Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-06-19
IDAHO NEWS NOTES


er midnight Sunday The lone robber
secured s37 and a gold watch and
made his escape.
H. A. Frowick has two acres of
strawberries of the Clarks 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
s31 1865.
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 adj
| 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
sonic order was held at Lewiston this
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. ID. Humiston will
: act as guides. The agricultural de
: partment of the university will be
d represented by Dean w. l.. Carlyle
e director of all state experimental sta
+ lions, and the forestry department o.
the university by Dean c. H. Shattuck
k whose recent discoveries in wood by
}. products induced a special appropri
/ alton of $4,000 by congress for fur
5 Their research.
n State Commissioner of Education
Edward o. Sisson and the board o
n publication, with the approval of thu
state board of education, have mad
q public an official report and recon
a mendation which proposes revolution
a
The Lewiston state normal, the Albiol
k state normal and the Pocatello acad
"a envy are to be abolished or merge'
v into a system of so-called Junior col
q leges," in connection with high school
of the larger cities of the state, excep
sr that it recommends that the Isewisto
le normal be linked with the universit
ID in such way as to prevent duplici
Of tion of work. System is sought. TIL
Of state board about a year ago selecte
t, DR.. Sisson as commissioner of educ;
rs ton and a board of publication wa
s. organized. Most of this year has bee
given by commissioner and members {
u the state board to investigating seve
of al institutions with a view to unifyin
IN and systematizing work of all stat
d. educational institutions with the pu
as lie school system. The school fc
ly defective children at Gooding and til
ia state industrial school at st. Anthem
an are to stand as constituted.
es The st. Maries Cremary Co., ne
w. industry at ST. Maries, Idaho, has OF
Is of the most modern and sanital
er creameries in northern Idaho.
W The contract for the construction
ue the terminal buildings for the Mort
10 ern Pacific Railway company at Lee
sil iston, Ida, consisting of an eight-sts
as roundhouse, coal bunkers of a capaci
ps of 500 tons, machine shop, oil nous
ro- sand house, ice house, turn table, CT
der pit, car repair shop, scales, wat
tank and storehouse and platform, W
aD awarded to the e. ]. Rounds Constr
ton company of Seattle.
rk At a special meeting of the ne
stockholders of the First Bank
he n,o5o , 49, a., 80. Il o,ano