Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-09-17
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings In This State
Given In Brief Items for
Busy Readers.

Plummer is without electric lights,
owing to the drying up of the creek
where the light plant obtains power
1t is estimated that so Gears of
sheep will be moved moved from the
| Camas ranges of Idaho during Sep
TENDER.
Registration of the man-power of
Standpoint totaled 667. Bonner county
officials estimate the total for the
county will reach 1900.
The Ktndrick public school opened
September 16. Theopening date was
postponed two weeks to allow the old
| err students to assist in the harvest.
DIR. George III. Kenneth of Kellogg,
who received his commission as lieu
| tenant several weeks ago, has been
ordered to report for duty at Fort
Oglethorpe, Ga.
Caught between the obottom of a
descending freight elevator and the
floor of the tank room in the fertilizer
department of Armours packing plant,
Spokane Edward Smith, age So, night
Waterman, was instantly killed. TIE
formerly lived at Harrison, this state.
1t is estimated that at least IT'S
carloads of sheep will be moved out
of the Clearwater country and 45 cars
from the Grangeville country this
week. A shipment of % cars. was
made Sept. IA, being the first big
movement of sheep from the noun
tain ranges. Half the shipments were
consigned to eastern markets and
the remainder were shipped to points
in Oregon.
Ernest Withom Elected.
At the sevenfold union drive meet
ing held in Spokane recently Ernest
Withom was elected district director
of the 10 northern counties in Idaho
The following directors will be il
charge in their respective counties
Huntington Taylor, Kootenai E. II
Aaron, Bonner; A. j. Kent, Boundary
Harry l.. Alcorn, Benewah; Franci
jenkins, Latah; w. w. Brown, Idaho
Charles Seelig, Shoshone
The basis of assessment will b
formulated at the meeting of tn
state committee in Boise.
4 Issue Draft Call.
The first October draft call has bee
made on Idaho. 1t was received froi
:. Provost Marshal General Crowder b
Acting Governor e. l.. Parker and VIZ
= transmitted to the adjutant general
y department A total of 487 men
: asked for They are to be entraint
during the five-day period commencii
October for Camp Lewis. The a
jutant generals department is nc
working on the quotas by counties.
The call will clean up practical
! all tfehe available AL men of t
class Of 1917 and invade the 10
% classes, including those who became
age before August "a
That Idaho on September IL excet
Is ed the Estimated figures of 55,502 s
Ie- by the provost marshal general in t
e, registration of it's man power
tween the ages of Is and As not he
tofore registered is now believed.
M Shortage in State Funds.
Nv Boise. Idaho. Sept. ia net sho
III age of $2S4,795 has been found in
ne irreducible endowment funds of Ida
by State Auditor Clarence Vandeus'
fe who. in compliance with author
nd vested in him by the last legislatu
a. which made an appropriation for Il
ne purpose, has been tracing and chez
st ing the records in the land depa
a. ment. The shortage found is conta
ed in the first of series of repol
to be filed with Governor Alexand
This shortage, he says, will be gre
" increased when he has an opp
d. tunity to prove out the escheated
oy tates. Enormous losses will also
Ell shown, he says, in the underapprai
IS ment of lands.
In a recapitulation the state
ditor shows funds short the follc
ing sums:
Public school endowment. .$S7 $50
Agricultural institutions en-
dowment -........--....-.-.-,.---------- 2f,lzo
Charitable Institutions en-
dowment ................................ 41,62O
Normal school endowment .... 46,05S
Penitentiary endowment ...... SSH
School of Science sendow-
ment -..----..-------------.----.----.- o5,Soz
University endowment ...---.--- 2O,O5I
The insane asylum fund has
overbalance of $9261.49.
The state is held responsible
both the principal and interest
these funds, says the state audi
and will probably be required to
propriate, in addition to the shorta
100000 accrued interest.
He estimates further loss
$4,000 because of failure to ere
interest from the funds and $50,