Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-11-19
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

The funeral of Alexander Driscoll
was held at Moscow Saturday.
A. F. Hit, federal crop statistician
| for Idaho, says that fall wheat acreage
has been greatly curtailed by the early
winter
The fat stock show and sale at
Lewiston, November 20 to December
| 5, inclusive, will be the largest ever
held in the northwest.
Saturday and Sunday at Avery. Old
timers and trappers predict heavy
snowfall and hard winter
After successful tests the Inland
Automatic Thresher & Machinery
company, which has a factory at Post
Falls, Idaho, has decided to commence
the manufacture of it's feeders and
separators.
A district convention of the knights
of Pythias lodge was held at Boomers
Ferry Friday Occur d'Alene, Sand
point, Rathdrum, Clarks Fork and
Boomers Ferry were represented.
Samuel Johnson, an early settler in
the Inland Empire, died recently at
Napa City, Cal, aged 81. He was a
wheat raiser and settled in Latah coun-
ty, where he owned large ranch, in
1876
Two unknown men were killed and
five others injured when westbound
Milwaukee freight train was wrecked
two miles east of Pocono, Idaho, Mon
day. A broken flange caused the
trouble.
Four persons we're killed Saturday
and two seriously injured when train
hit an automobile on the outskirts of
Twin Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Henry P.
Larson, who were hurt, are reported
as in a serious condition.
Henry Thiessen of Lapwai Saturday
ford cattle to North Yakima for exhi-
bition at the Cascade international
stock show Nov 1921. 1. H. Lowry OF
Winchester shipped a car of draft
horses.
Edward Davis, a machinist, of Sacra
mento, CAL, and Miss Gladys Mitchell
of Riverside, Idaho, were fatally in
jured at Salt Lake City when struck
by an automobile driven by Jesse &c
sas. Both died. They were to be mar
ried this week.
Entries of sheep for the stock show
from the Anoka farms, Waukesha
Wis, have been received at Lewiston
stock show. The entries so far re
ceived indicate that the show will bt
represented from a much larger terri
tory than heretofore.
Farmers say that much fall whea
which had been sown early was killed
by continued dry weather after it ha(
sprouted and before the snowfall
within q few days much seeding will
yet be done The fall wheat so far i!
about 60 per cent of normal. 1t Is ar
gued this would mean a larger acre
age Of oats and spring sown wheat il
this region.
This state will make demand o
; $145,592 on the National Surety com
pany, surety on 0. v. Aliens, refault
ing treasurer, bond Of 100000. Tit
Judgment to be asked represents to
tai alleged shortage of $135,538, will
interest in the sum of $9487, and al
additional sum of s565. interest tn,
state lost on the capitol building bone
issue sold at Chicago. The state ex
) poets to send a representative to Chi
cago to investigate a report that AL
!, len made $4,000 when he disposed o
this bond issue of $1.250,000.
According to M. H. Wolff, supervise
of the United States forestry reserve
at Occur dAlene. more than 100000
feet of white pine timber have beel
sold and scaled along the little Nortl
Fork river this season. The superv
sor and a 15-man crew have spen
1 much time in this district. White pin
= is sold at from 50 to S. per 1000 fee
Since July receipts have aggregate
i, $4,000. Twenty-Five per cent Of thi
goes to the school and road funds Q
. the counties where taken and 10 pc
cent to the roads in the state reserve.