Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-01-31

DESTROYED by fire. The buildings we're
adjoining buildings. Mr.. Neyens
multi fire at the shop and went home
| Tor breakfast. While absent the shop
caught tire. which spread to the store.
Nothing was saved from either build
ing. The loss on the butcher shop
Is 500; on the store $500. The store
Was insured for the full amount. The
shop was uninsured.
The application OF the Cameron
Lumber Company Of Harrison was up
for hearing before the state land board
at Boise, the first Of the week. The
company wants Il franchise for the
Improvement of the Occur d'Alene
river and its tributaries. The lumber
company owns big tracts Of timber
tributary 10 the streams far which
1t asks a fran hse. Other people
protest against granting the franchise.
fearing it Will give the company Il
monopoly OF the logging industry on
the streams. although the state board
Will tx the tolls To be charged. The
company proposes tt expend abou.
$50, 200 in improvements if given The
| franchise. The board came Ia no
decision in the matter and will await
] the report of state Engineer Ross
before taking action.
On last Saturday while Mr.. and Mrs.
Ciarance White. accompanied by their
| tive-year old son. Glare. were on their
way in a sleigh from their home to
Farmington, the sleigh in some man
ner, going down an incline. upset.
says the ST. Marics Courier, The boy
along with the other occupants was
| tipped out and, unfortunately, the
bed Of the sleigh fell with it's full
weight upon the boy, crushing his
neck causing instant death None
OF the other occupants OF the vehicle
were hurt. The accident occurred
about two and one-half miles from
Santa, and the bereaved parents
brough; the body to Santa, from
where it was taken Sunday To Farm
ington for interment.
Mr. Edwin Doust returned to Bon
nerS Ferry on last Thursday from
Grant county, Oregon, where he has
been experimenting the construction
OF 25-Stamp mill, with six large
size, standard concentrating tables,
having completed the job, says the
Herald. The mill was built for The
IIoosierboy Gold Mining Co. which
company also owns the Buckhorn
group on the Moyea Mr.. Doust
returns To take charge Of the com
panv's mining property here and
will look after the cpmpanys interests
until the return of Mr.. John ".
Messner secretary and general man
ager Mr. Doust informs MS that
the company intends 70 construct
their mill for the Buckhorn group
this spring and operations will COM
mence as soon as the season will
permit.
John J. and Antoine Nolk. sent up
from this county, have filed an appli-
cation for pardon in the oiiiec IF the
secretary OF state, says the Press ol
Occur d'Nlene. The two prisoners
were sent up in November, 1891. for
30 years. \ petition signed by several
hundred citizens states that the com
muhity in which they had both re.
81 led previous To their trial believes
that the ends Of justice have been
satisfied in the time the Nolks have
already served as inmates of the pcni-
,entiary. The crime and convict iu,l
Was the result of their employer
refusing ta pay them certain moneys
alleged 10 he due. The brathers held
up their employer and took the money
due them. They were tried for rob
berry ane found guilty. In the appli-
cation for "A pardon the jury and COM
planning witness signed the petition foi
clemency The crime occurred ~
Harrison and after beating then
victim into inse bilitx ne WAS lcfi
living on the q. X. x y. railway track
and il WAS supposed at the time thai
this was done for he purpose of letting
a train run over the body aud By thi,
means covering their crime. ~ The
time of their sentence the jHdgf
thought The crime an unusually
brutal one and for this reason hc gaSe
them heavy sentence.
Sore and swollen joints. sharp
shooting pains. torturiug muscles. nt
rest. no sleep. That means rheuma