The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-07-16
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings In This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Few Register in Latah County.

Few Register in Latah County.
MOSCOW.-So little interest is be-
ing taken in politics in Latab comfy
that less than 20 per cent of the vot-
ers have registered, although thew
must register this month to ote in the
primaries next month.
Selling Alfalfa Hay
MOSCOW--Barns are being filled
with alfalfa hay, the first crop Of
which has been harvested. The price
ranges from $40 in the field to s26
for baled alfalfa delivered in town.
and it is being sold as rapidly as of,
fered
Mrs. Edith Steele browns.
SPOKANE.@ Mrs Edith Steele who
leaped into the river here RECENTLY
and was drowned, lost her pocketbook
and ticket near Arrow Junction. Ida:
no, while on her way to Spokane. and
became respondent The body was
taken to the family home at Orofino..
Cherry Prices Fall.
LEWISTON.-There was big drop
in cherry prices July 10 when the Of
fering of the local packing houses
ranged from 6 to 10 cents. The drOp
is due, fruit men state, to the con
gestion Of eastern markets. The price
here has been high throughout the
season, the bulk of the Binks market
ing at IA to 16 cents.
Electric Storm at Moscow.
MISUNDERSTANDING the hottest
day of the season, SO in the shade
July a thunder storm swept over
Moscow and vicinity. There was not
enough rain to lay the dust, which is
becoming deep in well used country
roads, but it cooled the atmosphere
to some extent The lightning was
the most vivid ever seen here.
Irrigation Assured For Crops.
BOISE.-There will be ample water
this year to irrigate the crops in the
upper Snake river country, which in
cludes eastern Idaho. This is the
opinion of the state reclamation com
missioner, who recently made a trip to
that section of the state He found
crops there in the finest kind of
shape and the Jackson lake reservoir.
full of water
Man and Child Drown.
LOWELL. attempting to rescue.
his grandson from drowning, A. S.
Wright, age SO. for % years a promi-
nent resident of Grangeville, lost his
life July 10 in the middle fork of the
Clearwater river, near here. Frank
Wiley, the 12-year-old grandson, also
was drowned. The boy was swim
ming in the river, became exhausted
and called for help. The grandfather
came to the child's rescue, was swept
out by the current and persisted with
the child.
Sheep Herders Fight.
BOISE.-Weak with loss of blood
and recovering from an operation
which removed bullet from his head,
Manley Morrow, sheep herder, has
given his first account of a running
fight in the hills of Owyhee county,
in which Joe Sinsis, a Spaniard, was
killed and Jim Stevenson, camp
tender, was wounded.
In an iltercation over the right to
a range, Morrow says, the Spaniard
drew a revolver and fired at Nor
row, striking his arm, Morrow
armed with rifle, tried to bring it
into play but before he pulled the
trigger was shot again. He then
went down with bullet in his head.
Stevenson, the camp tender, seized
Morrows gun and turned it upon
firing. He, too, was wounded
by the other Sensi swas picked up
dead and was said to have three bull
lets in his body.
Crops in Good Condition
LEWISTON.-As summary of wealth
er and crop conditions for the state
indicates that the weather has been
favorable for rapid crop
and staple crops are making
excellent progress. In the country
Lewiston wheat is be-
to- ripen and the warm wealth
er has been especially beneficial to
the corn, which is very late this year
Field peas are blooming and give
promise of a fine yield. Sugar beets
a,,o making uniformly good progress.