Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-03-02

| Hc Happy couple de-
| parted Tor Spokane immediately after
the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs. LYONS
VIII reside at Post Falls. A large cir
Gle Of friends wish them much hanni.
ness and prosperity.
postmaster Mason has arranged TEN.
porarily to receive the Occur d'Alene
mail via Rathdrum three DAYS each
week, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day. 1t is believed the department
VIII grant the request made for a star
route between Rathdrum, Occur d.
Alene and Post Falls.
II you don't get the Republican you
don 7 get the news. $50 per year.
While at Boomers Ferry last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno G. Callahan were
the guests of Editor and Mrs. ). ID.
Taylor Of the kootenai Herald. While
attending the X. OF L. masquerade
ball at the ferry Mr.. Callahan had the
| misfortune to lose new overcoat,
which, it is thought was appropriated
Though mistake by some man in at
| tendance at the ball.
Shortly after returning from a trip
to the northern part Of the county
| Monday evening, Father Purcell re-
ceived notice Of the death Of Tim
| Callahan, an aged resident Of Boomers
Ferry, at whose funeral it was desired
he should of1iciate The funeral oc-
Cured Wednesday and was largely at
tended. Deceased was over 80 and
death was due to old age.
| Pete Hendrix, workman employed
at Whites camp near Granite, was
brought to Rathdrum Monday after
noon with his right leg broken below
the knee and his left leg badly bruised,
the result of an accident while engaged
hauling logs. The injured man was
attended by DR.. Wcnz and is resting
easy at the Hotel Wright, where his
mother is attending to his wants.
a workman. whose name could not
be learned, was brought down from
CWolalla and placed in the county
hospital this morning. The man sus
tanned a severe injury to bis back while
at work about an ice car at Coc0la}la.
The pain rendered him unconscious
! for time. but latest reports are to
| the effect that he is resting easy and
the injury is not necessarily danger
Gus.
A Masonic lodge will shortly be or
ganiZed in Rathdrum with prospcc-
tive membership Of 30 This lodge is
arranging for the construction of a
two-story brick hall in Rathdrum. and
plans for the building are already
drawn up. The first story will con-
tain an opera hall and the second
lodge rooms When it is definitely
known thattthe structure will be built
we shall be able to better describe the
same.
The quilt on which the ladies of
the Catholic aid society have beer
working so diligently the past few
weeks is now completed and next Mon
day it will be placed on exhibition al
NJ. d. Wright S new store. Those wh'
have seen it pronounce it beauty ano
that it shows most excellent and high
ly artistic workmanship. The article
will be disposed of by rattle and TIN
proceeds applied to the church build
ing fund.
\ group of men were discussing tn
establishment of a electric light plan
in Rathdrum, when one of them oh
served that the plant which is il
operation at Occur d'Alene was 70
tsaie and might be purchased at yer
: reasonable figure. Another one, VII
evidently does not believe in secon
hand goods, replied: YES: sugge>
, that we purchase the Occur d'Alcn
plant and send for DeSaussurc to ri
it." That stopped the discussion.
Francis II. Luce and Eugene y
p Kellogg. two settlers residing in tn
< vicinity of Newport, have made al
r plication to prove up on their nome
steads. Mr.. Luce, who went TO the Ian
Office at Occur d'Alene to arrange III
!, preliminaries, stopped al ka' hdrui
= on his way home Tuesday evening. II
: said the ret urn trip from Occur q
! Alene occupied nearly four hours, an
y he had never seen roads in this scctlo
in such a frightful condition.
u \ number of new settlers nave r
y Gently located in the vicinity OF lie
Landing. on the west-ide OF the lax
: saws the.Coeur d'Alene Press. Amor
L them are Luther Tabor. y. l.. Hate
Z 7. Eklund. o. j. Eklund, Villa
Bower and Mr.. Snider, all Of DiXo
rs III. Some Of them have families WI
NJ will come later in the season. Inc