The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-08-26
STATE and COUNTY NEWS.
Items of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

Of the Week.
The new armory and gymnasium
building at the Moscow State Uni
versity Is completed.
Charles S. Cclc has been commits
stoned postmaster at Copeland, vic,
Mrs. Mary e. Dawson, resigned.
| Two flowing artisan wells have
have been discovered near Soda
Springs while sinking mining shafts
| Joe Neeser, prominent farmer oi
Lincoln county, was killed instantly,
Sunday before last, while getting ia
some hay before a threatening storm.
L. 4. Chalmers, a prominent at
torney Of Blackfoot, was killed and
horribly mutilated by cars in the
railroad yards Of that place. lie
stumbled upon the track in front of
a moving train.
Rural free delivery has been estab-
lished at Troy, Latah county, the
mail TO leave at 8 a. M, and to ar
rive at . p. M. The special service
at Ellis, Custer county has boen dis
continued.
"A meeting of the state land board
was held 10 the governors office, Aug.
l6, when loans were granted. School
bonds to the amount Of $35, 900 were
purchased and state warrants amount
ing to $2l 900.
Fires in the timber belt of Idaho
county have aroused the feeling of
the settlers against the sheep men
whom they believe set the fires in
order to burn path for their fiocks
through the fallen timber belt to the
mountains. There are more than
10000 sheep in the section.
The tawn OF Ito, in Nez Perce
county. was completely burned last
Saturday. But one building, con-
trining the bank, is all that was left
of the thriving town.
Clifford Pinchot and L. II. Newell,
commissioners Of the government to
study the public land question in
connection with forestry and reclaim.
alton, were at Wallace last week
looking into the matter OF the pro-
posed forest reserve on the forks OF
tn CDpur d'Alene river. They found
a strong sentiment against reserves
as they are managed.
James r. Howell has laid out a
townsite SIX miles south uf Minidoka,
on the Cassia county SIDE Of the
Snake river. and only half mile OF
SO below the site of the dam that the
government Is to build to irrigate the
lands thereabouts. Mr.. Howell has
named his town Rosstcn, and he i.
proceeding to patent the land as min.
eral hearing Mr.. Howell has an un.
broken chain OF title to the land
with undIspnted possession for q
years. also wheels that raise 400 inch
es Of water to enable him to mine
HALEY Times.
The Great Northern Railroad Co.
has filed bill in equity in the cir
cult court Of the United States TO
the northern division of Idaho agains
KuOtenai county asking for an in
junction enjUining County Assessor
Thompson from selling the company.
property for taxes and asking tn,
court to command and enjoin Mr.
Thompson to accept the SUM of $40,
546 90 In payment Of the railroad
company's taxes for the year 1903
and TO perpetually enjoin and restrail
the county and its servants from pro.
ceedlng with the sale Of the railroad
company's lands for taxes. The to
tai assessment against the railroad
company is S2s,57l6O, and of thu
amount 81, ,093. So is special school ia.
S4, $50 is special road tax and S2,e57.
Al is penalty tax. Tnc railroad
company wants to pay the genera
tax only. The action of the Compan
was commenced at Moscow after tn
adycrtized sale of its lands to th
county had taken place.