Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1922-01-20
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
aecent Happenings in This State
Given IN Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Aged Moscow Man Dies,

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Aged Moscow Man Dies,
MOSCOW.-T. f. Wright, aged res
ident of this place. died after
lingering illness.
J. A. Thornton Succumbs.
COEUR D'ALENE. = After two
years illness j. A. Thornton, age 81,
logging contractor, died recently.
Idaho County School Head Quits.
GRANGEVILLE.-L II. Case
superintendent OF schools of Idaho
county, has rendered his resignation
under pressure to the county com,
missioners. 1t was Immediately ef-
fective and was accepted.
Pave to Occur d'AIene City.
Paving Of nine miles of the Apple
way, from the Washington state line
to within five miles of Occur d'Alene,
at cost of approximately 100000,
will be started about March l and
completed by October l.
tHfCC oTOtucTS IN FGN.
BOlSE.-For the first time in the
history OF the state pententiary three
brothers were recently locked behind
the grim walls to begin serving SEN
fences Of from one to Is years for
burglary. They are James, Louis and
Harry Purcell, age 81, 20 and 25
years. They were sent up from Lewis
county.
Extend Telephone Lines.
sPOKANE.-The Home Telephone
Co. is to begin work at once on i'm
provements estimated to cost about
$35,00O These will include the in
stallation of additional facilities al
Spirit Lake and Boomers Ferry, Ida
no; the construction of new toll lines
from Standpoint to Boomers Ferry ant
from Hope to Clarks Fork, and tbs
rebuilding of portions of the lines
between Wallace and Occur dAlent
and between Spokane and Rockford
Sets District Court Terms.
LEWISTON-Distr Judge Wal
lace N. Scales has set the terms O
court for 1922 at the seats of the re
spective counties as follows: Lewis
ton, Nez Perez county, February q
June and November 10; Grangevlle
Idaho county, May l and October 2
Nez Perez, Lewis county, April 10 an,
September 5.
A special term of district court wa
ordered by Judge w. n. Scales to b.
convened at Lewiston on Monday, Jar
uary 80.
Road Money Apportioned.
LEWISTON-The commissioners c
Nez Perez county have made fina
apportionment of the road and bridg
funds remaining from the money n
ceived from the recent bond sale c
$4,000. The apportionment was az
cording to a tentative agreement ell
tered into at massmeeting here c
representative of all highway an
road districts in the county. This a!
sures building of Nez Perez county
portion of the Lewis and Clark an
the North and South state highway.
Sell Idaho Notes.
BOISE.-The state will offer fo
sale ON January 16 the third issu
of treasury notes authorized by tn
1921 legislature, amounting to $1,250
900, to run one year, at an interes
rate not to exceed per cent.
this amount, s1,000,o00 is needed q
general operation expenses for tn
state government. The balance goe
to the state highway fund. The note
will be redeemed as money comes
, from the first installment of 1872
taxes This has been paid into til
county treasures and they in tur
will remit the states share within
few months This tax money wi
be placed in special fund frol
which it will be drawn to redeem tn
notes.
Court Upholds Workmen Law.
BolSE.--The supreme court of Id
ho says that the state workmens cor
pensatiop law must be literally CO.
strued to promote justice. In the fir
arDeal to be taken to the supren
court of Idaho from an award of I'll
industrial accident board the court hi
filed n decision upholding the boar
The decision affirms the judgment
the district court OF the eighth judici
district for kootenai county. Judl
compensation law in favor of S.
Crippled But F