Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-06-05
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

At Moscow, recently, MT. anu ME
Henry Eustler celebrated their golden
wedding.
A steel bridge is to be erected
across the Palouse river in Idaho three
and one half miles from Palouse City.
Grangevilles horse show, the last OF
this week, is going to be one OF the
most elaborate ever attempted in the
state.
Judge Woods, at Wallace, has set
June 81 as the date for settling all
business of the defunct State Bank OF
Commerce Of that city.
A large planting project is being
carried on by the government in the
Occur d'Alene national forest, south
of Wallace, under direction of Chief
of Planting H. H. Farquhar.
John Louma, the alleged slayer OF
John Lundquist, near Enayille, last
September, waived his preliminary ex-
animation in the probate court at
Wallace and was bound over to the
district court without bail.
The Idaho district court has decided
in favor of Mayor Arthur Hodges of
Boise in the case brought against him
by j. I. Miles, in which it was asked
that Hodges be ousted from office be-
cause of his alleged failure to enforce
certain laws.
Owing to the warm weather recently
both the Snake and Clearwater rivers
are rising rapidly, the Clearwater be-
ing higher than at any time this sea-
son. Pier No. 8 of the new Clearwater
bridge, which was washed otu of line
during the last high water, went out
entirely.
A woman's day at the Spirit Lake
Chautauqua, with woman presiding
officer, women speakers, women sing
ers and topics of special interest to
women bids fair to be the most popular
event of the whole Chautauqua season,
which opens July 10 and lasts until
August 10.
The Clearwater Short line, which is
a subsidiary of the Northern Pacific,
has been notified by the general land
office authorities at Washington that
so dayss time will be given it to make
a final choice on which of the two
routes it has surveyed over the Bitter
Roots will be accepted. One route as
surveyed comes down the north fork
of the Clearwater, the other down the
middle fork.
The annual convention of the Fed
Grafton of Women's clubs held it's final
session at st. Maries, heard reports
and elected officers. Those chosen
were: President, Mrs. A. Rogan, St
Maries; first vice president, Mrs. A. H.
Oversmith, Troy; second vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Finney, Occur d'Alene; Sec
rotary, Mrs. A. Stickney, st. Maries;
treasurer, Mrs. Eshaver, Occur d'Alene
Next years meeting will be in Mos
cow.
The forest service has made an an
nouncement of it's policy in the sale
OF green live timber from the Occur
d'Alene national forest, which will be
effective for the next five years. The
total amount of timber to be cut in
any year will not exceed 10000. 600
board feet and the sale contracts will
not exceed three years in duration
except in unusual circumstances. An
annual cut of not to exceed 10. 600 OOO
board feet will be permitted in anv
one sale.
One OF the largest and most impor-
tant filings on government lands nv
the state of Idaho was recently mada
at Occur d'Alene by George A. Dav
secretary of the state land board. and
Ben e. Bush, state land selector. who
filed upon 100000 acres. COVERING
much OF the valuable timber east of
Priest lake and the country drained
by Priest river not already patented.
This land was a portion of that ex-
changed by the government with the
state OF Idaho for school sections 16 to
80 IN the national forest reserves with
in the state.
superintendent Francis Poole and
the attendants of the South Idaho In
sane asylum at Blackfoot are com.
pletely exonerated by the board Of
trustees OF that institution through
report they submitted Saturday to Gov.
ernor John M. Haines. who had re-
quested that complete and searching
investigation be made of the killing of
tive OF the inmates by Peter Brado-
witch, convict and insane man. who
Drained his victims. The board find.
that the present condition OF the
asylum should be remedied. Failure
on the part OF the legislature to make
an appropriation is given as the cause