Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-12-18
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Teh Lewiston stock show is the
best ever
A municipal Christmas tree 65 feet
high is to be raised at the center of
the business district of Moscow.
Charles George, held in the county
Jail at Wallace awaiting trial on a
charge of mui dering Frank Christi
has been made the defendant in a
civil suit brought by his brother
Argentine Lodge No As, of Kellogg,
carried off the Knights OF Pythias
trophy cup at the annual contest re-
Gently. Galena lodge. of Wardner, was
second and Wallace lodge third.
The Interstate Utilities company,
new telephone company recently or
ganized, has filed with the county re-
corder at Occur d'Alene a mortgage
for 100000 to cover a bond issue
for the same amount
In the case of l.. f. Williams and
others against the county of Nez
Perez. involving contest of the local
option election held last May, Judge
Steele sustained the demurrer to the
complaint and plaintiff failing further
to plead the cause was dismissed.
The O.-W r. & N company will
have the prize winning corn exhibits
| from the Walla Walla corn show on
exhibition all week at Lewiston and
| December Is and 10 Mrs. e. M. Red
ington, apple expert, will lecture and
demonstrate Mr.. Smith, agriculturist
of the O.-W. r. & N. arrived Sunday
to arrange the corn exhibit.
Acclaimed the largest attended and
most enthusiastic convention in its
history the fourth annual gathering
of the Idaho state seed growers closed
after a three days session at Twin
Falls with a banquet. Irrigation and
seed production were discussed by
]. S. WEIGH, superintendent of the
Gooding experiment station. DR.. F..
S. Harris of Utah agricultural college
spoke on clover and alfalfa seed pro-
duction The following officers were
elected: President, j. Wyley SEES
sions, Pocatello; vice president, L. L.
0. d. Center, Boise; directors, two
year term, M. A. Thometz Of Twin
Falls, T. H. Hopkins of Springfield
and C. c. Tobias Of Caldwell; one
year term, A. J. Snyder of Spring
field and o. e. Scott Of Pocatello.
A sensation was created at Boise
Saturday when grand jury was call
cd To- A hn IF In,
auguration of Governor-elect Moses
Alexander and other state officials, as
we'll as the converting OF the legis-
lature, to probe the state treasury
steal, in which $4,000 or more is al
legged to have been embezzled in va
i rious ways.
Application for the jury was made
by County Attorney Owens, backed by
Attorney General ]. Fl. Peterson, who
declared, in a letter to the prosecutor,
that since former State Treasurer o.
v. Aliens arrest and incarceration,
following his confession of embezzle-
ment of $4,000, suspicious have been
cast on other officials who have the
right to clear themselves or, if they
cannot, should be punished.
Since Axel P. Ramstedt, tax commits
sioner, who examined the treasury de-
partment after finding the shortage,
made his report to Governor Haines
there has been CONSERVATION in state
circles and pressure was brought to
bear on the governor not to submit
the report for publication, it is said
1t contains list of notes of state
employees on which Allen advanced
money, which account for some of the
shortage. Governor Haines has not
made this report public.