inches since Saturday, and is still ris-
ing about one inch an hour. Houses
pn the extreme south side of the city
are in four feet Of water.
For the first time in the history of
Idaho the American flag was used in
naturalization proceedings at Wallace
The emblem was placed
over the front Of the judges bench,
and was pointed to and referred to
ho - oe
number of examinations.
At Echo, Ore, sixty thousand sheep
will be sheared within the next three
weeks. The shearing plant, consisting
pf 25 machines run by gasoline engine
and operated by rs men, will begin
work under the management of Jake
at the shearing station
seven miles south of town. The aver
age clip per man per day is 100 sheep.
Judge E. c. Steele has overruled the
demurrer of the defendant in the case
pf Charles Sullivan versus John Sulli-
van in the Moscow $40, 900 damage case
arising from the Latah county district
court. The parties are brothers and
The plaintiff is suing to recover dam
ages for alleged alienation of the ar
fections of the plaintiff s wife by the
defendant.
The network of evidence daily is be-
ing drawn more tightly about John Rob-
erts, who is in custody charged with
the alleged murder of George Hastings
and Donald Stewart, automobilists, on
the White House road recently near
Portland. Seven persons positively
identified Roberts as the man they saw
lettering in the vicinity of the spot
where the tragedy occurred.
1t is reported that under Boise's new
commission form of government an eff
fort will be made practically to put the
saloons out of business through an
initiative vote on proposed regulative
ordinance. 1t will provide for only
eight saloons in the city, with an an
nual city license of $4,000, all to open
at a. nj. and close at Q p. m. At pres
ent there are % saloons here paying a
city license of $1,000 year.
Announcement has been made that
the Kendrick (Idaho) State bank will
be reopened for business under new
this week. The bank was
closed several months ago by the state
bank examiner and reorganization
has been effected by the depositors
and stockholders. The officers Of the
new bank are: Martin v. Thomas,
president; Claus Eichner, vice presi-
dent; N. Brooke, James Galloway, j.
Langdon, S. P. Callison and R. H. Por-
ter, directors.
The Latah county (Idaho) Sunday
school convention recently elected the
following officers: NJ. A. Duthie of
Troy, president, and E. D. wilkins of
Potlatch, vice president; Mrs. J. J.
Headrick of Moscow, secretary-treas-
urer. District superintendent: Ele-
mentary, Constance Xole of Troy; the
teen age, Mrs. c. w. Jessup of Julia
eta; adult, the Rev. d. NJ. Hand of
Moscow; home, Mrs. Henry Allen of
Princeton; missionary, Mrs. D. M. Rae
of Moscow; temperance, Will F. Nor