The Kendrick gazette., 1918-12-27
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings in This state
Given, In erlef Items for
Busy Readers.

The influenza epidemic is becoming
serious at Genesee.
Miss Estella Hofstetter has resign
ed as teacher. in the st. Maries schools.
She will be married on January Is to
Frank Vincent Of Seattle.
h The. extension, department of the
University has published an account
book for farmers designed especially
to, help them in keeping their records
for the income tax.
Charged. with obtaining money un-
der false pretenses in securing a loan
on some Keilogg real estate, ]. l.
Buchanan, . former resident Of Wal
lace and Kellogg. has been arrested in
Seattle
g On the train recently from Spokane
an abandoned baby girl was found.
! The infant was NOT discovered until
the train had reached Kendrick. The
baby was placed on the train at Spo-
kane. The baby was in a bundle of
towels.
What cooperation will do for
farming community is shown by the
phenomenal business of the Cooper
ative Creamery company of Boise the
past year, amounting to $3S6.2S4.S6,
this SUM haying been paid by the COM
pany to the farmers of the valley
for dairy products.
A deed filed at Occur dAlene City
recently gives credence to the persist
ent rumors that the Menasha Wooden
ware company, the large Minnesota
numbering concern. are contemplating
expanding their activities in this dis
trict, and, as an initial move. will take
direct management Of the Blackwell
mill. ..
Dean E. ]. Iddings. head Of the ag-
ricultural college. and experiment sta
| ton OF the University, has gone to
Washington, d. c., to attend the an.
npal meeting Of heads of these de.
partments IN January. He will spend
some time in southern Idaho inspect
ing the extension work in a number OF
counties.
A new sawmil OF $4,000 feet daily
capacity has been established neal
Avon by the Munro Lumber company
of which Alexander Munro of Moscow
| is manager. The mill has begun worA
ON a government contract for $4,000
railroad ties and has another contract
to furnish white pine lumber for the
Diamond and Ohio Match companies.
=, The hearing in the case Of william
Dixon and Roy Dixon. was held at st
Maries recently. The brothers were
ON their way from Safest, Mont. tt
the Indian reservation. with "a pint.
of liquor in their possession. They
were arrested at Plummer by Deputy
Lee Parish. They attacked him ant
Marshal Harvey, hearing the shots
came running to the scene and thu
brothers turned on him, firing two
1 shots, one going through his coat ant
+ ont hitting. his gun, but not iQiurin.
him. Mr.. Parish struck the ghn o
| william Dixon as the gun was dis
charged and the bullet entered tn
side of Roy Dixon. who Is now dan
gerously i'll in the St. Maries Jail.
4 Would Sterilixe Unfit.
Sterilization Of mentally and social,
unfit persons Is recommended by tn
superintendent of the Idaho state san
itarium at Namps. in his annual re
port to the board of directors of tn
institution.
1 This class Of 4unfortunates ha
1 been sadly neglected in this stat
, which has resulted in the propoga
ton and increase Of these incompt
tents to such an extent that additions
room must be provided" says his re
port. - go r.
!, Unfortunately, this state has n
law whereby the mentally and socia
ii ly unfit may be sterilized, consequen
= ly the only means we have for tn
;. prevention of their reproduction
, isolation and detention
n ~" to Help Farmers.
l. A series of meetings for the pu
: pose of showing farmers how graf
; is graded under government and stat
. regulations are to be held in 1dah
u A University of Idaho extension d
partment statment, says:
The proper methods of gradir
9 wheat were carried to Lincoln cou
3 ty farmers last week. Meetings vi
10 be held in a number of cOmmuniti'
Z" and. samples of local wheat will
graded according to state and feder
" rules. Every step will be explain'
!" to help the individual farmer undt
y stand exactly how it should be dor
o' The meetings will be conducted
r. J. Leth, field agronomist of t
" University of Idaho extension divisio
20 Mr.. Leth states that he has reques
:" for nearly 70 such meetings, but h
been obliged to reduce that number
slightly below SO.
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