Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-05-06
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings In This state
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Cabinet School Bonds Carry.

Cabinet School Bonds Carry.
SANDPOINT.-The $4,000 bond is
sue to build a consolidated school for
district No. 20 at Cabinet carried.
Runaway Girl Found.
LEWISTON.-Pans Conner, IA
year-old runaway from the children's
home, was found at Penawawa, a
fruit district about so miles down the
Snake river. The girl had walked
nearly all the way.
New inventions.
MOSCOW.-M. l.. Seymour, super
intendent of the Potlatch Lumber
company's mills, has a new invention,
camp stove. James Richards has
invented new steering gear for Ford
cars.
Boy Kills His Foster Father.
POCATELLO.-Dale Cady Blake, 10
years old, confessed that he killed his
foster father recently because the lat
ter had administered punishment for
running away from home.
Lumber Mill Started Monday.
PLUMBER Benewah Lumber
company's sawmill will start the sea-
sons operations Monday with a crew
of 10 men. Manager McCarty expects
the seasons output will approximate
100000 feet.
Amy Mold Best speiier.
COEUR D'ALENE.- Amy Mold of
Harrison became the champion speller
of Kootenai county recently when she
won out over representatives from 10
other schools in the county Dorothy
Shields Of Post Falls was second,
Katherine Sutherland of Occur d'Alene
third and Sylvia Razor of Medimont
fourth.
Forced to Buy ehe Land.
Acquisition by the Washington Wa
ter Power company of overflow rights
to 900 acres on the former Occur
d'Alene Indian reservation will be
necessary as the result of a recent
decision by Secretary OF the Interior
Fall revoking the overflow permit OF
these lands granted to the power
company 10 years ago. -t
George Wright, Moscow, Dead.
MOSCOW.-George Wright, age 81,
a. pioneer of this section, died sud.
denly of heart failure Friday. Mr..
Wright was preparing to go to his
ranch, near Whelan, which he took as
a homestead 40 years ago. He had
taken his car out of the garage and
had driven it to the house, which he
entered to get his coat, when he fell
to the floor and expired.
v. w. Sanders Drops Dead.
COEUR DALENE--A telegram was
received here Friday stating v. w.
Sanders, formerly of this city, dropped
dead on street at Seattle. Mr. Sand
ers was well known in northern Idaho.
He was a pioneer of Kootenai county,
having for many years operated the
Idaho Mercantile, now the Morrow
Mercantile company, one Of Occur
d'Alene's first stores.
kooskia Bank Reorganized.
BOISE.-Under the name of the
Citizens State Bank of Kooskia the
reorganized Kooskia State bank open
ed Monday, May 2. The details for
resumption of business have been ar
ranged by the officials of the Idaho
county. Institution. The band was
closed on April 8. Depositors have
agreed to a deferred plan and none
will suffer any loss.
Terrible Tragedy.
LEWISTON.-Joe Hart, who oper-
ated freight boat line on the upper
Snake river, Saturday morning killed
with shot gun his wife and neigh.
Dor Mrs. Charles Wilmarth, immedi.
ately afterward blowing out his own
brains in the back yard Of the VIII.
marth home. The triple tragedy was
witnessed by the Hart and Wilmarth
children and by Marie Walker, a
neighbor. Domestic troubles between
the Harris and Mrs. Wilmarth's friend.
ship for Mrs. Hart are thought to be
the cause of the tragedy.