The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1905-04-14
STATE did COUNTY news.
Items of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANs.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

1 A hospital is to be erected for the
Soldiers Home at Boise. 1t will be
located little distance from the
main building and will cost $4,000.
| Examinations for the United States
civil service will be held 10 Boise,
May 3, for inspector Of construction,
$3.50 per annum; Topographic
draughtsman 5000 to $500, and
dynamo tender, $3.50.
The Bunker Hill s. Sullivan Min
ing & Concentrating company, oper-
atIng silver and lead mines at Ward
Der, Ida, paid dividend OF SIS,
Mondayof last week. This makes a
total paid since January ], 1905,
1915. 900. aud total TO date $l2,646,.
900. m
The village election last week at
BOnners Ferry resulted in the election
W VuC July uiChcV "a Vic uciu. w. n.
Alexander, A. G. Moore, John Mul--
field, Ben Morrow, II. A. ShultIs.
Only % votes were cast
The dandelion has made its appear
ance ~ Boise, and, according to the
Capital News, remlnds everyone that
the war Of determination should be
commenced at once. This flower,
more than anything else Is said to
detract from the appearance of Boise
the Beautiful. Ra
| The Panhandle Smelter company
has let contract for the construc-
! tion of a building for a bank to be
run in connection with the smelter
now building near Standpoint. The
purpose Of the bankis to buy ores at
the dump and render aid in develop
ment Of mines and extraction OF ores.
The adiutant general, David Vick-
ers, has issued general orders No. g.,
assigning Lieut.. Col. Jonn McBirney,
assistant inspector general, to be in
'spector of small arms practice, to
advise and direct the commanding
officers Of companies In establishing
target ranges and the cost and time
and manner Of payment.
1 The Owl saloon Of Occur d'Alene
was closed by the village council, at
It's meeting April Q, owing to the
alleged fragrant violations OF the law
committed and permitted by its pro-
} prietor. Officer McGovern filed a
report recommending that the license
be not renewed. The members OF
the board unanimously concurred in
the report.
Carroll Foster, OF Weiser, secured
the Rhodes scholarship for Idaho.
He is attending the Idaho University
at Moscow. The scholarship admits
him to the Oxford University, Eng-
land, for four year course free ol
charge. The securing Of this scholar
ship Is u great honor. 1t was estab-
lished by Cecil Rhodes the Englist
multi-millionaire who provided for II
In his will. One student from eact
state is eligible for 1t each year.
Wey Lung. a Chinese, who wa
!. sentenced TO deportation has won hi
4 appeal before Judge Beatty in th'
. federal court. He came to the Uni
4 ted States as u merchant 10 1900
4 He has been In Boise eight or min
h months but is idle. lie won his ap
;. peal because he Is not d laborer. III
/ can remain in the United States un
4 til he engages IN hard work, wien h,
). will be deported. 80, q.
r The Spirit Valley Lumber Co.'S new
i traction engine and three pair o
D heavy logging trucks arrived the drs
q OF the week and were uDloaded ant
h taken to the mill. TIE engine vii
be used to haul lumber from the mil
to town and also to haul logs from
;. the woods to the mill. This begin
; 10 look like business. Newport Min
j or. ba 4'ba dt rs
y All papers relating TO the pruposet
Shoshone forest reserve, In northeri
n Idaho. have been forwarded to tn
Y president IN Colorado. Accompany
y ing Senator Heyburn's protest agains
y lie creation nj th,. rrsorrn Is i sfrin