The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-09-07

A wired request for $4,000, the
flrst draft that has been made ON
ldaho's Red Cross contribution, was
sent Aug %, to f. f. Johnson, state
mercy fund treasurer, from the
national headquarters at Washington.
The money asked was forwarded at
once to the Central Trust company of
New York city.
Idaho will market 1000 cars of
prunes, Guy Graham, state horticul-
tural Inspector, advised the Western
Pine Manufacturers association of
Spokane last week. He told the
association that the state would
produce 20 cars of pears, 2250 cars Of
apples, 200 cars of peaches, SO cars of
melons, 5000 cars Of potatoes, 30 cars
of cabbage and tomatoes and 100,
cases of canned fruits and vegetables
Herman j. Brown of Boise, state
chairman Of the war cooperation
committee of the motion picture
industry, working 10 conjunction
with the United States government,
has announced that. the work of
organizing the theaters 10 the state
of Idaho for war work had been COM
pleted, and that every screen and
theater 10 the state had been placed
at the disposal OF the United States
government.
Enlisted men OF the national army,
national guard and regular army will
be given every opportunity to fit
themselves for commissions, 1t was
learned Tuesday This is IN line
with the policy of the government to
take no more officers from civil life
after the second series of officers
training camps, now in progress, has
been completed. Thereafter all ad
ditional officers needed will be found
in the ranks OF the various branches
of the war army.
One thousand sheep perished in
forest fire which cut them off in the
mountains at the head of Rock creek,
Mont, according to reports received
Sunday night at the headquarters OF
the United States forest service at
Missoula. The herder. who had
1000 animals 10 charge, escaped with
half his flock. The sheep were owned
by Mills Wright of Burley, Ida, and
were valued at $4,000.
A sheep. herder named Bopp ex-
planned to assistant United States
Attorney John r. Smead at Boise
that he had not registered for the
draft, because he had not known, up
to Aug. 26, that the conscription bill
had been passed. He has been Ia the
hills since April. He is anxious to
register and the district attorneys
office has wired for instructions as to
his case.
| Il. II. Wilson, one Of the prominent
| choopo,ap NJ potaa hos rafnrrad frou,
! Chicago, where he took nine carloads
of lambs. Mr. Wilson received 169
averaged $40 20 a head. This, Mr.
Wilson says. is price higher than
received any previous season; 10 fact.
oearly double what was received last
season. He called attention. how
ever. to the increased cost of raising
the lambs this year, due to the high
price of hay and labor.
The crop average for the entire
Lewiston region will be little better
than SO per cent OF the normal pro-
duction, according to the data
collected bv the grain dealers. It. is
stated there are exceptional yields.
where the returns approach normal
Production. but when the average fol
the entire region is taken into con-
sideration the production for the
Lewiston country will be little more
than so per cent of the crop produced
last year. The heavy loss will result
. from the spring crop, which is short