Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1915-12-03
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

The Western Milling & Elevator Co.
has completed it's new elevator at
Iona, Idaho.
David Dalin, insurance surveyor, is
engaged in making a new survey of
the town of Standpoint.
The Idaho Milling & Feed Co.'s new
elevator at Caldwell, Idaho, is now
completed 1t has capacity of 20,-
900 bushels.
w. Riley Clemans Of Charleston, age
about 45, well known throughout east
ern Washington and northern Idaho,
died recently.
Anton Busk of Athol has been ap-
pointed commissioner of the Belmont
highway district by Governor Moses
Alexander for four years
The Atlas Tie company reports the
purchase of 100000 feet Of fir and
tamarack timber from r. M. Duvall
and associates near Belmont. The
logs will be shipped in the spring.
George Sievers, manager Moscow
Union Warehouse Co., estimates the
wheat crop Immediately tributary to
Moscow, Idaho, this season at about
100000 bushels, which is 10 to IS
per cent increase over last year.
| j. p Scott, age about so, pioneer
owner and publisher of the Occur
dAlene Daily Press, and well known
as an editor and politician in the Ida
no panhandle, died at Occur d'Alene
City Sunday, after short attack of
heart trouble.
Sunday afternoon % carloads of
stock reached the Lewiston grounds
of the northwest live stock show from
North Yakima, while a stream of en-
tries from other localities also reached
the SITE The show and sale will be
held all this week
BY unanimous resolution the county
commissioners at Standpoint appropri-
ated $4,000, comprising the total
bridge fund for the year, for the con-
struction of bridge to take the place
of the ferry across the Pend Oreille
river at Priest River.
David Spurbeck, age 80, of Genesee,
a resident of the region since 1877,
met his death at Lewiston Sunday as
Mr.. Spurbeck, in the city for the stock
show, was returning from the business
section to his hotel when he was hit
by machine driven by E. w. Wing.
1t is estimated that approximately
5000 men are employed by the various
/, logging and timber companies in Sho-
shone county in telling ,skidding and
banking logs for the spring drive. Ac.
cording to the estimates on file in the
supervisors office, the Occur d'Alene
national forest contains 1888 100000
feet of saw timber, with an annual
growth of 100000 feet.
Reports from practically every log.
ging camp on the Little North Fork,
country demonstrate that one of the
largest log drives ever attempted in
this district will commence with high
water next spring. On the little North
Fork no less than 100000 feet OF
white pine have been scaled and sold
this season. The government has had
Is scalers employed.
A. H. Duffie of Lewiston Orchards
Is in receipt of communication from
the officials of the Panama-Pacific ex-
position at San Francisco advising
that the Lewiston district has been
awarded one medal of honor, Is gold
medals, 33 silver medals, II bronze
medals and eight honorable mentions
of fruit exhibits The medal of honor
was awarded in recognition of the best
maintained exhibit during the fair,
In a Commercial Way.
Horace Noble has purchased the
meat market of John Wells of Orc
fino.
Nelson & Clark have succeeded
Clark & Hastings, grocers at Twin
Falls.
Kenshaw & Cross have succeeded
J.. L. Stamper, general merchant a
Peck.
. +. B. Nesbit, who has been con
Quoting repair shop at Troy, MAJ
put in full line of jewelry.
Yeggmen blew the safe in the gen
: eral store of y. B. Whitcomb a
, Clarksfork last week, from which
they took between $50 and $40.
l Burglars entered the general stor,
} of Louis A. Larsen at Rathdrum las
: week and took SIS in money ant
about $25 worth of merchandise.
3 Meyer & Flomer, implement AMI
;, vehicle dealers at Genesee, have oc
: cupied brick addition 65x7o feet
: built this fall by Meyer Bros, whicl
;. they will use for garage and re
+. pair room. They have the agenc,
for the Maxwell and Haynes cars.
Emperor Returns to Toxic.
Kioto, Japan.-The period of core
nation ceremonies, which has laste
three weeks was brought to a clos