Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-03-22
NORTHWEST NEWS ITEMS
BRIEFLY TOLD IN NOTES.
An Interesting Collection Of Items
From the -Four Northwest states
of Miscellaneous Nature Gath
cred the Past Week.
IDAHO.

nt WlIttT term OF e Troy DuDl1C
school closed last week
kendrick people will cooperate with
Spokane in the homeseeker matter
Senator Snoup has presented the
Nez Percos library with so books
Crozier 4 Schiller Of Nez Perces
shipped $50 hogs to Seattle last week.
The annual meeting of the Inland
Empire Teachers association will be
acid at Moscow. March 2S. 20 and 30.
An unknown tramp was killed on
the railway near Nampa recently. ne
was asleep with his nea>. on the rails
The last act of Mrs. l.. Stevenson
of Standpoint before she vas adJudged
insane was to take a shot at her hus-
band
Moscow is gradually cxtingu!shing
its old warrant indebtedness the ,'id
debt now outstanding not exceeding
$4,000.
Sam Mathews has been convicted
of manslaughter for the nuiing OF
S. II. Tucker at Mineral on January
19 last.
Notwithstanding the very muddy
condition of the road about 20 or ou
carloads of wood was shipped from
Troy last week anu several carloads
OF railroad Ties.
large force was at work last week
packing apples at Troy for shipment
to Butte. Mont. Apples now bring
cents for FIVE tier boxes and 81 for
lour tier boxes respectively.
Under the provisions of an act Of
congress presented by Senator Shoup
and approved few days ago. author
ity is given for the assignment of
retired army officer to instruct the
Boise high school cadets in military
tactics.
The governor has appointed ex-
State Treasurer IL. G. Rice as commits
sioner to the pan-American exposi-
tion at Buifalo i ne law under which
the appointment is made makes an
appropriation Of $4,000 for an ex-
nlUil.
1t is now week since all trace of
David Williams Of Delta was lost. He
was tracked over the mountains and
back to Myrtle, where it is supposed
he has fallen into some old shaft or
prospect hole. Mr.. Williams had been
unwell for some time and it is believed
that during a fit of temporary insan-
ity he has wandered to his death.
The bill increasing the salaries of
equity COMMISSIONERS, WHICH Has
passed both houses. divides the county
into three classes and the salaries as
follows: First class, $500 year;
second, $500; third, $500. The state
was divided into the following county
classes First-Ada, Idaho, Koote-
mai. Latah. Nez Peree, Shoshone Sec
ond -Bannock, Blaine, Bingham,
Boise, Canyon, Elmore, Fremont
Oneida, Owyhee, Washington. Third
Bear Lake, Cassia, Custer, Lemhi.
Lincoln.
deed has been filed with the
county auditor at Rathdrum lor rec
ord in which the Northern Pacific
nanway company transfers to the
Humbird lumber company ~
acres of timber land on the Priest
river forest reserve. Inc considera-
tion named is Sl44,133, or over 81
per acre The deed contains $1i4.4
largest transfer of land ever made in
the county.
A child of J. f. Heith, living near
Boise was burned to death recently
under distressing circumstances. Ine
mother had thrown some ashes out in
the yard and had gone some distance
from the iouse. The cund wandered
near the ashes and it's clothes took
fire from some live Goals There was
no one about and it was some time
before a neighbor heard the screams
of the little one and went to the res
cue. The child died in few hours.