Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-08-03
IDAHO NEWS r


house in Wallace is under way.
E. D. Brink has been elected chief
of the Occur d'Alene fire department
by the city council to succeed Austin
Mangold.
The Clearwater valley was visited
Saturday by one of the heaviest wind
and dust storms of the season, Some
damage is resulting to orchards and
fruit.
John Flanagan, held in the Sho-
shone county Jail awaiting preliminary
examination for the murder of Thomas
Solee, sawed his way to liberty re-
Gently and is now being sought by
officers.
A. H. Potter and family are at Ju-
liaetta from Puget Sound to look after
the picking, packing and shipping
Of their cherry crop. Mrs. Potter, who
before her marriage, was Miss Julia
Snyder, together with her sister, Miss
Eta, gave the composite name to the
town.
The Julietta cannery began the sea-
sons run Saturday, starting on cher
ries. Owing to the effect of the hot,
dry weather on fruits and vegetables,
the output of the cannery this sea-
son will no doubt be materially re-
duced from the output of former
seasons.
The United States dredge boat
Asotin, under command Of Captain
Stewart V. Winslow, is locked at
Lewiston. A large drill scow was
pushed ahead Of the dredge. Three
of such scows were brought up
the river, the first, being dropp-
ed at Pine Tree rapids, between
Riparia and the mouth Of Snake river,
the second was left at a point Just
below Riparia and the third brought
through to Lewiston. The scow brought
to Lewiston has Accommodations for
10 men and will be used by the United
States engineers in making the survey
of the river in connection with the ca
nalization scheme. "a
Schools Lose Money.
Idaho's schools and educational in
; situations have lost approximately
, $40, 900 in the last six months because
funds belonging to them have not been
loaned. The state loans it's none at
6 per cent per annum on farm loans in
amounts not exceeding one-third of
the value of the land. The fund has
been increasing each month and on
. June 30 of this year it was $685., 222. 43,
I On July 81, 1916, the amount avail
I able for loaning purposes was only
: $246, SOB. so. The increment in the
funds that are available is due to two
reasons: One is that the federal farm
loan banks, which loan money at
per cent per annum in amounts not
exceeding SO per cen of the land val
ne, have taken a big proportion of the
/ farm loan business, and the other il
that the farmers of the state are more
prosperous than heretofore and are
getting out of debt, instead of going
}, in deeper.
There is not a more prosperous
class of men in Idaho than the WOO
growers, and there is not another in
dustry in the state that has so many
T difficulties to overcome at this time
q The demand is for an increased pro
duction Of mutton and wool, especially
n the latter. The flocks can readily b,
increased, but with the public rang
d becoming more diminished each yea
and with the price Of hay mounting
higher than the high cost of living, TIL
sheepman is asked to do that whicl
on the very face of things seems i'm
possible.
A we'll defined movement has bee
started to stop the consumption o
lamb. Idaho sheepmen again mus
IS pay the bill. They have bred up thei
flocks so as to supply the lamb mar
ket and now, II it is to be destroyed
they will sustain a heavy loss. A 5
months-old lamb weighs about Z
pounds. 1t is ready for market with
out consuming expensive hay. II tn
: lamb is to be held until it is a year
ling, as is nov being advocated,
g will weigh from 90 to 100 pounds an
lie to gain this additional weight 1t ha
to be fed expensive hay during on
entire winter, consuming all of tn
) profit that it represented when it cam
off the range in the fall.
The price Of wool and mutton
attractive, but a close study of tn
% sheep industry makes it obvious this
- all is not profit for the wool and mu'
ton grower. In the east, where tn
movement started to prohibit tn
s%laughtering of lambs under n yea
+, the small farmers being urged to ad
= a limited number Of sheep to the
livestock. Idaho is in position to sur
ply them with lambs and II the slaugf
tering OF lambs is prohibited, this wi
be about the only outlet sheepme
will have for their surplus stock.
u The ~selective military draft ha
called a large number of s%heepherder
y and camp tenders. This will wor
y another hardship or wool growers, 9
10 ubapavar peynerieuced men are EN-