The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-08-19
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Events and Industrial Progress.
Wallace, with population of g..
500, has 80 saloons.
George A AXline, of Corning. Iowa
has been elected president of the AL
bion state normal school for the en-.
suing year.
Miss Anna Long, of Boise, has
becn selected as instructor of domcs.
tic science in the public schools of
Porto Rico.
At a meeting held last week by the
citizens OF the north side precinct on
the Idaho side of Newport, it was
decided to notify all persons that un-
lawful hunting and shooting Of game
will not he tolerated IN the precinct.
Pear blight has heen discovered in
the orchards CT Oneida county and
uther parts of southern 1daho, and.
according to Horticultural Inspector
Mcpherson, herioc treatment will be
necessary to save the trees.
A stabh!ng alfray took place at the
penitentiary Wednesday of last week.
One of the prisoners, John Ray.
serving sentence for burglary,
thrust an inch blade into the neck of
Pat Courtney. also serving for burg
larry. The wound is not serious.
The veterans of the Spanish war
met in annual reunion at Wardner,
Aug 10 and chose the following
officers: ExUov Frank Hunt, COM
mander; NJ. j. LINK, senior command.
cr; Ed Pollard, Junior commander; ].
Snow, adjutant; d. .. Badey, chap.
lain.
Senator Dubois was turned down
by the democratic convention in
bingham, his hume county which re-
fused to make him delegate to the
Lewiston convention. However he
secured place on the delegation
from Custer.
The nomination, on the republican
ticket, that is probably received with
the most favor. here, says Wallace
despatch, is that of Robert Bragaw of
X Otenai county for state auditor.
Many o. the old residents of Shoshone
county are well acquainted with him,
and hold him in high esteem. Dur
ing territorial days, aud for a num-
her Of years after ldaho's admittance
as a state, Mr.. Bragaw was auditor of
kootenai, and it was then that he be
came well known TO Shoshone resi-
dents.
Frank Archibald Cameron, an
humble blacksmith of Henry, in
Hammock county, has just inherited a
large fortune by the death of his
uncle in Scotland. lie is now d
millionaire. One Of the provisions of
the will is that he should marry
WHICH he did without delay. He mas
already began to spend his money
lavishly, for property,
Nels ]. Bleken & Co., the con
tractors who were recently awarded
the contract for building the Mini
doka dam, failed to make good by
filing their bond within the time
agreed. The department at Wash
lngton has declared the Bleken
check of $1,000 forfeited and
awarded the contract to Bates &
Rogers Co., of Chicago for $4a5,-
925.
{. NJ. Darling and c. G. Murphy,
two young men from Jackson,
Mich, are making a tour of the
ohited States on bicycles. They
lett ackson on the second of May
and are to traverse every state in
the Union and be back within
eighteen months, on a wager of
$4,000, one condition Of the wager
being that they arc to earn their
living while on the trip. This
thcy have succeeded doing SO far
toy selling aluminium pin trays.
They have travelled 1885 miles OF
the 1900 or more which they
must traverse in making their trip
They feel confident OF winning
Their wager.