Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-13
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

T. w. Hunt, pioneer Of the Cataldo
district, is critically i'll at his home,
suffering from a stroke of paralysis.
A garage at Occur d'Alene caught
fire Sunday from an o~ver-heated vul-
canizer, resulting in over a $40, 900
loss, only the brick side walls of the
building remaining.
Mrs. Alex. Pinkham, an Indian wo-
man, of Sites was drowned recently
in the Clearwater river while at
tempting to ford the river about a
mile above the town of Sites. She
Is survived by her husband and small
child.
Lewiston is o supplied with a
public rest room which was opened
under the auspices of the ladies' of
the Twentieth Century club in the
Bunnell building. The room is well
equipped and will be maintained by
contributions.
The body of Herman Johnson, age
80 and unmarried, employed at Rose
Lake by a lumber company, vas
found in the Occur d'Alene river a
few miles below Rose lake. He
disappeared about two weeks ago.
The body was taken to Lane and in
TERED.
The crop prospects for the South
wick and other Potlatch sections
have been better. The princi-
pal crops are beans, the acreage
having been much increased over
last year. Farm lands in the Pot
latch region are selling for 800 an
acre.
That Idaho should not appeal for
federal troops to handle the I. W. w.
situation until the county authorities
have exhausted their resources was
the stand taken by Governor Moses
Alexander in an all-day session of the
Idaho state council Of defense at Occur
d'Alene Monday.
A deal has been closed whereby a
company of IS Nezperce, Idaho. bust.
ness men and farmers, mostly the lat
ter, have purchased the railroad line
between that town and VOllmer and
have taken control of it. The pur-
chase price was 100000, and about
$40, 900 will be spent for new equip
ment and improvement to the roadbed
before the end of the present year.
The apportionment of school money
Just made for July shows the follow
ing amounts accredited to the coun
ties of north Idaho for general school
purposes from the state fund: Bene
wah, $5299. 80; Bonner, $9262.25;
Boundary, $2269.58; Clearwater, SO,
1884; Idaho, $11,666.19; Kootenai
SIG, $40. 70; Latah, ~$17,577O6; Lewis
Sc, 292. 81; Nez Perez. $~14,256.79; Sho
shone, $10,331.30.
Forest fires burned at many points
around Bovill. T. P. Jones of the
Potlatch Lumber company, who was
in Moscow. was appealed to for hell
and he was informed over the tele
phone that all the held he could mus
ter would be needed as the timber
was especially dry and the fires
gaining on the fighters Saturday. Il
was also reported that fires were
burning in the forests around ELI
river.
At a meeting of the highway com
missioners of the Waha-Tammany
highway district held in Lewiston re
Gently, arrangements were made FOL
the completion of the main trunl
highway Of the district to Lake Wa
ha, which construction is being per
formed under the direct supervision
of the board and a considerable
amount Of which is being done by
donation work in the grading, haul
ing and spreading of gravel by the
farmers during the period when theil
teams are not engaged in farm oper
atoms.
The supreme court has handed
down the important ruling that rail
roads must maintain private gates
along their right of way in Idaho
the same as others have to maintain
gates. The decision was reached II
affirming the Judgment given thu
plaintiff in the case of Joseph Sacca
monno versus the Great Northern
Railway company in an action to re
cover damages for the killing of
horse. The case m from thu
Eighth judicial district court, Judg'
John M. Flynn presiding. Conclud
ing its findings, the supreme cour
says that the rule may be a harsl
one is no defense; the legislature il
the only source capable of affordin|
relief"