White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-07-03
Idaho News

WALLACE.-Quick action by neigh
bors saved the life of Thomas Jordan,
8, of Gem, Idaho, when he was at
tackled by a large shepherd dog,
which suddenly went mad, it was re-
ported at the hospital here. The dog
was shot, but only after it had in
flicted wounds on the lads face and
shoulders.
POCATELLO.-Still refusing to re-
sign but acquiescing to the demand
made upon him by the State Board of
Education of Idaho, Charles R. Fra
zier, president Of the Idaho Technical
Institute of Pocatello, whose, resigna
ton was demanded last week by the
board because he was not in harmony
with it, has laid down his official
duties and turned the school over to
man of the technical school commit
tee. Following the exchange of let
tiers between st. Clair and Frazier the
latter turned over affairs to Profess
sor Rutherford, who will act as presi-
dent until the selection of a school
head by the state board.
| BOSCH. j. Arnett, agent of the
Central Western Regional Board, an
organization aiming to facilitate ship
ments of perishable farm products
and G. S. Gunnel, superintendent of
the Pacific Fruit Express, spent last
week with utilities commission pre-
paratory to crop survey of the state.
WALLACE. - What appears to be
the greatest strike of the Occur
d'Alene region in a long period has
| been made in the Galena mine Of the
Callahan Lead-Zinc company, two
miles west of Wallace
Its scene is the 1,0O0-foot level,
where ore in body 81 feet wide stood
revealed after the veil was lifted by
a round of shots. Qualitative tests
have not been completed but appear
ances indicate the presence of ore of
shipping and milling grades.
WINCHESTER.-A complete block
in the business district Of Winchester
was destroyed by fire of unknown
mated at $4,000.
ST. MARIES.-The annual session
of the Idaho grand lodge of the Order
of Eastern Star closed here follow
ing the election of officers. Alice
Stacey of Lewiston was elected grand
matron.
LEWISTON.-The oldest Nez Per
ces Indian = Martha Whitman = is
dead at Kamiah, Idaho, near here.
Indians do not agree on her exact
age, but they believe it is between LIB
and 100. AS young woman she was
follower of the old Chief Joseph.
famous strategist and leader of the
Nez Perez tribe.
BOISE-Purchase of 80 acres of
land now used for the University of
Idaho experimental farm at Aberdeen
will be made soon, according to L. r.
Parsons, executive secretary of the
University of Idaho, who was in
Boise. Mr.. Parsons went from here
to Idaho Falls to confer with Cheney
ST. Clair, member of the board Of edu-
cation, and to close the deal. The
university, Mr.. Parsons says, has
leased the land for the last Is years
without cost to the state.
Now that the lease has expired it is
necessary, he says, to buy the land
or lose some $4,000 worth Of i'm
provements on the property. The
station is used almost exclusively for
the breeding and development of new
varieties of small grain.
COEUR D'ALENE.-Sale by public
auction of ITO tracts, embracing 1880
acres of land within the former Occur
d'Alene Indian Reservation, situated in
Benewah and Kootenai counties, Ida,
has been authorized by the secretary
of the interior Conducted under the
supervision of the commissioner of
the general land office, the sale will
be held at Occur d'Alene on October
5, 1925. The majority of the tracts
will be offered in legal subdivisions
ranging from 40 to 100 acres, but all
contiguous lands subject to sale in a
quarter section will be listed as a
separate tract. There are also several
fractional subdivisions of less than 40
acres to be offered for sale.
LEWISTON.-Mayo E. G. Brad
dock was unopposed in the municipal
election but his council ticket was
elected by two to one vote over a
ticket nominated under the caption
of Citizens Ticket. The councilmen
elected are j. L. Fenton, ]. Howard
Howe, Walter Brown and P. e. L.
Parker. The defeated council candi-
dates were w. H. Bristol, present
councilman and commissioner of the
water department.; G. ]. Breier, Jr.,
w. d. Jesse and ]. H. Nave.
BLACKFOOT.-A million dollar ex
penditure was authorized on it's Idaho
property by the United States Pro-
ducts Asbestos company of New York.
Three new directors were appointed,
VVictor Austin Of Idaho Falls; DR..
G. Bailey of Sharon, Pa, and Herman
w. Booth of New York City. The plan
is to electrify from the mines west
of Yellowstone to Big Springs, dis
lance of 80 miles and equip the mine
with heavy machinery, which has been
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