Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-12
IDAHO.


The contract for the construction OF
the wool warehouse at Weiser has been
awarded.
The city council OF Caldwell has pass
ed an ordinance closing the saloons 1t
IL o'clock midnight.
Te equipment OF the Cambridge Coun.
ell stage line Is being transferred to
Murphy. to be used between that place
and Silver City.
At Julietta last week board Of trade
was organized with G. 4. Mckay a.
president and E. w. Poraer secretary
and treasurer.
Tom Clark. we'll known farmer liv.
Ing three miles southeast Of Troy. on
Burnt Ridge. was thrown from his
sleigh recently and seriously injured
by striking on a log.
Word has Just been received that C.
b. Simpson, a graduate OF the universi-
ty OF Idaho In 1898. had been appoint
ed ON the Office stan Of the United
States entomologist at Washington, d.
g.
J. w. Lieuallen. of Moscow. who IL
employed by the state to collect timber
for the pan-American exposition at
Buffalo has finished loading the speci-
mems Of blocks and plank shipped from
Troy.
The first OF the Oratorical contests
at the state university-that OF the
sophomore class for tho Brake gold
medal took place In assembly hall Mon.
day evening. The freshman contest
was held on Wednesday. April 10, tho
preliminary intercollegiate contest on
April II, and the Watkins gold medal
contest week later. on April l6.
A Joint freight tariR on lumber and
shingles from Standpoint and other
points east Of Spokane to all points on
the Oregon Short Line has been issu.
ed. Tho through rate from Standpoint
to Pendleton. is 37lS cents per hundred
pounds; Meyer and other Wyoming
points. 40 cents; Ogden and Salt Lake,
40 cents; Lehi Junction to HAnauer.
ii1a cents. and points south Of Salt
Lake to Frisco. 47h cents on lumber
and Ga cents on shingles.
Snow has fallen In the P0tlatch
mountains to depth Of two feet aud
sufficient rainfall has been experienced
on the different ranges 10 stop spring
farming operations for few days.
Sales OF wheat are few In number and
small in quantity. most OF the buying
being by farmers who are feeding hogs
or cattle. 1t IL noticeable that during
the past year most o. the farmers In
the country surrounding Kendrick
have engaged In diversified farming
and a great many have taken up the
feeding the stock.
Water was last week sent over the
crest OF the Swan falls dam. This
marks the successful completion Of one
OF the most important electrical enter.
prises In the intermountain country.
The Snake river has been damned at
Swan Falls. 80 miles directly south Of
Boise City, for the purpose Of securing
power for the mines and mills ut Silver
City. There are four turban wheels
installed. each Of $50 horse power. The
electrical energy 10 transmitted 20
miles to the company's property. The
plant has cost 3350.00O.
Governor Hunt has made the fol.
lowing appointment OF ofhcers for
Clearwater county:
Commissioners-P. II. Blake. Oro-
hno: William LeBaron. Cavendish:
John T. Maloy, Frasier. Sheriff, Will
liam 8. Cunningham. Russell; clerk
and recorder, Frank Gaffney; assessor,
J. L. Harris, Potlntch: treasurer. A. M.
Holmberg, Orofino; school superintend-
ent. Mrs. Fannie Roberts. Pierce coun-
ty: probate Judge. J. 8. Hogue. Russell:
county attorney. J. A. Brown. Oronne>
surveyor. ID. II. Guilland. Orofno: cor.
oner. Henry Merchant. Orofino.