Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-10-29
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Ben R. Gray of HALEY, was appoint
ed register of the land office there.
Occur d'Alene city won the location
for the 1916 l. o. o. f. state grand
lodge.
Justin H. Wixom, prosecuting attor-
ney of Shoshone county since last jan
uary, has resigned.
A train of 81 cars of cattle and hogs
passed through Kamiah last week en-
route to Anaconda, Mont.
j. e. Wilson and H. ]. Mitchell, re-
Gently from Illinois, have put in opera
ton the Moscow creamery, equipped
with modern machinery.
Milos Perovich was almost instantly
killed at Wallace Sunday when he at
tempted to alight or was thrown from
a moving automobile as it turned the
corner
Henry Dernham, a former pioneer
merchant of Moscow, who went to San
Francisco with William kaufman and
operated the Emporium, large de-
partment store, has suffered a stroke
of opoplexy.
The state board of education has
authorized the construction of a steel
tower to support huge tank with a
capacity of $4,000 gallons to afford
better water supply and protection to
the campus and the buildings at Mos
cow
The commissioners of the Tammany-
Waha highway district have canvassed
and declared the vote for bonds as Al
to 20 against the issuance of 100000
highway bonds, the necessary two
thirds having been secured by a mar
gin of one vote.
The Rev. Joseph William Mann, age
6S years, at Omak, Wash. died of
paralysis recently. He had been in the
ministry for 40 years, came west four
years ago, preached for time at Gull
desac, Idaho, and was a member of the
Walla Walla presbytery.
The Snake river valley tributary to
Idaho Falls, will ship in the neighbor-
hood of 10000 carloads of potatoes this
year. In addition, the district sugar
beet industry, which is the main one
of the country, supplies two factories
One at Sugar City, four miles east
of Idaho Falls, and the other at Black
foot, 20 miles south.
The Idaho supreme court has grant
ed an application for a writ of error
to the suprtme court of the United
States, which will be asked to pass
upon the constitutionality of Idaho's
drastic liquor law, which makes pos
session of liquor a felony on second
conviction. This law was upheld by
the state supreme court.
In talk to Occur d'Alene business
men recently w. G. Scholz of Boise,
manager of the state farm markets
bureau, told how this new department
is bringing farmers in more direct
touch with consumers He recon-
mended public markets and commented
on the lack of a creamery there. He
said that plant should not cost above
$4,000, and that he would be glad to
aid when such plant is decided on for
this vicinity.
Farmers in the Peck, Idaho, coun-
try are reporting some fine wheat
yields. w. Clugstone has 80 acres
that ran over so bushels to the acre,
and John McFadden realized an aver
age of about so bushels on a 9O-acre
patch, with some spots running so
bushels to the acre. And there are
several others about as good. The
total grain crop tributary to Peck is
estimated at about 225,000 bushels.
The Grangeville Qdaho) Milling Co.
has made its first run on new wheat
and will begin regular grinding next
week. The mill has been recently
improved with new machinery, is of
1875 barrels capacity and enjoys a
good trade on the prairie. This plant
also receives and grinds considerable
corn. The wheat crop tributary is es-
timated at $4,000 bushels, nearly
twice the normal crop.
Estimates of this seasons grain
crop tributary to Cottonwood, Idaho,
vary considerably, ranging from 600,-
900 to 100000 bushels, of which prob
ably As per cent is wheat, As per cent
barley and 10 per cent oats. The
wheat crop will probably average 40
bushels to the acre. This is ordi-
narily a heavy barley-producing CEN
ter, but the high wheat prices of last
season restricted the barley and in
creased the wheat acreage.