The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1907-11-22
STATE and COUNTY news.
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

The new Humbird sawmill at Sand
point, replacing the one burned last
March, was put In operation Monday.
Judge DIETRICH Of the federal court
a. Moscow. dismissed the jury last
Sunday after an attendance Of 40
days.
Chas. Stibbs, one time champion
foot racer OF Canada, died at Sand
point last Friday evening, of heart
failure.
Virginia Skeen, a 12.year-old girl
of Troy, who had limb broken on
the N. p. was awarded $1,000 damages
10 the federal court at Moscow.
The attendance at the University
OF Idaho shows a gain of Is per cent
over that of last year. 1t Is now
near the 400 mark.
The body OF man was found in
the st. Joe river Friday afternoon,
about three miles below the fork. 1t
was later identified as that of Alfred
Ryberg, an empl0ye Of the G. M. 4
St. p. railroad There were no marks
OF violence on the body.
At the family residence at Hayden
lake Friday afternoon, the l8-month-
old daughter of George w. Riggs
pulled a large pan of hot grease from
the stove and was horribly burned,
but the physicians say there is
chance for her life.
w. H. McGarrah. who recently
pleaded guilty to robbing the North
ern Pacific ticket office at Kamiah, }
Idaho, after telling thrilling story
Of hold.up, has been sentenced to
serve two years In the state prison at
Boise.
The Idaho University football team
won another game last Saturday by
defeating Whitman by a score OF II
too. John Middleton, the Idaho
coach, is acquiring considerable cele-
brity as football genius.
Workmen employed on the G. NJ. 4
St. P. grade at st. Maries Monday
mobbed Contractor Robert Mars be-
cause be paid off the men with checks
Instead. of cash. Mr.. Mars finally
quieted the men by promising to Sc
cure the cash for them.
Eastern Washington and northern
Idaho lumbermen who INTERVIEWED IN
the suit Of the Coast lnmbermen
against the railroads to prevent the
putting into effect of the new lumber
freight schedule have secured a tenn
porary Injunction restraining the
roads from putting into effect the
increased rate.
Gooding, a new town in southern
Idaho is to be "dry". Saloon people
who had bought lot and had gooos
on hand to open have been denied
license by the Lincoln county COM
missioners. Voters and citizens had
entered a protest against the saloon
and 1t was needed.
The Traders State bank at Sand
point suspended making payments
and taking deposits last Friday
morning. The reason given Is that
owing to the financial stringency the
bank has been unable to realize on
about $50, 900 of secured loans held
by Standpoint business concerns. II
IS believed the suspension is only
temporary as the securities are sale
to be gilt-edged.
A Pocatello dispatch says: IAN
Idaho state retail liquor dealers
association was formed here last nlghl
to combat the moves of the temper
ance and prohibition workers IN ths
state. Delegates were present IRON
seven counties. Pocatello Is the sea-
OF war for prohibition, the city coun-
Gil having passed to its frst readins
an ordinance closing all the saloons
in town.
The supreme court last Frida'
handel down an opinion faffirmln
Judge Morgan, formerly OF the bencl