Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-05-21
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

pneumonia.
the Standpoint city schools, has re-
signed to enter the Y. M. c. A.
The Red Cross quota of $1,000 for
Genesee was raised without a can
vass. Circulars were mailed out.
At a meeting of the school board
recently at Plummer the wages of all
the teachers were raised for next
year.
Word has been received of the
injury in France of DR.. Earl V. Nor
row, nephew of T. ]. Morrow of Occur
'Alene.
The funeral of John II. Davey, age
81, known Familiarity as Colonel Da-
vey among his many friends in north
ern Idaho, took place Friday at Wal
lace.
At Caeur d'Alene May II the Morse
society held a public meeting in Gel
ebration of the 104th anniversary of
Norways day of independence. An
appropriate program was given and
the reseipts we're turned to the Red
Cross.
professor of mechanical engineering
in the University of Idaho, has shown
his patriotism by giving up his posi-
ton in the university and enlisting
as a private in the engineering de-
partment.
Having been the first town in La
tab county to go "over the top" dur
ing the third Liberty loan honor week
Deary gittingly celebrated the unfurl
ing of the first honor flag in the
county Monday with large patriotic
demonstration
The wheat acreage of Idaho has
been immensely increased this year
some counties more than doubling
last years wheat area, as shown b!
reports from the extension division
of the University of Idaho at Moscow
The handling of this vast increase o
crop now becomes a rather serious
problem.
Calls have been sent out by tn
= secretary of the draft board at Mos
COW for IL more Latah county mel
to leave May 25 for Camp Lewis. TIL
list follows: Jesse Nolan Barker
James Walter Nolan, Joseph Lamar
ida Blalock, George August Cord, FL
lis Fisher, Joseph Louis Bower Jas
Francis Sullivan Ray Taylor, Morton
Herbert Thorp, Elmer Edgar Poe, All
chic Kunes, Charles Henrick Dahl.
mysterious man, disguised as
woman, has been terrorizing peopl
and evading the officers at Moscow
Reports of man dressed as a won
an and acting in a mysterious man
ner have come from parts of tow
and the surrounding country. 1t i
believed a demented person is max
ing these visits. The man is report
ed to have been seen in the countr,
and to have frightened women an,
children.
Only a 90-mile link is needed t,
complete the railroad chain tina
would connect northern and southern
Idaho. The business men of tn,
north believe that it is to the inter
est of every citizen of the state, t
the northwest and to the nation tina
the gap be filled at once, and adopt
ed resolutions at the first meeting o
the Northern Idaho Chamber of Com
merce, held in Occur d'Alene las
week, asking Director General Nc
Adoo to allow the line to be built.
Mrs. Ben Reeves of the Forres
country delivered to the Lewiston
Red Cross headquarters large guam
tity of wool just as clipped from tn,
sleeps back The chapter will wasl
the wool, spin it into yarn and kni
it into socks and sweaters for tn,
soldier boys. Several Lewiston WON
en- have secured old spinning wheel
for this purpose. Mrs. Reeves ha
promised to give wool donations from
the sheep owners in sufficient quaint
ties TO keep the spinning wheels busy
In view of the high price of wool tn
Lewiston chapter counts this mos
valuable donation.
A card index survey of the wheat
wheat flour and sugar supply on han
in Nez Perez county homes has jus
been completed. The records shoV
2,150,62S pounds of wheat, 500, ga
pounds of wheat flour and 81 AZ
pounds of sugar on hand in Ne
Perez county homes, not includin
warehouses, stores, mills, etc. B
far the greater part of all surplu
supplies have already been returne
as called for by the food administri
ton a few weeks ago. Families al
allowed to retain a 30-day supply {
wheat flour on the basis of 81
pounds a person, sugar four pound
person. wheat fit for flour is a
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