Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-22
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Seeding Is about finished on Cam
as prairie. Weather conditions are
unsettled.
Idaho registered for military SER
vice young men between the ages of
81 and 80 inclusive as called for un-
der the terms of the draft law, a
grand total of Al, $50, which is 10,S80
below the estimates of the census
bureau, but far above the estimates
of either military or state officials.
A total of 26046 claim exemptions
under the terms of the law either be-
cause of marriage, dependents, alien
birth, physical disability or because of
public office they hold leaving cred
tied to this state total of 15,104 i'm
mediatly available to be drawn upon
for actual military service under the
terms of the new act.
The next step to follow registra-
tion is to apprehend the eligibles
who failed to register after which
the exemption class will be closely
scrutinized and each individual case
passed upon by exemption boards
This will be followed by the drawing
the quota of available men for mill
tary service for the first contingent
of 100000 men to make up the first
unit in the army of several million
men.
A total of 36,869 whites registered,
PIT colored people, 1888 aliens and
1871 alien enemy. OF these totals 81
1884 whites claim exemptions and SO
colored
Adjutant General Moody has re-
quested all newspapers to publish
complete lists of those registered
so that the work of locating the non
registering eligibles may be simpli-
fled.
Exemptions claimed by colored
people ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. SO
Total colored registered. PIT
Total aliens registered, 1888
Enemy aliens registered. 1S1
Grand total registration Al $50
Total exemptions claimed 26, GAG
Approximately $1,000,O0t will be
spent on highways in Idaho during
the present year. The state high
way commission has decided the road
work for this year will be done on
highways used and traversed in the
movement of crops and contractors
| working on the highways have prom
Used the commission to lend their as
sistance to crop movement during the
season of the year it is in progress
Those highways worked on will be
completed in sections as the work pro
crosses and paid for as they are built
This will result in complete roads
that can be traversed without the
tearing up of large sections over
which it would be difficult to travel
for year or so.
The highway commission decided tc
spend approximately quarter of q
million dollars in state money which
will be drawn from the highway bono
fund. This is one-third of the amount
that will be spent, providing the sea
son for construction is favorable ant
long. The other two-thirds will be
raised by the counties. Added tt
the total will be post road and othel
federal funds.
The general policy agreed upon will
be to go ahead slowly with construc
ton work leaving the highways II
shape to travel. Maintenance OF
highways will be done largely. GRAY
ell surfacing will be done on the same
highways. Arrangements were made
with the Burley highway district tt
gravel surface its highway with thi'
idea in view.
Work on the North and South high
way will proceed in Washington
county without further delay, but i
will not be completed this year. Steve
Comerford secured the contract To-
this work. Some of the more heav!
construction work on the same high
way will be attended to in Adams
county so that the roads may bt
travelled. The county commissioner
in both Adams and Washington coun
ties will do most of their work OF
the roads feeding to and into thu
state highway. A similar plan will
be followed on the state highwa!
which passes through the Mountain
Home highway district. the most i'm
portant stretches being complete'
first.
Il Expendine Federal Funds.
The government is now WORKING
out plans with the state highway en-
: gineer's department for the expend
, ture of federal funds in this state dul
ing the next five years. The govern
ment work in the state will prncee