The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-02-07
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Good roads committees have been
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 1n
the Lewiston, Clearwater and Camas
Prairie districts still remains in the
farmers hands, according to grain
dealers figures.
Billy Powell, formerly of Spirik
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 iss
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 d'Alene city council novv
permits the opening of the motion pic
ture theaters on Sundays. The pro-
prietors will pay license of $25 a
open seven days a week.
Governor Haines has appointed the
state horticultural inspection board ass
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 20, of Grangeville,
is dead and his brother Dee, aged 49,.
is seriously i'll, caused by strychnines,
supposed to have been mixed in "a.
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-miI-
| lionaire of Butte has been cited to ap
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 thee
highest tribunal of that state.
A large number of settlers on the.
public domain and smaller number
of settlers within the Occur d'Alenes
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 dAlene land office ora
that date.
The final chapter in the famous
newspaper contempt case of Boise, i'm
which the supreme court of Idaho was
accuser, judge and jury in the trial Oh.
Richard Storey Sheridan, G. o. Broxow
and A. R. Cruzen, was closed February
L when the newspaper men paid theiE
fines of $500 each, assessed by the
court, with 17S,300 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 from4
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 II. Goodin and Walter A.
Heiss have been appointed county COM
missioners for Lincoln county to filE
vacancies caused by the county diyi-
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 shalB
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 a month for the:
first child and S. 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
NJ. Dilatush; sheriff, Fred A. Bliss
clerk, Frank L. Bower; assessor, w. p.
Kennedy; county treasurer, Fred A.
Clark; coroner, j. H. Cromwell; sur
veyor, e. S. Smith; probate judge
Ezra E. Brandt; county school superin-
: tendent, Mrs. Louise NJ Dodge; prose-
cutting attorney, Percy T. Sutphfn-
/ 1t is reported considerable pressure
;, is being brought to bear agaius1 the
appointment of Dwight E. Hodge as
judge of the new judicial district of
: Nez Perez and Lewis counties, proyid-
! ing the bill for making two districts
:, out OF the present district passes
Radical departures in assessment
taxation and the collection of taxes
. are made in the new revenue law fos
: this state, which has been reported
by the state tax agents and which has
! been adopted by Governor Haines as;