The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1905-02-17
STATE and COUNTY news.
Items of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO lDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

Nez Perce county spent $36, ,O93. .02
on roads last year; about 1900
more than was expended for the pur.
pose in 1908.
r. II. Barton, postmaster OF Mos
COW, has been removed from office on
the ground of incompetcncy.
There is a bounty Of $l.5O on coy
ote scalps in Nez Perce county. AS
a result 31O 0f the animals were
killed in 1908 and 32s in 1904.
The commercial club OF Payette
has secured the ground and bonus
for beet sugar factory which they
are endeavoring TO have located at
that place.
by drection OF the president, II.
Smith Woolley, assaycr at Boise, was
summarily removed from Office last
week for drawing pay for his brother
after the latter had ceased to be an
employe Of the office.
Senator Hepburn has recommended
Joseph Pinkham OF Bolsc 10 succeed
II. Smith Woolley as assayer or the
government assay office at Boise.
Mr.. Woolley has been removed TN the
ground OF irregularity in conduct Of
the otllcc.
Representative Turner OF Bingham
county has introduced bill into the
legislature to annex the southwestern
portion OF Fremont county to ling
ham, leaving the question to vote
OF the people OF the portion to be
annexed.
Twenty-six old soldiers, inmates OF
the soldiers home at Boise have sent
petition to the governor protesting
against the reappointmsnt of Super
! intendent Chamberlain. They charge
that the home is kept IN bad con-
dition and is filled with yermin, and
that the sick are neglected.
With but one week in which to
! summon the ju:y, the sheriff and his
subordinaces have been kept unusual
ly busy since Thursday morning of
last week, much of the service being
performed in the cold snap which be.
gan at that time.
The appraisers at Wallace have re-
ported the estate OF the late Harry N.
Hilliard, who committed suicide by
shooting at the home of 81 Donelly
at Lakeyiew, Idaho, last fall, to be
valued at $43,375. or this sum S4O,-
900 is fixed at the value OF the estates
holdings III the Amazon. Manhattan
group OF mining claims. The bal.
ance of the estate is composed mostly
Of mining claims in the Occur d'A lene
! district.
Senator Taylor OF Kootenai count,
has introduced, BY request, bill de-
signed to put an end to the frequent
disputes OF lumbermeu over tide land,
The bill declares that all the lake,
and rivers not crossed by lines of sur
vcy made under authority of tn,
United States are navIgablc. Al
shore lines between high and low
water marks and the beds OF all navi
gable bodies Of water are declared t
be owned by the state, whose title i
made paramount. The supervision
is left with the state land board.
Harrison Is soon to have an i'm
proved water system. An agreemen
has been entered into between tn
council and the water company, H.
which 5000 Is to be invested ii
increasing the capacity Of the system
securing puter supply by extendin
the intake pipe $50 feet into tie lax
and hcttering the fire protection by
pump having a capacity Of $50 gal
Ions per minute as against the 13
gallons at present. A reservoir is t
be built on the mountain side. with
10 three years, To have a capacity q
$50, 900. The litigation between tn
water company and the council is t
be settled nv the town paying s27o
ot the S41oo which the compan
claimed to be due for monthly rents
oi b'ydrants.