Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-02-20
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

School Superintendent Buck has
been engaged by the school board at
st. Maries for three years.
The Elks' lodge at Moscow has
voted 500 to the Boy Scouts to as
sist them in eQuipping their head
quarters.
The postoffice at Dover was burglar
lied recently. Postoffice funds amount
ing to $3.50 In cash and stamps were
taken from the safe. The combination
of the safe was used in securing the
money and stamps.
The stockholders OF the Kootenai
County Fair association, in session.
elected directors to fill vacancies. w
H. Ellis, George Stowe and John ia
gels were chosen to three-year terms.
l.. G. Shadduck was elected to sue
coed F. Lewis Clark
Names Of % students who fell be-
low 60 per cent in the last semester
examinations have been taken up by
the faculty committee in connections
with the excuses for failure. Some
Thinkers will remain on probation.
while others were sent home.
The sheriff's office at Moscow serv-
ed notices upon the billiard halls that
he would require them to comply with
the statute which provides for tho
removing Of all window shades, blinds
and other distractions to a plain view
Of the tables from the outside.
Joseph Grigg, serving term in the
Idaho state penitentiary on conviction
in the district court of Bonner county
for assault with intent to kill Clar-
ence Franklin, must serve his sem
tence of from three to IA years. The
supreme court refused to rehear his
case on appeal.
The county commissioners of Latah
and Nez Perez counties met at Lewis
ton and opened bids for the construc-
ton of two bridges to span Potlatch
creek. one near Kendrick and the 9TH
er near Julaetta. The bids submit
ted for the Kendrick bridge was $124O.
and for the one at Juliaetta $5940.
Sheriff Harry Lydon of Lewiston
recently visited the Maduna ranch.
near Spaulding, it having been re-
ported to him that horses being past
ured there were dying from starvation
The sheriff found IL animals dead and
three or four more dying, while the
rest of the herd are living skeletons.
Wren & Greenough, railroad con-
tractors, who own large farm ON
Camas prairie near Grangeville Sat-
urday sold their 1913 crop of wheat.
10000 bushels, to Balfour, Guthrie e.
Co. The deal was closed In Portland.
The wheat was principally Of the
white hybrid variety and brought "A
Idaho owns some livestock. three
million nine hundred and thirty seven
thousand head, counting horses, mules.
mich cows, other cattle, sheep and
hogs, with total value OF sixty mil
lion. four hundred and ninety-five
thousand dollars, according to the es
innate on the number of head and the
valuation as fixed by the bureau of
statistics of the department of agri-
culture.
Places of 1000 population or more
that have saloons are Boise, Occur
d'Alene, Grangeville, HALEY, Kellogg,
Mountain Home, Mullan, Salmon.
Standpoint, Shoshone, Wallace, and
Wardner The cities of 1000 popula-
ton or more that are dry are: Amer
lean Falls, Blackfoot, Caldwell, En-
NETT, Gooding, Harrison, Idaho Falls.
Lewiston, Malad, Montpelier, Moscow.
Nampa, Oakley, Paris, Payette, Poca-
tello, Preston, Rexburg, St. Anthony.
Twin Falls and Weiser
In the appointment of the three Ida
no poultry commissioners for the 1915
exposition at San Francisco, two
Occur d'Alene poultry raisers were
Ronored-H. o. Tytherleigh, secretary
of the American Poultry association
for the state of Idaho, and Oscar Nell
son, president of the same organiza
ton for Idaho. The third member OF
the commission is Miller Purvis of
Wendell, Idaho. This commission is to
have complete charge of the Idaho
poultry exhibit at the exposition, and
plans will be put on foot Immediately
toward stimulating competition among
the fanciers of the state for the pro-
duction of the best possible exhibits.
The Idaho state law which bars a
public official from being interested
in any contract with the municipality
Of which he is an officer has been up
held by Judge Flynn of the district
court. The case in point was one
wherein Ralph A. Goldman charged X
Wanamaker. chairman of the board or
trustees of the village of Hope, with
selling goods to the town contrary to
law. Judge Flynn held that contracts
of sale were void and that any tax
payer of Hope could institute suit to
recover the money paid Wanamaker
!, was caught on Is counts, amounting.
to $s65.s2, and will have to pay thar
: amount into the town treasury If the
: ruling of the district Judge Is upheld