The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-06-27
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings In This State
Given in Brief items for
Busy Readers.

Busy Readers.
The Elk River mill has put on an
additional shift and is now operating
its eight planners 16 hours a day.
F. w. Straw of the Security Bridge
company, who has the contract for
the new $1,000 bridge at Asotin, ex-
poets construction will commence
July 1.
John F. Moffatt, former sheriff. of
Shoshone county, has been appointed
receiver for the Ryan hotel at Wal
lace, one of the principal hostelries
of that city.
The convention Of the North Idaho
district of Odd Fellows which in
cludes Wallace, Kellogg, Mullan, Har-
rison. Occur d'Alene. St. Maries and
Standpoint, was held at Wallace. Sat
urday. s
Leo A. Rembowski, one of four
brothers from Occur d'Alene, who
were in the service, has returned. Mr..
Rembowski had been on duty at st.
Mihiel, France, in the signal corps
since last September.
Mrs. Emma M. Reynolds, of Occur
d'Alene. was recently elected state
president of the Woman's Relief
corps at Twin Falls; Constance Cas-
sedy was elected state treasurer;
Belle Tucker of Rathdrum was placed
on the executive board.
j. L. Siple and ]. F. Chormley, mo-
ton picture photographers, recently
completed films showing the famous
herd of Hereford cattle owned by
Henry Thiessen of Sweetwater for
publicity purposes in exploiting the
Hereford breed in South America,
Europe. and America Siple and
Ghormley have recently photographed
the Day & Rothrock herds at Spo-
kane.
/ Lewiston canneries and packing
houses are working full blast to keep
lup with the influx of cherries. In
spite of short crop cherry growers
will make big profit this year, with
the price of packing cherries around
IL cents. One company is now en-
ploying about 100 people and Friday
turned out nearly 5000 boxes of Bings
and Lamberts. Cherry pickers are
getting 1 " and 2 cents a pound. An
other Packing company is working
200 people on the cherry run.
i Bonds Sold.
j The award of three issues of bonds
to Ferris & Hardgrove, investment
!, bankers, Spokane, is reported. The is
sues consist of $4,000 Idaho Falls
Idaho Light and Power bonds, datet
} July I. 1919, and due July 1, 1929
: 100000 Jerome highway district, Je
due serially in from 10 to 20 years
and $125,000 Hillsdale highway dis
trict 6 per cent bonds, due serially il
I from 10 to 20 years.
Crop Outlook.
Farmers say that crops in Latal
county have not been seriously II
= jured by the long drouth, but ever
day without rain means further los
> of spring wheat, oats and pears. 1t
= not too late yet for almost an ave.
:. age crop Of spring grain, if rain wer
to come within few days.
Earlier sown spring wheat is stant
ing the drOuth well and will yield
fair crop without more rain, provide
q the weather does not turn too hot.
The cool nights are of great ben,
Il fit to wheat, oats and pears, but al
retarding the growth of beans an
I. corn of which there is a large acr
r. age in Latah county.
ri Fall wheat has not suffered "
# from the drouth or heat and man
e farmers predict a normal yield ,
fall wheat, of which Latah count
" has almost normal acreage.
,el But there are grave fears for IL
spring crop, Of which the acreage
the largest in many years. The a
surance of 81 bushel for wheat
spired farmers to plant a large acr
. age of spring wheat insted of SUI
:" mer following.