The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1916-06-23
Idaho State News Items.

over "a cents a pound Is being paid
Tor wool 10 southern Idaho.
Dealers are contracting alfalfa hay
In the deld In parts of southeastern
Idaho at $40 ton. A Buhl report
says hay will be higher In price there
than ever before.
The Prohibition party is to hold
It's state convention 10 Boise on June
"a. Delegates to the invention
were elected In the counties on June
II, and six delegates will be selected
In the state TO attend the national
convention at st. Paul on July IS.
Idaho now has more than 10, 900
automobiles. The state went into
the five figure class June I2 when
number plate bearing tone plus
four cipbers" was issued to Roy II.
Kingsbury OF Wallace. These figures
almost triple the total number OF
licenses Issued in 1914 and represent
big increase over the 1916 record.
Registrations arescontinulng at the
rate Of about 1oOia day
At the session OF the grand chapter
Order OF Eastern Star, of Idaho, at
Kellogg last week, Mrs. Stella Van
Riper OF Bull was elected grand
matron ard Arch Cunningham OF
BOISE grand patron. Other officers
elected include Mrs. inertia FrosS OF
SilmOa. grand secretary, and Mary A.
Lounsbury OF Albion grand treasurer.
Boise was selected as the next place
Of meeting.
Potatoes will soon be coming into
the market from Idaho fields, said
held horticulturist E. p. Taylor last
week at Boise. The new crop will be
superior to that imported from out.
side points. The recent quarantine
which shuts out OF Idaho all early
potatoes from Texas and Florida, In
addition to those already barred from
California, makes 1t necessary that
all old potatoes be used up. 1t is far
better, says Taylor, to use The old
potatOes and reserve the Idaho crop
until later In the season, than To- In
cur the risk OF bringing in such pests
as the tuber-moth.
At meeting of the state hoard of
education on Friday, Oliver Vi. Elliott
former superintendent of schools a
Twin Falls. was elected president OF
The Lewiston state normal school, IT,
succeed President George il. Black,
resigned. Mr.. Black will take up
the duties OF president of. the state
normal school at Ellensburg, Wash !
Elliott comes TO Idaho from Salem,
Ore, where he has been for the past
Two years superlnt ndenb of city
schools, haslng gone Yhere from Twin
Falls, where he served as suIerinten-
dent for five years. Previous to COM
Ing to Idaho, Elliott was engaged in
educational work in Ohio; he Is a
graduate of Marietta university OF
that state. He holds masters de-
gree from the University OF Iowa.
Judge j. NJ. Flynn at Standpoint
rendered his decision la the case OF
Graves VS.. Northern Pacific railway.
In which he awarded the plaintiff
So. 500 for the death of his ia, her,
and $4,000 for the d,.ath of his MOI her,
total Of $4,000. The plaintiff M
The case is little seven year-old Clit. f,
ford Graves, and the suit was brout MT
because of the death, by accldenf. NJ
nls father aud mother at Nnrthero
Pacific road crossing In Cocolalla on
October 80, last. The parents. with
their youngest caili, Clifford having
been left at their home in Seaitlel
we're passing through Cocolalla nm
ne day OF the fatal accident, their
luto being struck at the crossing by
rain No. Al. The parents were in
'tantly killed 10 the collision and the
'hild died shortly after.