Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-08-17
As Elk River Sees Ii.

Elk River sentinel: A beHlDn lt
has been made towards roofing out IN.
firebugs who tried to burn out to n
ship 3s-3and the south end Of towns il
39-2 by the Arrest Of Wallace Robe o.
and j. OTIS Ellis, settlers in j,
region, and the pursuit Of man n. n
ed Davis.
On July % 10 fires We're set in Sc
on the oath % fires We're set in the
same township. on the 3lst fires
were set IL 3S3 and one in section 8
of 1872.
two weeks and Ellis has been suspec-
ted of knowing something of Robin
son S plans, although his arrest is
based on charges that have since come
to light.
Robinson has had claim far up
the North Fork for seven or eight
years. He is fanatical socialist,
like others Of nest of them on the
lower stretch of Elk Greek. 1t is
supposed that he became obsessed
with the idea of doing something to
destroy property after listening to
the half baked ideas of his friends
and picked upon the woods around
him as the nearest, easiest ard most
valuable property 10 damage. 1t is
hard TO guage the mental processes of
men like these they are somewhat
cracked and exhibit a paranoiac ten
dency in which all kinds Of radical
doctrines find easy root. He waived
animation and was held to the Dis
trict Court under 50, 500 bond on a
charge of Criminal syndacalism. He
is still in Jail.
Ellis had little store at the mouth
of Elk creek four or five years age
and now has patch of stump land
o. the North Fork just above Ahsah-
ka. Lately he has been visiting the
tie camp of an Orofino man named
Bartlett, advising the few men work
ing there to saw the tie logs six inch
es short, which would cause the re.
lection of half the ties. He also adj
;, vised some of his neighbors who in
tended working on the bean farms t.
the west to noe out the beans anC
;, carefully preserve the weeds. Eli:
: seems intelligent in many ways anc
: has a fair education, speaks ane
writes carefully but is saphead. He
had preliminary hearing in the Pro
bate court at Orofino Tuesday Whel
arrested he was working on farm il
Lewis County. but is not know
whether he had done any damage.
J Davis is not known and and seem
II to have come into this part of tn
, country this summer He is regarde
e as tough nut and held up Theo. Foil
e of the Clearwater Fire patrol on
. day last week with gun when he me
y him on narrow trail in the woods
= 1t is supposed he thought Mr. Fol-
9 was after him, as may have been tn
&c case, and wanted to continue his gel
~ away. At any rate he got the droE
: Besides these Frank Kolasa, also
~ fanatical socialist and a leading fal
u mer of the Ahsahka country, has bee
% arrested on a charge of criminal syr
dacalism and released under bond.
e is not known here what the charp
q against him is in detail, although
!. is said to have let mis- mouth g
I'd away from him.
I'd Both Ellis and kolasa have been
ne the socialist ticket in this county 81
1e for what offices it is not worth viii
m looking up the files. Davis may be
Dis wob, but the other two are not, a
tho Oh they havS supported the san
. principles and policies. Their fran
= of mind seems to be that of the no
- who tries to wreck passenger in
10 venge for being put off the rods.