The Kendrick gazette., 1920-04-02
IDAHO News PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings In This state
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Busy Readers.
Camp Grounds Near Ready.


Dies Of Heart Leakage.
SANDPOINT-Mrs. Frank A. Twiss
of Standpoint died recently from leak
age of the heart after an illness ex-
tending over period of five months.
Eagieson Governorial Candidate.
BOISE.-State Treasurer John w.
Eagleson has formally authorized the
that he is candidate
for the republican nomination for gov
ernor.
Major c. D. Warner Dies.
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho-After
surviving his wife nine weeks, Major
G. ID. Warner died March 27 of old age,
leaving no known relatives. He was
born July IS, 1910, and married Anna
A. Green March /, 1864. He was quar-
termaster serveant in the 123d New
York volunteers in the army of the
Potomac
Mrs. ZumwaIt Dies.
LEWISTON.-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.
BOISE.-Responding to 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
worded 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.
atah ounty Needs aborers.
MOSCOW.-The demand for labor.
ers in this section is unusually heavy
and high wages are being offered for
men. atah county's big road building
program, in which $2,000,0OO is to be
spent for highway construction, will
furnish employment to many men and
teams, while farm work, building in
Moscow and in other tows and on
farms and the timber will furnish work
to many hundred more.
Build Elk City Road.
Construction of the wagon road into
Elk City, Idaho, is expected to begin
soon after April l, according to resi-
dents of that place. The proposed
route is along the south fork of the
Clearwater river. The sum of money
is believed to be sufficient
for the construction to Meadow creek,
and by the time construction reaches
that point it is believed sufficient
money will be available for compile
tion of the work to Elk City.
Mrs. II. Read Suicides.
TROY.-Mrs. Herbert G. Read, %
years old, committed suicide by shoot
ing herself last Saturday. Mr.. Read
works in the brick yard at night and
returned at 6 o'clock for his break
fast and found his wife did not have
breakfast ready. He complained of
her conduct and said he had not slept
for two days and nights and was sick.
She dressed and came into the kitchen,
where her husband had started the
fire. Other words followed and she
returned to the bedroom and took the
revolver from the wall where it hung
and fired the shot. She died in few
minutes without speaking.
To Help Corn Production:
MOSCOWa-Professor r. X Bon
nett of the farm crops department of
the university is preparing bulletin
on corn silage that is planned to help
in the production of corn on land that
might othrwise be summerfallowed in
northern Idaho this year. He is urg-
ing early planting in sections where
frosts do not interfere, and is giving
to farmers the benefit of experiments
carried out by his department, which
show that the age, rather than the
size of corn plants, govern it's value
for silage.
His. experiments show the desira'
bility OF planting corn as early as
practicable in. order to have it reach
the proper age to make the best sill
age at the proper season in the fall
He announces that other experiment
stations in the northwest have ar
rived at the same conclusion. The
results of these experiments will be
given to farmers who desire to raise
more corn for silage.
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