Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-08-01

| Gate, Wash.-Trooper Z, Bramon.
FIRST cavalry, Boise barracks, was
killed by a train at Oakville.
James M. Riley, chairman of the
board OF county commissioners of Sill
yer Bow county, died suddenly of heart
failure, Sunday morning.
lor the death of John Sample, RUBY
stevens, whose knife stabs are said to
nave caused Sample S death, near Mis-
soula, will be held to the district court
for murder.
hlch or poor, physicians or surgeon,
| lhey must conform to Portland Is de.
mand that automobile drivers shall not
continue to kill and main luckless ne
destrians.
Inc nag associations of Spokane,
Portland, Seattle and other Coast cities
are taking steps to form an organiza-
tlon to be known as the Northwest Flag
association.
The Rev. John Herrick, former presi.
dent of the University of Forest Grove.
Ore, ana later OF the South Dakota uni
verslty, died at Chicago Saturday. He
was born in Milton, Vt, in 1922
Leaving his home for no known
cause, the Rev. John Marshall. aged
oo, rector OF Portsmouth Protestant
Episcopal church, Portland, has disap-
peared. Mrs. Marshall and four chill
dren are mourning his absence.
Inc hiking craze has caught
Butte. Clubs of society girls have
been walking for some months and
Saturday two well-known women
tramped from Butte to Anaconda. 30
miles, attending dance in the evening.
The Idaho Washington Power and
Light company of Moscow, Idaho, is in
vadlng the Montana field and has pur-
chased the Plains light and power plant
and water system from Mrs. j. A. Nc
Gowen, paying $4,000 for the two
plants.
The depot of the Northern Pacific at
Logan, Mont, caught fire, it is
supposed from a spark from a passing
engine, and was completely destroyed.
All freight and express was saved. The
building was valued at $500 and is a
total loss.
One of the largest cattle deals made
III montana Tor some time was consum-
mated Saturday, when George Il. Dell
or Helena bought all the cattle, about
700 head, including the famous Nv
brand, owned by Charles A. Lynch of
Pleasant valley
The jagged peak of Mount ingalls,.
one of the highest in the Cascade range.
which for ages has reared it's head
among the clouds, is now engulfed in
the waters of lcicle lake, at an eleva-
ton OF 5000 feet above sea level, hay
ing crumbled down.
Lawrence L. Converse, former Spo-
kane boy, who gained national promi-
hence during the first Mexican revolu-
tlon two years ago, when he was cap
tured and threatened with death, is
now about to collect $4,000 indemnity
from the Mexican government.
Spokane wins the 1913 logging con-
gress, which adjourned its two-day ses-
sion at Tacoma, July 26. Z. P. Blake
OF Tacoma was reelected president; H.
=. Claire, vice president; George NJ.
Cornwall, secretary treasurer. The ex-
ecutlve committee member from Idaho
is II. M. Strahern of Coeur d 'Alene.
Under the general nuisance stat
ute, Mayor A. q. Rushlight, Chief of
Police Slower and C. d. Beatty, Clifford
Frank Reed and B. f. Smith,
all connected with the police depart
ment at Portland, were indicted Satur-
day in connection with an alleged plot
to bride Deputy District Attorney
Frank Collier.
Moiese Reeves, one Of the Oldest resi-
dents of Montana, died Of paralysis at
Mont, July 26. Moiese
Reeves came to Montana at the age of
p, settling among the Indians around
Fort Benton. He accompanied Cover
nor Stephens on the treaty-signing ex-
petition into the Bitter Root valley in
1854. He is credited with erecting the
first gristmill in western Montana.
At Butte, Nick Velky, Macedonian
wagered his friend, 7.
suski, $40, Sunday, that he could re-
main under the waters of the country
club lake for 80 minutes. He won the
bet all right, but he will never collect
the money; for an hour and a half later
his body was recovered in six feet of
water, near the shore, where it had be-
como enmeshed in the shrubbery.
Velky is unmarried, and 25 years old.
s'The Rock of Ages,'' balancing
pile which has graced a hill overhang-
ing the Northern Pacific tracks at Bear
mouth, Mont, small station east of
Missoula, by the liberal use of dyna-
mite has been removed and is no longer
the source of curiosity and food for the
picture card man it has been for
decades. 1t weighed in the neighbor.
hood of 100 tons, was 20 feet high, and
while ia fnet throuuh af tho tb;elsast