Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-05-14
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

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plexy.
J. c. Whipple died recently at Lew
iston, following an operation for APP
pendicitis.
Plummer's total subscription to the
third Liberty loan was $19,400; the
quota was $4,000.
Byron Defenbach has sent in his
resignation as a member of the state
board of accountacy of Idaho.
There is a surplus of flour in La
tsh. The supply will last until the
new wheat crop is harvested, the
food chief believes.
The Liberty shop in Lewiston was
formally opened Saturday and the
opening event was participated in by
hundreds of residents.
w. S. Shearer is engaged in putting
in 900 acres of beans in the atm
many country. This is said to be the
largest single field of beans in the
state.
Chief of Police Van Robinson of
Grangeville, who has held that office
for the past year, has resigned. AS
matter of economy the council abol-
ished the office.
The Clearwater county draft board
has summoned 90 registrants to re-
port at Orofino on the oath to be in
readiness to entrain the day follow
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+ called brings the county total to
, $50.
. Moscow citizens are planning a ser.
! vice flag for Latah county and also a
a community flag for each town. The
/ matter mas been taken up by the
chamber of commerce and every town
in the county is to be asked to join in
preparing the flags.
l. The initial meeting of the Idaho
II commercial bodies, chamber of com
merce and business men of north Ida
no was held in Occur dAlene May Is
and 16 The meeting was well at
: tended by delegates from commercial
bodies throughout the Panhandle oi
:. the state.
Recent rains in the Potlatch section
will be highly beneficial to grain, gar
- dens and crops in general. At Julia
- eta there will be a large acreage o
:, tomatoes. The crop of Strawberries
- will be light. The cherry yield will b'
=, about so per cent of normal yield
while there will be a full yield o
apples.
i p. II. Lomax reports that in thu
English sparrow drive that has beer
conducted by the Lewiston schoo
> boys "a birds were captured. TIL,
q boys are trapping the birds for
cent each. The boys also delivered
nine dozen sparrow eggs. The drive
IS promises to make the sparrow rar'
IL bird in the Lewiston valley.
The Nez Perez county schools
made a remarkably fine showing il
E spelling in the eighth grade state ex
animation recently. The following stu
, students were perfect in the spelling
test: Floyd Reeser, Southwick
Fern Hobson. Clifford; Hazel Tim
mons, Lookout; Mildred Lane, Look
n out; Nellie Deane, Agatha; Ma
S Brown, Lower Tammany; Edit
s. THAN, Melrose.
= Bayard T. Byrns, age So, well
!. known citizen of Moscow, died sud
- denly Saturday. The cause of dealt
is not definitely known. Two week
3 ago he was slightly injured when HI
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. clutch set and it ran forward ant
caught him against building. injur
% ing him slightly, but he worked oil
70 his farm for a few days after that
VI" He was taken with grippe and ha'
been in bed just two weeks
t. The University of Idaho has re
Is ceived from Washington. d. c.,
large relief map of Idaho, the worl
of Professor ID. c. Livingston, pro
lessor of geology. The work wa
done by Professor Livingston afte
n months of travel and study of the to
Biography of the state, and is said t.
lie be the best work of its kind ever is
o. sued in this state. 1t shows the ele
,r walton of all the principal parts o
Ig the state, and is correct topograph
s ically.
d The contract for maintaining 10
II soldiers at the University of Idah
Id having been signed by Captain Ell
u gene Benoist for the war department
ID and Frank H. Shepherd, representa-
lie the federal department of vocationa
ig education and special training, tn
e. work of preparing the dormitorie:
work shops, gymnasium and othe
n places where the men will be qua
ID tered or will be trained has started
ed The university is to receive s1.60
ne day a man for food, instruction an
a the use of equipment. Among tn
ne latter are automobiles and trucks
m Second hand machines are desired,
On order that those being trained
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