The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-09-18
STATE AND COUNTY NEWS
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAH0ANs.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

Of the Week.
The state normal school at Albion
opened Tuesday of last week with an
enrollment Of 100 students.
A thousand persons were arrested
in Russia recently rOr celebrating
Count Leo Tolstoi's birthday ami.
versary.
The city OF Pocatello. this state, is
having a test well put down at cost
OF S. a foot. The we'll is being dug
10 feet square.
An insane lumberjack named Berg
committed suicide Monday by hang
ioR himself with his shoe iaces 10 the
town jail IT ST. Joe. u
The hunting season for ducks
opened Ia Idaho, September Is.
Thousauds " ducks are reported at
Chstcolet, this county, and many
hunters have been attracted to that
locality.
The McGo.drick Lumber company
Of Spokane has camp on Charley
creek, within q short distance Of
Emida, and laborers are being sent
10 to the camp from. Spokane by way
of 1ekoa.
Senator w. B. Hepburn opened the
republican campaign In southern
Idaho laat week. speaking 10 various
cities. He Is spending the present
week in the southeast which bis
itinerary covers.
Sixty settlers have lost their fight
against the state for 10000 acres of
land in the Marble creek country.
The decision of the land commission.
er holding that the state had prior
right has been aiIirmed by the secre-
tary Of the interior.
The JOINT institute OF Ada, Boise,
Canyon, Owyhee and Washington
county teachers which was In session
at the Boise High school building for
four days. and at which Ala teachers
were present, adjourned September
II after adopting resolutions unani-
mously favoring joint institute
next year.
The examination of the bo0ks Of
State Treasurer G. A. Hastings re-
suited in 6nding every detail abso-
lutely correct. The examination was
ordered early last week by Gov. +. R.
GOoding. and the report OF the
examiners is in harmony with the
forecast made by Treasurer Hastings
at the time the examination was
commenced.
Government engineers and assist
ants are surveying new t0wnsite on
the Occur d'Aiene Indian reservation
The site adjoins the present town of
st. Maries on the west side. 1t will
consist OF 400 acres and is located on
the st. Joe river. A small part OF
the new town Is ,on the north side Of
the river, but BY far the larger por-
tlon is on the south side. 1t will
make. desirable residence property
when cleared of timber.
Ada county Is to have q Prohibition
county ticket this fall and 1t is stated
that a vigorous campaign will he con-
Quoted to put tie nominees in Office
Especially will an effort be made to
elect Prohibition candidates for the
= legislature that the welfare 0f the
party, which is remarkably active
throughout the entire state, may be
safely guarded.
Tie republicans o! Idaho county
held their nominating convention at
Grangeville last Saturday, and paid
no attention to the recent speech Of
Senator Heyburn at Boise wherein he
opposed q direct primary law and
said the party had no right TO pledge
or instruct delegates or candidates
FOR Office. The Grangeville republi-
cans declared for direct primary
law and pledged their Legislative
ticket to work and vote for it.