Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-04-10
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Boomers Ferry citizens have organ
lied an improvement club.
Prospects for large farm yields are
declared rosy by farmers in Idaho.
Superintendent Theodore Sharp of
the Indian agency at Lapwai is adyer-
Using for Hereford bulls to be furnish
ed the Indians.
On May / new rural route will be
established out of Troy. The route
will be 1917 miles long and about 70
families on Burnt and Little Bear
ridges will be served.
The Nease Timber company of Port
land, which was awarded the con-
tract by the commissioners of Latah
county to cruise and estimate two
townships of timber next month, filed
it's bond of $4,000
Estimation Of the standing timber on
patented land in Bonner, Shoshone and
Clearwater counties, Idaho, for assess
ment purposes will begin Immediately.
and 81 cruisers. in the employ of A. j.
Nease, who has the cruising contract
Weather that has prevailed through
out Nez Perez and Camas prairies dur
| ing the last few weeks has started the
farmers early to their work in the
| fields. The winter grain Is in splen-
did condition and big yield is ex-
pected.
| The remains of B. Bentley Handbook
of lone drowned in the Pend Oreille
river by the capsizing of ferry jan
uary 10, were inferred at Rathdrum
Saturday The body was found by
fishermen near Box canyon. Han
brook was 81 years old
The citizens of the southern part or
Kootenai county, Idaho, in favor OF the
erection of two new counties from tho
district are waging a vigorous cam
paign to secure support Of the move
ment when it is submitted to the vo-
tiers at the next election.
In connection with pension legisla-
ton it Is planned to pension pioneer
Indian fighters in Idaho and the north
west, who bore arms against the red
men as late as 1868. Many Of these
veterans never took the trouble to en-
list, but rendered important service.
which 1t is sought to have recon-
pensed.
p. w. Mays, arrested in Lewiston ON
advice from the Garfield county au-
thorities. at which place he was in
dicted by the grand jury on charge
of bootlegging, will make a fight.
against returning to Washington until,
extradition papers are issued. Wheth-
err violation of the liquor laws Is an
extraditable offense in Washington
will probably be tested.
In connection with the fight against
hog cholera 1t Is assumed that a large
portion of the $4,000 appropriated for
the department of agriculture will be
used to send experts into Idaho to
show the farmers how to combat this
dread disease, which has bene disas-
a trous to hog raising in several coun-
Q ties. Large quantities of hog cholera
K serum have already been bought and
e the fight will soon be taken up 10
n cally.
The court calendar of ShoshOne
, county was cleared Saturday OF the
: remaining cases, nine in number, pend
ing against B. F. O'Neil for the mis-
i. use of the funds of the defunct State
Bank of Commerce. Eleven charges
:. were filed against O'Neil originally
In two cases change of venue wal
taken to Coerr d'Alene and after {
y trial he was convicted and sentenced
c to the penitentiary to from two to II
q years. The charges against Edgar s
G. Wyman in connection with the fail
n ure of the bank have also been dis
% missed. The dismissals close the banl
8, cases in so far as any further prose
Is cutions are concerned. The remain
8, ing directors of the bank have all pail
e. their liability and Harry L. Day ha
taken over the various assets of tn
bank for approximately $4,000.