Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-15
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

to 10 inclusive.
The John Mccormack home place of
100 acres near Lewiston was sold re-
Gently to r. r. Ragsdale of Moro, Ore,
for $4,000.
W. e. Carney, proprietor of pool
room at st. Maries. was arrested un-
der a gambling charge. He pleaded
guilty and was fined 5000 and costs.
Howard Rankin, only heir of pros
porous contractor of Boise, who died
several years ago, inflicted a deep
scalp wound in the back of his wife's
head and fatally wounded himself,
last Sunday at Boise. She had sued
him for a divorce.
Henry f. Schetzle of Lenore was
cited before the county council of de-
violation of the espionage act by the
circulation of false statements with
intent to interfere with the operations
of the military forces of the United
States when at war.
Twenty-eight registrants have been
declared delinquent by the Benewah
county army board for failure to re-
turne their missionaries within the
time prescribed by law and have been
placed in class l under the head Reg
istrant who failed to submit question
naire and In respect of whom no de-
ferred classification is claimed or
made"
While playing on the ice at ST. Joe
recently Roland Cyr age 10, and
Verne Galloway, age IA, broke through
and gvere in the water over an hour
before they were rescued. When the
rescue was effected the younger lad
was unconscious from the cold and ex-
posture and could not be revived. He
never regained consciousness and died
few hours after being taken from
the water.
The total metal contents of Idaho
mineral shipments for the year 1917
will have a gross shipping value OF
about $50,000,000, according to an ex-
cerpt from the annual report of Rob
ert N. Bell, inspector of mines. They
are as follows Gold, ounces, $4,000;
silver, ounces, 10,500,000; lead,
pounds, 360,O0O,O0O; zinc, pounds, 95,-
100000: copper, pounds, 10,5O0,000.
Dividend disbursements aggregate a
little over $9,00O,0OO. This would have
been a great deal higher but for the
uncertainty of the federal excess prof
| it's tax law requirements, which APP
plies to part of the current years OPP
erations. Fully 1000 men were EN-
ployed in mining and milling opera
| tions during the year in Idaho, OF
which 5000 are credited to the Occur
d'Alene region. That region could
have used several hundred additional
miners had they been available.
Farmers Pledge Support to U. S.
The farmers union of Nez Perez
Lewis and Clearwater counties, elect
ed these officers:
C. w. Booth of Nez Perez, president
e. T.. Stamper of Melrose, vice pres
ident
RI. Anderson, Nez Perez, secretary
and treasurer.
u. r. Warnacutt, Vollmer, conductor
r. A. Damrose, Ilo, doorkeeper.
j. T. Ough, Clifford, chaplain.
John Than, Melrose; T. f. Jacobs
and l.. p. Teats, Reubens, executive
committee.
The meeting passed a resolution
pledging the support of the farmers t
the government in the war, and aske'
the government to extend control o
price fixing to farming implements.
A resolution was also passed asking
ing the railroads after the close of TIL
war
1t was decided to continue handlini
grain in bulk and to urge other dis
tricts producing grain to adopt thi
system.
State Board of Education.
The state board of education in ses
sion at Boise recently decided to sub
( NIT its recommendation for the ereC
ton of a $150,000 administration build
5 ing for the Lewiston state normal t
Governor Alexander in writing anC
while a special session of the legisls
I ture is not mentioned, it is made plail
: in the recommendations that the ereC
2 tion of the building to replace the on
recently burned as soon as possible
{ imperative.
The board accepted a report fror
q the business agent showing that a
a state institutions used about half c
!. the biennial appropriations for 1917
b Dean Iddings of the University c
I Idaho was elected not only head {
the department of experimental sti
lions and extensions, but Director
Fluharty and Jones will both come III
I der him. This move restores the sta
q us of the extension department to tn
q days of Dean Carlyle and to one GU
g tomary in most of the lam grand un
S versities.
The board organized as a state boar