Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-09-16
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent happenings In This state
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.

Heterogeneous have been
made for the annual Kamiah fall fair,
September %, % and "a.
Judge Morgan's Funeral.
COEUR D'ALENE.-Judge Ralph T.
Morgan Of Kellogg, was buried here
Wednesday from the Masonic temple.
Harrison Has $50 Studens.
HARRISON.-The school enroll.
ment is $50, including Sc high school
pupils, of whom nine are seniors and
21 freshmen.
Identifies Drowned Man.
Henry Kastag Of WOODBURY.. Ore,
has identified the body of the young
man drowned in Snake river on Au-
gust 20 as that of his brother, Eddie
Kastag..
The Press Does Inviting.
POCATEI4LO-Att the invitation OF
the Idaho Press association, repre-
sentatives of industries of the state
met here Saturday for survey of
state conditions and to form a united
program.
To Plant $4,000 Trout.
BONNERS FERRY.-A shipment of
some $4,000 eastern brook and rain.
bow trout was received in Boomers
Ferry recently from the Standpoint
state fish hatchery to be placed in the
different streams around here
New Hotel for Lewiston.
14EWISTON.-The Hotel Service Co.
composed of local interests has signed
a contract for the erection of five
story hotel guiding, work to begin
October l. The completed cost, ex-
elusive of furnishings, will be $500, 900.
Boomers Ferry Fair Oct. 6, 2, 8.
BONNERS FERRY.-Directors of
the Boundary County Fair Association
have decided to hold the county fair
here on October 6, Z, s. 1t is planned
to erect a permanent fair building be-
fore the dates given.
School Enrolment Increases.
. GRANGEVILLE.-Th school en-
rollment of 266 pupils is materially
larger than that of last year, although
the high peak is rarely shown before
the new year. The high school men,
bership is us, or Is per cent larger
than last term, the increase coming
from outside districts.
Will Cooperate on Mine Bureau.
MOSCOW.-Dean Francis Thomson
of the Idaho university bureau OF
mines and J. A. Lippincott of Idaho
City, announce that cooperation be.
tween the university and the United
States bureau of mines in conducting
the branch experimental station will
be the new feature during the coming
scholastic year. This is an important
departure.
Epidemic Threatens.
BOISE Announcement that the
death of C. ]. Mckee, Boise, on Au-
gust 10 was caused by anterior poll.
ompelities, the report of a death at
Craigmont from the same cause and
four other cases of the disease report
ed by physicians to the state depart.
ment of public welfare, show that an
epidemic of infantile paralysis is
threatening Idaho, according to the de.
partment, which is preparing to com.
bat it.
latah County Values Raised.
MOSCOW.-An increase of $780,
734 in the valuation of Latah county
real estate, furniture and fixtures over
the amount fixed by the county asses
sor and county board of equalization
was reported to the county auditor
recently in a certificate received from
the state board Of equalization. This
Is an increase of Is per cent. It
makes the real estate valuation 49,.
S29,31 and furniture and fixtures S42,-
Gas. The valuation of real estate is
$21,$29,927, an increase of $177,29S
over last year.
Honor Great Road Builder.
Fitting ceremonies were held at the
unwilling of statue of Captain John
Mullan and the dedication of Mullan
park last Sunday, at Fourth of July
summit on the Yellowstone trail be.
tween Occur d'Alene and Wallace. The
monument Is the gift of w. A. Clark
Jr of Butte. and credit for it's installa-
ton is given to A. A. Crane of Occur
dAlene and w. I. Bassett, district
state highway engineer.
Captain John Mullan was the Uni.
ted States army officer who surveyed
and built the military highway from
old Fort Benton. at the head of navi-
cation on the Missouri river, to Walla
Walla. The historian, Bancroft, says
that. Next to the original immigrant
road the Mullan highway has been a
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