The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1919-07-04
Idaho State News Items.

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highway bonds.
The Moscow alfalfa harvest is the
best 10 three years.
A Moscow man bought l6 head of
pure0red Shorthorns paying an
average Of ST., 900 head.
Idaho Falls, home of only potato
-four factory in the United States, is
to ship nine cars to Norway
The proposed federal building at
Standpoint is TO cost approximately
$l00, 900.
At Sites $35, 900 bonds were voted
for highway from there to Elk City
to open up mineral section.
Persons purchasing automobiles be.
fore August must obtain full year
licenee and cannot take out what is
known as half-year license, as many
have believed, according to w. A.
Kincaid. Ada county assessor.
BaYview and Spirit Lake played
ball at Bayview Sunday, Bayview
winning, 10 to 4. Batteries Bay.
view, 9, Hammond, Rochfort and r.
Hammond; Spirit Lake, Rainey,
Snooks and Slater; Umplres, Captain
Moore and Frank Moore.
Failure of the last legislature to
appropriate funds with which state
officials could pay premiums on their
bonds may result in the cancellation
Of the state treaSureI's bond. Treas
urer John w. Eagleson is bonded 10
the sum of $250.OO0 on which the
premiums amount to about $4,000.
A light snowfall last winter in the
mountains above the Jackson Lake
reservoir 10 Wyoming has brought
the farmers of the Twin Falls section
and the upper Snake river valley face
to face with the digest season in 80
years. The shortage Of water also
threatens crop loss on all of the lrri
cation projects, in southeastern Idaho.
Governor ID. w. Davis Of Idaho
was the guest Of honor and principal
speaker at the weekly luncheon of the
chamber Of commerce in Spokane
Tuesday He told why Idaho has
adopted the commission form Of
government and why it has reverted
TO the old convention plan Of nomi
mating candidates for state Offices.
The Northern Idaho Beekeepers
association has been organized at
Standpoint. Arthur Sires Of Sand
point was chosen president and E. A.
Anthony of Hayden Lake, vice presi-
dent, and Edgar L. Ludwick OF Bon
ner county, secretary and treasurer.
DR.. Sheldoo, j. L. Thompson, OF
Coeur d'Alene and L X Goolsby and
G. w. York, Of Standpoint, are the
executive committee.
Idaho soldiers and sailors aud
marines, in convention at Boise last
week formed state branch Of The
American Legion, adopted resolution:
demanding the deportation of un-
desirable aliens, and indorsed tht
Mondell bill, which provides for tht
reclamation of desert, swamp anC
cutover lands.
The battle flags carried by th'
l46th field artillery in France wert
received at the governors Office IL
Boise Friday. They were shipped Il
Boise from Fort Russell, Wyo, wher
the regiment was mustered out o
service. Five flags in all arrived
One of the five is the flag given th
old 2nd Idaho by the women OF Bois
when the regiment marched ava
two years ago. The colors will b
placed 10 glass cases at the capitol.
Transportation of liquor from Wye
ming into southeastern Idaho ha
been stopped, according TO +. M
Brashears, head of the state constab
ulary. He says more than 800 case
OF whisky have been captured sine
the drive on bootleggers was Starte
and several automobiles which wer