Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-02-13
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

appointed at LapWai to push the Work
of improving the highways.
The Peck Farmers union, through
their manager, Mr.. Teats, has placed
an order for $4,000 grain bags.
Not over Is per cent of the wheat in
the Lewiston, Clearwater and Camas
Prairie districts still remains in the
farmers hands, according to grain
dealers figures.
Billy Powell, formerly of Spirit
Lake, and associates have purchased
line of lumber yards in and around
Butte, Montana. The deal involved
the expenditure of 100000.
The soliciting committee which is
now at work securing the balance of
100000 for the Johnson railroad re-
ports that it is meeting with hearty
response from the citizens.
The Occur dAlene city council now
permits the opening of the motion pic
ture theaters on Sundays. The pro-
prietors will pay a license of s25
year which will allow them to remain
open seven days a week.
Governor Haines has appointed the
state horticultural inspection board as
follows: Robert Schleicher, Lewiston;
B. F. Hurst, Boise; d. L. Ingard, Pay
cite; John D. G. Kruger, ST. Anthony;
Henry w. Dorman, Caldwell.
Jay Kerlee, aged 90 of Grangeville,
is dead and his brother Dee, aged IS,
is seriously i'll, caused by strychnine,
supposed to have been mixed in
package of wheat flakes, some of
which was eaten by the boys for break
fast January 81.
James A. Murray, owner of the Poca-
tello Water company and multi-mil-
lionaire of Butte has been cited to APP
pear before the supreme court of Idaho
to show cause why he should not be
found guilty of contempt of court for
failure to obey the mandates of the
highest tribunal of that state.
A large number of settlers on the
public domain and a smaller number
of settlers within the Occur d'Alene
National forest will have an oppor-
tunity March 10 to file on lands within
the Occur d'Alene land district, the
plats of survey of which will be filed
in the Occur d'Alene land office on
that date.
The final chapter in the famous
newspaper contempt case of Boise, in
which the supreme court of Idaho was
accuser, judge and jury in the trial of
Richard Storey Sheridan, c. o. Broxon
and A. r. Cruzen, was closed February
1 when the newspaper men paid their
fines of $500 each, assessed by the
court, with 17S,900 penny donations re-
ceived from every state in the Union
and many parts of Canada. The de-
PENDANTS also served 10 days in jail
They were found guilty of contempt
for criticizing the courts decision in
striking the Roosevelt electors from
the general election ballot.
The State Legislature.
The Fields anti-gambling measure
designed to abolish the Alan race.
track, will be favorably reported by
the senate committee.
Thomas H. Goodin and Walter A.
Heiss have been appointed county COM
missioners for Lincoln county to fill
vacancies caused by the county divi-
sion.
The senate has postponed action pro-
viding for submitting to the voters a
constitutional amendment to increase
the number of supreme court judges
from three to five, which passed the
house and was favored by the gov
ernor.
Representative Lawson of Ada cOun-
ty has introduced a mothers pension
bill. 1t provides that the pension shall
apply to mothers whose husbands are
dead or in the penitentiary and who
have children not over IA years of age.
The pension is $40 month for the
first child and So a month for each
additional child.
The governor has appointed the fol
lowing officers of new Gooding coun-
ty: County commissioners, Frank R.
Gooding, Fred w. Hastings and Charles
M. Dilatush; sheriff, Fred A. Bliss;
clerk, Frank L. Bower; assessor, w. p.
Kennedy; county treasurer, Fred A.
Clark; coroner, ]. II. Cromwell; sur
veyor, E. S. Smith; probate Judge,
Ezra e. Brandt; county school superin-
tendent, Mrs. Louise M. Dodge; prose-
cutting attorney, Percy T. Sutphin.
1t is reported considerable pressure
is being brought to bear against the
appointment of Dwight E. Hodge as
judge of the new judicial district of
Nez Perez and Lewis counties, provid-