Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-02-20
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

10 De nelQ at Occur AleDe MONDAY,
has been postponed until next June.
The Rochedale Farmers union will
build stcckyards near the Camas Pra-
irie railroad tracks and put in scale
as soon as the weather permits.
A marriage license was issued to
Arthur McSpadden, a prominent Sal
mon river stockman and champion
buckaroo at the annual border days
exhibition in Grangeville, and Miss
Blanch Mcdonald of Joseph Plains.
They will reside near Whitebird.
A corporation entitled "The West
ern Lime company" organized under
the laws of Idaho, with a capital of
| $4,000, has secured control of the
property of the Clearwater Lime COM
pany at Orofino, and will begin oper-
alton at the plant within the next 10
days.
C. W. Dyer of Twin Falls, former
sheriff of Twin Falls county and
widely known throughout southern
Idaho, committed suicide Feb. 16 by
shooting himself through the hetd at
Jarbridge New. He had been de-
spondent over financial worries, rel
atives said.
Chief Yeoman J. ]. Enos of the
United States navy, who, with Phar-
macist Mate w. T. Corder, visited
Occur d'Alene, Wallace and Harrison
recently enlisting men for the ser
vice, was highly pleased with the re-
suits of his trip. ut has been very
successful" he stated.
The case of Fred M. Coleman, now
serving in the penitentiary for en-
bezzlement of funds from the state
treasurer's office, was again briught
to the attention of the state author.
tiles Saturday when a petition for a
writ of habeas corpus was filed in
the district court, claiming that Cole
man is unlawfully detained in the
penitentiary and asking for a hear
ing before the judge. The retiring
pardon board committed the sentence
of Coleman, according to the state
iilthl vi iiio dilOi hCg w WV anu WV
half years, which time expired Feb
10. The new board rescinded thii
action and this present action is al
endeavor to prove that the commu
tation of the former board is in fore
and that the holding of him in tn
t penitentiary is illegal.
In the Legislature.
The Idaho legislature has ordere
an investigation into the charge tina
lobby was maintained at Boise b
e the Japanese Society of Idaho, b
J. E. M. Booth, a Twin Falls attorne,
I to bring about the defeat of the ant
e alien BILL which passed the hous
and was killed in the senate afte
e the Japanese government proteste
Il it's passage through its ambassadC
q at Washington.
Y The senate killed the Stevenson
Whitcomb bill requiring assessor
:. to accept the valuations found by II
:, public utilities commission for pu
lie utilities as their assessed valu
: ton, and the Anderson propose
constitutional amendment relating
distribution of public waters.
Among the bills introduced was
= measure extending the provisions
the nepotism act so as to incluC
school, drainage and irrigation di
trict employees; an anti-strike mea
l. ure by Walker making it a misd
meanor for two or more persons
conspire to quit work, and a bill
/ Anderson requiring the Bible to
read in the public schools.
e large number of bills was passe
by the house. including the Daughter
J. Kiger bill allowing exercise of EN-
nent domain over timber lands
assist the small timber owner, or
y ating a board to pass on irrigatio
bonds, creating a game preserve
the Pocatello national forest, provi
l. ing Indictment for a felony asic
6 from murder or embeZzlement of pu
lie funds must be found within thre
years after commission of the erin
f. appropriating $4,000 for insuranC
,, and other state departments, an
- requiring county auditor to audit a
claims against the county.
!, The house of representatives pas
+ ed the tes-Lehrbas-Grice workmen
l. compulsory compensation act, ge
orally looked upon as the labor o
r CARNATIONS measure. Saturday, fC
l. lowing an all-day debate by a vol
J. of 40 to 20. At the same session, al
on request of its author, Represen
alive Ernest Anderson of CanyC
Il county, the house killed by indefini
postponement, the so-called AndersC
; elective compensation act.
Wool Selling at Record Price.
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