Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-27
IDAHO NEWS NOTES
Moscow is to have labor bureau.

Mrs. Thomas Brannon, one of the
pioneers of Troy district died re-
Gently.
Mrs. Stellmon, wife of John Stell-
mon, an early settler near Nez Perez,
died recently.
A protective association to handle
all labor situations has been organ
lied at Nez Perez.
There is no fire on the st. Joe or
st. Maries river, but there is a
small fire at the head of Plummer
creek.
Kellogg is to build q new city
hall and the council estimates X
penses of city for coming year will
be 2 5000.
1t is planned to mobilize the guard
at state camps and not to be sent
to division headquarters at once,
Boise is told.
Last Friday, southeast of Plummer,
1900, 900 feet of logs burned, causing
a loss of $4,000. They belonged to
William McCarter.
At a recent meeting of farmers and
citizens held at Clifford a citizens
protective association was organized
and SO men enrolled.
The First National bank of Brady
has made plans for the erection of a
modern banking building. The struc-
ture will be Aof brick.
Standpoint business houses have
signed an agreement to close their
stores at 5 p. m. each day except Sat-
urdays from July Is to September Is.
County Treasurer ]. F. Thompson,
Lewiston, reports $26, 995 delinquent
on the last half of the 1916 taxes.
The amount Of the last half collected
before delinquency was $118,344. OF
the amount delinquent about $22, 900
is county and school. and the re-
mainder Lewiston municipal taxes.
Harrison will ask from Governor
Alexander $4,000 to clear from the wa
ter front two acres of slabs and saw.
dust which, sending clouds of smoke
to the sky, threaten to burn for sew
eral weeks, an imminent peril to the
remainder of the town the moment
the wind changes. Four hundred peo-
pie are homeless.
The Daniels and Wallace ranch
OF 720 acres, seven miles south of
Lewiston and reported to be the best
improved stock and grain farm in
the section, changed hands recently,
Arthur L. Grover becoming the pur-
chaser. The deal carries with it
some live stock and machinery and
involves a consideration of approx
mately 100000.
A strip of white pine timber three
miles long and containing 1900 acres
has been devasted in Fourth Of July
canyon, on northeast side of Occur
d'Alene lake. Forty men. volunteer fire
fighters from Spokane, were rushed
by special train to Occur d'Alene,
taken by autos from Occur d'Alene
and Joined the forces engaged in
fighting the fire.
John C. Bently, who was recently
sentenced at Lewiston to thirty days
i'll the county Jail for issuing worth
less checks, will be returned to the
Idaho penitentiary to complete an
unexpired term for forgery for which
he vas sentenced from Bingham
county in 1915 to serve an indeter-
inmate sentence of from one to IA
years, and from which he was out
on parole when apprehended on the
worthless check charge.
Plans are now under way to consti-
tute the men drawn from among
those registered in Idaho for the new
army into what is to be known as
the Third Idaho infantry. Whether
those back of the plan will be sue
cessful or not depends upon the at
titude the wal department will take
with regard to the distribution of
the drafted men. No intimation has
been given as to whether they will
! be held inact and organized into reg
iments carrying their respective
state colors or will be formed into
regiments without regard to state
lines.
Those closely associated with mill
tary affairs in this state have been
working on the plan of creating an
other Idaho regiment from among
the drafted lei Idaho will be call
ed upon to give 2237 men under the
first draft, that number constituting
her quota. When credit is given the
state for 1927 men in the national
guard and I'll who have volunteered
for the regular army. Some of the
men drafted will be used to bring
the Second Idaho up to full war
strength. When that is done there
will be enough men left to constitute
an entirely new regiment.