The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1907-12-27
STATE and COUNTY news.
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

Bonners Ferry has few cases OF
smallpox in quarantine.
At Occur d'Alene. Monday night.
the Standpoint boys basket ball team
was defeated by score of 36 to Is.
The University of Idaho basket
ball team defeated the Lewiston high
school team at Lewiston with score
Of 40 to 16, Dec. 20.
The body of an unknown man, ap-
parentlv a laborer or lumbefjack, was
found floating in the Spokane river
near Lacrosse Monday afternoon.
F. A. Rapp, professor of the Uni-
versity of Chicago, has been appoint
ed assistant to Professor N. Little Of
the department of civil engineering
IN the University of Idaho.
The state finished the introduction
of direct testimony and evidence in
the Pettibone case at Boise on Tues
day, and the defense by one of their
attorneys filed a motion asking that
the jury be advised to acquit the de-
fendant.
T. P. Campbell of Occur d'Alene
has been awarded $1,000 by the CON-
mission appointed by the court to de-
termine the amount the Chicago &
st Paul Railway company should pay
for the right to cruss Mr.. Campbell's
land located near the junction of the
St. Joe and St. Maries rivers at St.
Maries.
Alton P. Dudley, aged So years, for
whom the town OF Dudley, Idaho, was
named, died Dec. 24,at the Deaconess
hospital in Spokane, as the result OF
an operation. He was pioneer OF
northern Idaho and had been engaged
in the mining and lumber industries.
The body will be shipped to Cataldo
for burial.
From Post Falls comes the news
that Miss Carrie Knudson, aged ~,
only daughter of Herman Knudson, a
farmer of the Spokane valley, died
suddenly Tuesday morning at her
home a mile and half west of Post
Falls. The cause of death was rheu'
matism OF the heart. The funeral
was announced to be held in the
Methodist church in Post Falls
Thursday afternoon Vesterday.)
Idaho is to have another Carey ac
project. The segregation has beef
approved by the state land board ant
last Saturday fling was made upo'
10000 acres near McCammon, Ban
mock county, at the Blackfoot LAM
office, by the Port Neuf-Marsh vale
Irrigation company. This acreag
was withdrawn some time ago by tn
reclamation service, but the depart
ment dec ded to again throw 1t ope
for entry and Dec. q was the earlles
date on which such entry was mad
allowable.
The case Of Lorenzo Olin and WI
versus the Spokane and Occur d'Aler
electric line was settled Monday, Qt
of court to the satisfaction OF Do
parties. About three years ago u
2 year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs. OH
who reside at Heutter near the ele
trio line, wandered from home al
was killed by passenger train. Su
was begun for $4,000 damages In q
district court, the jury allowing u
full $4,000. A rehearing was denle
hut the court reduced the amount
$4,000.
Last Sunday two arrests were ma
IN Boise of saloon men who Ke
their places open in violation OF
law. The police Of Lewiston fou
no violations of the statute In tn
city. In Wallace, Wardner. etc.,
law was SO strictly enforced that
telegraph and telephone OFFICES :"
closed. At Wallace the manager
The Western Union Office was arres'
for holding his Office open. 10 OIL
towns OF the state, telephones
fa1ooranhs were left running.