Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-08-06
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Seventy-eight Idaho county young
men, comprising the August quota, left
Grangeville Monday.
The First Savings and Trust bank
of Moscow has increased its capitali-
cation from $4,000 to 100000, fully
paid
The Lewiston state normal school
last Friday completed one of the most
successful summer sessions in its his
tory.
The first thresher to be destroyed by
fire in Latah county was that of Chas.
Hill of Potlatch ridge, near Kendrick,
Aug. 3.
Warren McCurtain,. who had long
been identified with mining in the
Pend Oreille district, died recently at
Standpoint.
Mrs Philip Summers of Mullan was
found dead in her bed recently by her
husband. who slept beside her. Mrs.
Summers retired in her usual health.
Ethel Il. Redfield, state superintend-
ent of public instruction, up for re-
election, says she is in favor of abol-
ishing the office to which she aspires
DR. j. G. Dryer, coroner at Occur
d Alene, has received commission as
captain in the medical corps of the
United States army and is awaiting
orders.
Nominations for congressional and
state offices closed at Boise Saturday,
and, with one or two exceptions, the
tickets of the republicans, democrats
and nonpartizans were filled.
Joseph Bell of the Winchester coun
try, was recently arrested on a charge
of taking liquor on the Indian reserva-
ton. Recently Bell was arrested on
similar charges and gave bond in the
sum of $1,000.
The Orofino highway board of coun
ty commissioners has awarded a con
tract to the Security Bridge company
for repairing the bridge across the
Clearwater river at Orofino, which
was damaged year ago by high wa
ter.
Captain j. Il. Akin and Mrs. Akin
left Lewiston recently for Detroit
where Captain Akin will attend the su
preme lodge of Knights of Pythias as a
representative of Idaho. After attend
ing the supreme lodge meeting Captain
and Mrs. Akin are planning to make
an extensive trip south and west.
The recent showers have been OF
inestimable benefit to the bean crop
of which theer is a large acreage neal
Kendrick. Some growers estimate the
yield at 1000 pounds an acre as an av
erage for the entire district. There
will be several million pounds of beans
harvested in Latah county this year.
w. J. Jordan, general agent of the
Northern Pacific, with headquarters
at Lewiston. reports that the passen
ger service on the Genesee branch Of
that road is to be discontinued on Aug
IL. He says that the passenger trains
do not pay expenses because people
will not travel on the trains, but trave
by automobiles when the roads are fit
AS one of ten cities in the United
States receiving such honor, Kellogg
has been awarded a banner by the
American Red Cross and the Nationa
Tubercular association for high per
centage in the sale of Red Cross
stamps, with a record of 1916 cents pei
capita. Kellogg's total sales were $3.50
of which 1924 were sold by the schoo
children. The banner was formally de
livered to Mrs. Catherine Athey o
Boise, executive secretary for Idaho
at the recent national conference il
Boston. This is the second honor I,
come to Kellogg in connection will
the sale of Red Cross stamps, havinl
been awarded second place in Idaho OF
the same drive.