Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-07-04
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.

The funeral of Jacob Eichenberger
was held at Lewiston recently.
f. w. Wheeler, aged 81, well-known
pioneer of the Occur d'Alenes, died at
Harrison Saturday.
Everything is in readiness for the
opening of the three days celebration
at Moscow, July 3, and 5.
The funeral of Oliver S. Roof, a
well-known pioneer of the Occur DIAL
enes, was held at Wallace, Sunday
Lewiston lodge B. P. o. Elks recent
ly held another big initiatory program
at which SO candidates were put
through.
Miss Olive A. Alcorn, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Alcorn of ST. Ma
res and we'll known in Occur d'Alene,
is making hit" in the movies.
Lieutenant Jay NJ. Fetters, who will
make exhibition flights at Moscow dur
ing the three-day celebration of July 3,
4 and S, flew from Spokane to Mos
COW Tuesday.
Rathdrum and Occur d'Alene greet
ed returned North Idaho members of
the 146th field artillery with one of
the greatest outpourings ever seen in
the two towns.
The Wallace Victory three-day eel
ebratiOn which starts Friday, July 4,
and closes Sunday night, is to be the
biggest event ever attempted in the
history of the city.
T. M. Hall, arrested in Spokane re-
Gently charged with passing worthless
checks on two companies of Lewiston,
was identified as an escaped convict
of the Oregon penitentiary.
District Judge Scales has decided
that the Indian stick game is not gam
bling according to the Idaho statute.
This decision gives the Indians the
right to indulge in their favorite tribal
pastime.
Gordon M, Thayer, son of George l..
Thayer of Mullan, was accidentally
killed recently by falling into the ore
shaft at the mill of the Alaska Gas
tineau Mining company at juneau,
Alaska.
The threatened strike situation in
the Occur d'Alenes, which has tended
to retard business conditions for some
time owing to the accompanying UNI
nn q inf n,,1 oet ~ ,,,,e
least temporarily.
Revival of the so-called Dubois rec
lamation project in eastern Idaho was
proposed recently by Representative
Smith, who introduced a bill directing
the reclamation service to report on
the feasibility of irrigating the area in
whole or in part, and appropriating
100000 for preliminary surveys.
The 1919 issue of Elesenes, the nor
NAL school senior annual, has appeared
from the press and presents a most
attractive appearance The editor-in-
chief is Mrs. Marian K Gregory, Wa
terville, Wash. The annual contains
greetings by President O. M. Elliott
and is dedicated to II. E. Fowler of the
faculty.
The last big blast on the Carscallen
contract took place Saturday at Blue
Creek point, on the last leg of the IL
miles of new road skirting Lake Occur
d'Alene. The contract was let at a
cost of approximately $175,OOO. Over
go holes had been drilled for the big
blast and approximately 1900 pounds
Of T. N. T. were used
The cherry season in the Lewiston
valley has closed and no more car
oad lots will be shipped Packing
houses have closed and only small
shipments OF late fruit from the upper
Clearwater orchards will be handled.
The total value of the crop in this
valley will reach more than $4,000,
by far the greatest sum ever realized.
The yield is considerably below nor.
nal. but the relatively higher prices
made the difference in net income.