Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-12-30
IDAHO news PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Mrs. j. A. Arnot Succumbs.


| Mrs. J. A. Arnot Succumbs.
| TROY.-Mrs. James A. Arnot. for
30 years resident of this commun.
ity, died recently
Idaho Farmer Kills Self.
! SANDPOINT.-Fran Fish. age 40
killed himself with an automatic re.
volver at his ranch near Dorite, three
miles west of Cabinet and about 30
miles east of here. He was despon-
dent over i'll health.
Favors Panhandle State.
| SANDPOINT.-At a recent lunch
con OF the chamber OF commerce r. |
~. Humbird, head Of the Humbird |
lumber industries, spoke in favor of |
the creation Of a new state out of a |
part of north Idaho and part of !
Washington.
| c. Midstater Slain at House Steps.
| following IL quarrel at
the lunch table Stathes Actipis, age
30, Greek mined, shot and killed
Earl Midstater, age 81, painter and
paper hanger, on the steps of the
boarding house. The bullet entered
Midstater's neck, severing the carotid
artery and the spinal cord. Actipis
| fled to the surrounding hills, but was
captured soon after the shooting.
| Believe Two Men Drowned.
! COEUR D'ALENE.--It is virtually
conceded by friends that Charles
Pearson and John Headmark. resi-
dents of Rockford Point, Occur
d'Alene lake, persisted when their
boat was swamped while rowing
across Windy bay to Amwaco. The
oars and one of the mems hats We're
found floating in the lake near Am
waco.
State Would Gust Mexicans.
Possibility OF reducing the
number of unemployed Idaho work
men by 900 or 1900 at one stroke
was discussed at a recent meeting
here of state, city and American
legion officials The movement con-
templated is the return of all Mexi-
can laborers who agree to the ar
rangement, to Mexico. The Mexican
consul in Boise, Miguel Angel Rico.
is assisting in the movement
I Idaho w. S. Attorney Quits.
. BOISE-Coincident with the an
l. nouncement from Washington that
$ President Harding had nominated
z Colonel e. G. Davis of Boise foi
o United States district attorney fol
= the district of Idaho it was announc
d ed here that United States Distric
), Attorney j. l.. McClear telegraphet
d his resignation to Washington to take
e effect as soon as his successor cai
be appointed. Fred f. Crane, an at
T. torney of Occur dAlene, is bein
v prominently mentioned for the pos
" of assistant to Colonel Davis.
et VIII Not Hang.
70 BOISE-Vincente Ramirez, convict
- ed of murder in Madison county i
1918, and who has had number q
= respites while under sentence c
y death, will not be hanged. but wi
!. serve the remainder of his days i
:. the venitentiary. The Idaho suprem
. court has handed down an opinion j
u which it held that it had power t
recall the remittitur handed down
- the case some time ago, and ais
10 that it had power to modify tn
sentence from the death penalty
that of life Imprisonment at han
labor.
Federal Mines Improve.
The earnings OF the Federal Mi
ing and Smelling company are in
| ~, No,
:, port. For the three months ended G
~ October 81, 1921, the excess of r
= ceipts over expenditures was $192,4S
~ This is comparable with receipts
=, s176,034 in the last preceding quart,
=. and of $210.21s n the October quart,
>" OF 1920. These figures take no a
count of depreciation or of ore d
~ pletion. The Federal Mining al
~ Smelling company is operating Il
y Morning mine and mill at Mullan an
=" the Independence mine and mill, ne;
HALEY, from both of which ore is b
" ing produced on an important scale
lie Cuidesac Bank Robbed.
CuLDESAC-The First Bank
ar Culdesac. one of the Vollmer strir
ke of banks. was robbed recently
he yeggmen. who got $500 In silver,
ks watch and few other articles, ~
Il. trance was made through u side doc
te and pair of pliers was used to tui
ed the key. which was ON the insid
or Tho door in tho large vault was prit
do open with heavy tools. but evident
~ the robbers did not have the prop'
equipment To blow the door ON u
money box inside the main vaul
Safety deposit boxes and customer
private boxes were ransacked Il
an yaluables. or the silver taken, $6l
was In nickels. dimes aud quartz
AT and $3.50 was In dollars and halves.