Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-12-17
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
U. Of I. Poultry Man Quits.

U. Of !. Poultry Man Quits.
MOSCOW.-S. Z. Smyth, head of |
the poultry department of the Uni |
versity of Idaho. has resigned to take |
effect January |. Mr.. Smyth plans to |
so to Morgantown. Ind, where he has
bought a small farm.
Married Forty Years; Divorced.
WAILACE.-Nancy j. Goodwin OF
Kellogg has been granted divorce
from William r. Goodwin after 40
years of married life. Cruel treat
ment was alleged, They have seven
children all of whom are married.
Poker Players Robbed.
NEWPORT-Twoh oldups broke up
a poker game at the Joe Stoneman
resort in Old Town, Newport, about
o'clock Friday morning. The pro-
prietor and several Others in the game
We're forced to stand and ''be frisked"
at the point of siX-shooter, the hold
ups getting about $500
Grubstake Agreement Valid.
BOlSE.-George L. Bafus, who
grubstaked Josiah Pepper, was award
ed half the profits of "A mine located
by pepper in supreme court decision
recently, which affirmed the decision
of the kootenai county court, Bafus
claimed half the profits under grub
stake agreement with PEPPER
Part Of Feet Amputated.
SANDPOlNT.-Jo Wray of St
Joseph, Mo-, suffered amputation of
portions of both feet at the city hos
pital recently. He was found in the
Great Northern station a week ago
with his feet badly frozen, the result
OF sleeping out for several cold nights
| while hoboing to Havre, Mont
w. F. McNaughton, Judge.
COEUR ALENE.-Governor ID.
w. Davis has announced appointment
of W. f. McNaughton of this city as
Judge of the Eighth judicial district,
to succeed Judge II. N. Dunn. elected
to the supreme bench, effective Jan.
uary g. Mr. McNaughton is Il native
of Iowa and graduated from the law
department OF the University of Ne.
braska in 1902.
| Married Women independent.
| The supreme court holds that j
married woman has absolute power
| to dispose of her separate property
and may enter into any contract re
garding it in the same manner as Q
married man This decision was rem
dered in the case of II. X. J,dsen VS.
Davis and Edith +. Coolin, and up
held the decision of the district cour
for Kootenai county.
| blank" TrimbIe Is Dead.
| LEWISTON.-The funeral of A. II
C'HanR0 Trmble, age rs, Lewiston
pioneer, was held December 10, man
longtime friends of the deceased al
tending the last rites. Mr. Trimbl
came here from Illinois in 1860, ha,
ing resided for short periods in Cal
fornia and Oregon, and was one O
the early miners of the Pierce an
Florence mining districts.
Must Pay for Mans Death.
LEWISTON.--In the suit of Wesle
Carpenter Jr., administrator, VS..
McKissick for $4,000 damages, tn
district court awarded the plaintiff
$4234 December IL. In April, 191!
McKissick struck Wesley Carpente
ST., while driving his automobil
through Lewiston Orchards. Mr. Ca
penter dying as result of intern;
injuries two days after the acciden
Farmers Fight Squirrels.
ST. iMARIES.-The most importar
: result of Benewah farm bureau a.
tivities in 1920 was the poisoning {
$3.50 acres of land, resulting in xii
ing 80 per cent of the squirrels an
the saving of $36,7O0 worth of crop
This was accomplished by teamwor
. between the farmers, the farm burea
I the county commissioners, the India
1 service and the United States hi
r logical survey.
| Father Wins Case.
a MOSCOW.-A case of more tina
e ordinary interest, in which daughter
> SHE their fail her for an accounting ,