White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-10-27
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

William Bennett, age As, and sin
gle, carpenter, fell 10 feet Will,
working Sunday on an ore bin a
the Bunker Hill smelter at kellogg
and died soon after.
An auto carrying Mr.. and Mrs. L
D. Farmin. Mrs. Adolph Stebbins ane
Mrs. e. J. Smith Of Standpoint turned
turtle recently near Athol. All were
more or less injured.
Mrs. Grace Clark, associate grand
matron of the Eastern Star of Idaho
has left for Louisville, KY, where
she will attend the session of the
general grand chapter of the order
which meets October 81.
The Inland Canning company will
begin actual operations in the old
Panhandle brewery building at Occur
d'Alene City soon, which has been
remodeled to fit the need of can
ming, evaporating plant and byprod
uct plant.
Frank frankfort, who farms on the
edge of American ridge, about two
miles from Juliaetta, this season has
sold his crop Of potatoes from two
acres that brought him $243. If he
had had in 100 acres they would have
brought at the above rate $19,440.
A 17-year-old boy who was raising
a crop Of beans on his fathers farm
on Cream ridge-the father and son
sharing equally-was given check
for $3.50 for his half of the crop
The name Of the boy is McFadden
The average yield of the crop was
1130 pounds of beans per acre.
Walter Miller, champion middle
weight wrestler Of the world, retain
ed his title at Lewiston recently in
contest with Ted Thye. The fall
was secured in one hand and 40 min
was secured in one hour and 40 min
utes by an ankle lock secured by
severe sprain to the ankle that
Thye was unable to come on for the
second fall.
At the first meeting of the board
of directors of the Pacific & Idaho
Northern railway, held in New York
city September 81, 1916, following the
annual meeting of the stockholders OF
that company, Col. Edgar M. Heigho
Of New Meadows, Idaho, was reflect
ed president. Col. Heigho is receiver
of the property, appointed by the
United States court and is operating
it.
F. c. Shubert, assistant engineer,
and E. B. Clark of the United States
engineers office of Portland, recent,
ly made trip of inspection of the
Snake river from Pittsburg Landing
to Lewiston. The trip was made for
the purpose of gathering data regard
ing the river and regarding the re-
sources and development of the trib-
utary country to be used in a report
and recommendations to be made to
the department regarding river i'm
prOvement work.
All Idaho is waiting with keen in
terest the action of the United States
supreme court in the case of Idaho
against Ed Crane, arrested and con-
victed in Moscow of having bottle
Of whisky in his possession. This
case is said to be the first of its
kind on record. 1t is held that, if
the United States supreme court up
holds the supreme court of Idaho in
this case, it will greatly extend the
police powers of the state and mate
rally restrict the rights Of citizens
held to be fundamental and constitu.
tional up to this time.
By the terms Of lease filed for
record at Wallace, e. I. Du Pone de
Nemours & Co. become the lessees
Of 40-acre tract lying west of the
city limits of Wallace, situated on
Lake Gulch, for a term Of 10 years,
with an optional agreement for the
extension Of the lease another 10
years at the expiration of the first
10 years. The land is owned by Ju-
Illus Brass.
The filing of the lease has caused
rumor to be circulated that the big
powder manufacturers intend to es-
tablish a factory there on the leased
ground, which is ideally situated for
such a plant. Thousands of tons of
explosives are used annually in the
Occur d'Alenes, and this presents
an attractive territory for powder
manufacture.
Dry Law Breaker to State Prison.
Thomas H. Jones of Wardner is the
second violator of the Idaho dry law
to receive penitentiary sentence
from Shoshone county, D. w. Burke
being the first to receive such a
sentence. Jones entered a plea of
guilty to a charge Of selling whisky
at Wardner and also to being per-
sistent violator of the dry law.
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