The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-11-11
STATE and COUNTY NEWS.
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST," TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

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A farmer ia Fremont county raised
Sl00 worth of sugar bcets On one acre
{ land.
Judge Stewart, OF Silver City, last
week sentenced Berry Givcns, the
Owyhee horse thief to five years in
the state penintentiarv at Boise.
Miss Pearl Allen, l3 year-old girl
Of Gray's Lake, while visiting friends
at Idaho Falls, was severely burned
by Using coal oil to start fire.
| Arnold Johnley, an aged taller Of
Montpelier, was run down and killed
on the railroad track at that place,
Saturday, by passenger train.
The new beet sugar factory at Sug-
ar City will handle about 10000 tons
OF beets this, the first year, and will
distribute about $l25, 900 among the
farmers Of that section on the 18th
OF this month. Next year 1t is
expected To double these figures.
The remains OF Aro Takio, who
disappeared last May and was thought
to nave gone TO Thunder Mountain,
we're found In the Payette river last
week. Nothing but the bones aud
parts of clothing remained. ldentl-
Acation was made by money and
papers found in the clothing.
While temporarily insane, Mrs.
Thomas Alley, who lived with her
family about mile from Emmett,
drowned herself in a pool near the
, 'Payette river. Her body was found
by Il passerby. She took her six
!, weeks old child with her, but the
baby has not been found.
Il State Engineer Wayne Darlington
/ has resigned his position to accept
t the management Of a mine in Call
! fornia at a salary of $4,000 a year.
James Stephenson, who has been
assistant engineer will be appointed
to the vacancy.
i On Nov. 3, several hundred people
, crowded the court room at Blackfoot
to overtlowing to hear the closing
arguments in the murder case against
james Connors, who killed Deputy
e Sheriff L. p. Sweet on September %
!. at that place. Every available foot
Of space was taken. The jury, aftel
being out about three hours, brought
" in a verdict Of guilty Of murder in the
&c first Urgree. Connors showed nt
{ slgus of weakening when the vcrdic,
II was read. Ills defense was alcoholic
n insanity.
&c Alex Mcpherson sent a fine involcs
: of choice apples, on Nov. 3, by e&
'o press to St. Louis for the ldah'
'o exhibit at The worlds fair. Tb
. will probably bc the last shipment 0
;" fruit that 1T Will be necessary u
- make. He also sent few naninotl
- beets for the agricultural department
!" which has already been awarde
u several medals. Capital News.
,o The Miner dam is practically con-
ID pleted aud the Snake river unde
= perfect control. Within the mex
five or six weeks water will hc turnc
into the canal, which will be CAREFUL
settled aud puddcd during tbs wint.
:" SO that no delay will occur whc
VI water is needed. No water for irr
w CATION purposes will be turned
=" until spring, although it could
had sooner IL the necessity existed.
Slot machines do not fare we
of down IN Ada county. On Tucsdi
TO OF last week, the sheriff took sest
,cd slot machines from the home Of
nd Mr.. Morris in Boise, and burnt
he them. On the same day by order
lad the probate Judge, three Slot machin
m were taken from a saloon ut Star.
ore the same courtyard also burned
md Boise.
'e.' The Mornions have purchased Z
- Christian church property, In Bois
'o' for $4,000. This is the church bull
- ing in which Rev. b. +. Clay, DubO
nominee for congress, presided
ios, pastor for some time. The Christa
,,s church people will build IN . !"