Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-07-20
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

been formed.
C. e. Smith, pioneer, died at Nez
Perez recently.
Benjamin Scott died at Grangeville
recently. The deceased was 70 years
old and death resulted from old age.
Joseph C. Wicks. age II, has been
missing from his home at Clifford,
Idaho, since July 4, according to a
report.
The hot weather in the Lewiston
valley continues, and is forcing har-
vest operations. Crops are badly
damaged.
Crop reports by the farmers in the
different sections of Camas prairie
state that the grain has not been
seriously damaged so far.
Mrs. Joseph Trimble, a well-known
resident of Wallace, where she has
resided practically all her life, has
been committed to the asylum at
Orofino.
Advices from Winchester are to the
effect that the mill of the Craig Noun
tain Lumber company will be placed
in operation this week after being
closed two weeks.
Walter F. Poice, brother of Mrs.
Fred E. Wonnacott, Occur dAlene
was drowned recently on the North
Fork of the Occur d'Alene river,
where he was working on log drive.
James F. Callahan, the millionaire
mining man of Wallace, recently an
nounced at Occur d'Alene City he
would back the Canning plant there
and would make success Of it mo
matter how much money it takes
Sixty men are installing giant
dredge on Prichard creek near Muir
ray, for the Guggenheim corporation
which will work IL miles of placer
ground on that creek and perhaps
additional ground on Eagle creek.
Two firemen were seriously in
jured, one probably fatally, and about
$4,000 worth of foodstuffs were de
stroyed in a fire that wrecked the
Boise Ice and Storage company's
plant at Boise Sunday. The cause Of
the fire is unknown.
w. A. Eastman, extensive farmer
near Nez Perez has received wore
from his son. Elwyn, who was in the
marine corps at Mare Island, stating
that he has been selected for the avia
ton corps to go to France and will
leave for Philadelphia, where he will
go into special training preparation.
for leaving for the front.
The safe in the Sassman & Ellen
son store, Kamiah, was blown recently
Two hundred dollars cash and severa
checks were taken. The explosion
aroused the town, and the cracksmal
was trailed by citizens and capture,
by sheriff and party four miles ives
of Neg Perez. The money was re
covered. The prisoner gave his nam
as William Dwyer.
Governor Alexander and member
of his official family, together witt
the sheriffs of Boundary, Bonner
Kootenai, Benewah, Shoshone, Latah
Lewis. Clearwater, Idaho and Ne
Perez counties, in Idaho, and of Whit
man and Asotin counties in Washing
ton, were in a conference in Moscow
Saturday to devise ways to protec
life, property and the right of me-
to work.
The Idaho state supreme cour
rules that Charles J. Black of Wa
lace, was a married man when h.
died, in spite of the fact he had sc
cured a decree of divorce from hi
wife, Myrtle Black. After he wa
given default decree the wife OF
jected and the court allowed her t
reopen the case and contest it, Blac
was killed two weeks later, and hi
attorneys sought to exclude the wifi
as an heir.
A note for $425, drawing IL pc
cent interest after 1t had been con
pounded, executed at Lewiston by {
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of John Zimmerman, but made pa,
able at Wilbur, Wash, is held by tn
supreme court to be legal and payable
In finding in favor of Zimmerma
the supreme court held that sine
the note was made payable in Wasl
ington there was no violation of tn
Idaho law, although it was drawn |
| this state.
A final decree in the famous Neve
Sweat lode mining claim litigatio
has been entered in favor of the plaii
tiff in the district court after the cas-
had dragged through the courts du
ing the past II years. The cas-
has attracted considerable attentio
among the legal and mining frate
nifty owing to it's complex nature. TIL
owners, John Madar and Samuel No
) man, fought each other in the court
in personal encounters, in which nj
merous gun plays had their part, an
the cause involved thickly popul
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