White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-03-24
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

The Masonic Lodge at Moscow will
soon build temple to cost $4,000.
]. S. Rogers, who has been suffer-
ing from cancer of the face, died at |
Genesee Friday.
Carl Halstrom of the Troy eighth |
grade won the Latah county spelling
contest at Moscow Saturday night with |
a score of SO out of possible 100.
The members of the bar association
at Wallace conducted memorial serv-
ices Saturday afternoon for the late
Albert Allen, pioneer member of the
Shoshone county bar.
The Lewiston highway district COM
missioners at Lewiston, Idaho, this
week decided to call for bids for the
purchase of 2O-year per cent bonds,
aggregating $150,000 for improve
ments. The route has been located,
and the right Of way secured except
across the property Of two owners.
Real estate is showing activity about
the town of Juliaetta. c. J. and j. G.
Martin disposed of the Juliaetta flour
ing mills, warehouses, electric light
plant and some residence property to
Fred C. Holbrook of Culdesac, for $751;
900. Mr. Holbrook's farm, known as
the Kettenbach place, was taken as
part payment in the transaction.
The district school board of Occur
dAlene, Idaho, last week discussed
plans and specifications for the con-
struction of additional school room in
that city under proposed bond issue
of between 100000 and $4,000, which
was Endorsed by the chamber of COM
merce. The plan of building mod
ern structure on the site of the Cen
trail school for the use of the junior
high school and lower grades won ap-
prevail. The matter will be taken up
again with the chamber of commerce.
Jim Henry, halfbreed from the Nez
Perez reservation, living in the vicin-
ity of Sweetwater, is in Jail at Lewis
ton charged with murder The arrest
followed an inquest held in the matter
of the death of Rose George, 9-year-
old Indian girl, stepdaughter of Henry.
The girl was brought by Henry to the
sanitarium at Lapwai on March 16 suf-
fering from an apparent nervous de-
rangement but an examination dis
closed severe bruises on her person.
She kept growing worse until relieved
by death
Lead Production Of Occur d'AIenes.
Lead was quoted Wednesday in New
York at $7.65. Aside from three days
in the early part of June last year,
when the nominal quotation was 81 to
So, though the average price for the
month was under Sc, this is away
above all price records since 1876.
What such market conditions means
to the lead producers of the Occur
d'Alenes district is exemplified in the
following statement and calculation:
II the price of $7.65 100 pounds for
lead were maintained on the average
for one year the earnings of all the
mines put together during the 10
month period from this source alone,
which means ignoring both zinc and
silver, though both are selling at much
higher prices than usual, would be,
approximately, $9,OOO,ooo above nor
NAL. By normal is meant produc-
ton of 10000 tons of lead, at SELL
Ing price of $4.10, the average of more
than 20 years. In figuring the profit
beyond normal allowance is made both
for smelter deductions, and the fact
that the producers of 60 per cent of
the output of the Occur d'Alenes would
be paid only half the advance in price
beyond $4.10.
Under absolutely normal conditions
and price the earnings of Occur
d'Alene producers usually distributed
as dividends in the course of year
amount to $5,oo0,Ooo. The high prices
for silver and zinc are adding profits
in excess Of 100000 a year. Total
net earnings of Occur d'Alene mines
as whole, with output and prices as
at present, would, therefore, approx
mate $1,500,000 month, or $1s,OOO,OOO
a year. Every advance Of rs cents in
the price of lead implies that on the
normal output of the district profits
are increased $170O day, or 100000
a year.
In Commercial Way.
James W. Rogers has opened con-
fectionery store at Juliaetta.
H. L. Rice of Spokane, Wash, has
purchased the Ideal bakery at Troy
from A. L. Stevens.
F. ]. Lindt has opened a soft drink
and confectionery store at Standpoint
In the Bode building.
The w. o. Beddall Grocery Co. will
occupy new concrete store building
at Moscow to be erected for it by H.
B. Mickey.
o. D. Platt and Harry l.. Alcorn
have consolidated the Alcorn Drug Co.
and the st. Maries Drug Co. at st.
Maries and the new firm will do bust
ness as the Alcorn Drug Co.
Frank A. Empey, who last week pur-
chased the Croonquist department
store at st. Maries this week pur-
chased the general store of Shelton
G Warren at the same place and will
consolidate the two stores.
General Trade Conditions.
Bradstreet's says: Trade reports