Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-07-23
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Mason E. Hindman Dies.

Mason E. Hindman Dies.
GRANGEVILLE.-M Mason f. Hind
man, aged &c, died at Mt Idaho, re
Gently.
Mother of Former Moscow Man.
MOSCOW.-Edwin G.. Scott, killed
by the explosion of gun at Camp
Lewis, recently was a former resi-
dent of Moscow.
Plant Trout in Priest Lake.
PRIEST LAkE.-Between 10000
and $4,000 young trout were placed
In the streams tributary to the lake
by forest officers recently.
Mother browns Saving Child.
GRANGEVILLE.-M Lewis How
ard was drowned recently at the How
ard ranch, 30 miles above higgins.
She entered the Salmon river to rescue
one of her children, who was saved.
Timothy Hay Being Cut.
GRANGEVILLE.-T timothy hay
harvest is now in full blast, with a
fine yield OF the best timothy grown
here in several years. Glover and al
falfa cuttings are already harvested.
Wedge Cuts Boys Thoat.
GRANGEVILLE - Roy Hindman
age IA, died at Mount Idaho recently
from injuries received when wedge
he was using to split wood broke
and sharp piece severed an artery
in his neck
Rains Quench Forest Fires.
WALLACE.-A large number of
small forest fires, principally in the
southern end of the county in the
Clearwater district are reported to
have been virtually extinguished by
the recent rains.
: Aged Man Killed by Car.
WALLACE.-E. H. Lund. age 75.
was killed Saturday when an auto
J in which he was riding with his
granddaughter, Grace Bell fell over
, 40-foot embankment into the Occur
, d'Alene river, near Cataldo
Northern Idaho Storm.
STANDPOINT, Idaho.-A 60-mie
, wind swept over the Pend Oreille val
ley Monday night, playing havoc with
boat houses and floating docks in the
, local harbor. The storm was accom-
panied by rain and lightning
Latah Crop Prospects Good.
notwithstanding in Latah
county has begun. Reports from Lit
: tie Bear Ridge, to the east and south
of here, say that some wheat has been
cut and that it is of fine quality and
promises a heavy yield. That section
is much earlier than this section.
Sell Nez Perez Reserve Land.
LEWISTON.-Three tracts of In
dian land on the Nez Perez reserva
ton were sold recently at the Lapwa
Indian agency by Supt. O. H. Lips
Eleven tracts had been listed, but lit
tie interest was shown. There will
> be sale August 80, when 10 tracts
will be offered, and big sale in
November.
Over Million a Year.
Between 1918 and 1920 the Idaho
department of public works has ex-
pended $9,704,29S in constructing 14O9
miles of improved highways. bridges
and culverts within the Gem state, go
bridges have been constructed and, in
the face of increased prices, work is
being continued on the majority of
road contracts.
George Sievert, 80, Visiting.
MOSCOW.-George Sievert of Port.
ie
erty interests. Mr.. Sievert has been
in an ''old folks home" at Portland
for seven years. He is 50 years old.
Mr.. Sieyert was a pioneer of this
section, coming, here in 1878 and To-
eating 800 acres three miles from
where Genesee now stands, which he
still owns
Barracks Used as Hospital.
BOISE.-The barracks, established
in this city in 1865, has been trans
formed from a garrison To modern
hospital for soldiers and sailors who
were injured in the late war Today
there are 80 of these eX-service men
who are now patients in the hospital.
Within few months there will be
several hundred more of them quar-
tered at the barracks. The patients
are being sent here from the states
of Idaho Oregon, Washington and
Montana.
Autos Wrecked; Woman Killed.
ST. MARIES.-Two automobile ac-
cidents, one of them fatal, and the dis
covery of the unidentified body of a
man evidently murdered happened in
this district Sunday.
Mrs. Grover C. Gregg was instantly
killed the result of their new roadster
plunging down 25foot embankment.
The Ford car of Victor Rockwell,
county agent. went over the bank
three miles up the st. Joe road from
ST. Maries at night, injuring one
man seriously and the other occu-
pants Df the car slightly. AS the
plunge was 40 feet and with the car
turning over three times, finally to