White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-07-31
Idaho News

SANDPOINT.-The $4,000 bond is
sue voted on yesterday by the consoli-
dated school districts, embracing Ia
lache, Sagle and Lakeside, was de-
feated by one vote, it was announced
at the superintendent of schools Of
was necessary for passage. In all 1873
votes were cast, SO for the bonds, 40
against and ballots were invalid
The purpose of the election was to
erect a central school at Sagle in
stead of continuing to operate with
schools at the three places. Had the
bonds passed the school at Talache
would have been retained, however.
CALDWELL.-This city can have
beet sugar factory whenever sufficient
acreage is put in sugar beets to justi-
fly the investment, Yeppa Benson, rep
resentative of the Amalgamated Sugar
Beet Company, has informed business
men. Mr. Benson, who has been con-
nected with the industry for 20 years,
has been inspecting the experimental
sugar beet paintings in this vicinity
and has now gone to Weiser to look
over the fields in that section.
IDAHO FALLS.-Coach Joe Mad
dock will not return to Eugene to lead
the Oregon eleven to a coast chap
pionship this year, despite the wide
spread stories to the contrary that
have been published in California and
Oregon papers. Mr.. Maddox said he
had given final answer to the Uni
versity of Oregon, and that his de-
cision was unchanged. "If | coach
anywhere it will be at Michigan" he
said. Mr.. Maddox has received fiat
tering offers from number of the
larger schools, but the one in which
he is most interested comes from his
old friend Yost, director of Michi-
gan athletics, who wants Coach Mad
dock on the Ann Arbor campus next
year. While Mr. Maddox has not
definitely accepted the proposition,
he is giving it serious consideration,
and, as he stated, if he returns to foot
ball at all it will be at Michigan.
Sport writer's for the coast papers
speak of Oregon and Notre Dame as
the two best coached teams of last
years season, and predicted coast
championship for Oregon, under Mad
docks leadership.
logg, Idaho, was killed on the 70O-foot
level of the Ambergis mine at Burke
last week by a premature explosion,
mine officials have reported. One man
was injured slightly while another
escaped injury.
SANDPOINT.-The assessed valua-
ton of all timber lands in Bonner
County was raised to $50 per acre by
the county commissioners sitting as a
board of equalization, it was an
nounced at the courthouse. The new
valuation effective for 1925 tax pay
ments results in almost twice the val
uation on which timber land taxes
were paid for 1924. Timber land valu-
alton for 1924 amounted to So, 449,873,
as compared with $4,359,642 for 1925,
an increase of $1,909,767. The in
crease affects the Humbird Lumber
Company more than any other tax
payer The Humbird valuation for
1925 will be $3005,66 The company
paid taxes in 1924 on timber land val
ued at $1,507,365.
McCALL.-Forty-o zone new fires have
broken out on the Idaho national for
est since July 10, bringing the total
for the season to 45, 1t was reported
last week by the fire warden's office
at Mccall. The largest of the entire
lot was the fire on the South Fork
Of the Salmon Is miles below Knox,
which to date has burned over an area
of 800 acres but was brought under
control by crew of so men, All
fires have been started by lightning,
and not an alarm has been caused by
careless campers or smokers.