Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-01
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings In This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Damage Is 100000.

Damage Is 100000.
A heavy rain. storm followed by hal
June % resulted in over 800, 900 dam
ages to crops In the fruit and grain
country south and east of Lewiston.
Wages Cut Again.
Effective July 1. a wage cut of
cents an hour will apply in all logging
camps and sawmills in northern Idaho
and eastern Washington of members
OF the Four LIS.
Hail Destroys Nez Perez Crops.
NEE PERCE-The recent hal
storm destroyed Is per cent of the
grain. gardens and orchards in this
district. The loss is estimated al
about $4,000, nearly all insured. The
rainfall was one inch.
Big Alfalfa Crop.
MOSCOW.--Hayh harvest is ON and
the best crop of alfalfa and clover
ever harvested on Latah county Is be
ing cut. The yield is exceptionally
large and the acreage is much greater
than ever before.
Aged Man Dies at Lenore.
LENORE-Ralph Carey, age 70
died recently at the home OF his broth
err, F. II. Carey. He was born in Nova
Scotia but had resided in San Fran.
cisco 40 years until last July.
Gale Causes Havoc at Whitebird.
WHITEBIRD.--A miniature cyclone
struck the business center of this
town recently, wrecking the W. G.
Hill garage, disabling the electric
plant furnishing light and power te
the town and destroyed barns, out
buildings and trees. The loss is SET
at $4,000
latah County Harvest Early.
MOSCOW-Harvest will be earlier
In this section than for several years
and preparations are under way Win.
ter wheat, of which there is big
acreage, will be ready to cut in July.
Callahan's viii.
NhLhIftST4.-I Wltll DtQuestS
of $4,000 to the Salvation Army and
$4,000 to the Knights of Columbus
the last will and testament of the late
James f. Callahan, Occur d'Alene pio-
neer and mining man. was filed for
probate here Saturday.
Medimont Ranchers Drown.
RISON.-Two men. reported to
be Joe Bruder and his partner, who
had recently purchased the Snyder
farm near Medimont on the Occur
d Alene river, were drowned in the re-
cent storm while attempting to cross
Swan Lake iIf an open boat
Wheat Harvest Begins.
Wheat harvest is on in the Lewis
ton-Clarkston country and binders are
busy on the hills south of Lewiston
and on Charleston heights. The yield
is said to &c greater than for five
years, On the Nez Perez and Camas
prairies the crop is several weeks
later owing to the difference in alti.
tude. Farmers from that section re-
port the best prospects for bumper
crop in history.
Boys Perish in Snake River.
Harry jacobson, age 10, made he
roic attempt June 23 to save 9-year-
old Herman Orvis. who was drowning
in the Snake river at Lewiston, No.
tieeably exhausted. according to eye
witnesses. Jacobson held to the boy
as they were carried considerable
distance down the stream, the river
being at high stage. Both were
drowned. The bodies have not been
Wheat Growers Name Directors.
LEWISTON Idaho branch of
the Northwest Wheat Growers AS,
sociation held its annual meeting Sat.
urday in the council chamber and
elected directors as follows: District
No, l, w. q. Taylor, Kendrick, and
II. j. Herman, Genesee; district No. 9.
Ralph r. Fluharty, Culdesac; district
No. 3. N. II. Jacobs, Nee Perce; dis,
Lrict No. 4, Edgar Fry, Ferdinand. and
Antoine Jensen. Cottonwood; district
No. s. H. w. Wilson, Moscow.
Enlarge National Guard.
BOlSE.-Authority has been re-
ceived by Colonel L. v Patch, adju-
tant general of the state national
guard, to form a number of additions
to the national guard after July l.,
He has received notification that one
battalion of heavy artillery, two bat
teries of light artillery, one battalion
OF infantry, one hospital corps, one
wagon company and one divisional
headquarters company for heavy ar.
tillery may be formed.