Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-01-12
A play will be given on Feb. 2, at
he |. 0. Q. p. Hall by the junior of
he Orohno High School.

a play Will be given on Feb. 2, at
the |. O. 0. p. Hall by the junior of
the Orohno High School.
Theo. Beletski, of Wasco, Oregon,
resident of Orofino for some years,
is visiting friends in Orofino.
r. ID. Mu e, minister of the
Christian church residing at Moscow.
Will reach Orotno Saturday ngiht and
preach Sunday morning and evening.
Sites Enterprise: Miss Carolina
Hartman, who is employed in the Oro-
fina postoffice, is visiting a few DAYS
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Phil
Hartman.
Mis- J~lia FRANC, whose brother
Franc, recently murdered Lester
Clifford il Lewiston, died from grief
over the horrible tragedy. Miss
FranG worked in Orofno for time
and her friends here were shocked to
hear of her sad death.
Z. f Bever and wife of Lewiston,
the later sister of Mrs. j. E. De-
Baum. returned to Lewiston this
morning, after viist in Orofino. Mr..
| Bever is ar extensive farmer, owning
and operating $500 acres of land on
Lewiston flats.
! Harrison Hart, accompanied bv his
wife, Wis tied during the week with
his sister. Mrs. A. K. McAlpine in
Glenwood. II ey reside in Wallace,
Idaho, ard were on their way home
from visit with Mr.. Carts mother
who lives in Sites.
Lewis Worthngton. living in Cav
endish, was arrested the first of the
week charged with poisoning dogs.
The complaining witness is Mitch
Blackburn. 1t is alleged that Mr..
Worthington scattered poison, and his
hearing will come up in the probate
court in Orotino January Is. During
the past year some Is dogs have been
poisoned in the Cavendish neighbor-
hood.
From 3.88 acres of ground on the
university farm, planted to field peas
and "hogged off, return of 23l6
pounds of pork was reported. At
eight cents pound the returns for an
acre would be $45 20 or at nine cents,
1853. 72. This clearly demonstrates
that war prices are not necessary for
good returns from field peas in Latah
county.
1t was found that the total annual
cost per person Of board for hired help
varied from $l04 in Vermont and
Pennsylvania to 1852 in New Jersey.
and that the percentage of this cost
paid out in cash varied from 10 per
cent in North Carolina to 40 per cent
in California. This percentage is
about one-third in the eastern section
STUDIED about one-tourth in the corn
belt States, and still less in the
Southern States
There is still some work to do for
the prohibitionists in the West. Mr..
Clifford Pinchot writes note to Col
lier s. saying that he started out
from his hotel in Ii Indianapolis to get
five-cent box of crackers. He
passed fourteen saloons before he came
to the first grocery store: he didn't
lind what he wanted there, and kept
on until he had counted thirty-one
saloons before he got bsck to his
hotel without the crackers. Indian
spolis is not the only city that is
long on saloons and short on
grocery stores. The Outlook.
Pocatello Oregon Short Line X. X.
budget calls fer $40, 600 in improve
ments here the coming year. At
Blackfoot tie company spends $1,000
on we'll. at Cache Junction Sl3. 900
on zoo. go gallon tank, at Dubois
$50, 900 on round house, at Glenns
Ferry $45. 900 for improvements.
Caldwell-Idaho State Fair will be
continued.