Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-01-16
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

department of horticulture for the last
four years, has rendered his resigna-
ton.
Professor E. ]. Iddings is spending
several days in looking over number
of sheep feeding experiments which
he is conducting at Caldwell.
Governor Haines has appointed
Henry Thiessen, prominent stock
man at Sweetwater, a member of the
state sanitary live stock board.
The Lewiston land office has been
notified of the passing to patent of
277O acres of Northern Pacific script
land, most of which is located in
Clearwater county.
Fire in the Hotel Moscow at Mos
cow Saturday with every one Of the
81 rooms occupied with from one to
four persons, resulted in a stampede
of partly dressed guests to the streets,
and did an estimated damage of $4,000
to the building and furniture, fully COW
cred by insurance.
It is not probable that Kootenai
county will receive the apportionment
of $4,000 offered by the state highway
commission for the construction Of
the county's part of the proposed road
leading from Spokane to Wallace. In
order to make the state aid available
it would be necessary for the county
to deposit the sum of $4,000 with
the state treasurer.
Boise was chosen as the next meet
ing place of the state dairy association,
which closed recent session at Good
ing. New officers are: Gustave Kunze,
Bull, president; H. J. Youngs, Twin
Falls, vice president; e. V. Ellington,
Moscow, secretary; d. r. Hubbard,
Kuna, treasurer; Arthur Bulge, Pa
ris; G. D. Hodge, North Lapwai; T.
H. McDermott, Meridian, executive
committee.
An elaborate bulletin is being pre-
pared by Professors Jones and Colvel
Of the department of agricultural
chemistry at the university on the tim
Der soils of Bonner, Kootenai and La
tab counties. The bulletin will include
a chemical analysis of more than 12s
, different soils that are found in the
. timbered regions of these three coun
ties. 1t will be published within the
next few months.
The County Treasurer of Bonnie
county has made his report to thu
county auditor of taxes collected TO
1913 as follows: Total state and coun
ty tax, $3.50, 1886; special school tax
$42,441.25; special road tax, $4O4.O6
Standpoint, 15,596.95; Boomers Ferry
S1O95.97; Hope, $S33.2S; Clarks Forf
s2673.51; Kootenai, $3SS.23; East Hop
s2S8.5O; Priest River, $31S5.28, an
sidewalk, Boomers Ferry, $448.OS.
3 Name State Highways.
. The state highway commission ha
" officially named the trunk lines of tn
state highway system, composed
. 1862 miles and traversing q countie
= as follows:
> South Idaho east and west road, tn
+. Idaho Pacific; north Idaho east an
!. west road, the Northern Pacific; higl
+ way to McCammon, Idaho-Utah; higl
l. way from Boise to SawtOoth rang
Idaho Central; eastern north an
! south line, Idaho-Montana. The 500
:. 900 unsold bond issue was apportione
a among the counties.
. Chairman Theodore Turner was i
! structed to go to Washington and CO
8 fer with the department of the interi'
D. to secure, if possible, 100000 for vi
Is on the Idaho system. A state hig
II way engineer was employed for ter
J. of one year. The proceeds OF $1,000
G. worth of highway bonds was vote
;. to Blaine county. The Idaho Fall
- Yellowstone park highway was officis
ly declared part Of the Idaho syste
and $4,000 was voted In bonds Il
it's construction.
Ia The commission decided to consid
c. construction of trunks of the system
the following order:
III First, New Meadows to Grangevill
e second, Odds Ferry to eastern boun
y airy of state; third, st. Regis pass
Spokane, north Idaho; fourth. Ida
g Falls to Yellowstone park; fifth, 81
o. mon City to Gibbonsville; sixth ldaf
., Montana highway. north from Ida
40 Falls.
70 The bond issue was apportioned
:" follows:
Shoshone, Kootenai, Latah, N
of Perce, Bannock counties, $4,000 eac
ng Lewis, Be!ar Lake, Bingham counti
I'm $4,000 each; Washington, Bonn
ae Godding and Twin Falls, $4,000 eac
ne Idaho and Ada counties, $4,000 eac
20 Gilmore and Cassia counties $7t
90 each; Lincoln and Power COUNT
re $500 each: Adams $1,000; Boise $1O(
m. Bonneville $500; Lempi $4,000; F
er mont $14.5O0; Minidoka $4,000; Fral
of lin $4,000.
uo Harry Thaw to Be Released.
,5O Concord N. H.-The release of H
nv Kendall Thaw under bail wo1
annnr6jnU