Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-08-10
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Inc Work OF cleaning the lOIS at
Harrison where the business houses
| were burned in the recent fire is pro-
crossing nicely and many new build
ings will be erected before snow flies.
N. v. BEDFORD, sentenced to the PEN
itentiary from Lewiston to serve from
one to five years for burglary in the
second degree, has been granted par
don by the state board effective Au-
gust Is.
Owing to withdrawal of the troops
which have been on guard duty at the
railroad bridges and trestles near
Standpoint, Sheriff Remer has taken
the duty upon himself and has sworn
in four men as deputies.
Henry e. Meilke. former deputy
county assessor at Lewiston, has been
advised of his appointment as immi-
grafton inspector in the government
service and directed to report for SER
vice at Winnipeg, Canada.
Some of the farmers have already
begun harvesting and small quantity
Of new barley was delivered at the
Grangeville warehouse. Should the
present dry weather continue harvest
will be on with rush in short time.
Ray Smith, acting superintendent of
the Pend Oreille creamery, has enlist
ed in the forestry regiment, and R. M.
Jumaer, formerly of the forest service,
has joined the forestry regiment as an
engineer in charge of road building.
Ira Small sold to Ray and Wayne
Henzeller of Athena, Ore, $50 acres
of land, together with all the live stock
and farming implements of the Small
farm near Lewiston and leased them
for five years the home ranch of $500
acres.
Under an appropriation of $4,000
made by the last legislature, Profess
sor D. &c. Livingston, head of the de-
partment of geology, University of
Idaho, has undertaken the preparation
of a complete directory of all the min
ing properties of Idaho.
County committees are having trou-
BILE auditing Red Cross war fund re-
ceipts. Only few of the counties
have made final reports to the state
treasurer. Every audited report receiv-
ed shows that the figures reported at
the close of the big drive were too low.
Governor Moses Alexander has ask
ed Colonel Charles E. Dentler, United
States army. in command of the mill
tary district embracing Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming,
with headquarters at Portland, to rush
troops into the Occur d'Alene mining
district
The people of Latah county do not
think it is fair for the war department
to give Spokane and Washington cred.
it for the young men who come across
the state line from Moscow and other
towns of the county to enlist in the
army. They think this state and La
tab county should have the credit.
The coal situation in Idaho, though
short, is improving. The state Off
Gals have worked necessarily since
last spring to have enough coal taken
into Idaho during the summer months
to give assurance that with limited
shipments during the fall mad winter
there would be an adequate supply.
| Presence of the tetanus bacillus, the
germ Of lockjaw, in courtplaster re
Gently sold in Nampa, is announced
at the office of the state board OF
health, following meteorological exam
nation. Final decision is withheld
however, despite this discovery until
results are reported from the inocu
lation of a guinea pig from the germ
culture. The courtplaster was solo
by mendicant who passed through
Boise valley several weeks ago.
Idaho made long strides towards 8
taxless state so far as its schools and
educational institutions are concerned
during the year 1917. The income OF
the schools and institutions from in
terest and rentals was $4,000 greater
than for the preceding year. This Ii
alrgely accounted for by the large land
sales made recently.
The total amount on which interest
is received has been increased and
will grow larger each year for some
time to come The state still has large
tracts of land which are being held
| for the educational institutions and
when these are sold the sources OF
revenue will be correspondingly in
| creased.
The income of the schools and edu
cational institutions for the year 1914
was $322,07O; for 1915, $340.S5S; for
1916, $364,347, and for 1917, $496,355.
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