Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-07-16
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Few Register in Latah County.

Few Register in Latah County.
MOSCOW.-So little interest is be-
ing taken in politics in Latah county
that less than 20 per cent of the vot-
ers have registered, although they
must register this month to vote in the
primaries next month.
Selling Alfalfa Hay.
MOSCOW.-Barns are being filled
with alfalfa hay, the first crop of
which has been harvested. The price
ranges from $50 in the field to $26
for baled alfalfa delivered in town.
and it is being sold as rapidly as Of
fered.
Mrs. Edith Steele browns.
SPOKANE-Mrs. Edith Steele, who
leaped into the river here recently,
and was drowned, lost her pocketbook
and ticket near Arrow Junction, Ida
no, while on her way to Spokane, and
became Respondent. The body was
Cherry Prices Fall.
LEWISTON.-There was a big drop
in cherry prices July 10 when the Of
fering of the local packing houses
ranged from to 10 cents. The drop
is due, fruit men state, to the con
gestion of eastern markets. The price
here has been high throughout the
season, the bulk of the Binks market
ing at a to 6 cents
Electric Storm at Moscow.
MOSCOW.-Following the hottest
day of the season, SO in the shade,
July 8 thunder storm swept over
Moscow and vicinity. There was not
enough rain to lay the dust, which is
becoming deep in well used country
roads, but it cooled the atmosphere
to some extent. The lightning was
the most vivid ever seen here
irrigation Assured For Crops.
BOISE.-There will be ample water
this year to irrigate the crops in the
upper Snake river country, which in
cludes eastern Idaho. This is the
opinion of the state reclamation com
missioner, who recently made trip to
that section of the state He found
crops there in the finest kind of
shape and the Jackson lake reservoir
full of water.
Man and Child Drown.
LOWELL.-Atte tempting to rescue
his grandson from drowning, A. S.
Wright, age SO, for % years promi-
nent resident of Grangeville, lost his
life July 10 in the middle fork of the
Clearwater river, near here. Frank
Wiley, the 12-year-old grandson, also
was drowned. The boy was swim
ming in the river, became exhausted
and called for help The grandfather
came to the child's rescue, was swept
out by the current and persisted with
the child.
Sheep Herders Fight.
BOISE.-Weak with loss of bloot
and recovering from an operation
which removed bullet from his head
Manley Morrow, sheep herder, hal
given his first account of running
fight in the hills of Owyhee county
in which Joe Sinsis, a Spaniard wa!
killed and Jim Stevenson, CAM
tender, was wounded.
In an alteration over the right t.
a range, Morrow says, the Spaniaro
drew a revolver and fired at Nor
row, striking his arm, Morrow
!. armed with rifle, tried to bring il
into play, but before he pulled the
trigger was shot again. He theI
went down with a bullet in his head
Stevenson, the camp tender, seizet
Morrows gun and turned it upor
Sinsis, firing. He, too, was wounded
by the other. Sensis was picked VI
dead and was said to have three bull
!, lets in his body.
2 Crops in Good Condition.
: LEWISTON.-A summary of weatf
er and crop conditions for the stat
indicates that the weather has bee
exceptionally favorable for rapid Gro
growth and staple crops are maxim
excellent progress. In the countr
surrounding Lewiston wheat is be
ginning to ripen and the warm weatl
ei hdo pSeH tSpcSldily DtHtlItidl l
: the corn, which is very late this yeal
. Field peas are blooming and Civ
promise of fine yield Sugar beet
are making uniformly good progress
The potato crop seems to be dom
we'll and in the districts where tn
/. frost nipped the fields, the plant
I have about recovered. Range Is IT
: ported in good condition In this r.
I gion. Timely rains have induced
= good growth of grass and livestock !
r thriving Early lambs will not b
0 driven to the higher ranges this yeal
according to the report but will b
; cut out and marketed early.
Road Contracts Are Let.
Bids involving the expenditure 0
$4,000 for the construction of tw,