The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-08-03
STATE and COUNTY news.
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO lDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
OF the Week.


At st. Maries last Sunday, the
baseball team Of that place won the
game with the Standards Of Spokane.
The score was 8 toe.
Forest fires in the vicinity OF Pow
der Horn bay near Harrison, have
burned two bridges on the logging
railroad OF Russell 8 Pugh,
The town tax levy OF Standpoint
has been fixed at 10 mills, six mills
for current expense and four mills
for dock fund. Last year the levy
was l8 mills.
A. E. Love, alias "Portlsnd
Whitley" who burRlarlzed postofilce
in Shoshone county and was SEN
fenced to serve 10 years, escaped from
the peniteutiary. Guards ]. +.
Robl uson, Jos. Brill, W. A. Dewitt
and w. H. Rogers, who permitted
the escape. have been discharged.
Spaulding, q town 10 Nez Perce
county, founded 10 1885, was des-
troyed by fire, July 81. Only two
houses remain OF the business section.
1t was the frst white settlement 10
Idaho.
A contract was closed few days
ago for SIS, 900 worth of Idaho prunes
to be shipped to London and Glasgow.
The first carload will be packed and
loaded into a refrigerator car during
the session of the National Irrigation
congress at Roise, and the fruit will
be inspected by the delegates Of the
congress.
Idaho has 10000, 900 acres OF
merchlnta ble timber and 100000
acres of mineral lands. These indus
tries will be fully exploited at the
Fourteenth National Irrigation con-
gress, to meet at Boise, September 3
to 8, to demonstrate the unlimited
market for farm products.
Beating his wife and threatening
to carve her into bits was the charge
on which Dan Drisc oil was sentenced
at Standpoint last week to serve 80
days lu the county bail. Driscoll Is .
Spokane stationary engineer and IT u
believed his mind was unbalanced BY
drink.
A company has been orkanized al
Olympia, WASH, which proposes u
construct railroad from the .. y
s. N. near Lockwood. Spokane county
WASH, along Lake creek and Lax
creek bay to Lake Occur d'Alene nea
Farmington landing, and shecc
along the lake shore to the o. Il. 8
N. near the south end OF the lake
thus gis.ing Spokane a new and short
er railway route to the Occur d. Alenes
Du ring the electric storm, SUNDAY
the b ouse of Isaac Cooper at Coeu
dale me was struck by ligt lining
teari ng OF the corner and stunnin
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper. The latte
was sying on a sofa, and dog, iyio
ON tive floor at her side, was kt llet
The youse Of e E. Thomas. Sr., ws
also truck, shocking Mr.. aud Mr.
Thon sas, and doing damage to tn
house and breaking the glass 10
dress ar.
Fo 4 est ores around Standpoint al
doing great damage aud y den'
sm ike surrounds tlaat place. ln u
p lck r iyer distric 1 one logging cam
was sa we'd with much dificulty'
erew OF ten fgh ting for their Nv
agai nst the fam. es which surrouLd'
the amp.
AT SanG. point, Tuesday mornln
Thomas Shil,e, q n old SOLDIER !"
found dead near he Stockholm salo
loing between t, yo buildings. :
deceased was i us ,mber OF tne -
York Volunteers in the civil W
He was abont So yen RS old.
Francis D. Ora ham, 40 oio p'one
was killed last 5aturt 'ay ai'e'uu
near his home u Me- Ar.nu''
county, by a fall, X tree. ne "a. :,
his way home thr. ,ugh sti y :. :
Der, when tree 4 VI across b. = "a1