Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-16
KooTENAI COUNTY NEWS IN BRIEF

Items From Everywhere Of Interest ia
/ Residents of the County.
! Harrison is enjoying quite a build
ing boom in the way of residences.
Luke Hodgets, an old settler on
Lake Coeur d'Alene. is reported to
have been drowned last Thursday,
Editor Thompson. of the Harrison
Searchlight, and wife returned home
last Monday from months sojourn
in California.
4 big boy baby was born to Mr. and
Mrs. o. f. Barr at Harrison last We'd
nesday. and both mother and child are
reported to be getting along nicely.
| Miss Bertha burrows Of Rockford,
Wash, has been engaged to teach the
grammar department OF the Coeur d.
Alene public school for the ensuing
year.
st. Maries has girls base ball
| team and its members are beseech-
| ing Daddy Henderson to arrange for q
game with the first nine of the
Siwashes.
Forest fires raging in the vicinity of
Half Round bay on Lake Occur d.
Alere are said to have destroyed n
great deal Of valuable timber, and are
seriously threatening the farm i'm
proEements in the Powder Horn se-
| tion.
| j. =. Bringman Of st. Maries has
added several Angora goats to his
herd Of sheep says the Courier. The
goats will fight OF almost any wild ami
NAL, and it is said that one goat will
protect l9o sheep
| The st. Maries cheese factory is
making preparations TO double It's ca
pacity for next seasons run, says the
Courier. The capacity at present is
l,5D0 pounds day, and this is being
worked at present to it's limit
1t is reported that Willis Sweet. the
Moscow attorney, has moved to Occur
d'Alene, and win engage in the prac-
tice OF his profession in that city.
Occur d'A!ene is' TO be congratulated
upon the acquisition of SO prominent
an attorney.
State Game Warden II. w. BARLEY.
who is looking after early hunters in
the st. Maries region, last Saturday
caused the arrest of Charles Doty for
killing a pheasant. He was arraigned
before Justice Henderson and pleaded
| guilty and was fined So
NO new eases Of smallpox have de-
| veloped among the Indians, and there
| Is reasonable hope that none will, SAYS
the kootenai Herald. At the same
time the utmost care should be taken
until all possibility Of danger is passed.
An ounce Of prevention is worth ton
of cure in dealing with smallpox.
Martin Meehan Of Occur d'Alene
has an old Springfield. rife which he
rescued from the bed Of the Spokane
river last Thursday, says the Press.
The gun was dropped overheard five
years ago from the ferry boat, but IL
is still in a fair state Of preservation.
and not SO badly rusted as one would
suppose.
County Superintendent Van Duzer
has received notice from the state
Superintendent Of schools that all
teachers will be required to attend
the August examination and take
school law and state constitution.
which were omitted from the May list
Of questions, SAYS the Coeur d'A lene
Press. Examinations on these sub
jects will take place on Saturday
morning, August "a.
Rev. +. r. Henderson. the -Metho-
dist minister at st. Naries. has been
circulating petition in Spokane for
the pardon Of his son Harry, who is
serving a>}year sentence in the peni-
tentiary at Walla Walla for cattle
stealing and who has now served about
one year. = 1t Is said the father is
meeting With good encouragement.
Harry has shown disposition To lead
a better II e since his incarceration.
a Coeut d'Alene lady recently gave
birth 10 12-pound boy, the first ar
rival in .rhe family, says the Press.
The father was absent when the i'm