Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-09-02
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings In This state
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Busy Readers.
GrangevilIe Pioneer Woman Dies.
GRANGEVILLE.-Mr Frances j..
Smith a, pioneer. age ~. died recent
ly.
Mrs. Byron Defenbach Dies.
LEWISTON.-Mrs. Susie Wise Def
enbach, age 81, wife of Byron Def
enbach, died Saturday after an illness
of several weeks.
Buys Land Near culdesac.
CuLDESAC-Peter Johann has pur-
chased from Lee Phinney 40 acres
adjoining Culdesac on the north for
$4,000.
New Ore in Morning Mine.
MULLAN.-The Morning mine of
the Federal Mining and Smelling
company is the scene of an ore strike
OF Importance to its owners and the
district.
Fair Buildings Finished.
-Workmen at the Lew
iston-Clarkston tri-state fairgrounds
have completed erecting the grand
stand and other new buildings for
the big fall show
Vote $4,000 Street Bonds.
COTTONWOOD.-At the village
election recently the street improve
ment bonds carried, 102 to Al. The
proposed issue is for $4,000 for gen
eral street improvements.
Drove Auto Into River.
BOISE.-Deliberatel driving an au-
tomobile in which he was a prisoner
into the Snake river near Caldwell
Saturday night John MCGEE, former
Utah penitentiary convict, escaped
from Sheriff Kinney.
Files 20 Oil Leases.
COEUR D'ALENE-Twenty oil
leases were filed recently with the
county recorder on lands on Rath-
drum prairie, between Rathdrum and
Post Falls, by E. r. Caldwell of Grey
bull, Wyo., an oil man.
Car shops Closed.
SPIRIT LAKE.-The Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railway shops here
closed from August q to September
Z, affecting over 100 workmen. This
suspension is caused by lack of funds
with which to maintain the shops.
Mercantile Firm Closing Out.
CRAIGMONT.-The Stevens Mer-
camille Company, operating stores at
Craigmont, Winchester, Westlake and
Ferdinand, has decided to quit bust
ness and close out the stocks, valued
at $125,OO0, and will re-establish at
some other point under one roof.
Mysterious Disappearance.
LEWISTON.-Mystery surrounding
the disappearance from Seattle on
August IL of Walter E. Daggett, form
erly of this place, and pioneer of
this region, was cleared recently by
Identification of his body in morgue
at Bellingham. Wash He killed him.
self by shooting.
Raises Alfalfa Quarantine.
BOISE.-In proclamation the gov
ernor of Montana raises the alfalfa
quarantine in seven counties in Ida.
no. The counties are Lemhi, Latah,
Benewah, Shoshone, Kootenai, Bon.
ner and Boundary. They were form
erly, with the rest of the state. not
allowed to ship alfalfa into Montana.
due to the alfalfa weevil.
Strike at Kellogg.
KELLOGG.-Six feet of milling ore
has been struck on the Hilarity mine
OF the Pine Creek Mining Company,
on Pine creek. The ore is a clean
galena and while it contains zinc the
zinc is free from the lead. The body
is in quartzite, which Is unusual as
many ore bodies of the Pine creek
district have been in slate. The
strike was made at depth of 200
feet. Mr.. Penny of the Wardner
News is a big winner.
French to Get Degree.
BOISE.-Governor Davis announces
that he will address the opening ses-
sion of the University of Idaho Sep