Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-10-30
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Edward Raboin, official Interpreter
at the Nez Perez Indian agency. was
instantly killed at Lapwai Monday by
runaway team.
The senate has confirmed Leonard
Talbot as postmaster at Toppenisn
Wash, and Walter A. Fiscus, post
master at Potlatch, Idaho
Two safes one in John Bodies saloon
and the other in the office of the
Northern Navigation company on the
city dock, Standpoint, were blown open
Sunday night The robbers secured lii
tie booty.
Company e of the Idaho national
guard was officially mustered into the
service the night of October % al
Bonners Ferry by Captain Moody OF
Hope. Over 20 young men signed the
muster roll.
Charged with classifying the books
of the state treasurer to the extent
of S63,S47, Fred NJ Coleman former
deputy state treasurer, was rearrest.
ed and placed under $4,000 bonds,
which he furnished.
State Treasurer O. V. Allen pleaded
guilty to the embezzlement of $40
1865 of state and public funds, and
was sentenced to from five to ten
years in the state penitentiary a. hard
labor He began serving his time
Immediately.
Miss Edna Erickson, aged 90 was
Killed while standing in the door of
her fathers home about seven miles
northeast of Moscow, at the foot of
Moscow mountain Officials are seek
ing Frank Wilson, Northern Pacific
bridge carpenter in connection with
the crime.
A relief map of the Occur d'Alene
district on scale that will give it a
quire the expenditure of several thou
sand dollars is to be added to the al
ready excellent exhibit of that district
at the Panama-Pacific exposition next
year. Miss Mulkey, an artist of note
in this line of work, has been engag-
ed for the undertaking.
The office of state treasurer is now
vacant and Governor Haines will ap-
point Aliens successor to fill out the
term. Allen has been state treasurer
four years, and was the republican can
didate for reelection. The embezzled
money, ii is said, went into poor bust
ness schemes and also for gambling
Mrs. Allen is reported to be in desti-
tute circumstances. There is an I'M
daughter and two sons.
j. p. Weyerhaeuser of Spokane, Geo.
Rubedow and Ben Bush of Moscow,
Captain Ralph Baughman of the gov
eminent dredge Asotin, Captain Camp
bell of the O.-W r.. & N. steamer Lew
iston and Captain McFarlane of the
gasoline launch Wild Goose, left Lew
iston Monday in the gasoline launch
for trip down the Snake and Column
bia rivers to The Dalles to observe
on the lower river as to ia
cilities for storing and booming logs.
President M. A. Brannon of the Uni
versity of Idaho has requested the
state officials to check the moneys
belonging to the university proper, the
school of science and the agricultural
college collected from federal land en-
iowment transactions, from which Is
derived large portion of the operat-
ing funds of the university. These
have fallen below what they amounted
to last year The difference between
October, 1913, and October, 1914, is
about $6000 The amount last year
was about $4,000.
Odd Fellows Grand Lodge.
Idaho grand lodge l. o. o. F. closed
its annual state convention at Boise
last week. 1t was decided to set aside
$4,000 as permanent fund from
which to use the interest to erect at
Caldwell an Odd Fellows home. Idaho
Falls was selected as the place for the
1915 convention.
The grand encampment elected the
officers: p. w. Johnson,
Occur d'Alene, grand patriarch; Au-
gust j. NORTH, Boise, grand hien
priest; Riley Rice, Cottonwood, grand
senior warden; Presley F. Horne CT
Caldwell, grand scribe; A. E. Gipson,
Caldwell, grand treasurer; M. b.
Gwynn, Boise grand representative,
two-year term; Geo. Harrigfield, Ash
ton, grand representative, one-year
term; Nelson +. Kimball, Weiser,
grand junior warden.
Grand lodge officers were elected as
follows: Grand master, Timothy Dris-
coll, Payette; deputy grand master,
Henry T. James, Boise; grand warden,
George M. Robertson, Cottonwood;
grand secretary, Presley F. Horne,
Caldwell; grand treasurer, w. A.
Payette; grand represen-
tatives, one-year term, j. f. Ailshie;
Lwo-year term, Frank Martin.
In a Commercial Way.
Frank Willard is opening general
store at Kootenai.