Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-12-11
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

fold selling for $1.06 and club for
$1.05.
John Henry Seims, German living
north of Nez ferce, committed sui
eide Sunday. He became demented
over the war.
Mrs. Mamie Sheppard's ranch of
100 acres, two miles west of Nez Perez,
has been sold to John Wemhoff of Ne
braska for $13,25O.
long drawn out contest between
the homesteaders and the miners on
Pine creek is beginning to threaten
serious trouble, according to reports
reaching Wallace
Felix Corbett, well-known men,
Der of the Nez Perez tribe, was buried
Sunday at Kamiah. Corbett was 81
years old and one of the best known
Indians on the reservation
Compilation of election returns fig.
uyes in Boise show that the social
lists failed to poll 10 per cent of the
vote and, accordingly, will have nc
place on the primary ticket in the next
election.
Several horse buyers have been in
the Nez Perez section the last 10 days
buying horses for the English, to be
used in the war. The prices ranged
from $85 to $125. Several carloads
have been purchased.
The various committees at Lewis.
ton which have been in charge of Sc
curing contributions to the Belgian
relief fund reported Monday collec-
tons of $683.'4 in cash, 1925 pounds
Of flour, $50 pounds of beans and 134
pounds of rice.
The governor has started school
for political job aspirants, parts of the
examination questions being:
How would you reduce the expenses
of the office to which you aspire?
How would you give greater eff.
cheney in the office to which you as.
pire, at the same time employing
fewer clerks and deputies than have
been employed in the past?
Governor John M. Haines has dele
gated Senator Brady and Represent.
alive Smith in congress to represent
Idaho's attitude as regards acts of
Great Britain and other foreign coun-
tries to restrict the shipments of cop
per, ore and coal from the United
States during the war in Europe. They
have hopes for some plan to raise the
embargo against these minerals.
Compilation of figures in Boise fol
lowing the recent official count of the
November vote In the state shows that
of the 33 counties 16 went republican,
IL democratic, one progressive and
four were a tie in the division of coun-
ty offices. The 33 counties elected
800 officials, including legislative and
county tickets, and of this number
the republicans elected 279, the demo
Gratis 1872, the progressives 16 and the
socialists three.
Pursuant to a law passed by the
legislature in 1913, State Auditor Fred
l.. Huston has sent a request to the
heads of all state institutions in Ida
no telling them to file report of the
expenses of their institutions for the
last two years, and an estimate of ex
penses for the coming two years. the
report to reach the auditor not later
than December Is, 1914. Failure to
comply with the request will merit q
fine of not exceeding $500.
The annual report of Secretary w
D. Humiston of the Potlatch Timber
Protective association, the largest OF
the five associations of north Idaho
recently completed, shows that it cosi
this association 25A cents per acre
to protect against fire 100000 acres
of timber lands last year, the total be
ing $100,217, the heaviest in many
years. The states proportion amount
ed to $3.50. The national forestry
service is charged $14,157 and the tim
Der companies with the remainder.