Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-11-14
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Captain James Woodward. aged n
years. died at his home in Grange
Vile Sunday.
The death Of J. l.. Mcclure. formerly
county treasurer for Kootenai county,
occurred at Occur d'Alene Saturday.
Injuries received two years ago in a
runaway caused the death of T. e. Con-
dell, pioneer farmer of the Troy Sec
ton.
The department Of agriculture at
Washington has designated Deputy
State Game Warden r. G. West Of
northern Idaho, with headquarters in
Moscow, as government game warden
for Oregon, Washington and northern
Idaho.
The first movable school for farm
ers ever held at Boomers Ferry will
start November II and continue for
six days. Special lectures will be CIV
en- on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
evenings. Domestic science will be
taught.
A. w. DeBolt, merchant of Orofino.
Is dangerously i'll with kidney trouble.
Mr.. DeBolt is we'll known in the Big
Bend country, having been sheriff OF
Douglas county at the time the outlaw,
Tracey, was at large. He served one
term as mayor Of Coulee City in 1908.
Work ON the addition to the old
Standpoint creamery purchased this
summer by Guy s. Helphrey is pro
crossing rapidly. It was not intended
to start the creamery till next spring,
but assurance Of the milk from 40 cows
owned by one concern will start the
creamery the first Of the year.
Sentence was passed Saturday by
Federal Judge DIETRICH at Moscow, on
10 convicted men, including William
A. Briggle, Nez Perce farmer, who was
given - months on McNeil's Island
for completely in forging national bank
notes. Other sentences for violating
Indian liquor laws were imposed.
Norman Vollmer, youngest son Of J.
r. Vollmer, multimillionaire banker
and pioneer Of Lewiston. has filed a
petition in bankruptcy. The only liza
bility listed is q Judgment for $500
obtained against young Vollmer by B
F. McLain, jockey, in the superior
court. The supreme court upheld the
Judgment.
Representative Addison 7. Smith Of
Idaho is endeavoring to arrange for
hearing before the Interstate com
merce commission for the representa-
tives Of the shippers in the Twin Falls
section regarding the shortage of cars
1t is stated that there are thousands Of
sacks Of potatoes piled in long tiers
and covered with straw in that section
awaiting shipment. and unless these
potatoes are moved they will be ruined
by freezing, entailing loss upon the
. farmers.
Has Harry Ferguson, for many years
prominent in Boise as one Of the lead
ing hotel and restaurant proprietor.
and prior to that time identified will
the management Of the leading
hosiery of Pocatello, met with fou
play In California or has he so com
pletely lost his identity that he does
not know he is Harry Ferguson ant
that his relatives have been searching
I high and low for him? Dropping com
, pletely out of sight on or about Octo
) Der 6 Ferguson has not since beer
: heard from.
Idaho now has 33 counties. instead
of 81, those of jefferson and Madison
/ having been created at special cleo
ton held last week in Fremont county
the territory of which they are Great
ed, with county seats at Rigby TO-
jefferson county and Rexburg II
Madison county. They are Mormon
, counties by large majority.
The Mormon counties in Idaho nov
, number IL, and are: Bear Lake, Onei
da, Franklin, Bingham. Bannock, Cas-
STA, Power, Fremont, Bonneville. Mad
ison and Jefferson. The old county o
Fremont was divided by an over
} whelming vote
} Governor Haines Is called upon un
der the law to make large number o
important appointments in the tw'
new coutnies and the old county.
The county is 80 miles wide east ant
west and has a width of Is miles nortl
and south. It's present population II
5000. and its total assessed valuation
100000.
, Madison county has population o
: approximately 5000 and total as
sessed valuation IF $10,000,000. There
are approximately 100000 acres OF i'm
proved farm lands In the county. Rex
burg alone has a population OF 1000.