Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-02-16
GENERAL NORTHWEST NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD n NOTES.
Hpon the rsss NestAwsse states
e Q lieosllAAsoss Mstase Gath.
cred The Past Week.


A large number OF sheep arc bein
Vtntsrsd at Orchard.
That the pressed brick plant will
established In Boise II now ~ assure
tact
Senators Shoup and HeItfeldt are CT
operating In an effort 70 secure fro
delivery for Lewiston.
One solitary case OF smallpox In al
that remains In Moscow and this cas-
IL under strict quarantine.
The body Of Mike Smith was foun.
under the ice In about eight feet o
water. In Wood river. near Bellevue.
The New York canal. which 10 nov
about completed. viii provide irriga
tion for 10000 acres Of fertile Idaht
soil.
Senator Ehoup has recommended tn,
establishment OF . postofhce three mile,
northwest Of Liberty. to be called
Sharon.
Those who are In q position TO know
declare there will DO undoubtedly Is.
900 people added TO the states popula
ton during tho current year.
Tho postofhce department has been
asked to establish q railway mail ser,
vice between Weiser and Cambridge
and Q daily mall service between Con
ant and Aimo.
There are now IL cases Of smallpox
In the pest house at Wallace. and the
disease promises to be further spread
through tho efforts OF a considerable
element who are opposing tho health
o6acer. claiming the disease IL not
smallpox and concealinK tho existence
OF cases ~ long N possible.
The city OF Boise will purchase the
Table Rock farm and buildings, near
the townsitc. which will be used as q
place In which to care for city patients
smicted with contagious disease.
George w. Lamoreau. auditor and re-
ccrder OF Ada county. charged with
misappropriat!on Of public funds. after
. preliminary examination, was held to
tho district court. his bond being fixed
Of 5000.
Hendricks public schools show a
larger enrolment this year than any
time In their history. being 2a7 Under
tho principalship OF Professor Towne
the schools have made excellent pro.
gross.
Tho supreme court has afYirmed the
Judgment against Herman l.. Watkins.
now serving = twenty year sentence
for tho murder Of Matthew Smitthen In
Blaine county. Juno. 1898.
Richard 3. Van Wagenen. of Boise.
an smpioye OF tho Independent Tele.
phone company. was instantly killed
while assisting In placing q 3O.foot
pole. the polo falling upon his head
and shoulders. crushing his skull and
breaking his neck.
Frank Barnes was instantly killed
and Arthur Marstons seriously injured.
by An accidental explosion OF dynamite
which they wero thawinx out, at their
mining claim twenty miles north OF
Priest river. both OF the mon being
terribly mntilated.
bam Mc0rcxor had u narrow escape
from being crushed to death up Nine
Mile during the storm last week. He
was slesping In one OF John II. Van
Dorn's cabins. whom = large pine tree
tell Across II. MASKING In tho whole
roof. Mc0rcgor CHANGED TO be sleeping
ON the front side OF the bed and three
logs fell on tho back side. MASKING II to
the door and pinning him In % that
he could scarcely crawl out.
WASHINGTON.
AnacOrtss boasts Of = clam canning
factory.
The Art Engraving Co. 10 one OF spo-
kAne's new enterprises.
Aabton. Yakima county, has been
shippins &C srlosd Of hay daily.
Lewis county has just made u ship
msnt Of lumber to Jacksonville. Fla.
The CsntraliA Commercial Club has
perfected its permanent organization.
The 0allanu.B<ke brewery boycott
has been declared OF by the unions at
Spokane.
The delinquent tax list Of Kitti,as
coanty. January 1. 1900. amounted to
NO. 1881.
Spokane plans widespread improve.
nents this year and viii spend 1is5. 900
In pAvsments.
The wheat market at tho present
time 10 In . sluxxish condition unpar.
Ailslsd In several years.
Large quantities Of baled hay 10 b.
Ing received In Tacoma daily TO be
prepared for shipment to the Philip
pinss
The annual report OF County Treas
urer Wilson shows . decided Improve
0sos In the financial condition Of Che
halls county.
Superintendent J. n. Layhue of
ruyaliup. reports that there arc II
more pupils In attendance than at th,s
time last year.
The building permits issucd At Sc
Attic during January were greater
Than for any similar month In the his.
Tory Of the once since 1898.
Daniel Downing. who was under
sentence TO Be hanged At Mon,e~ano
February .. has = stay OF execution
Ior ~ days. caused by notice Of appeal
70 the supreme court
The annual report of the county