The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1908-06-26
STATE AND COUNTY NEWS
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

Judge Woods has denied a rehear-
ing ia the case Of Carscallen Bros.
versus the St. Joe Transportation
company, which involved a damage
suit Of $l70O for the sinking of a pile
driver in Occur d'Alene lake.
The Indians OF the Nez Perce
reservation are planning for a series
of camp meetings TO be held 10
different towns on the reservation
this summer. The frst of the series
will be held at Sites commencing in
about two weeks.
Merrill A. Yothers, a graduate
with the class of 1907 of the Universi.
ty OF Idaho, has received notice of
his appointment as instructor 10
entomology at the Michigan Agri-
cultural college, ut Lansing. The
UClu Ol oRPOIuUnCuu 10 AtO" July
1908,, to September 1909.
Lake Pend Oreille at Hope is now
the highest it has been since 1894.
It.is 10 feet Z inches higher than last
year. 1t fell one inch on Wednesday
of last week in "a hours. The Hope
company's big sawmill is closed and
can not open up until the water goes
down several feet, as there are three
feet of water 10 the engine room.
AldOver Justin, convict who was
serving Is years In the penitentiary
for burglary. committed In Kootenai
county, and. who escaped from the
guard while at work on ditch on
May 10 and was captured later In the
hills above the penitentiary, was ar
raigned before Judge Savidge's court
and held to answer the charge of
escaping. 1t was explained that
Justin slipped behind rock, escaping
from the guard while he was counting
a squad of men who had just returned
from short errand.-Capital News.
The Northern Pacific Ry. Co., has
let the contract for the construction
of a 2O.stall roundhouse miles west
of Standpoint to a Minneapolis Arm.
Auxiliary to the roundhouse will be a
machine and blacksmith shop, turn
table, storehouses and coal wharves
at cost Of 100000.
The supreme court handed down an
opinion in the celebrated Day divorce
case June II, increasing the amount
OF alimony, as fixed by Judge Edgar
G. Steele 10 the Shoshone county dis
trict court to be paid by Eugene b.
Day. a wealthy nine owner of north
Idaho interested IN the Hercules
mine, to mis- divorced wife, Agnes
Loretta Day. The opinion says the
court abused It's discretion in ONLY
allowing the plaintiff $500 for cou n
sci fees, 5000 for suit money and $fOC
per month allmony. The amounts
are increased to $4500 for counsel fees,
$4,000 for suit money, and $3.50 pei
month, allmony.
The Idaho & Washington Northern
Railroad. the "Pend Oreille River
Route" has issued handsome ne"
booklet descriptive Of the territory
reached by its route and the st',ame'
service of the Pend Oreille Rive
Navigation company. The book is
fine piece of printing illustrated Will
views Of the scenes along the railroad
and the river. 1t will attract lDAn
tourists and sightseers to the trip am
give them an opportunity to ne come
acquainted with the beauty and re
sources of the country.
With the publication OF this Dooi
Is inaugurated a new spelling Of th
name of the river. The general
accepted spelling has been ''Pe end q
Oreille" but on authority of irforma
tion from the United State Geo
graphical Society the spelling OF tn
name by the railroad and navi gatio
companies has been chang' q
Spend Oreille. ."-Ex.