Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-07-12

Items OF Interest About koOtenal Count,
People and Their Affairs.

A man named Kimmel is INSTALL
ing a new electric lighting plant in
Harrison, the same to be in operation
by August 15.
At regular monthly meeting Of
the Coeur d'Alene town trustees Hon.
c. l.. Heitman of Rathdrum was ap-
pointed village attorney at a salary of
800 per year.
The business at the L. S. land Of
flee at Occur d'Alene for the past
week amounted to Is homestead en-
tries, four cash entries and II timber
and stone entries.
n. w. Durham and family of Spu-
kane went to Spirit lake Wednesday.
where they will spend the summer in
their new cottage. Mr.. durham is on
the editorial staff OF the Spokesman
Review.
Hugh Brady, ST., father of }. c.
Brady of Rathdrum who, was DANGER
ously wounded by being shot last Fri
day night, and Frank Pine, IA brother
in-law, arrived In Spokane from kes-
wick, Iowa. Tuesday morning to visit
their injured relative at the Sacred
Heart hospital.
Several cases of dyptheria are re-
ported in Harrison, two deaths having
already resulted therefron. The peo-
pie are very much alarmed and the
village trustees have caused the fol
| lowing notice to be distributed
throughout the town: ''All public
gatherings, including church and
lodge meetings. excursions and Socials,
are hereby prohibited for period
of two weeks from the date hereof.
Cause, dyptheria.
Conjecture continues to be num-
bered among the active stocks on the
| Spokane exchange, and it was a good
trader Wednesday at and 7-S cents.
The mine continues to ship steadily
and the proceeds from ore are said to
be enough to pay for development.
About a men are at work. The COM
pany had been planning to drive Il
long tunnel for exploiting, but a sur
yey has show that SO Slight a depth
would be gained that there would be
no advantage in the enterprise. This
mine is located in the Lakeyiew dis
trict.
| 1t is stated that the contemplated
improvements Of the st. Maries river
will be commenced this fall. A dam
will be put in at the head and other
improvements made so as TO allow the
driving of logs the entire year. 1t is
the intention of the Wenasha Wood
en- Ware company to at once establish
portable mills on their timber lands
off from the river above Santa and cut
out the lumber and ship the manu-
factured article in large RATS down
the river after it is hauled to the
water.
The state has selected in the st.
MarieS white pine belt 9,4S7 acres of
land, located in townships 43 north.
range west and 43 north, range two
west. c. b. Steunenberg, secretary of
the state land board, presented the
filings at the Ceur d'Alene land Office
last Saturday. The states preference
right would have expired Sunday.
The filings in township 43 north,
range one were accepted by the land
office officials, while those in township
I3 north. range two are being held by
the Register pending an alleged boun-
Diary line dispute, says the Occur d.
| AleGe Press.
At the home of the brides parents
in Bonners Ferry Tuesday evening
1 Bartlett Sinclair and Miss Beatrice
| Whitney were married. Rev. John
Hope, Presbyterian minister at Bon
ners Ferry. oificiating Miss Whitney
is one of the best known and most
popular yeung ladies' Of north Idaho.
Mr. Sinclair is well known as the
former auditor of Idaho and the otiic-
| ial who held the reins during the
Coeur d'ilele riots two years ago.
\ large number OF invited guests were
present at the wedding and the gifts
were numerous and elaborate. The
/ couple left on the Great Northern
/ Wednesday morning for short wed
ding trip. Mr.. Sinclair will shortly
leave for the Philippines and his
bride will follow ia few months.