Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-04-04
BREEZY ITEMS FROM nAruDnuM

BREEZY ITEMS FROM RATHDRuM
Faithful Record Of the Weeks Doings Mt
the County Seat.
+. +. Taylor made a business trip to
Spokane Thursday.
Miss ella Sparks was Spokane Wis.,
itor several days this week.
II. l.. Carlton Of Bonncrs Ferry was
Rathdrum visitor a couple of days
this week.
II. +. Mcfarland Of Coeur d'Aiene
pasted through town Sunday on his
way to Spokane.
Mrs. w. G. Rogers won the bicycle
that was raflied of by Miss CapItola
Dutton last Saturday.
Il. S. Wood and Il. NJ. Peters les.
for the st. Maries country Wednesday y
10 take up timber claims.
A social hop was given at Hart Is
hall Monday night and an enjoyable
time is reported by those present.
Robt. Miller came up Wednesday
and will at once commence the erec-
tion Of his saw mill at Twin lakes.
Il. II. Bradbury, ID. O. Cleland, w.
G. Rogers, Homer Blanchard and A..
II. Dugan visited st. Maries the past
week. An have returned.
william Ashley has returned from
Occur d'Alenc where he has been en-
gagged surveying and plating town
lots for the past three weeks.
Elmer Somers, civil engineer for the
ditch company, was here Tuesday
making arrangements TO commence
work on the new irrigating ditch.
The combination on the new safe Of
the Abstract company refused TO
work, and IL required the services of a
Spokane expert and a drill to open
the safe.
W. A. Dutton, Sr., and w. A. Dut-
ton, Jr.. and +. Il. Dutton and fami-
lies left Monday for Badger, Mountain,
Wash, where they have taken up
homesteads and will engage In the
stock business.
All soldiers who wish their pension
claim to receive prompt and faithful
attention should place their claims at
once In the hands Of Joseph II. Hun
ter, pension attorney, Washington,
ID. c., OF know from cxpc rience he is
the proper party To handle such cases
+. Il. TAYLOR.
Clyde Mulledy left for st. Maries
Monday, and his wife will follow hi m
shortly. Mr.. and Mrs. Mulledy will
make that place their future home.
Their many friends here are sorry 10
see them 90 and wish them abundant
success and happiness In their new
home. Mr.. Mnlledy still remains In
the employ Of NJ. ID. Wright.
| Sholto r. Rogers died at the Hotel
Wright Wednesday morning from an
overdose OF morphine. Mr.. Rogers
and Nick MolitOr had been In this VI
cinity several days, taking orders for
enlarging pictures and but little is
known Of deceased. The coroner's
jury, composed OF Oscar Sheffield,
Walter Larsen, J. S. woolery, D. o.
Cleland, a. Il. Duff j. g. Koch and
J. Il. Wilson, acting coroner, brought
in verdict that deceased came TO his
death from an overdose Of morphine,
administered by his own baud. Dr.
| Wenz was called In before Mr.. Rogers
died, but he was unconscious and be-
yond hope. The evidence showed that
deceased purchased some morphine
tablets 10 relieve pain caused by heart
trouble, and that later Mr.. Molitor
bought some tablets for him at j.
Schermanson's, which Rogers took
when he retired at about IL O'Clock.
Mr.. Molitor, who was sleeping with
him, was awakened by groans during
the hight and Immediately got up aud
went for DIR. Wenz. The DOCTOR did
everything he could To save Rogers,
WIN died at about 4 o'clock. fle
ceased wrute and. mailed = letter Y
his brother In Milwaukee the evenins
before his death. Indications poinI
to tl,e. belief that he committed sui
eide. His father Is on his way-here u
claim the body, which was elnhaImet
rlby Undertaker Klcpf. IIs