Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-02-04
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.

Idaho's 42d county was created
Feb. /, when Governor Davis attach
ed his signature to the Clark county
division of the western section of Ere
mont county, with Dubois as the
county seat.
The latest reports from O.-W R. &
N. headquarters are that the protests
of Wallace citizens are to be ignored
and the bug" service between Wal
lace and Enaville is to be discontin-
ued at once.
Professor f. M. Erickson of the
University of Idaho, has gone to
| France on a special mission of edu-
cational work. He will be gone until
August, having been granted a leave
of absence until that time.
AT a recent meeting of the direc-
tors of the Northwest Live Stock
show at Lewiston it was decided to
make application for aid in increasing
the $4,000 already raised for build
ing live stock pavilion on the ground
here.
A scholarship in the School of Mines,
University of Idaho, to be awarded
annually to Shoshone school scholars,
has been established by Jerome ].
Day. The scholarship, which is for
four years, carries an annual income
of $3.50.
Deaths of two well-known Moscow
people occurred Feb. l. Elmer e. Pc
terson, age q years, whose entire
life had been spent in Latah county,
died of pneumonia following an oper-
alton for appendicitis, and Mrs. M. J.
Jay died of paralysis.
The big double plant of the Export
Lumber company at Harrison owned
by Fred Herrick, resumed full opera
tions Monday. An addition of 80 men
to the crew will be required. Approx
imtely $50 feet of lumber is the daily
capacity of the plant when in full OPP
Grafton
The Milwaukee wreck which oc-
CURED a mile and half east of st.
Maries, Saturday night, resulting in
the death of Engineer Irwin and Fire
man Martin, was cleared up early
Sunday. The wreck is thought to
have been caused by the engine and
five cars being derailed after which
they turned over.
State Deputy Game Warden r. B.
Hibbs, who has charge of the district
consisting of Nez Perez, Lewis and
Idaho counties, has just completed his
annual report, showing that in this
district the total amount of licenses,
fines and confiscations amounted to
$500, while the cost of administra-
ton was less than $4,000.
The forestry department of the
University of Idaho has started cam
paign to encourage the raising of
shade and ornamental trees on farms
and town lots of Idaho. To assist in
this work the department has prepar-
ed and tested large number of trees
adapted to the climate and is offer
ing them to citizens with instructions
as TO their planting and care.
Legislative Doings.
The joint irrigation committee of
the house and senate has decided to
ask the legislature to give its indorse-
ment to what is known as the Du-
bois or Snake river plains irrigation |
and development project, which pro-
poses, under the land settlement plan
for soldiers, to reclaim 100000 acres
of land between the upper Snake riv-
er country and American Falls in
southern Idaho. This is one of the
biggest irrigation projects proposed
for this state. 1t is planned to in
crease the storage capacity in Jack
son lake, in Wyoming, by building the
dam IL feet higher and creating ad-
iitional storage reservoirs at Shosho-
ne and Henry lakes and at Flat Rock,
Island Park.