Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-06-29

| Moscow's subscription to the Red
Cross war fund went to $10,337 Sat
urday. 1t was expected to raise 81
| 500
| Idaho's Red Cross subscription
Saturday reached 900, which is
$4,000 in excess of the quota origi-
nally assigned.
| A record real estate transaction for
| Nez Perez county was concluded re-
Gently when the Charles Clifford ranch
of 1140 acres, practically all in crop,
seven miles east of Lewiston was
sold to Fred Thiel for 100000. This
is a fine farm.
Claud Steen of Milton, Ore, has
bought the 900 acres held by the
Robert Grostein estate nine miles
southeast of Lewiston for approx
mately $4,000, and the M. H. Kelt-
per ranch of 316 acres in Tammeny
for 1928, 900 to ]. w. Vannis of Gar
field county.
The strike of lumber workers
day when a general order took ef-
feet and approximately 1900 men quit
work in southern Shoshone and Ben
ewah counties. The camps of the
Milwaukee Lumber company, the
Blackwell Lumber company and the
Nelson & Branson company all quit.
The mills are expected to close. The
strike order is general.
The Idaho legislature at it's last
winters session passed a so-called
"jitney regulation bill,' which has
just gone into effect, and the public
utilities commission of Idaho, from
Boise, has issued rules and regula-
lions governing the same.
This new law places all motor We
hicles under the supervision of the
public utilities commission, whether
they handle passengers or freight,
and subjects them to the common-car-
rier class, the same as railways. The
new law only applies to motor We
hicles operated oyer any particular
route for hire, excluding such motor
cars as are specifically engaged in
the business of carrying United States
mail or star routes.
In order to operate any motor We
hicle in Idaho it now is necessary for
the owners of such car to secure a
license from the public utilities COM
mission, application for same to be
made to the assessor of any one OF
the counties through which the ma
chine is driven. A separate applica-
ton must be made for each motor
vehicle for which license is requir-
o1I Sc vouuirod
for the protection of the travelling
public or freight which he hauls, and
the price of the passenger fare and
{ the freight rate charged by such mo-
I tor vehicle must be approved by the
public utilities commission. and can
!. not be changed without it's consent.
Each car so operated, upon the is
S suance of license therefor by the
d commission, must carry license
3 plate to be attached to the car in
c some conspicuous place either in the
l. front or the rear.
Upon applying for license sched
{ ule showing rates of fares to be
l, charged for carrying persons or pro
Q perty between all points on the route
II must be designated and a copy OF
said rates must be kept in the prin
cipal place of business and at each
terminus on the route over which
) such vehicle travels.
= File Timetables and Rates.
b Upon receipt of his license the op
8 orator of a vehicle must file with
the commission a timetable showing
e when his car will arrive and depart
d from each station upon his route Of
travel, and copy of this timetable
Il must be posted at the office of the
e operator or the vehicle.
n When a route is thus established
; it must be maintained unless per
d mission is given to change the route
Il by the public utilities commission
q unless the established route Of sucl
6 vehicle be temporarily blocked or be
e comes otherwise impossible.
The capacity of the vehicle thu.
u operated is controlled by the commits
q sion, SO that a greater number o
u persons than the vehicle is supposed
Il to carry, or greater number o
pounds of freight, can not be haulet
e by the operator of car, and onl.
l
5 be provided with seats shall be car
{ ried by licensed automobile opera
tor within the state.
e Must Be 10 Years Old.
l. Eighteen years of age is made tn
q limit at which a person may operat
&c any motor vehicle upon any roa'
within the state.
b Safety in speed and carefulness il
n driving is prerequisite.
The commission requires motor We
hicles to be kept at all times in goo,
physical condition.
Any accident which results in tn
loss Of life or personal injury to EN-
!, ployes or passengers shall be mme
diatly reported to the public utilize
I commission.