Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings in This State
Given In Brief Items for
Busy Readers.

Miss Estella Hofstetter has resign
ed as teacher in the st. Maries schools.
She will be married on January Is to
Frank Vincent of Seattle.
The extension department of the
University has published an account
book for farmers designed especially
to help them in keeping their records
for the income tax.
Charged with obtaining money I'M
der false pretenses in securing a loan
on some Kellogg real estate, J. l.
Buchanan, a former resident of Wal
lace and Kellogg, has been arrested in
Seattle.
On the train recently from Spokane
an abandoned baby girl was found.
The infant was not discovered until
the train had reached Kendrick. The
baby was placed on the train at Spo-
kane. The baby was in a bundle of
towels.
What cooperation will do for a
farming community Is shown by the
phenomenal business of the Cooper
alive Creamery company of Boise the
past year, amounting to $3S6,2S4.S6,
this sum having been paid by the com
pany to the farmers of the valley
for dairy products.
A deed filed at Occur d'Alene City
recently gives credence to the persist
ent rumors that the Menasha Wooden
ware company, the large Minnesota
numbering concern, are contemplating
expanding their activities in this dis
trict, and, as an initial move, will take
direct management of the Blackwell
mill.
Dean +. J. Iddings, head of the ag-
ricultural college and experiment sta
ton of the University, has gone to
Washington. d. c., to attend the an
nual meeting of heads of these de-
partments in January. He will spend
some time in southern Idaho inspect
ing the extension work in a number of
counties.
A new sawmill of $4,000 feet daily
capacity has been established near
Avon by the Munro Lumber company
of which Alexander Munro of Moscow
is manager The mill has begun work
on government contract for $4,000
railroad ties and has another contract
to furnish white pine lumber for the
Diamond and Ohio Match companies.
The hearing in the case of William
Dixon and Roy Dixon was held at St.
Maries recently. The brothers were
on their way from Safest, Mont. to
the Indian reservation, with "a pints
Of liquor in their possession. They
were arrested at Plummer by Deputy
Lee Parish. They attacked him and
Marshal Harvey, hearing the shots
came running to the scene and the
brothers turned on him, firing two
shots, one going through his coat and
ont hitting his gun, but not injuring
him. Mr. Parish struck the ghn of
William Dixon as the gun was dis
charged and the bullet entered the
side of Roy Dixon, who is now dan
gerously i'll in the ST. Maries Jail.
Would Sterilze Unfit.
Sterilization of mentally and socially
unfit persons is recommended by the
superintendent of the Idaho state san
itarium at Nampa, in his annual re-
port to the board of directors of the
institution.
This class of unfortunates has
been sadly neglected in this state
which has resulted in the propoga
ton and increase of these incompe
tents to such an extent that additional
room must be provided" says his re
port.
Unfortunately, this state has nc
law whereby the mentally and social
~ unfit may be sterilized, consequent
ly the only means we have for the
prevention of their reproduction Is
isolation and detention.
~" to Help Farmers.
A series OF meetings for the pur
pose of showing farmers how grain
is graded under government and state
regulations are to be held in Idaho
A University of Idaho extension de
partment statment says:
The proper methods of grading
wheat were carried to Lincoln couu
ty farmers last week. Meetings will
be held in a number of communitie
and samples of local wheat will b.
graded according to state and fedora
rules. Every step will be explaine'
= to help the individual farmer under
: stand exactly how it should be done
The meetings will be conducted b
r. ]. Leth, field agronomist of tn
: University of Idaho extension division
y. Mr.. Leth states that he has request
- for nearly 70 such meetings, but ha
been obliged to reduce that number I
:, slightly below so.
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