Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-06
IDAHO NEW y NOTES

At Mulian, Idaho. Feb. /. Iva Nessa,
a native OF Finland, committed sui
eide.
Officials of the O.-W. r. & y. have
announced that a new $4,000 depot
will be erected at kellogg, Idaho, in
the near future.
The boys choir, numbering Is of
st. Peters Episcopal church in Ward
ner appeared in vestments for the
first time Sunday.
Louis DeGrush, age SO. committed
suicide at Grangeyille Saturday. He
had no relatives in the immediate
country. Dependency is assigned as
the cause.
The board of county commissioners
has fixed the road poll tax to be col
lected in Latah county this year at 50
and also made an order directing that
these taxes be collected by the county
| treasurer.
The plant of the Boomers Ferry
Lumber Co. at Bonners Ferry Idaho,
Is not able to take care of the orders
received and the planning mill is run
ming day and night. Ten to IS cars OF
lumber are being shipped daily.
| Extensive repairs and alterations
will be begun on the plant Of the
Blackwell Lumber Co. at Occur
dAlene beginning Monday, and it is
expected to be completed in time for
the opening of the active season Feb
ruary Is.
According to J. P. Goodwin Of St
Maries, Idaho, there will not be less
than 225,o0o,000 feet of logs cut for
the mills in that valley this year. Or
erations will be on full blast by March
and the lumber business has a fairly
good outlook
Goodberg Plat, the merchant o,
Standpoint who early Thursday morn
ing shot and mortally wounded ]. C
Hague, rancher from near Trestle
creek, was tried in the probate court
on charge of murder and acquitted
as it was proven he was trying to gel
into his house.
Infatuated when he was ordered t.
leave the place, John A. Mcpherson
a miner at Mullan, threw wood alcoho
on his landlady, Mrs. William Kim
Bile, set fire to her clothing and triet
to set fire to the house, where three
children We're asleep, according to tn,
womans story told the police She will
not die.
A petition signed by 10 of the 2
saloonkeepers of Wallace has beel
filed, to be presented to the council
asking for reduction of the licens
for saloons, alleging that the high l
, cense now in vogue is excessive an
: burdensome. The present license
$500 year. The 1914 license will b
$500 The state and county licens
: amounts to $751;, making total yea
ly license Of $1551, commencing Apr
, next
A recent decision is that the India
bureau can not lawfully pay for the tn
ton of Indian children in the publ
schools of states where the laws ad
nit to school privileges. tuition free
Heretofore it has been the practice
contract with the local district school
for the education of the Indian chi
dren, the government desiring to al
! sist the public school officials in vie
: of the fact that the Indians lands ar
not taxable for school purposes. Th
y Nez Perez being citizens of Idah
moi oh Hyar hn aln 10
public schools under the school law
!. of the state. This order affects abor
t Is schools on the reservation.
The contracting firm of Storey
= Smith of Boise will erect the Idah
state building at the Panama-Pa
International exposition The Idah
: building will occupy an imposing plac
on the north side of the site set asid
l. for great structures of the America
|. states, and will overlook San Fral
s cisco bay. The structure will be rec
s angular. so by 122 geet, and tw
stories high. One of the most origin;
J. features of the building will be a larg
room on the ground floor in whic
moving pictures of Idaho's scener
and resources will be shown daily
all exposition visitors. Films no
are being made for this purpose
= every part of Idaho and $4,000 wi
n be spent in this feature alone. TIL
4 central portion of the ground floor wi
o be devoted to state display OF ldah
0 products. The second story will b
l. devoted to reception rooms and othe
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