Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09
IN THE PANHANDLE OF THE STATE

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proved. The farm was taken by A. A.
Lieuallen as -emption claim more
than 40 years ago. Mr.. Lieuallen later
filed las a homestead, on part OF the
land where Moscow now stands. Mr..
Munson bought the land for few dol
lars an acre 30 years ago and has re-
sided there continuously since.
Nez Perce-The biggest check ever
paid a farmer on Nez Perez prairie
for grain was paid to Turner brothers
here by w. L. Lyon, representing the
vollmer- Clearwater company of Lew
iston. The check was for $4,000, for
over $4,000 bushels of wheat repre-
serting the entire crop raised bv them.
The Turner brothers came here
about eight years ago and purchased
1880 acres, which they recently sold to
w F. Johnson for H7S,0O0, but re-
tanned the crop Their public sale
of machinery and stock last week
brought them $4,000. They will leave
in a short time for San Diego, Cal, to
make their home.
John NJ. Booth has purchased 160
acres 10 miles north of here from Al
fred s. Sweet for $4,000
FLOYD Rowe purchased $50 acres
from II. J. Wimpy five miles north
east of town for $16,500.
The bank statements of Lewis coun-
ty show that there was over $1,000
600 on deposit at the last bank can,
gain of 100000,
I,ewiston-One of the best known
and finest ranches of Idaho, located Il
miles south of here on the Waha
prairie, has been sold for $S1,500 to
Mr.. and Mrs. L. ]. Wright and sons
of Nez Perez.
Occur d'Alene-R. b. Mooney, an
undertaken and Lieutenant c. r.
Paneborn. pilot. miraculously escaped
death here when the Curtiss airplane
in which they We're flying crashed to
the ground from height variously es-
timated at from IS feet to 200 feet The
plane alighted right side up in
plowed field. two miles north of the
town, near the Haley Graham landing
| field on government way.
! Lieutenant Pangborn, an hour be-
/ fore, had arrived from Kellogg in his
| rlane, and after making a thrilling
| stunt" flight over the city, COM
! rneuced to take passengers up. Ac-
Cording to Mr.. Pankborn, the plane
/ had lust taken the air and Lieutenant
/ pangborn was banking the machine
preparatory to flying over the city. A
! gust of wind struck the left wing, de-
stroying the equilibrium to such an
extent that it dropped through space.
! Lieutenant Pangborn succeeded In
! partially righting the plane and 1t
! era shed to earth in its tracks, making
! llindling wood of the propeller, land
/ ing trucks and lower left wing. Mr.,
! Mooney, riding In the passenger seat
, forward, escaped with bruises on the
! .T,tn to
wing of the plane crashing down on
| him. Lieutenant Pangborn was Sc
yerely shaken, up, but escaped any Vis-
ible injuries.
| Moscow-A thorough. soaking rain
that will enable farmers to begin
blowing and other fall work, has fallen
here. This is the first time that the
ground has been really wet since last
Nav. While more rain is needed to
make blowing easy 1t is believed that
blows can be run now, for the flrst
time in months. The rainfall Of the last
two days will mean a greatly in
creased acreage of fan wheat.
| Kellogg-Wfl NJ. Grove, the printer
land former editor of the Kellogg Rec
ord has sold his printing plant and
lob office to Al Hesselherg of Weiser
Idaho, The purchaser was formerly an
,employe of Mr.. Grove at the time he
ran the Record.
Moscow, Idaho, Oct. 3-The increase
in the price of board from 81 to sl.2o q
day Just put into effect by the lumber
companies Of North Idaho, resulted to-
day in some 500 employees of the Pot
latch Lumber company in the Ell
River community leaving their work
1t is reported that the mills and camps
are closed as far as production Is con.
cerned The agitators today appeared
in the camps around Bovill, where they
are urging the men to show their pro
test at the increase in the charge fol
board by quitting their Jobs.
Similar protests have occurred II
. other parts of Idaho. The lumbe
companies claim that even the In
t creased charge for board does not GOV
: err the actual cost of providing tn
, men with food and that they ar
themselves sustaining loss on ever.
. boarder.
Priest River-When notice was Civ
$ en- out Wednesday at camp No. 10 o
/. thfe Humbird Lumber company, abou
/, miles north of here, that the rat
' for board would be increased from 5
= a day to s1.25, the greater part Of tn
40 men working there refused to wor