The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1905-03-17
STATE and COUNTY news.
Items of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

Il. l.. Whitney, warden of the peni-
tentiary, has appointed George Hue
bcner Of Coeur d'Alene to be his
chief clerk IN the institution at
Boise.
Thursday Of last week the steamer
Schley hcgan to make daily trips be-
tween Harrison and the head Of navi-
cation of the st. Joe river. The
steamer Bouita began to make three
trips week between Occur Alene
and St. Mares. leaving Occur d 'Alenc
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Senator Leander w. Smith of
Washington county, r. +. Payne of
Idaho Falls and G. X. McCrum of
Boise. have been appointed by Gov
ernor GOoding as members OF the
state board of pharmacy. Smith will
serve three years, Payne two years
and McCrum one year.
The citizens Of St. Maries met at
the Methodist Episcopal church, one
evening last week, to take steps to.
ward securing the permanent location
Of the Spokane Chautauqua at that
place. S. G. Sargent, r. S. Winship
and A. A. Darknell were appointed u
committee to secure donations to-
ward the institution.
During the time the falls were dry
at Shoshone on the Snake River. Mar.
lst, half breed Indian, half drunk,
stripped off his clothes and sprang
from "Lovers Leap straight down
23S feet into the pool at the foot OF
the falls. To the surprise OF specta-
tors he came to the snrface and swan
out unhurt.
The capitol building board awarded
the contract for the state treasurer's
vault to Samuel Brown, of the Norris
Safe and Lock company for $500.
The contract requires that the vault
be lined with j inch steel. The safe
is to weigh 10000 pounds and have
space for storing $4,000, 900 in gold.
The material will have to be made to
order, which will require about four
months time before 1T can be in
stalled.
Last Saturday Governor Gooding
vetoed the bill to regulate the put
ting out Of poison for squirrels, and
to prohibit putting out poison in
lands not fenced. The bill therefore
prohibited the poisoning Of coyotes,
wild cats, ETC., on the public domain
and, IN the governors opinion, would
be disastrous to the livestock indus.
try. Incidentally the governor men.
tions that 10000 coyotes and wild
cats were destroyed under the scair
bounty law which was repealed by
this session of the legislature.
Governor Gooding's first veto mes.
sage was tlled at Boise last Friday
1t was his disapproval Of the bill pro
hibiting mining companies from ac
quiring or disposing Of mining pro
perty without the consent Of th'
holders of two.thirds Of the stock
The governor contends that the bill
would seriously delay and retard tn
growth of the great mining industr
OF the state as the stockholders ar
frequently scattered all over th
United States and would have to b
communicated with.
/ Two thousand people witnessed tn
closing OF the gates upon the Snak
river at Twin Falls, March lst. Fo
one day the bed Of the Snake. belo'
the dam was dry where the water ha
ran its course unchecked for ages
The great falls at Shoshone were al
most dry. Hundreds Of people crosse
the river he'd, dry shod, sought ft
nuggets which some claimed woul
, be found, and caught trout an
, whiteHsh marooncd in numer0l
pools. Gradually the great lrrlgatio
, dam filed, the water began to cscaI
: Though the spillway and the riv'
resumed its natural course.
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