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

A bill is outlawed in this state
after six years on judgments, five
years on notes and four years on
open accounts.
Cocaine Seized.
Cocaine to the value of $4,000
seized in north Idaho by a special
agent of the Northern Pacific rail-
road was recently placed in the
possession of Colonel Davis and is
locked up in the vault in the federal
building at Boise.
Comes From India to v. of l.
MOSCOW.--D. S. Man of India
has taken up work in the school of
forestry. He is the second student
year, P. d. Sharma a graduate of a
college in India, having entered at
the beginning of the school year.
Lettuce Growers Organize.
BOISE-Lettuce growers of Idaho
in a public meeting held here re-
Gently, formed cooperative organi-
cation, adopted standard crate, and
approved standard grades for lettuce
shipped to market. w. S. Mckinney
is president and A. G. SaxtOn is sec
rotary.
Mines Pay Dividends.
Two quarterly dividends, amount
ing to $27O,OOO, will be paid this
month by mining companies operat-
ing in the Occur d'Alene region.
They are the Hecla Mining company,
which will disburse $15O,00O, and the
Federal Mining and Smelling com
pany, which will disburse 100000
New r. r. Rate on Cedar Poles.
| SANDPOINT.-The Northern Pa
cific railway announces that, effect
i've March 1, it will publish through
rates on cedar poles originating at
points on the Metaline Falls branch
of the Milwaukee and all points on
the Inland Empire railway destined
to eastern points shown in trans
continental tariffs, with the privilege
Of stopping at Standpoint for creosot
ing in transit.
Outline Farm Extension Plans.
! UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, MOS
COW.-Northern Idaho representa-
, tives Of the University of Idaho ex
TENSION division, in a recent confer
/ ence, outlined comprehensive plaI
of activities for the coming year. 0
. S. Fletcher of Moscow, Latah county
agent, was named permanent chair
, man of the northern Idaho workers
: and w. w. Skuse of Lewiston was
elected permanent secretary.
i Spend 100000 For Zinc Plant.
KELLOGG.-Processe which, in
connection with an electroyltic zinc
plant to be built here by the Bunker
Hill company, will effect recoveries
in excess of IL per cent higher than
under present milling and smelling
methods with Occur d'Alene ores, is
announced by Wallace G. Wolf, metal
lurgist Experiments with the new
method, developed after several years
of experimentation, show recoveries
Of go per cent Of the zinc, 95 per cent
of the lead and 9 per cent of the
silver, working with ores from the
Star mine, with 60-mesh grinding
he said.
Oppose Land Echange.
BOISE.-Strong resolutions urginl
that President Harding veto house
+ bill number n, land exchange bill
were adopted at a meeting of Idah'
stockmen here Saturday. In a spir
tied debate charges and counter
charges were exchanged and at on
point Governor w. D. Davis of Idah,
, entered the debate with a suggestion
for special session Of the Idah
legislature.
Allegations were made by speaker
Y that if the bill became law hundred
: of thousands of acres of Idaho Ian
q would pass into control of few mer
The bill was characterized as
, camouflaged measure whose real puI
!. pose is hidden under proposal t
a square off the boundaries of thre
north Idaho national forests by e1
changing for the forest lands grain
. lands in other parts of the state.