Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1917-04-05
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Snow measured 701a inches on
Twin Lake Saturday.
Farmers in the vicinity of Kamiah
have commenced their spring plow-
ing.
Byron Defenbach has been named
by Governor Alexander as a member
Of the state board of accountancy.
Two game wardens from Occur
dAlene fed deer last week and re-
port finding them in good condition.
e. E. Alderman, former editor of
in the county jail at Spokane Satur-
day, on the charge of second degree
arson.
| A home finding society has no right
superior to those of parents, rules
the supreme court and judgment of
the First judicial district of Idaho is
upheld in a recent case at Boise.
| The Kamiah Asbestos Co. is rushed
with orders for asbestos fiber at this
time. The management is making ar
rangements for the installation of
larger and better machinery in order
to accommodate the business.
Lieutenant Newman of Company F
of Lewiston added several names to
the roster of the Idaho national guard
in Kamiah Saturday. Five have sign
ed the enrolment and a number of
others have stated their willingness
to join.
The University of Idaho cadet bat
talon, lao strong. in command OF
Captain Avery D. Cummings of the
U. s. army and headed by the uni
versity military band, is at Fort Geo.
Wright, Spokane, for a week IS en-
campment.
A Chinese supposed to be member
of the Hop tong was shot dead at
Boise Saturday by an unknown as
sailant. Four suspects have been ar
rested and a fifth is being sought.
One informant says the shooting was
done by Japanese who had entered
the tong warfare on behalf of the
Hip tong.
Judge Wallace N. Scales, after a
conference at Moscow with Judge
Steele relative to pending litigation
in the new Tenth judicial district, an
nounced that he would return to Lew
itson on April IL and hold a chamber
session Of three days before the con-
vening Of the regular term on April
1 16. The judge returned to his home
lin Grangeville.
The probate court at Occur d'Alene
has granted an order to sell all the
real property of the estate of M. D..
Wright, deceased. The property con-
sists of several sections of Idaho
land. The old Wright ranch, apprais-
ed at $4,000, is the chief asset. 1t
is situated at Hayden Lake and takes
in the Wright lake. Adjoining this
are $40 acres of improved farm land
appraised at $4,000.
Patrick j. Gearon, president and
general manager of the Success Min
ing company, and other officers of
the company are charged with issuing
false and misleading reports of the
property to it's stockholders, refusing
to permit stockholders to examine the
books of the company, and of at
tempting to perpetuate themselves in
control of the property, in a sensa-
tional complaint filed at Wallace Sat.
urday by Franklin Pfirman and his
wife.
One thousand votes for the Clear
water highway district at the cleo
ton held Saturday in Clearwater
county, and 800 ovtes we're cast
against the proposition. The district
covers all of the county except five
townships comprising the Pierce high
way district. When the returns are
canvassed and the result officially
reported to Governor Alexander he
will appoint three highway commits
sioners who will have charge of the
road work in the new district and
will serve from date of appointment
until January 1, 1918, and for reg
ular term of four years thereafter.
Merchant Ships Sunk.