Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-08-08
IDAHO NEWS T

IDAHO NEWS NOTES
The peaches are coming to Genesee
and are Of excellent quality.
Ada county has q school district
containing S24 square miles.
Standpoint gets the state demonstra.
ton farm station. President Gray of
the Great Northern Railway company
agrees to donate $1,000.
Grain is being cut. Most Of the bar
ley Is already cut and much wheat.
There are several t~hreshing machines
which will start the first Of the week.
The harvesting Of barley and early
fall-sown wheat was started in the
vicinity Of Moscow Monday. 1t is said
brewing barley was never Of better
quality.
To build q pipe line capable Of serv.
ing the city Of Lewiston built from
Lake Waha to the city would cost ap-
proximately $4,000, according to esti-
fates recently made.
Deputy Sheriff Harvey Sawyer Of
Occur d'Alene city has gone to st. Ma
ries and st. Joe to investigate the
robbery Of the Milwaukee Lumber
company's safe at st. Maries.
Fred Hooper. aged 10. a student At
Spokane, lost his hold on the com
panion who was bravely trying to save
him, and sank to his death in the st.
Joe river. about q mile above st. Joe.
According to notice received at the
United States land office at Lewiston
applicants purchasing isolated tracts
will not be compelled to pay the regu-
lar $1.25 per acre fee. BY the new
regulation the payment Of fees is held
up until the applicant purchases the
land.
Chief Of Police James f. Rice OF
Lewiston has personally visited every
place in the city in which it has been
believed that gambling In some form
has been carried on. He informed
the proprietors Of the establishments
that II such violations did exist and
were continued that prosecutions
would follow.
One Of the biggest reductions made
In assessments In recent years hal
been made by the county commission
ers of Nez Perez county at its present
session. A reduction affecting approx
imately 1000 acres of orchard lands
has been made in favor Of the Lewis
ton Land and Water company Of Lew
iston amounting approximately t.
$4,000. Much of the land wal re
duced to q cash valuation Of 500 pei
acre. formerly assessed at $3.50 PEI
acre.
Senator Brady has undertaken
task that will be far reaching In re
suits for citizens Of Idaho. Upon as
Stunning the duties of his office h
started an investigation on Idaho un
surveyed lands, classification Of al
lands, and cases pending before tn
department Of the interior. The sec
rotary Of the interior has said that a
soon as he can secure sufficient az
SlStantS properly 70 manure tAo nlas
ter he will have all Idaho land case
on appeal disposed Of. He has ful
nished Senator Brady with q list Q
all cases now pending. There ar
259 Of these cases, classified under tn
following districts:
II Blackfoot 80. Occur d'Alene los
Boise SO, Lewiston So, HALEY q, O
petition, no office given, /.
The work Of getting these case
properly before the department !
now in progress. The next move is t
have every acre Of land in Idaho sui
veyed. Senator Brady insisted tina
Idaho was as much entitled to have II
land surveyed as Pennsylvania 9
Ohio. He will ask for q conttnuin
appropriation for this purpose.
The unsurveyed lands In Idaho tots
81, 231.360.
: As the land 10 surveyed 1t will b
. classified by the geological survey, 9
that the homesteader before he enter
his homestead will know just ,wher
: the lines are and Just how the land
classified by the government.
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