The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-07-01
Idaho NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings In This State
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Busy Readers.

y otOihi uCotioycu 20 per cent OF III
grain, gardens and orchards in tn
district. The loss is estimated ;
about $4,000. nearly all insured. TIL
rainfall was one inch
Damage is 100000.
A heavy rain storm followed by hal
June 20 resulted in over 100000 dam
ages to crops in the fruit and grain
country south and east of Lewiston.
4 Wages Cut Again.
Effective July 1. 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.
Big Alfalfa Crop
. MOSCOWs-Hay harvest lis on and
the best crop of alfalfa and clover
ever harvested ON I.atah county istbe-
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. H. Carey He was born in Nova
Scotia but had resided in San Fran
cisco 40 years until last July.
Wheat Harvest Begins.
Wheat harvest lis on in the Lewis
country and binders are
busy on the hills south of Lewiston
and on Charleston heights The yield
is said to ge greater than for five
years. On the Nez Perez and Camas
Dralries the crop is several weeks [
alter owing to the difference in aIti-
ude Farmers from that section re-
BORT the best prospects for bumper
'rop in history.
Boys Perish in Snake River.
Harry Jacobson, age 49, made a. he
Ole attempt June % to Save 9-year-
Id Herman Orvis, who was drowning
n the Snake river at Lewiston No
lceably exhausted, according to eye
Jacobson held to the COY
5 they were carried considerable
istance down the stream. the river
eng at a high stage Both were ,
rowned. The bodies have not been
Gale Causes Havoc at Whitebird.
WHilTEBIRD.-A miniature cyclone. !
ruck the business center of this .
'wn recently, wrecking the w. C. :
Ill garage, disabling the electric :
ant furnishing light and power to =
e town and destroyed barns. out
llldings and trees. The loss is set
$4,000
latah County Harvest Early. :, :,
MOSCOW-Harvest will be earlier :,
this section than for several years ia
d preparations are under way. Win a,
wheat, of which there is big OF
cage. will be ready to cut in July.
CaIIahan's Will.
VAlLACE.-Headed with requests &c
100000 to the Salvation Army and WI
900 to the Knights of Columbus
last will and testament of the late
nes F. Callahan. Occur d'Alene pio- to
+ and mining man was filed for Iii
bate here Saturday, me
Medimont Ranchers Drown. 10y
ito
.ARRlSON.-Two men, reported to AID
Joe Bruder and his partner, who
recently purchased the Snyder Re
n near Medimont on the Coeur /
enc river, We're drowned in the re- t
storm while attempting to cross Re,
N Lake in an open boat. o
Wheat Growers Name Directors. !
EWlSTON.-The Idaho branch of D
Northwest Wheat Growers AS Hell
alton held its annual meeting Sat. &
" III the. council chamber and
ted directors as follows: District T
l. w. Q. Taylor, Kendrick, and
Herman, Genesee; district No. 2 AUl
~ n. Fluharty. Culdesac; district
8, N. H. Jacobs, Nez Perez: dis. Bon
No. 4. Edgar Fry, Ferdinand. and T,
me Jensen, Cottonwood; sdistrict
;, Fl. w. Wilson, Moscow.
Enlarge National Guard. NJ
'sSEi--Authority has been re. WIZ
cd by Colonel L. V. Patch. adm. o
general of the state national pear
u 10 form number of additions sion,
ne national guard after July teret
las received notification that one OF e
OF heavyERT erAQUnHLv v 600 {
non OF heavy artillery, two bat set
OF light artillery, one battalion 600
lllantry' one hospital corps. one tody.
II company and one divisional
quarters company for heavy ar.
may be formed. wv,
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report O. KS McNsry Bill the