Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-08-07
IDAHO NEWS NOTES


Harrison where the business houses
were burned in the recent fire is pro
crossing nicely and many new build
ings will be erected before snow flies.
N. " Bedford, sentenced to the pen
| itentiary from Lewiston to serve from
one to five years for burglary in the
second degree, has been granted par
don by the state board effective Au-
gust Is.
Owing to withdrawal of the troops
which have been on guard duty at the
railroad bridges and trestles near
Standpoint, Sheriff Remer has taken
the duty upon himself and has sworn
in four men as deputies.
Henry e. Meilke, former deputy
county assessor at Lewiston, has been
advised of his appointment as immi-
grafton inspector in the government
service and directed to report for ser
vice at Winnipeg, Canada.
Some of the farmers have already
begun harvesting and a small quantity
of new barley was delivered at the
Grangeville warehouse. Should the
present dry weather continue harvest
will be on with rush in a short time.
Ray Smith, acting superintendent of
the Pend Oreille creamery has enlist
ed in the forestry regiment and r. M.
Jumaer, formerly of the forest service,
has Joined the forestry regiment as an
engineer in charge of road building.
Ira Small sold to Ray and Wayne
Henzeller of Athena, Ore, $50 acres
of land, together with all the live stock
and farming implements of the Small
farm near Lewiston and leased them
for five years the home ranch of 1900
acres.
Under an appropriation of $4,000
made by the last Legislature, Profess
sor d. C. Livingston, head of the de-
partment of geology, University OF
Idaho, has undertaken the preparation
of complete directory of all the min
ing properties of Idaho.
County committees are having trou
BILE auditing Red Cross war fund re
ceipts. Only few of the counties
have made final reports to the state
treasurer. Every audited report receiv
ed shows that the figures reported a
the close of the big drive were too low
Governor Moses Alexander has ask
ed Colonel Charles Il. Dentler, United
States army, in command of the mill
tary district embracing Oregon, Wash
ington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming
with headquarters at Portland, to RUS
troops into the Occur d'Alene MINING
district.
The people of Latah county do no
think it is fair for the war department
to give Spokane and Washington cree
it for the young men who come acros
the state line from Moscow and othe
towns of the county to enlist in tn
army. They think this state and Ii
tab county should have the credit.
r The coal situation in Idaho, thong
short, is improving. The state off
cials have worked necessarily sine
last spring to have enough coal take
into Idaho during the summer month
! to give assurance that with Unite
shipments during the fall mad winte
there would be an adequate supply
Presence of the tetanus bacillus, tn
germ of lockjaw, in courtplaster r
Gently sold in Nampa, is announce
at the office of the state board {
health, following meteorological exam
nation. Final decision is withheld
| however, despite this discovery unit
) results are reported from the inoc'
lation of a guinea pig from the geri
culture. The courtplaster was sol
by mendicant who passed throug
Boise valley several weeks ago.
Idaho made long strides towards
taxless state so far as its schools an
educational institutions are concerne
during the year 1917. The income {
the schools and institutions from IL
terest and rentals was $132,000 create
than for the preceding year. This
alrgely accounted for by the large Ian
sales made recently.
The total amount on which interes
is received has been increased an
will grow larger each year for som
time to come. The state still has larg
tracts of land which are being hel
for the educational institutions an
when these are sold the sources {
revenue will be correspondence il
creased.
The income of the schools and ed
cational institutions for the year 191
was s322,070; for 1915, $340,S5S; fc