Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-11-13
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

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Gently sold 100000 grain bags to farm
ers of that district.
| No trace has been found of the Finn
who killed his pal and the bartender
in Laclede saloon a week ago
G. +. Richie has on exhibition at
kamah potato 80 "a inches in cir
conference and weighing two pounds
six ounces.
The committee appointed at Lewis
ton to secure the Northwest Live
Stock show has organized, with Max
Wood as chairman, and will begin
active work.
According to report ]. l.. Cross,
president of the Kooskia State bank,
was recently indicted by the federal
grand jury on charge of introducing
liquor on the Nez Perez reservation
The first 12-mile stretch of the
Johnson railroad from Lewiston to
Tammany station was formally opened
fer traffic. The grain rate is cents
per hundred on carloads to Lewiston
| iIOul dHiiudHy
John Hazard was attacked by a
vicious dog at Kamiah recently. The
animal first bit him on the leg Ha-
ward tried to knock him away and the
dog grabbed his left hand, tearing
away large piece of flesh.
In one of the largest raids ever made
| hn oh Cd l,V,
deputies. Saturday gathered in 81 men
on charges of gambling, when they
raded two saloons. The raid was
well planned and few escaped.
The north mill of the Bunker Hill
and Sullivan company at Kellogg was
damaged Saturday when one of the
chemical filter tanks about six feet
in diameter and "a feet long exploded
and knocked out portion of the
roof. No one was injured
The body of S. NJ Hanford, a wood
cutter. was found on the ranch Of
Charles Lacy, near Avon. After an in
vestigation the county attorney de-
cided that Hanford came to his death
by accident. it being presumed that he
stumbled on the rails and fell.
Mrs. Pearl Ruffel was arrested at
Kellogg November on warrant
charging murder, as result of the
finding of the body of Dinner Vaughan,
aged Fl, a laundry driver, in the room
of Mrs. Ruffel. She was taken to
Wallace and lodged in the county Jail
She claims he shot himself
Because of the death of Joe Mark
us, victim OF the shooting affray in a
Camas Prairie railroad bunkcar below
Cottonwood on election night, the
prosecutor has changed the charge
against II. j. Smith, who is accused of
the shooting, from assault with dead.
ly weapon with murderous intent, %
murder in the first degree.
| The verdict in Kootenai was against
division. Two propositions were sub
mitted at the recent election. One
provided for the creation of Benwah
county, with ST. Maries as the county
seat, while the other provided for the
creation of Occur d'Alene county, with
Plummer as the county seat. Neither
got majority, according to reports.
Frank Hye, who is held to the dis
trict court at Grangeville charged
with killing his wife, Alma, on Octo
Der 4, was released Saturday on $4,000
bonds and Immediately was rearrested
harged with first degree murder, for
having, as alleged shot to death Hugh
Kennedy at the same time and place
that he is alleged to have killed his
wife.
Peter Mason, the 12-year-old son OF
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mason, was shot
and killed by his playmate, Paul Be
dell, Saturday, two miles eaA of KEEL
logg. Bodell was cleaning a 22-calibel
rifle. Bedell believed the gun to be
empty and had it across his lap. He
worked the lever and pulled the trig
ger, the shell exploding. The bullet
struck the boy in the left side
Fremont Wood and B. S. Grow
president and secretary of the Idaho
State Bar association, have given on,
the following statement relating to the
next meeting OF the state bar associa
ton. AS arranged by the executive
committee this meeting will be hello
at Boise, commencing Wednesday
January 5, and continuing for three
days, concluding Friday evening with
the usual banquet
A report made public this week b,
forestry officials shows that durint
the fire-fighting season 65 fires were
handled in the Pend Oreille nationa
forest, with slight loss of timber, Al
a cost for men, their feed and Other
supplies of $500. The estimated val
ue of the government timber which
was in imminent danger of destruc
ton is $4,000, besides 1000 acres d
white pine seeded or planted by the
government for reproduction purpose,
and $4,000 worth of timber belong
ing to ranchers.
On account of private bushes:
Judge d. w. Standrod of Pocatelo