The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-10-22
STATE And COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

Of the Week.
The Wallace higk school won the
gold medal for the school exhibit at
the A..Y..P. exposition.
The total debt of Bonner county Is
sos. $685., including $74,500 out.
standing warrants.
Frank Russell committed suicide at
Occur d'Alene Monday by drinking
carbolic acid He had been drinking
heavily aud had threatened to take
his life.
Twenty.seven out Of AZ physicians
passed the recent examination held
at Boise. The successful ones are
permitted to practice their profession
in Idaho.
The liquor dealers OF Idaho county
demand OF the commissioners refund
Of the money for their -unexpired
licenses but are denied this and will
take the matter to the courts.
There are now eighteen prisoners
10 the county jail At Lewiston, ten OF
whom are under arrest for introducing
liquor on the reservation or selling
liquor to Indians.
The contract has been let for the
completion of the third story Of the
capitol building at Boise. The work
went to Murphy s. Story, whose bid
OF $l15. 800 was the lowest offered.
John Davis, who pleaded guilty to
forging a check and passing 1t at the
Mascot cigar store 10 Occur d'Alene,
was sentenced last Saturday by Judge
r. N. Dunn to one to IA years 10 the
psnltentiary.
The government has instituted con-
tests against % allottees on the Occur
d'Alene reservation. alleging that
they have not sufficient Indian blood
to inherit, one-sixteenth being the
minimum allowed.
The sale of milk in Idaho after
May l, 1910, shall be prohibited ex-
cept in bottles, and the bottles having
prescribed cleaning before refllIing.
This is a recent ruling OF the state
board OF health. Teller.
The state grain department has
promised the sportsmen Of Nez Perce
county 200 Chinese pheasants for dis
tNbutlon In the county. This is part
of q large distribution made IN all
parts OF the state, the birds being re-
ceived from Oregon.
Game Warden Stephens captured
two Salt Lake hunters with three
elk aud two deer 10 their possession,
aud without an Idaho license. When
the fines were paid the meat cost
! them two dollars pound.
Bean buyers OF the Kendrlck ridges
say that 1000 acres were planted this
season and the buyers will handle 10(
cars, which at present prices will sci
for $l25, 900. The average yield pei
acre Ia 1000 pounds and the average
market price cents per pound.
ldahO's mineral resources have al
ways been known to the few. but re
Gently, particularly since the Alaska
Yukon exposition, which awarded thu
grand prize on minerals to Idaho, thu
world Is taking notice of the fact tina
the Gem state is one OF the foremos
mineral states in the Union.
The annual consumption Of supa
10 Utah and Idaho is 30. 900. 0O
pounds, Of which quantity 20, 900, ,00
are produced at home from suga
beets. There are nine factories il
the two states and they will pay ou
IN wages for the running season ST.,
100000.
=,
Thomas Golden OF Spokane. who's
Children, Frances and Thomas, wer
fatally injured in the wreck on tn
eiectfic road at Gibbs last July. ha
negun suit against the Spokane
Inland Railway company for S28, 90
damages. The complaints were file
AZ Occur d'Alene Saturday.