Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-12-11
IDAHO NEWS NOTES


the year in Lewiston Monday. forty
fold selling for S1.06 and club for
S1.05.
John Henry Seims, a German living
north of Nez Perce. committed sui
eide Sunday. He became demented
over the war.
Mrs. Mamie Sheppard's ranch of
100 acres, two miles west of Nez Perez,
has been sold to John Wemhoff of Ne
braska for $13.250.
A long drawn out contest between
the homesteaders and the miners on
Pine creek is beginning to threaten
serious trouble, according to reports
reaching Wallace
Felix Corbett, a well-known mem
Der of the Nez Perez tribe, was buried
Sunday at Kamiah. Corbett was 81
years old and one of the best known
Indians on the reservation.
Compilation of election returns fig
ures in Boise show that the social
lists failed to poll 10 per cent of the
vote and. accordingly, will have no
place on the primary ticket in the next
election.
Several horse buyers have been in
the Nez Perez section the last 10 days
buying horses for the English, to be
used in the war. The prices ranged
from $65 to $125. Several carloads
have been purchased.
The various committees at Lewis
ton which have been in charge of Sc
curing contributions to the Belgian
relief fund reported Monday collec-
lions of $6S344 in cash, 1925 pounds
of flour, $50 pounds of beans and 1S4
pounds of rice.
The governor has started a school
for political job aspirants, parts of the
examination questions being:
How would you reduce the expenses
of the office to which you aspire?
How would you give greater eff
cheney in the office to which you as
pire, at the same time employing
fewer clerks and deputies than have
been employed in the past?
Governor John M. Haines has dele
gated Senator Brady and Represent
alive Smith in congress to represent
Idaho's attitude as regards acts OF
Great Britain and other foreign coun
tries to restrict the shipments of cop
per. ore and coal from the United
States during the war in Europe. They
have hopes for some plan to raise the
embargo against these minerals.
Compilation of figures in Boise fol
lowing the recent official count of the
November vote in the state shows tina
of the SO counties 16 went republican
~ democratic, one progressive ant
four were a tie in the division of coun
ty offices. The 33 counties elected
$50 officials, including legislative ant
county tickets, and of this numbe
the republicans elected 279, the deme
Gratis 1872, the progressives 16 and tn
socialists three.
Pursuant to a law passed by tn
legislature in 1913, State Auditor Ere
l.. Huston has sent a request to tn
heads of all state institutions in lds
no telling them to file report OF tn
expenses of their institutions for tn
last two years, and an estimate of e1
penses for the coming two years, tn
report to reach the auditor not late
than December Is, 1914 Failure
> comply with the request will merit
fine of not exceeding $500.
r The annual report of Secretary v
e d. Humiston of the Potlatch Timbe
t Protective association, the largest
r the five associations of north ldah
l. recently completed, shows that it COZ
t, this association 25A cents per aci
n to protect against fire 100000 acre
g of timber lands last year, the total b
ing s1OO,217, the heaviest in mar
years. The states proportion amour
T. ed to $3.50. The national forestl
service is charged $14, 157 and the til
e Der companies with the remainder