White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-08-22
Idaho News

POCATELLO.-Gov. c. c. Moore,
speaking before the Idaho American
Legion convention yesterday, stated
that he stood fairly and squarely be-
hind President Coolidge in his De-
tense Day program" The governor
scored the opponents Of National De-
tense Day and issued warning
against the work of radicals and pa
cifists who, he said, were distributing
their propaganda throughout the coun-
try.
BOISE-The most recent addition
to the Idaho Historical Society's col
lection of relics is an old Indian canoe
which arrived in Boise recently from
Mount Vernon, Washington state, 1t
was announced by Mrs. Ella G. Reed,
custodian. Mrs. Reed says she has
not seen the canoe yet, nor has she a
description of it except that it is an
extremely large one similar to the
ones used by the Alaskan Indians for
ocean travel 1t was procured by
George w. Reed, assistant in the So
ciety, while on his vacation in Wash
ington. 1t came on special freight
car.
MOSCOW-John Black, who is OPP
Grating one Of the largest milk routes
and diaries in this part Of the coun-
try, leasing the j. e. Anderson place
Just east of town, announced that hts
dairy will be known in the future as
the Glover Leaf Dairy. New machin-
cry and large pasturizer haye just
been installed.
MOSCOW--Idaho has been allotted
regiment of national guard infantry,
Lieut.-Col H. A. Padgham, state ad-
iutant general, was informed Satur-
day in a telegram from the militia
bureau of the war department. The
allotment is made, Colonel Padgham
said, on the condition that Idaho gives
up it's present infantry organization,
the third battalion Of the 186th infal-
try. Colonel Padgham says this is
acceptable to Idaho. This battalion
will be transferred to Oregon. No
name or number of the new regiment
has been assigned, the adjutant gen
eral said, and no steps toward organ
izing it and recruiting the companies
will be taken until fall.
BOISE.-Two masked bandits en-
tered the bank of the little town Of
Eagle, 10 miles west of here, locked
up Il. II. Fikkan, the cashier, and his
daughter, Margaret, in the vault and
escaped in waiting auto with $4,000
in cash.
POST FALLS.-Nyoda Camp Fire
Girls are camping at Twin Lakes. In
the party are Tessa Eggers, Betty
Cook, Hilda and Hazel Flamburg,
Winiford Hines, Geneva Shook, Mabie
Hodge, Eleanor Lewis, Frederick
Keigley, Miss Vayle Nogle and Miss
Ruth Keigley accompanied them.
BOISE. - Several Idaho counties
show gain over 1923 in valuation,
Shoshone topping the list with net
increase of $696,956. Many classes of
land and other real property were re-
duced in assessment, but the increase
which compensated for these losses
was made up in net profits of mines,
which were assessed at $1,579,S20
higher than in 1923.
MOSCOW. - Fire from unknown
causes destroyed large house and
barn in the northern part of town be-
longing to Mrs. w. S. Ward. The loss,
$4,000, is partly covered by insurance.
The flames were not discovered until
they had gotten to a point where the
house, which was unoccupied, could
not be saved. Workmen had been en-
gagged the past few days in rebuilding
the property and were planning on
repapering and repainting it this
week.
POCATELLO. - The state legion
convention at Pocatello has honored
North Idaho buddies "Pinky" Jones
Kellogg has been named delegate
to the national convention at st. Paul.
The Rev. Mr.. McCabe of Wallace has
been elected Idaho state chaplain; G.
M. Ross, Orofino, commander;
Major Pottman, Lewiston, alternate
delegate to the st. Paul convention;
%. e. Hunt, st. Maries International
committeeman; DR.. Crabtree, Idaho
Falls, commander, and James Harris,
Weiser, national committeeman. The
convention chose HALEY for the 1925
convention.
LEWISTON.-Woo & Wilson,
Odessa, Wash, whose figure was $751;
205, submitted the lowest bid to the
state highway department for resur
facing the II mile White Bird hill
link in the North and South highway.
The bid of Albert Smith, Hope, Ida,
was just $51.50 higher. Other bidders
were Albert Hester, Lewiston; Lingo
& Miller, Grangeville; ]. A. Tertal-
ing, Moscow; Campbell & MARI, Col
fax, and Mohr Construction Company,
Spokane. About 10000 yards of
crushed rock will be spread, eight
inches thick, on the lower seven miles