Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-05-23
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Jack Sullivan last week sold his
ranch near Boomers Ferry to Chas. G.
Reeder Of Spokane, the consideration
being $1,000.
The Bonners Ferry school closes to-
day and the exercises will be held in
,ne new O. q. T. hall this evening.
On last Friday Callahan & Bogle's
log boom near the mouth of the koo-
,enai river broke, letting out some
zoo. 600 feet of logs in the kootenai
lake.
W. E. Grant and Miss Merle Wheel
or OF Harrison We're married in Spo-
kane sast week. They will make their
future home at Harrison.
JE. Gibbs, assistant y. p. agent
At Occur d'Alene, last Thursday eve
ming discovered burglar in the
freight room of the depot. He
covered the culprit with a revolver
until his wife could bring the marshal.
The burglar was locked up in the city
iail. but made his escape during the
night.
The order received from the general
land office recently, opening to entry
the land embraced in the Harrison
townsite, has been countermanded
and the people who had been hopeful
OF securing title to their property at
an early date are very much dissatis-
fed. The Searchlight continuously
hints at CROOKED" work by some one.
The stane board Of hand commission
ers are advertising the sale on May 81,
at Moscow, Of all the timber on lands
belonging to the state in townships So.
40 and Al north. range l east; town.
ships 80 and 40 north, range l west,
and townships 40 and Al north, range
2 west. The timber in this body,
which is reported to be heavy and
of fine quality, will be sold in one
body. 1t has been appraised by the
state at 81. 90 per thousand for white
and IS cents for yellow pine. This
timber is all located in Latah county.
The Kootenai Herald says that c.
A. Foresman Of Lewiston, deputy Z.
S. marshal, was at Bonners Ferry last
week with subpoenas for witnesses to
appear before the federal grand jury
| in session at Moscow to testify in re-
lation to an alleged case of illegal tim
Der cutting by Callahan & Boyle, the
alleged offense having been committed
1 on Deep Creek some two years ago.
G. r. Gray, A. J. Kent, A. Hawthorn,
j. O'Conner and Special Agent Swartz
1 were the witnesses subpoenied. They
appeared at Moscow, returning We'd
I nesday, but the result of the investi-
\ cation is not yet known.
Sunday morning. while engaged at
work in his place. Charles Andrews of
st. MarieS met with serious injury
4 by the accidental discharge of an au-
tomato 3S-calibre Colts revolver. He
| was driving screw into the floor and
was carrying the weapon strapped
4 about him. In the act of STOPPING
over the weight of the handle caused
4 the weapon to fall to the floor and dis
Scharge itself. The bullet entered his
body just above the heart, ranged up
ward and came out at the collar bone,
splintering the shoulder blade and in
flicting terrible flesh wound about
eight inches in length, says the Cour-
Ter. Had the ball taken a course a
Slight fraction To the right it would
have severed the jugular vein and per-
haps have caused instant death. DR..
3C. +. WILDER dressed the wound and
the patient is slowing improving.
4 a special from Rathdrlmn under
zdate OF May 10, says that Judge May
hew today rendered a decision sus-
tanning the appeal against the reduc-
tien Of salaries of county officers as
liked by the county commissioners at
their last regular meeting a few weeks
deo he appeal was Drought by w.
Is. Mcfarland Of Occur d'Alene on the
aground that kootenai is county OF
the first class and that a reduction in
salary OF the county auditor to 81, 800,
a Similar reduction on the sheriff and
cutting the probate judges salary
3from ST. 200 to $500 made the remuner-
PATTON Of the officials too small for the
service required by the county. The
result OF the decision restores the old
salaries and annuls the action of the
commissioners in cutting salaries
IL Is the general impression that the
commissioners will take an appeal.
Edward Rigney Of Ronners Ferry
vas sent to Rathdrum Saturday to be