Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1914-06-19
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

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robbed in a daring manner shortly aft
er midnight Sunday. The lone robber
secured $37 and a gold watch and
made his escape.
H. A. Frowick has two acres of
strawberries of the Clark's Seeding
(Hood River) variety on his farm up
the Middle Potlatch, about two miles
above Juliaetta, that are paying him
about $3.50 the acre, according to re-
port.
The secretary of the interior has
authorized the reclamation service to
execute a contract with the Morrison
Knudson company of Boise, for con-
struction of the Three Mile Falls div
ision works, in connection with the
Umatilla irrigation project, Oregon at
$31, S65.
The Idaho Northern railroad, from
Nampa to Mccall, through Long Val
ley, has commenced laying rails from
the terminus of the work of last fall,
10 miles below Mccall, and expects to
have the track laid to the lake during
the coming week. More than 200 men
are at work.
DR.. Sullivan, cholera expert, en-
ployed by the government, is at Twin
Falls to aid the ranchers in eradicat-
ing hog cholera. He will experiment
with the new serum, and other pre-
ventive measures for stamping out
this disease. Meetings will be held at
Bull, Kimberly and Filler, at which
DIR. Sullivan will address hog raisers.
By the delivery of a warrant for
1924 to County Treasurer Kercheval
by Bonner county recently the differ.
ence with Kootenai county was ad-
justed. When Bonner county was
created the new county assumed Sd
per cent of the bonded debt of Koot-
enai county. The payment discharges
Bonner county's indebtedness in full.
The state convention of the Ma
week. The divisions which will be
represented are the grand chapter OF
Royal Arch Masons, the grand com
mandery, Knights Templar, and the
Ancient Arabic Order, Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine. The conclave of the
Royal Arch Masons and of the Knights
Templar is a state affair, and more
than 100 high in the councils of the
order will be present.
The largest remaining district OF
untouched white pine timber in the
world is to be jointly inspected by
agents of the Idaho state land board,
the University of Idaho and represen.
tatives of the largest timber compan.
les in the country. Benjamin e. Bush
of Moscow, agent of the state land
board, and w. D. Humiston will
act as guides. The agricultural de
partment of the university will be
represented by Dean w. L. Carlyle.
director of all state experimental sta
tions, and the forestry department OF
the university by Dean G. H. Shattuck
whose recent discoveries in wood by
products induced a special appropri
alton of $4,000 by congress for fur
Their research.
State Commissioner of Education
Edward o. Sisson and the board Of
publication, with the approval of the
state board of education, have made
public an official report and recon-
, mendation which proposes revolution
izing the educational system of Idaho
The Lewiston state normal, the AlbioI
state normal and the Pocatello acad
| envy are to be abolished or merged
into a system of so-called "%junior col
leges," in connection with high schools
of the larger cities of the state, excep'
that it recommends that the Lewiston
normal be linked with the university
in such a way as to prevent duplica
ton of work. System is sought. The
state board about a year ago selected
DR.. Sisson as commissioner of educa
tion and a board of publication wa
organized. Most of this year has beer
given by commissioner and members o.
: the state board to investigating sever
al institutions with a view to unifyini
and systematizing work of all stat
educational institutions with the pub
|, lie school system. The school TO
4. defective children at Gooding and thu
state industrial school at st. Anthem.
are to stand as constituted.
The st. Maries Cremary Co., a mes
industry at ST. Maries, Idaho, has on
of the most modern and sanitar.
, creameries in northern Idaho.
t The contract for the construction o
. the terminal buildings for the North
ern Pacific Railway company at Lew
iston, Ida, consisting of an eight-stal
! roundhouse, coal bunkers of a capacit,
E of 500 tons, machine shop, oil mouse
sand house, ice house, turn table, Gin
: der pit, a repair shop, scales, waite
tank and ~storehouse and platform, wa
. awarded to the e. J.. Rounds ConstruC
= ton company of Seattle.
At a special meeting of the ney
e stockholders of the First Bank @
Troy, Idaho, officers to fill office
made vacant when the bank change
q hands were elected as follows: c
Bohman, Oscar Larson, Fred X. Bress