Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-02-13
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Thomas Hazelbaker, residing north
of Grangeville. Friday killed two red
foxes. Both animals were shot with
rifle.
Dent Pardue shipped several car
loads of hogs from Vollmer Monday,
delayed on account of the blockade Of
| freight.
The so-called labor workmen's COM
pensation bill introduced in the house
| by Representatives Bates, Lehrzas
and Grice was Saturday recommended
for passage out of the committee of
the whole.
The walkout of some So men at the
Humbird Lumber company planning
mill and yards at Standpoint, caused
by the company exacting a hospital
| fee of $3.50 for married men and 81
for single men each month, has not
been settled.
The prosecuting attorney Of Idaho
county filed in the district court a
statement recommending the dismiss
sal of the case against Mrs. Maud
Rooney, charged with first degree
murder for the alleged killing of her
infant child at Sites last fall
Twenty-Five carloads of prime hogs,
an average of 80 animals valued at
| $1750 to the car. or nearly 100000
for the train, left Camas Prairie Sat
urday. Most OF the live stock was
loaded at Cottonwood. Frequent ship
ments of this character are demon
strating the wealth of this fertile
prairie.
Friends of the Lewiston State nor
NAL are delighted that the state leg
islature granted $4,000 for building
improvements for this institution, In
addition to $120.790 for maintenance
for the two years. or the amount
appropriated $4,000 will be used in
building a new wing to the admins
tration building and remodeling the
central division of the structure. The
remaining $4,000 will be held for con
tingencies.
Pursuant to a call issued for 6
meeting of citizens to consider the
proposed new highway district ant
the issuance of bonds in the sum o
100000 for the construction of roads
, large and enthusiastic meeting wa
held Saturday. The greater part o
those attending came from the out
side districts of the county. 1t wa
the unanimous opinion that a com
plete road system should be estat
lished, thus doing away with tn
, present method of building roads on
, year and abandoning them next, an
, thus throwing away good half c
the money raised for road purpose
each year. A general discussion wa
participated in by men who hav
i made a study of the proposition.
= Congressman Smith has secure
9 the passage of the bill restoring
II the public domain land donated
the city of Twin Falls for reserve
purposes which the municipality abal
l. doned as not being suitable for I'll
u purpose.
II He also secured the passage of I'll
bill introduced by Senator Borah
q simplify the procedure in the issuin
d of patents and final water right ce
3 tificates for lands in reclamation pr
II jects by requiring that all paymen
shall be made at the time of fin
proof instead of at the time of IL
issuance of patent.
I The house also has passed a senat
bill providing that homesteaders IL
/ der the general law who have a
quired title to less than 100 acr,
" through the homestead laws shall
T. permitted to take land under the e
larged homestead act to the extel
r of twice the amount to which the
would be entitled under the gener
law permitting additional entire
This will enable homesteaders &
reclamation projects who have pro
" ed up on 40, so or 100 acres the pri
ilege of entering land under the 81
l. larged homestead act to the amour
e of twice the number of acres remain
ing under their original entry.
1 State Commercial News.
e Henry Card and William Kirby ar
opening a grocery store at lilo in tn
. Kelly building.
A Mcdonald has taken over tn
clothing business of Charles A. So
berg at Wallace.
]. j. Murphy has purchased the il
terest of his partner. John Lucas, l
. the Murphy-Lucas Clothing Co. at Wa
: lace.
/ The general store of w. ]. Pentlan
/. at Granite was completely destroye
:, by fire last week. Insurance of sl,0C
was carried.
0 Samuel Goldstone, well-known me
chant of Orofino and Lewiston, ha
purchased the f. Nj. Remington gel
/ eral store at Culdesac.
Pres. Wilson Has Free Hand.
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