Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-03-19
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

The North Idaho Publishers asso-
citation was permanently organized
at Moscow recently.
Fred J. oliver, well-known Lewiston
merchant, purchased the T. II. Huff
man ranch of 200 acres near llo for
$4,000.
A letter from Dudley Fabrique to
his mother at Lewiston, announces
his presence in France, and that the
long string of Lewiston boys who en-
tered April 2 are pretty well scat
tered over France"
Under the direction of the Lewiston
Red Cross chapter school committee,
Al Junior Red Cross auxiliaries have
been organized during the past month
in the schools of Nez Perez, Idaho and
Lewis counties, with a total member
ship of over 5000 and funds to the
amount of $3.50.
Memorial services were held Sun
day at Athol for Roy William Brack-
en-, age 26, who died of pneumonia
in France. He was a member of the
American expedtionary force. Roy
was born at Alexander, Mimi, and
came to Athol with his parents in
1897.
The Panhandle Lumber company
will start its sawmill at Spirit Lake
this week. 1t will begin with only
the day crew, but as soon as the lake
is cleared of ice will put on a night
crew also. The company has more
logs in readiness at the head of the
lake than for years.
Three sons of j. A. Foote of Lap
wal are in the service in France. Cor
poral Alvin b. Foote Joined the ma
tional guard at the age of 81, and
went to the Mexican border with the
Second Idaho in 1916 Private Avery
Foote, 20, and II. p. Foote, enlisted
in June, 1917, and did guard duty that
summer in Washington.
Backed by 30 regular L. S. soldiers
from Fort George Wright and as many
more Idaho guardsmen, st. Maries
started in to purge itself of the agi
tators' menace Saturday So well hac
the work progressed by evening thai
the sheriff and the military Officers
espresso dcOnfidence that there would
be no more trouble for the present.
The Nez Perez county draft boarC
has summoned eight men to appeal
in Lewoston March 20. Seven from
this list will be selected to be sent t,
Camp Lewis. Following are name
. of those summoned: Jacob b. Harris
Albert ELIAS, Bud Taylor. Edwar'
Briemaster, Harrison Lott, Georg
Gray, Cyril 10y Dickinson and Sam
uel Ferguson.
Franklin Benjamin Gault, educate
and lecturer died at his home a
= Sumner, near Tacoma, Saturday nigh
r following a short illness He wa
q 81 years of age. DR.. Gault was pres
ident of the University of Idaho froI
. 1892 to 1918, Whitworth college, Tt
coma, 1899 to 1906, and of the Tn
versity of South Dakota from 1906
1913. lie was the author of works o
: psychology and education.
q p. j. Hartnett, secretary of tn
4 Federal Labor union, Lewiston, al
nounces that the minimum wage seal
for teamsters and auto truck driver
r will be $3.50, an eight-hour day, aftt
April 10, with time and a half fC
. overtime and double time for SUI
days and holidays. The minimum
6 wage scale for upskilled and casui
r. labor will be "a for an eight-hol
day, overtime same as teamsters.
l. Juliaetta is to have an up-to-daf
e elevator built in time to handle tn
d years grain crop. The articles of i
g corporation of the Juliaetta Farmer
l. Union Warehouse company will
amended and "a new organization,
II be known as the Juliaetta Elevate
l. company, will be organized under Il
y laws of the state The elevator w
5 have concrete base, will be of the or
S type of elevator, and will have c
y pacity of from IS, 900 to 10000 bnshel
s. The estimated cost, including all ne
e essary machinery, will be about 81
5, OO0 The equipment will include I
S up-to-date bean cleaner.
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