The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1903-12-04
Cable, and what a good Dinner!
So those present say.
. County News

The fight which has SO long existed.
between the sswater companies or |
Coenr d'Alene, was settled last week.
The Occur d'Alene Water & Light
company disposed Of It's entire system
to- the Consumers Company. The
new company will now proceed with
its enterprise OF furnishing the town
with better water and fire protection,
The old company, in opposition to
public opinion, had done all In It's
power to keep the new company from
doing business, and, have yielded
only at the promptings Of business
sagacity, when 1t found it could not
carry out It's undertaking. 1t had
made preparation to pipe water from
Hayden LAKE. This work will now be
abandoned. The Injunction suit
which the old company had brought
against its opponent will be dismissed.
Tne Spokane Eastern Lumber com
pany, incorporated for 80 years, with
capital stock OF $25, 900, is putting
in a sawmill at Granite, Idaho, at O..
cost Of about $4,000. The mill will
have a capacity Of 10000 feet a day.
andwill saw mostly. for eastern ship
inent. The firm will also do a
brokerage and jobbing business. It
Is estimated that there are 20, 900, 000i
feet OF logs tributary TO the mill, and
the company has an option on s,000,-
600 feet of them. The mill will en-
ploy about Is men constantly. The
incorporators are #, B. Newton,
formerly with, the Red Lake Lumber
company Of Minnesota, and T. l..
Rogers of Spokane.
The tranquility of HARRISON, was
somewhat disturbed Monday morning.
The Red men OF the reservation were
noticed walking. rapidly up and down
Main street, gesticnlating and sput-
terlng their jargon. Shortly 1T was
made clear the cause Of it all In.
dian Police Davenport accompanied
by his aides were In search OF one
Timothy, a tall raw-boned Red-skin,
who had been on prOtracted spree,
and disturbing the peace ofsthe reser-
yation, crOwning his mlsdemeanOr by
administering a cruel beating Ia
Indian to a rival young. buck. lie
was captured and handcuffed, placed
In the saddle and taken to Mission,
where he will be tried and perhaps
punished. --Searchlight.
Thursday was the coldest night FOL
this region this season. The ther-
momctor falling to % degrees above
zero. 1t registered two degrees
above the coldest point reached dur.
Ing last winter. The cold snap
however, did not last long and wa,
followed. Friday, by steady, warn
rain, spelling the good sleighing thai
prevailed for a few days SAINT;
Times.
| Alphonse Mayer, who died at hi
home in Occur d'Alene, Thanksgiving
day, had been III for more than yea
with tuberculosis and other incurabl'
complications. His death had beer
long expected. He was As years o
age and leaves a wife and eigh
children. He was a beneficiary mem
Der of the society of Modern Wood
mgn of Americe, and held paid "
certificate for $4,000, which goes =
his family, whose circumstances ha'
been greatly reduced by his long i'll
ness. Mr.. Mayer had lived in Coeir
, d'Alene for a number Of years an
was known as an hon est industriou
man before sickness compelled him t
abandon manual labor.
| John A. Finch, OF Spokane, ha
begun work on the erection OF hi
summer residence at Hayden lake
1t is to be of unique Swiss architec
, ture, size 45x5S feet, with two storie
and basement. 1t will be complet
ed next May. It is to be fitted wit
electric lights, plumbed and heate
; by a Lot air furnace.
The C. & 5. Ry., is to be continue
l on to Fernan lake, 1t is reported.
jessie, the l2-year old daughter
: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Robbins, die
at Occur d'Alene, Sunday Of last wee
. and was buried there Tuesday, fro
the Presbyterian church. Pneumon
was the cause OF death.
While having toe amputated
Standpoint. one diy last week,