Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-04-02

LEWISTON.-The automobile camp .
grounds at Delsol park, east Of the I
city. will soon be completed and ready |
for tourists.
Dies of Heart Leakage
STANDPOINT Mrs Frank a. Twiss !
of Standpoint died recently from leak !
age OF the heart after an illness ex.
tending over period of five months |
Eageson Governoral Candidate
BOlSE,-State Treasurer John W.
Eagleson has formally authorized the
announcement that he is candidate
for the republican nomination for gov
ernor
Major c. D. Warner Dies.
COEuR DALENE, ldaho.-After
surviving his wife nine weeks. Major
{. D. Warner died March 81 of old age,
leaving no known relatives. He was
born July is, 1910, and married Anna
A. Green March l, 1864. He was quar-
ermaster sergeant in the 123d New
York volunteers in the army of the
Potomac.
Mrs. ZumwaIt Dies.
LEWlSTON.-Mrs. Philestia Zum-
walt, age 80, and her son, John Zum-
walt, age ~, died of influenza the
mother on Wednesday and the son on
Thursday of last week. Mrs. Zum-
walt was pioneer of the northwest,
| having come across the continent to
Oregon almost 70 years ago. Mr.
Zumwalt and the son accompanied her
on that trip.
State Asks Time Change.
E.-Responding to a popular
demand indicated by petitions and res
olutions filed from all parts of south
western and south central Idaho, the
public utilities commission has for.
warded to the interstate commerce
commission a formal complaint ask
ing that mountain time be declared as
standard for the territory between
Pocatello and Huntington instead OF
Pacific time.
Latah County Needs Laborers.
MOSCOW.-The demand for labor
ers in this section is unusually heavy
and high wages are being offered for
men. Latah countys big road building
program, in which 100000 is to be
spent for highway construction, will
furnish employment to many men and
teams, while farm work, building in
Moscow and in other towns and or
farms and the timber will furnish worl
to many hundred more.
Build Elk City Road
Construction Of the wagon road int
: soon after April 1, according to res
dents of that place. The propose
route is along the south fork OF tn
J Clearwater river. The sum of none
available is believed to be sufficien
for the construction to Meadow creel
and by the time construction reache
that point it is believed sufficien
: money will be available for compile
ton of the work to Elk City
Mrs. n. Read Suicides.
TROY.-Mrs. Herbert G. Read, 2
years old, committed suicide by shoot
ing herself last Saturday. Mr.. Rea
!. works in the brick yard at night an
, returned at 6 o'clock for his break
fast and found his wife did not hav
breakfast ready. He complained Q
her conduct and said he had not slep
for two days and nights and was sick
| She dressed and came into the kitchen
where her husband had started tn
, fire. Other words followed and sh
returned to the bedroom and took tn
! revolver from the wall where it hum
and fired the shot. She died in a fey
minutes without speaking.
; To Help Corn Production.
OSCOW.-Professor r. X. Bor
the university is preparing a bulletin
, on corn silage that is planned to he'll
, in the production OF corn on land tina
might otherwise be summerfallowed il
, northern Idaho this year He is urg
| ing early planting in sections wher
, frosts do not interfere, and is givinl
! to farmers the benefit of experiment
carried out by his department, whicl
show that the age, rather than tn
size of corn plants, govern its valu
for silage.
His experiments show the desira
bility of planting corn as early a
practicable in order to have it reacl
, the proper age to make the best sill
! age at the proper season in the fall
He announces that other experiment
rived at the same conclusion. TIL
: results of these experiments will b.
, given to farmers who desire to rails
more corn for silage.