Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-07-22
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent happenings In This state
Given In Brief ltems for
Busy Readers.


tor OF Billings, Mont, was drowned
near Shoup landing on the Salmon
river recently when his boat capsized
Cuts Wages 20 Cents a Day
SPIRIT LAKE.-A cut of 40 cents
day in the wages of all labor in the
planning mills and sawmills Of the Pan
handle Lumber company has been an
nounced.
Killed in Auto Upset.
COEUR DALENE, Idaho.-William
Chamberlain, age II, son of A. v.
Chamberlain, banker here, was IA
tally crushed in an automobile upset
Saturday.
Idaho Club Woman Dies.
BOISE.-Mrs. Minnie Priest Dun
ston, 81, past president of the Re-
bekah state assembly, former state IL
brarian and prominent club worker,
died recently.
Peck Bank to Open.
PECK.-That the State Bank Of
Peck is to be reopened very soon, 70
per cent of the stock having been
taken up by farmers and business men.
It was closed April 8.
Thieves Steal 300-Pound Safe.
LEWISTON.-The office of the Par
amount theater was robbed recently
Of a safe weighing about 300 pounds
and about % inches square, contain
ing 500 in cash and $22 in checks
Mining Output Less.
WASHINGTON Shipments of ore
and concentrates from the mines Of
Idaho during the first six months Of
1921 show decided decrease in the
metal output of the state, according
to G. N. Gerry, of the United States
geological survey.
Boy Dies Of Rare Disease.
POTLATCH.-Marti Foss, 15-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. H. e. Foss,
died Wednesday. His illness dates
from last fall, when trouble developed
in the left knee. Specialists were
consulted and diagnosed the case as a
rare form of cancer.
To Guard Veterans Health.
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO MOS
COW.-Captain Eben w. White, past
assistant surgeon in the public health
service, will serve as medical super
visor of the world war veterans at
tending the university for vocational
training. He will have similar super
vision over vocational men at Wash
ington State college at Pullman.
Reclaim 4,490 Acres.
Andrew J. Kent of Boomers Ferry,
Idaho, is working hard in relation to
work of reclaiming 4,480 acres of rich
bottom land lying adjacent to Bon
ners Ferry and constituting drainage
district No. of Idaho, which has been
allotted to Martin Woldson, Spokane
contractor, for $16S,000.
Cattle Shipped.
GRANGEVILLE.-W Jones and
Owen Overman, who shipped 100 cat
tie recently to Portland, have return
ed. They found favorable market
as compared with late quotations.
Their cattle sold for IN cents, and
they are now rounding up full train
load for the same market.
To inspect Crops for Seed
- MOSCOW-Professo R. X. Bonnet,
head of the agronomy department Of
the University of Idaho, will assist o.
s. Fletcher, county agricultural agent,
in inspecting Latah county wheat for
certification as seed, beginning July
81. Professor Bonnet is acting as as
sistant to the state pure seed COM
missioner while doing inspection work.
Inspection will be made while the
grain is standing in the field and
just before it is cut.
Says Juvenile Morals Lax.
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO.-Immor-
atty and disease are increasing among
boys and girls Of Idaho and every state
in the Union, Governor ID. w. Davis
told summer school students in an as
sembly address recently.
Fathers and mothers are indulg-
ing in pleasure and luxury" he said,
land forgetting their duties in the
home. The industrial school and the
penitentiary are filling up and the in
sane asylums have more patients
than ever before.
"The youth of our land have gone
beyond the restraint Of fathers and
mothers in many homes. The blame
is laid at the doors Of the high
schools, but much that takes place
happens outside the schools. The
schools must have the cooperation OF
the homes, and the homes must have
the cooperation Of you teachers