White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-09-12
Idaho News


stalled cheese factory at Mackay,
was in the city several days recently
looking over the local field with =
view to installing a cheese factory
here. He also contemplates installing
a factory at Chehalis
RATHDRUM.-Half of the business
section and several residences of
Rathdrum, a town of about 1000 in
habitants, in the northern part Of the
state, are in ruins today following a
disastrous fire which lately caused
damages estimated at more than
S225,O0O. Twenty-eight buildings
mostly one and two-story structures,
were burned. A lighted cigarette
dropped in a frame hotel is believed
to have started the fire. A heavy wind
famed the flames. Firemen used dy.
Mantle to prevent further spread OF
the fire among the residences.
BURLEY-At meeting held at
the courthouse, G. L. Voight of the H.
F. Laab Cheese Company talked to
milk sellers relative to the cheese In
dustry, referring to the recent agita.
t1on to form a cream pool and mar
ket the product collectively. He said
that these experiments had met with
varying success. The cheese indus
try is spreading rapidly in Idaho and
is held back from manufacturing
more, not being able to secure the
proper quality of milk
BOISE.-William p. Borah, Repub.
lican United States senator from Ida
no, was nominated by the Progress.
sives of Idaho as their candidate at
the state convention here recently,
and his name was cheered to the
echo. Borah was characterized, in adj
dresses made by the delegates, as the
best friend the farmers Of Idaho ever
had in the senate. His nomination
came after the assurance was given
to the delegates that he would not re-
fuse the nomination.
BONNERS FERRY-Paul X. Tay
lor, manager Of the Boundary Cream
cry, returned recently from Spokane
where he attended a meeting o.
creamery men of the Inland Empire
held there. twenty-five creameries
were represented from Western Mon.
tana, Idaho and Eastern Washington
It was suggested that small cream
cries send their output into Spokane
and be pooled with other lots to make
up a carload. It was agreed that 1t
would be desirable to form perma-
nent organization Of creamery men.
and action was deferred.
TWIN FALLs.-Idaho Democrats
recently wound up their state conven-
ton after a strenuous day which re.
suited in the naming of a complete
state ticket and the adoption of a
platform containing a plank which
named the Ku Klux Khan and con.
demned 1t and another indorsing re-.
marks Of John w Davis, the Demo.
cratic presidential nominee, on the
AAAon' AO AO1AOWAA6 dIo IAo AVAuA'
nees for governor and United States
senate: United States sen ator,
Frank Martin of Boise; governor, A.
L. Freehafer of Payette.
BOISE.-Suit for more than mil
lion dollars damages, charging breach
of contract, was filed in the United
States District Court here recently by
j. F. Cox, resident of Washington
state, against the Milwaukee Lumber
Company, Benewah County, Idaho.
Cox AYERS that, as result Of loss OF
profits which would have accrued had
the contract been carried out, he was
damaged to the extent Of $1,115,876.
He charges the lumber company with
endeavoring to embarrass him finan-
cially and to ruin his credit, with a..
tempting to break the contract so that
new one might be made whereby no
would have received less than market
price for logging of lands.
IDAHO FALLS. United States
Senator William q. Borah and Con.
gresham Addison. T. Smith and Bur.
ton L. French were all renominated
by reclamation as party candidates
for those offices by Republicans OF
Idaho, meeting In state convention.
The convention renominated Govern
or c. G. Moore.