Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-05-04
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

i'll at Lewiston.
Moscow's postmaster, Frank Corn
well, died Sunday after an attack of
Bright's disease.
The big new Peoples theater, cost
ing $4,000, was opened at Potlatch on
Monday night. The building is 80 by
| 10S feet, and will seat $50 persons.
Grangeville high school boys have
put in practice an effective plan to
combat the high cost of living by wear
ing overalls. Stiff collars have been
tabooed also, and the students wear
soft shirts with the overalls
The lower line of the Camas Prairie
railway between Lewiston and Riparia
was opened to traffic April % and the
traffic on the high line, Lewiston to
| Grangeville, was maintained by max
| ing transfers at the washout near
| Jacques spur.
]. Everett West, son of ]. B. West,
| former register of the United States
| land office at Lewiston, has been adj
vised of his acceptance as an officer
of the reserve corps and instructed to
be in readiness to proceed to the train
ing camp at the Preside, Cal.
In the presence of a wildly cheer.
ing throng of 5000 people from
Spokane, Harrison, st. Maries, St
Joe, Wallace, Wardner, kellogg, Occur
d'Alene and other north Idaho points,
the new Red Collar passenger boat
Miss Spokane was formally christ
ened at Occur d'Alene Sunday.
| w. E. Chapman of Charleston, who
farms extensively near Riparia on the
lower river, sold to J. d. Roberts, dis
trict agent for M. H. Houser, 26,500
bushels of wheat for $2.51 a bushel
Saturday. Of this grain $500 bushels
stored in Vollmer are of the 1915 crop
while 10000 bushels stored at the Can
yon warehouse on the lower river are
of the 1916 crop. The wheat is mar
quis, club, fortyfold and red hybrid
Mr.. Chapman still has between 5000
and 10000 bushels.
Aaron F. Parker of Grangeville
state land appraiser for north Idaho
announces sales of state lands in
north Idaho on dates as follows:
Kootenai county, at Occur dAlene
Saturday, June 16.
Benewah county, at St. Maries
Monday, June 18.
Bonner county, at Standpoint, or
Wednesday, June 20.
Latah county, at Moscow, Friday
June %.
Idaho county, at, Grangeville, Mon
day, June %.
Clearwater county, at Orofino, or
Thursday, June 2S.
The sales to be made at this Sc
ries approximate 5000 acres OF valua
tions running from $40 to $25 pei
acre.
Appointments by Governor.
Governor Alexander has named Isaa,
F. Smith, an attorney of Weiser, as the
additional judge of the Seventh judicia
district. Judge Smith is republican
and has accepted the appointment.
The governor has named J. B. Lip
pincott of Idaho City on the state boart
of education to succeed Robert M. Ter
rell of Pocatello, who in turn was ap
pointed by the governor as the new
judge for the Fifth judicial district
Mr.. Lippincott is one of the prominen
democrats of the southern part of tn,
state. This position is considered i'm
portant, as the board has the manage
ment of the several educational, pena
and charitable institutions in it's hands
Secretary Hanson has been selecte,
to relieve the state officials. He will
maintain his headquarters in the gov
ernor's office
w. r. Haiti will be named as stat
insurance commissioner. He is an in
surance man of Rupert, and a demo
crat in politics. This position was va
Gated some time ago by George F
Steele of Occur d'Alene.
No action has as yet been taken b,
the governor in the appointment of
public utility commissioner.
School Children Help on Farms.
Twenty-Five thousand school chi
dren, able to do their bit toward in
tensified crop production, will be me
bilized in the schools of the state i'm
mediately and during next fall. Whel
called upon by those in need of assist
} ance, the students will be excused fror
school and credited with school wor1
: as long as they are needed on the farm
!, They are to be known under the ger
eral classification of school volur
teers" in connection with the "Idah
Increased Production Service" organ
: ization.
l Governor Alexander, DR.. Sisson, CON
t missioner of education; Miss Ethel \
: Redfield, state superintendent of pull
l lie instruction; o. D. Center, head @
l the University of Idaho extension dc
} partment, and Harvey Alfred, state d
: rector of farm markets, reached al
agreement to mobilize the school chi
dren in their respective schools IL
. | stead of attpm nj inv IN o1oca cohool