Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-03-11
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings In This state
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Acquit Idaho Farm Head.

Acquit Idaho Farm Head.
BOISE.-Miles Cannon. Idaho COM
missioner of agriculture, has been ac-
quilted OF charges of enforcing dis
criminatory regulations made by LATE
Boone, by Governor D. W. Davis and
committee he had named to assist
him
Idaho Farm Land Flooded.
BLACKFOOT. - More than 1000
acres of farm land are inundated in
the Sjostrom basin west of Blackfoot
as the result of floods. The water is
from two to ten feet in depth.
r. N. Carl Killed by Steam Shovel.
BAYVIEW.-F. M. Carl, age 35, a
craneman employed on steam shov-
ell at the international Portland Ce-
ment company's quarry here, was in
stantly killed recently when a cable
broke and the shovel dropped on him.
His body was badly crushed.
Big Booze Capture.
Bonded Canadian whisky and Cor
don gin to the amount of 1872 quarts
and valued at $4,000 at bootlegger
prices, was seized at Grand Junction,
Idaho, Saturday by Chief Special
Agent w. E. Stauffer Of the Spokane
International railway and six federal
officers. Five men and one Ford and
one Hudson automobile were taken
and the license numbers of three other
cars that got away were obtained.
Colonel w. w. HammeI Dies.
NEZ PERCE.-Word has been re-
ceived here of the death of Colonel
W. w. Hammel, age SO, in San iDego,
| Co Colonel Hammel came to this
country when the reservation was
opened and homesteaded one of the
best pieces of land on the prairie.
Colonel Hammel was well known in
| the Occur d'Alenes, having been
United States marshal there in the
early days. Later he was United
States land commissioner in this dis
trict many years. Mrs. Maude Ham
mel, the only child, is in Chicago, hay
ing taken there the body of her moth
er, who, died 10 days ago.
District Court at Wallace.
| WALIAACE.-The April term of the
district court for Shoshone county will
be presided over by Judge Albert H
Featherstone, one of the pioneer mem
bers OF the bar in Wallace, and al
present a member of the state legis
/ lature, to which office he was elected
at the general election last November
Judge Featherstone has been named
by Governor Davis to fill the unex
pired term of the late Judge w. w
Woods. 1t is understood that Judge
Featherstone will go on "a short vaca
ton before assuming his duties a.
judge. He is expected in Wallac,
about March 1 5to consider numbel
OF cases which he will hear in cham
bers, relieving as far as possible thu
contested court calendar This will
be the first regular term of the Sho
shone county district court since tn,
illness and death of Judge Woods.
Rob Whites Lumber Camp.
| BONNERS FERRY.-White' lum
Der camp, seven miles north of Bon
ners Ferry, was held up by three mel
and robbed recently. The clerk wa
forced to open the safe and a small
amount of currency was taken. Thu
hldup men then went to the bunk
house and relieved the men of thei
money and watches. About $3.50 wa
taken. All roads from the camp hay
been guarded, but no trace of tn
robbers has been found.
State Division Agreed To.
BOlSE.-Running at high speed t
bring about final adjournment tn
legislature last Saturday yited to pei
nit the northern part of the state t
secede ii it can get the consent Q
the Washington legislature and cor
gress; moved all educational and ger
eral appropriation measures out of tn
ways; paved the way for the stat
highway program to be financed dul
: ing the next two years; ordered tn
Albion normal school removed fror
Albion to Burnley; saved the state farI
market bureau to the farmers; S
amended the anti-cigarette bill as
permit the sale of cigarettes to adult,
: and passed and killed multitude {
| measures. The direct primary fell b
the wayside, due to the inability {
the house and senate to get togethe
but a statewide primary organizatio
was perfected by the members of th
two houses favoring the issue. to carr
: the issue directly to the voters durin
: the next campaign.
! Boom Bill Killed.
I The conference committees adjuste
the general appropriation bill, but d,
!, feated the appropriations of $4,000
t each for the state fair and the liv
:. stock show at Lewiston and $4,000 fo
:. the Blackfoot district fair.
/, The boom bill was defeated.
f The house and senate passed the a