The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1920-03-05
NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings In This State
Given In Brief ltems for
Busy Readers.
Buck Retains School Job.

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Buck. superintendent of schools. has
been reelected at a salary of $4,000 a
year.
Buys Genesee Farm.
GENESEE.-W. D. Woodward has
purchased the 80 acres OF land adjoin-
ing town from Con Steltz; c~onsidera-
ton $4,000.
School Of Mines.
MOSCOW, Idaho.-There was a
good attendance at the postgraduate
course or conference on the flotation
process at the School Of Mines of the
University of Idaho this week.
Japan Wants States Phosphate.
WASHINGTON.-News Of a great
possible industry in Idaho has reached
Washington, D. G., in a telegram from
Macondray & Co. of San Francisco
pleading for ships to transport phos-
phate rock to Japan. Idaho has an in
exhaustible supply.
Idaho Ranks First.
Idaho ranks first in government
phosphate lands, with a little more
than a million acres, and Wyoming
second, with 100000 acres, these de-
posits also being considered the rich
est. The acres in Florida, Montana
and Utah range from 100000 to 300,-
900 acres.
Ito and voIImer United.
ILO.-At a recent meeting of the
trustees of the towns of lilo and Voll-
mer a joint ordinance consolidating
the two towns under the name of
Craigmont was adopted, to take Of
feet June II, 1920. A building for a
new p~ostoffice is to be erected mid
way between the two towns.
Idaho Bucks Rhode Island.
BOISE.-Governor D. w. Davis and
Attorney General Roy L. Black have
enlisted Idaho with the dry states
in the legal battle which has been be-
gun before the federal supreme court
by Rhode Island which seeks to have
the 18th amendment, the national
"dry" measure, declared unconstitu-
tional.
Highway Bids Held Up.
BOISE-Contracts on the Greer.
Fraser section of the Clearwater high
way were not awarded by the state
highway department Saturday due to
the delay of two bids which failed to
arrive for the opening. The stretch
Of road to be built is 8.4 miles. The
three bids opened show a remarkable
difference in totals.
Camp Site at Charleston.
Observation-Disclosures is provid.
ing a splendidly equipped camp site
for automobile tourists who will pass
through this section. A building has
been constructed containing a range
and running water. and eight-stall
garage and other conveniences will
be provided. A caretaker and guide
will be in charge. The Lewiston
site is being rapidly cleared and will
be ready for use in about a month.
Expect Growth Of Education.
In announcing the appointment of
standing committees to push forward
the educational activities Of the Ida.
no State Teachers association for
the coming year Superintendent F.
W. Simmonds, president Of the associ.
alton, says: 1920 promises to be a
year of splendid growth for education
in this state. There is an awakening
of interest on the part of teachers,
school administrators and school of.
ficers that augurs well for the prog.
ress of Il schools. The public is
awakening to the need of salaries
commensurate with the teachers re.
sponsibilities and the increased cost
| of living. The future looks most prom.
ising."
Take Up Land Clearing.
SANDPOINT.-At the regular meet
ing of the executive committee of the
Bonner county farm bureau the fol
lowing officers were elected: Mathew
Schmitt, president; H. F. Schneider
vice president; Clarence Albee, sec
rotary and treasurer; r. G. Prichard
j. B. List, E. G. Coleman, finance com
mittee.
H. F. Schneider reported that lane
clearing was adopted as a state farm
bureau project and that R. G. Prichart
was elected state committeeman or
this project. Perhaps the most i'm
portant project of the Bonner county
farm bureau is to develop a higl
standard of seed potatoes to be recog
nized throughout the entire north
west.
Decides Tax Litigation.
BOISE.-Judge Frank S. Dietrich O
the federal district court has handed
down two decisions here in companion