Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-04-25
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F.dIl itdlneS anu rAlDeTI bTlnh, WHO |
escaped from the Idaho peniteutiary on
the afternoon of April IL, are now in
the county Jail at Vale. They were
captured Sunday evening when they
put in an appearance at sheep camp
a few miles from the Malheur county
seat.
At Potlatch. April 10, Melvin T..
Odell received painful bruises and cuts
about the head and body and frac-
tured pelvic bone on his right side
when he was thrown from carriage
which became congested in the saw
mill Francis Larson was also thrown
from the carriage and sustained a bad
cash about the head.
Twenty Idaho counties have pledged
themselves to 100 per cent perform
ance in the Victory loan drive during
the tour of the trophy special through
southern Idaho with it's burden of bat
tie relics from the blood-drenched
fields of France. In each of these
counties thousands of citizens who
have viewed the war trophies guaran-
teed State Chairman M. B. Gwinn that
they would go across with their full
quota and in record time. Not fewer
than $4,000 peopel have looked at the
relics.
An experiment which will be of in
terest to employers of labor has been
] successfully tried by Moscow firm of
brick makers. The company employs
"A large force in its plant and its clay
beds at Joel. The men had been paid
by the day, until it was decided to try
payment by piecework, which has
worked out so satisfactorily that all
work is now being done by contract OF
by piece-work. The men are making
almost double their former wages anG
the cost of the tile to the company
has been reduced little more than 81
per cent.
check for $2SO6 has been received
by the city of Kellogg from the Mine
Owners association, being REIN
bursement to the city for money ex
pended by it during the floods of May
1917, and of January, 1918, in protect
ing property of the city and residence
property. A tailings dam of the mines
association at Osborne broke from thu
high waters of these floods and caus
ed the river bed to become filled will
tailings and the river to spread GU
over its confines. In addition to thi
payment the Mine Owners association
has expended $4,000 in replacing an,
repairing the retaining walls of TIN
river through the city limits.
Idaho Mine Bureau Meets.
Boise.-The state bureau of mine
! created by the last legislature held it
! initial meeting here Saturday wit
; Governor Davis, Dean F. A. Thompso
of Moscow, Jerome j. Day, Professo
ID. G. Livingstone of Moscow and Stat
: Mine Inspector Bell present.
A resolution was passed holding
. to be the policy of the board to caus
to be made such geological and topt
graphical investigations as will stin
ulate the development of all district
showing indications of metallic an
) nonmetallic mineral deposits of ec'
4. nomic value. 1t recommended contil
uation of the present agreement b.
! tween the state and United States bl
! reau of mines and the renewal of thi
!. contract at it's expiration June 80;
cooperate with the geological surve
in securing Typographical survey
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ton of primary control in Clearwatt
county and the immediate publicatio
J of geological work completed in Gel
trail and northern Idaho during tn
!. last two years.
Organize Idaho Veterans.
!, With but 16 counties in the stat
!. having World War Veteran associ
tons, the state committee named
1 Governor Davis at the request
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore. Roos
welt to decide on how Idaho shall
represented at the national conventic
at st. Louis May 8, met here Su
day. 1t was decided not to hold
state convention, but to proceed vii
the organization of county units.
j, The following delegates were name
: to represent this state at ST. Loui!
: f. A. Jeter, Occur d'Alene; Harry
q Herpillods. Moscow; Thomas A. Fee
ry, lewiston; Paul Davis, Boise,
5. Estabrook, Nampa; John S. Gree
!: Twin Falls; c. NJ. Booth, Pocatell'
: Paul Peterson. Idaho Falls.
'. Alternates were named as follow
Carl M. Maloney, Wallace; +. c. Boo
Moscow; H. l.. Robertson, Nez Perez
;. Mark Shields, Boise; James Boon
CALDWELL Taylor Cummings, Tw
n Falls; Laverne r. Collier, Pocatell