Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-11

IDAHO.
The shingie mill Of the Standpoint Lnm-
Der company burned to the ground Sat
urday. The plant was : comparatively
new one and was valued at 1900.
Latah county In receiving part Of
the tide Of prospectors who arrived
from the east sow days ago. Many
strangers are noticed In MOSCOW.
Victor Bterbower died last weak 1t
the hospital in Spokane. He was .
western pioneer and had been promi-
nent lawyer and was formerly lisutsn-
ant governor Of Idaho.
The Idaho Southern Railway Com
pany has been incorporated with an
authorised capital Of 5000. 900. The
company Ia empowered to construct
and operate railroads and telegraph
and telephone lines In Idaho.
Joseph Hardy was killed In . we'll
on the farm of w. NJ. 0odall near
Boise. The we'll was so feet deep. The
sides caved In on him, covering him
with several feet Of sand and gravel.
| II took - hours to get him out.
A middle-aged man giving the name
| ~.
into Charleston and passed . check On
the Lewiston National bank for 1855.
He obtained the money on the check
from Henry Clay Whitstons. . msr.
chant.
The lumber yards Of Moscow have
placed the prica OF common lumber at
$3.50 per 1890 feet, which IL les than
Il has beea sold for some time past.
Much building 10 going In just now,
and the yard mon arc kept busy n
supplying the carpenters.
In the United States court Judge Beat
ty has handed down an opinion in favor
Of Bunker Hin 4 Sullivan in the case Of
the Bunker Hill 4 Cullivan Mining q
Concentrating company versus The En-
pire Sts.e- Idaho Mining l. Development
company and the Last Chance Mining
company.
The supreme cour' OF Idaho has
handed down the nrst decision In the
cases heard ut the recent Lewiston
} term. 1t was In An important appeal
from Idaho county In . case entitled
Robert Bonner VI. Perry N. Powell.
The court afirms Judgment for the de-
fendant.
Dell Butterworth. one OF the original
owners Of the famous Buffalo Hump
mine. bequeathed one-half his fortune
to Laura Berns. telephone girl. II
will be remembered that Butterworth
. died Mt Grangeyille fey hours before
e he received the cheek for his interest
In the mine.
: James Finn, q carpenter. hung him.
self ut Mullan. last week. He went
e down to the picnic ground just below
town and hung himself sitting down.
He had been at Mullan but few weeks
before which no had made short stay
e here. Little was known OF the man.
u A summer school prospectus has beeu
!, issued by the University Of Idaho. Tho
y school will begin June 20 and con
u tinue until August 1. Registration ID
university courses will close juno rs
The Oregon Short Line will sell tf
students round trips tickets from al
. points on their lines to Moscow foi
one fare.
!. Work on the new brick frost-proo
warehouse at Kendrick will commence
this week. The building will be 40xS'
| u
and will have \ storage capacity To-
~ about $1,000 boxes Of apples. A frui
d, buyer who has been over the countr!
placing orders for boxes and lookini
+, after the fruit business In general say
- that the Potlatch will have over 5000
boxes OF apples to market this wintsF
Along with this will be an immens'
crop of prunes and pears.
n The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephon
- Company II building . new line frou
, Wallace to Murray. The old line ri
from Osburn over the Two Mile road
:, but the new one will follow the roa'
from here to Murray. connecting Wit
n the old line At Beaver station.
- branch line will also be run from II
I, w. A. Clark's mine on Sunset peal
The Aulbach telephone line has fou
!. ofsces In the Sunset district. but thi
will be the flrst time that the Bel
4. company has ever entered that terri
tory.