Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-12-06

items OF Interest From Other Poiats IN
Odd Kootenai


Old Kootenai
y Daughters Of Rebccca lodge was
organized al honners berry last sat
urday night.
The st. Maries public school has an
average daily attendance Of 40 pupils
according to the Courier.
The Msccabee lodge al Harrison
contempates the erection Of one
story lodge building, 26xloo feet.
Several new store buildings and resi-
nences have been contracted for at
Harrison during the past ten days.
Deer are reported To be plentiful
this season in tie Santa and st. Mar
les districts and local nimrods arc
having lots of sport hunting them.
\ movement is reported on foot in
the south end OF the county to have
congress throw open for settlement The
south half OF the Occur d'Alenc reser-
vation.
The contract for the building of a
ferry across the Occur d'Alene river at
Medimont about 10 miles above lIarri-
son. has been let to II. NJ. Wark of the
latter town.
The little town Of st. Maries is to
have a Rebecca lodge with a member
ship of about about 20 to begin with
The new lodge is expecting its charter
every day.
Harrison is to have pound and
City Marshal Hinckley says that he
intends to vigorously enforce the or
dinance in regard to stock running at
large within the town limits.
Part Of the 5000, 900 log drive, be-
longing to the Occur d'Alcnc Lumber
Company has been hung up at the
Loops in the st. Maries river, and will
have to remain there until the first
freshet comes.
The town council Of Harrison have
under consideration an ordinance
creating license for doing business
in that town. A good many OF the
leading citizens are strongly urging
the passage of such an ordinance.
laundering in the soath half Of tile
county is getting to be quite an eN-
! ltensiNe industry as is evidenced hy
the number Of sam mills and camps IN
that section. Near Gordon. on the
SWiftWaterS Of the St. Joe. about 80
men are engaged getting out poles.
posts and saw logs.
/ John OStrum. who is employed in
+ the STANDARD Lumber Company :
mil at Newport met witha severe acei-
dent one day last week. While work
4 ing at the plancr the set screw caught
! Mr.. OStrum at lie base of the thumb
and severed the leaders, besides badly
crushing the bone.
Mr. Roger Willy and NJ. G. \.
Harvey were in Banners Trery last
week from Round prairie, the former
having his arm in sling, having lost
one Of his fingers AS thr result Of an
accidental discharge Of a gun, SAYS the
Herald. While oat hunting, IN pick
ing up the gun the hammer caught
and discharged the load.
\ representative Of the Idaho Brick
< Lime company. with head
quarters At Spokane, speal some time
in Coeur d.AIene last week looking
no clay and suitable location for i
brick plant. says the Press. lie eX-
amincd several pieces Of property and
found some good clay. but the compa-
nv has not closed deal for any Of the
land. il has contract for the deiiv-
cry Of ). .0eo, 600 brick in Spokane next
wear and if the plant is built here 1t
i will employ about 20 men turing the
season.
The new saw mill at Lane, Idaho,
started up last week and cut some
lumber for their own use and tie
local market, saws the Harrison
Searehlight. j. ". johnson and l..
l.. West put the mill in there about
one month ago, and Since that time
tive u / Zimmerman ~ Lane. has