Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-05-02
IDAHO NEWS T

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Grangeville has decided to observe
Memorial day in q fitting manner.
The Idaho state tennis tournament
will be held in Lewiston June 25-2S.
Two Greeks were accidentally shot
at Enaville Sunday In a celebration Of
the Greek Easter.
The sudden disappearance OF Will
liam A. Matthews from Boise has
some comment.
The Idaho university cadets, who
have been at Hayden lake for a camp,
returned to school.
The debating team of the Wardner-
Kellogg high school won the cham
pionship Of Shoshone county.
Besides a dozen or more dwellings
work is In progress on the new 100000
school building at st. Maries.
The fruit growers Of Kootenai coun-
ty will not join the Spokane Fruit
Growers company this ason
A decrease Of $s,6S5,s26 in the as
sessed valua-io of Latah county be-
tween 1911 and 1912 Is shown by the
records.
Richard C. Halliday. for years 81
gagged in the hotel business In Spo-
kane, has purchased the Idaho State
bank at Rupert, Idaho.
At the recent interscholastic decla-
nation contest at Lewiston first place
was won by Ernest Poe of Moscow,
and Karl Clark. Culdesac. second.
The Odd Fellows of Shoshone coun-
ty were the guests of the Wardner
and Kellogg lodges Saturday to help
celebrate the oath anniversary Of the
founding Of the order.
Walter johnson. great pitcher Of the
Washington Americans, formerly Of
Weiser, is o to take q bride In the
person Of Miss Anna R. Scully, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick J. Scully
of Cambridge.
DR.. s. B. Nelson. secretary Of the
Northwest Live Stock association, is
mailing 10000 preliminary premium
lists for the show and sale, which will
be held at Lewiston, Idaho, December
1 to 6, inclusive.
The judgment Of 1850 given Frank
r. Denbeigh, an employee Of the Stand
ard mine in Shoshone county, for In
juries received by a train between
| Wallace and Burke was recently re-
duced to $11,510 by the supreme court
Of Idaho.
Earl and Herman Schultz, 4 and 6
years old, and Willie Chapman, aged
4, were burned to death at Boise re-
Gently, az the result Of a fire started
by the boys, who were playing with
matches In a shed partially fAledswith
waste paper.
The old south mill Of the Bunker
Hill Mining and Concentrating com
pany has been leased by the lesseef
of the Tyler, Stemwinder and Hal
tunnel workings of the same property
and will be prepared at once for con
centrating to its capacity Of $50 tons
day.
County School Superintendent Cath
crime T. Dryden is elated over the con
dition of the public schools In Lataf
county. On her records are 16t
licensed teachers, and according to the
last school census there are 6660 per
sons between the ages Of 8 and 81
years old.
Representatives French and Smith
OF Idaho have taken up with the treas
ury department the question Of having
bids made upon Idaho building ma
terial In the construction Of publ,
buildings in Idaho. They believe tina
the material Is as good as that which
II being shipped thousands Of miles
and that its use would not only saw
an appreciable sum in the cost o.
building material but would aid In thu
development Of important industries
within the state.
After resisting the collection o.
taxes levied against the property o
the Washington Water Power com
pany by Kootenai county, carrying thu
case to the federal court for adjudi
cation. It IL found that the company
will be required to pay but $707.8:
less to the county than 1t would have
paid without litigation. The count,
originally claimed $35. 655.07. It will
have to pay $~34,S48.25. besides thu
costs, which probably will aggregate
several thousand dollars.
The following are members Of com
mfttees Of the state commissions,
Public utilities commissioner. w
Standrod, Pocatello, six-year term
John A. Blomquist. Boise, two-yeal
term; Alexander p. Ramstedt. MOS
COW, four-year term. State board o
education-Evan Evans. Grangeville
five-year term; H. Harland. Payette
four-year term; Herman J. Rossi, Wal
lace, ~three-year term; David l. Evans
Malad, two-year term; Walter 8
Bruce, Boise. one-year term. Stat
highway commission-Theodore Turn
or, Pocatello; Miles Cannon. Weiser
Professor Little. Panama-Pacific 81
position-Major Fred r. Reed, Je
rome; R. G. Beach. and y. b. Dewey
mayor Of NampA.