Timber Men Arrive in City Amid Silence on Plans
A four man timber party led by C A Weyer hauser and including T H Thatcher W A Wilkinson and Wm Deary arrived from Spokane. They visited L A Porter and the Porter fruit orchard while rumors say Potlatch Lumber bought Delsol slough and Porter property to prepare for a large saw milling plant, but the visitors refuse comment. The public awaits official details on any forthcoming activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Weyerhauser
Litts Falls
T. H. Thatcher
Winona
W. A Wilkinson
Minneapolis
L. A. Porter
Porter
Potlatch Lumber Company
Delsol Slough
Grangeville Sheriff Bans Gambling in Idaho County
Grangeville Idaho January 23 following a sheriff J E Greene statement gambling in the county will cease for two years. He says he will enforce laws against all gambling including slot machines. Some business leaders praise the move while others argue gambling spurs trade and crime-prevention measures in larger towns show it can be resisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grangeville
Knights of the Green Cloth
Idaho County
J. E. Greene
Don Juan de Austria Repaired for Portland Exhibit
The Don Juan to Austria, sunk by Admiral Dewey at Manila Bay, has been raised and repaired and will be towed to Portland for display at the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition. It will be moored in the Willamette River near the fairgrounds alongside several of Uncle Sam’s latest warships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Austria
Dewey
Batte
Manila Bay
Willamette River
Uncle Sam
Eddy urges wagon road completion for Idaho prospects
Clarence Edd y, editor of Thunder Mountain News, visiting Boise from Salt Lake, praises Idaho’s mining potential and urges completing the Loon Creek to Emn aee Mountain wagon road. He notes Nevada’s mining shows but favors Idaho’s sylvan landscapes and predicts the road will attract capital, create new mines, and benefit Idaho prospectors without harming Boise or central routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Eady
Salt Lake
Boise
Capitol News
Eddy
Nevada
Thunder Mountain News
Roosevelt
United States
Idaho
Tonopah
Loon Creek
County Board Inspects Kamiah Grade and Orofino Road
County commissioners toured the Kamiah grade with plans for improvements and visited the Bessie Crockett road to view completion. They awarded care of the county poor to C T Stranahan with a scale of 16.50 to 18 per day and the burial of indigent dead to Lewiston Furniture Undertaking at 13.50 per case. Dr J F Hurlbut was named county physician to succeed himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Clearwater
Kamiah
Orofino
Bessie Crockett
Nez Perce Prairie
Clearwater River
New Corporations Form In Lewiston Boise Report
New corporations filed in Lewiston with the Idaho secretary of state include Inland Commercial company with 25000 capital stock, 6000 paid in, to operate a general mercantile business. Directors for year one: William Haevernick, Harry L. Kreis, Peter Thompson, Richard R. Steen, James F. Thompson. Clearwater Manufacturing company with 30000 capital stock, 7400 paid in, to run a general foundry and machine business in Lewiston. Directors for year one: H. C. Mathe son, Joseph Huston, William Farrish, Hiram Head, A. R. Sweet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Lewiston
Inland Commercial Company
Capital
William Haevernick
Harry L. Kreis
Peter Thompson
Richard R. Steen
James F. Thompson
Clearwater Manufacturing Company
Local option bill stirs Idaho legislature in session week four
Boise January reports the Idaho legislature in week four of its eighth session continues work with the local option measure in the house committee on privileges and elections. Promoters say enough lower house members back the measure for passage, while other bills address liquor licenses road houses and a proposed Northern Idaho insane asylum site selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Senate
House
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Macbeth
Custer
Magill
Nez Perce
Northern Idaho Insane Asylum
Gooding
Grangeville
Coeur d'Alene City
Juliaetta
Orofino
Pierce City
Weippe
Shoshone County
Lewiston
North
Russia's Great Horror In St Petersburg Unrests
A day of violent upheaval in St Petersburg leaves the city under martial law as troops fire on workers near the Admiralty gardens. Reports describe hundreds killed or wounded, barricades on Vasiliostrow, and empress dowager seeking safety at Tsarskoe-Selo while emporer Nicholas II stands firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
St Petersburg
Vasilchikoff
Nevsky Prospect
Vasiliostrow
Tsarskoe-Selo
Nicholas II
Sviatopelk
Mirsky
Winter Palace
Gopon
Narva
Moscow
Admiralty Gardens
Proobranjensky Guards
Nicholas
Associated Press
Idaho House Debates Two Bills on County Depositories
Boise dispatch notes strong belief in a split caucus with majority and minority reports. A potential two-bill package may reach the legislature before adjournment, including a county depository system requiring county treasurers to use secure banks and earn interest on daily balances, with profit from public funds prohibited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
House
Mullaley
Latah
Hunt
State University At
Moscow
Jeter
University of Idaho
Frank Hunt
State bankers to meet in Boise Idaho discuss state bank exam
A Boise meeting of Idaho state bank officers was set for January to discuss Governor Gooding’s plan to create a state banking examination department and merge it with the state insurance commissioner’s office. About a dozen bankers attended an informal session, with a committee formed to draft a circular to all Idaho banks for a January 31 meeting to refine proposed legislation and organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. O'Neil
Wallace
A. K. Stunenberg
Bank of Caldwell
Bankers of
Idaho
A. B. Mons
Payette
Boise
C. C. Gray
Montepe
A. B. Moss
H. E. Neal
Capital State Bank
Lewiston Clarkston Fair Directors Elect New President
Robert Schleicher resigns from the Lewiston-Clarkston Fair board, Walter Ninneman elected to the vacancy, Goat H. Kester named president. Meeting set dates for harness events with closing stakes on Wednesday and pace and trot finales. Entries for the $400 pace and $400 trot for two year olds due by April 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Schleicher
Mattobb
Alee
Walter Ninneman
Goat H. Kester
Bates
Weynesday
Snake River Lands Open For Entry In Walla Walla County
Ninety days from last Friday, about 166000 acres along the Snake river in Walla Walla county will be open to entry under public land laws. Notice issued by Register J Mohen dro of the local United States land office. Described as tracts south of the Snake river contiguous to the river, beginning with section 85 township 9 range 30 within four miles of Pasco and ending near township 13 range 36 just west of Palouse river mouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Walla Walla County
Snake River
Register J. & Mohendro
United States Land Office
Walla White County
Pasco
Palouse River
Peck Rivalry Grows for Northern Insane Asylum Site
January 23 report states Peck is emerging as a leading contender for the northern asylum for the insane. Citizens circulate petitions among business and farming interests to win legislative designation, with Lewiston and other Nez Perce county towns likely to endorse Peck. A county committee may later travel to Boise to outline Peck’s advantages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peck
Northern Asylum For
Boise
Nez Perce
Lewiston
Receivership Denied for Mountain Home Firm
Mountain Home January 23 Judge Price at Hailey denied the application for a receiver for the Charles R. Kelsey company. The suit by minority stockholders F P Ake JA N Hall C Hein and J H Ross was heard on a demurrer before Judge Lyttleton Price and taken under advisement for decision. The ruling allows the Kelsey company to continue business as before. General Stoessel vowed to die in the last ditch until the Japs took it, and the capture of Port Arthur reportedly cost the Japs about as much as obtaining a quit claim to the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Home
Charles R. Kelsey
Mountainhome
Price
Hailey
F. P. Ake
JA. N. Hall
C. Hein
J. H. Ross
Lyttleton Price
Halley
Kelsey Company
Port Arthur
Philippines
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Sheriff Green
Clarence Eddy
Kamiah Orofine
Russia
G.H. Kester
Lewiston- Clarkston
Peck A Asylum
Stoessel
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