The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-07-30
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings In This state
Given In Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
New Postmaster, at Hope.

WASHINGTON E. Kay is
appointed postmaster at Hope, Bon
ner county, succeeding James Camp
bell
Idaho County Crops Good.
GRANGEvILLE.-Crop conditions
in Idaho county, owing to abund-
ant seasonal precipitation, promise
yields of all the cereals unprece-
denied since 1914.
shoshone Tax Values Lower.
: WALLACE.-Taxab property in
Shoshone county for the year 1920
decreased in valuation approximately
$5,000,000 according to commission
ers.
Gives Employees Clubhouse.
COEUR DALENE-For the en-.
tertainment of it's 300 empliyes, the
Winton Lumber company has fitted
out clubhouse close to the mill
and offices in Gibbs.
Pay Not Attractive.
= MOSCOW.-Inability to pay as
high salaries as other states is
handicapping the board of educa-
ton of Idaho in securing success
sor to President Lindley of the Uni
versity of Idaho.
Again Hit by Hail.
LEWISTON.-Anoth hail storm
visited the country west of Asotin
July %, and farmers ON Myers ridge,
which was visited by the particularly
destructive storm of July 13, claim to
have sustained an additional 10 per
cent loss.
Want Higher Warehouse Rates.
LEWISTON.-War operators
in the Lewiston country have petition
ed for an increase in the warehouse
rates for handling the 1920 grain crop
and meeting OF the public utilities
commission has been called to con-
duct hearing on the petition.
OFFICERS Release Roesch.
BONNERS FERRY.-John Roesch,
who has been held in the county Jail
death Of his wife and seven children.
has been released. No evidence was
found by the officers, it was said, to
justify holding him longer.
Standpoint Tourist Park.
STANDPOINT. - The tourist com
mittee if the chamber of commerce
has purchased a bungalow building
for the tourist camp grounds in the
west end. The building has a rest
room, writing desks, kitchen, wash.
ing machines, electric irons, tele.
phone booth, shower baths, toilets
and information bureau.
Perrine Goes to oIympics.
OSCOW.-University of Idaho
will have but one man on the Olym
pic team. Neil Irving is not going
to Antwerp. He qualified in the
trials, but so many others had quail
fled that it was impossible to take
all of them. Leon ("Pat") Perrine
will represent the University of Ida
no and sailed Monday for Antwerp
Perrine won place on the team in
three events.
Shoshone Scouts In Camp.
COEUR D'ALENE.-The Shoshone
county permanent boy scouts camp
in Wolf Lodge bay, five miles from
this city, at present has about AZ
scouts in camp. The camp was estab
lished July 4 and was completely
built by scouts. The construction
work includes a shingled mess hall
20 by 80 feet; headquarters building
16 by 20 feet, and a number of tents
all floored and sided.
| Summer Session a Success.
| MOSCOW.-That the University
of Idaho sumner session, which clos
ed July "a, was tremendous sue
cess was the sentiment of resolu
ton unanimously adopted by thu
summer school students at their las
assembly. Resolutions were alst
adopted urging more adequate ap
preparations for the university, tn,
establishment of statewide extension
courses and the encouraging of higl
school graduates to attend Idaho in
situations.
| Raise $4,000 for Sanitarium.
| SANDPOINT.-R. F. Curtis, presi
dent Of the chamber of commerce, ant
Attorney G. H. Martin, have complet
ed the chambers work on the contrac
to provide $4,000 toward the purchase
of the Sunnyside state tuberculosis
sanitarium site and forwarded thi
amount, together with the title paper
for the land to T. l.. Neil, state com
missioner of public welfare, at Boise
The state will then make it's half pay
ment of $4,000 and the transaction TO
the site will be closed. The Sunny
side site embraces little more thai
100 acres of the old Hawkins home
stead on Lake Pend Oreille, nine mile
from Standpoint. 1t was purchases
from Mrs. Jessie Hawkins TIL
plans of the state tuberculosis com
mission contemplate the completion O
the sanitarium within year. the cor
structiOn to begin this fall, The tOta