The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-07-09
STATE And COUNTY NEWS
Items Of Interest Cathe ered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHoA rs.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

VI the week.
A movement has been started 10
Nez Perce county to divide the cdun-
ty into three after the next general
election.
A new postofflce named Brady, 10
honor of the governor, has been es.
tabished 25 miles above Goff on the
upper Salmon river.
Lightning struck Bozanta tavern
at Hayden lake, Monday, during The
storm, starting small blaze which
was quickly extingushed. No one
was hurt although about 100 peo pie
were 10 the building at the time.
The features of the celebration at
Occur d'Alene. July S, were he
parade, and the public wedding in
the evening Of Charles Brandon nd
Olga Straalsjoe who received prese is
valued at $500.
The explosion of FIRE cracker in
Nampa. july 3, caused a contiagra-
ton that wiped out the best business
block Of the city and caused a pro.
perty loss Of $500, 900. Several times
the fire threatened to destroy the
entire place.
The seventy fifth anniversary of
the raising of the American flag at
Fort Hall, was celebrated at Black
foot, July 3. Governor Brady de-
livered the principal address.
A report to the Spokesman Review
alleges that liquor was sold and drank
at the bar of the Hotel Idaho at
Occur d'Alene on July 4, in violation
of the Sunday closing law. No r
rests were made.
Jean Woucan, who has been en-
ployed in the neighbOrhood of ST. Joe
as sawmill hand for years, was in-
stantly killed Friday near St. Joe,
when an old tree fell on him while he
was walking along the road.
Jones Long, a rancher living near
Standpoint, was drowned Saturday 10
Pend d'Oreille lake. The boat in
which he was riding sank after filing
with water from hole ia the bottom.
Long was Mason and the funeral
was conducted by this order Sunday
at Standpoint
Two serious fires started last
week in the Occur dAlene national
forest, one on the North Fork of the
Occur d'Alene river and the other
above Springston, and had it npt
been for the rain. they would have
caused much loss. Careless campers
are believed to have caused the fire ds
State Dairy and Pure Food To-
spector James II. Wallis seized 800
pounds of butter at Boise last Satur
day because the packages were
branded Is ounces and weighed but
IA 3.4 ounces. The butter belonged
to the Commercial Creamery company
and was On sale at various stores.
Proceedings have been instituted
10 the district court at Occur d'Alene
to restrain the county authorities
from holding the delinquent tax sale
to be held July 10. 1t is claimed the
notice for the sale of property for
delinquent taxes was not published
on or before the fourth Monday 10
May as required by law
Professor e. e. Elliott, dean ot
the agricultural college department
of the University of Idaho, visited
ClagstUne Junction, in Bonner coun
-ty. to arrange the details for the
establishment at that place of the
north Idaho experiment station.
Paul Clagstone has presented the
college 200 acres of land near the
junction.
Larker A. Smith assessor of Shn
shOne county, In complaint filed in
the United States district court hy
the Milwaukee Land company, Is
charged with having wrongfully and
illegally assessed mining property df
the Hercules. SnOwstorm, Bunker
Hill s. Sullivan, Federal, Success,