The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-02-24
News Snapshots
OF the Week
NEWS NOTES OF IDAHO

John Bode, aged 61, died at Sand
point from pneumonia. followed by a
complication OF diseases.
The University OF Idaho basketball
team was defeated by The Dallas
Ore, team at Dallas by the score of
20 to 10.
The Pacific a Idaho Northern,
which has been interrupted for three
weeks by water and snow blockades.
is now clear.
The oregon Agricultural college
basketball team defeated the Univer.
sity OF Idaho five at Corvallis. Ore,
by the score OF 95 to H.
The Washington state college bas.
ketball team took fast and close
game from the Coeur d'Alene faculty
team at Coeur d'Alene by a score OF
27 TO Z.
The annual meeting OF the State
Horticultural society held in Twin
Falls was fairly we'll attended con.
Bidcring the blockadod condition OF
the railroad service.
The state game warden's office ro-
sembles a miniature museum. the
mounted birds and animals OF Idaho
shown at the Panama.Pacific exposi.
tion having been returned.
over eleven hundred notices were
sent out from the office OF the state
land register to delinquent lessees OF
state lands. According TO the ruling
OF the board. II the delinquents do not
pay up within 80 days from the date
OF the notice their contracts will be
cancelled.
At n meeting OF the board OF Girect.
ors OF the Gem State Fair association
the report OF the committee on pre-.
MUM lists was accepted. which au.
thorlzes an increase OF $4,000 In live.
a,ook and farm products premiums
Ter the 1916 fair. This makes 81. 900
In premiums.
In order 10 replenish the stock OF
quail which is reported as sadly de-
pleted by the severe winter. the Lew.
iston gun club has started movement
for raising funds for restocking the
Clearwater valley. II possible quail
will be secured through the game dc.
partment from south Idaho.
The offices OF the state land depart.
ment moved from the annex to the
main capitol building Monday. The
work OF remodeling the offices OF the
state treasurer is about completed.
and the corridor. which will be used
as a part OF the land department, has
been partitioned off from the rotunda.
In the debate tryout at Idaho Tech.
nical institute at Pocatello the follow.
ing debaters were selected 10 meet
the College OF Idaho: Cleveland My.
ers. Harold Dodge and William Leek.
To debate Albion. J. F. Liggett. Wal.
ter Leaf and Guy Stalker. Alternates.
Ron Kennedy. and Daniel Ream. The
debate OF both schools was held
February is.
On account OF bad weather the
meeting of forest rangers. to have
been held In Boise on February IS.
has been postponed until March 6.
II is anticipated that fully 40 TO 90
rangers will assemble at the capital
and. as many have to come from iso-
lated sections. II would not have been
possible for some OF them 10 get out
by February 16.
Governor Withycombe of Oregon
has granted the requisition Of Govern
or Alexander for the return to Sho-
shone county, Idaho. OF Alfred E.
Elder. Eder is wanted on a charge OF
stealing SIS last March from John
Hokansson. He was arrested but
broke out of the Shoshone county Jail
and fled to Portland, where he was
again taken into custody.
DR.. Laubaugh. state bacteriologist,
has completed examination of a dogs
head sent by A. w. Wright of Parma,
a coyote head received from Ray Dsw-
son OF Gooding ana another coyote
head turned in by DR.. Bartlett OF
Bruneau. all of which proved TO be
infected. The Gooding coyote attack
ed man in a corral and bit three
dogs before It was killed.