Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-06-22

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other parties. He was well pleased
with the country and goes back to
Iowa with the intention OF closing up
his affairs 70 come out and join the
| Iowa colony, says the Kootenai Her
| aid.
Mrs D. II. Budlong, Mrs. w. r.
Morris and James Reid, who repre-
sented A. T. McReynolds post. G. a.
r.. and the Relief corps at the annual
encampmenta at Weiscr returned home
Sunday morning. AS announced last
| week they were successful in having
Occur d'Alcne named as the place for
holding the encampment next year.
They report a pleasant trip, says the
| Press.
The preliminary examination OF f.
}. White, accused of the larceny OF II,
| Wilmbusse's hidden treasure, occu-
| pied all Of Saturday and a part Of
| Monday, and resulted in the discharge
OF the accused. The testimony Of the
witnesses for the state proved to be
nearly all hearsay, and people who
were present at the hearing expressed
surprise that warrant should have
| been issued upon such fiimsy evidence.
Camp Kootenai No. 6S43, Modern
| Woodmen Of America of this place, is
making elaborate arrangements for a
grand ball to be given on Fourth of
July night. The ball will be at Hart S
opera hall and supper will be served
at the Hotel Wright. Tickets for the
ball, including supper, will be $500
per couple, and without supper, sl.OO.
Excellent music will be in attendance
and. a royal good time is assured to all
who will attend.
The disgraceful political row at the
state university, which has resulted in
abandoning the usual summer term at
that institution, has disappointed ma
ny ambitious students who had hoped
to spend aprofita bic summer at Mos
COW. Among those who feel their dis
appointment most keenly is Miss Mae
Wright, bright young lady Of this
city, who recently completed teaching
her first term of school. which proved
very successful, and had expected to
attend the summer term at the Mos
COW university.
We have sympathy for the census
enumeration when hemmng and haw-
ing for the correct age Of one Of the
gentle sex who has passed some forty
dozen moons Of single blessedness in
this land Of statistical precision since
first the pollen Of desire quickened the
blood within her mystic breast. But
for her. dear soul, whose hard fate is
either to lie, and run chances on get
ting married. or do her duty and re-
main single in consequence, we have
world of pity, says the Grhlgeville
Standard.
Chaplain c. C. Bateman of Spokane,
will deliver lecture on the Philipp-
ines at the court house in Rathdrum
on the evening following the republic
an county convention, next Thursday,
June 2Sth. Chaplain Bateman needs
no introduction to our people, to the
greater portion of whom he is quite
well known. AS to his qualifications
to speak on the subject chosen for this
lecture we will say that, he has been
there and ought to know something of
interest about our island possessions.
He should be greeted with full
house.
Little Claire Wooiery sand Arthur
JoneSwese the principals in serious
|bicycle collision ON the main street of
Rathdrum Sunday. Asa result of the
accident the little boy was carried to
his home in an unconscious condition,
and in absence Of Dir. Wenz, DR.. Hen
kle of Occur d'Alene was summoned.
The doctors examination soon dispell-
ed the fears of parents and friends
that the boy had been seriously hurt,
but he has since been confined to his
bed as result of the fall. Jones is
a pretty solid lad and aside from
badly bruised shoulder he sustained
no serious injuries. A boys careless
ness and scorching each contributed
equally to this accident.
J. \. Mitchell and Miss Edith L.
Morrison, two popular and well known
young people of Rathdrum, were
married at Spokane on We'd
nesday. Immediately after the cere-
mony was performed the happy couple
left for the east. They will stop at
Ashland, Wis, for brief visit with
relatives Of the bride, after " hich the
journey will be continued to Calias,
Me-, where Mr.. Mitchell has "a lucra-
tive position.awaiting him and where
the happy pair intend to make their