The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-12-17
STATE AND COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
or INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

In the good roads election held OF
Monday 10 Ada county the bond pro
position carried BY vote of I've tt
one.
On and after January l, 1910, foot
hall will be barred from the public
schools 10 Greater New York. accord.
ing to a resolution passed by The
board OF education.
The State Teachers association
will meet ia Boise during holiday
week. 1t is estimated that SOC
teachers outside the city will be in
attendance.
President f. A Blackwell Of the
/. s. w. N. railroad, denies the
recent rumor that the road had been
sold to the Great Northern company.
The Ferrell Press denies the Wal
lace report that since KoOtenai
county voted to abolish saloons the
town Of Ferrel had prepared to move
across the line into Shoshone county.
The county assessor Of Kootenai
county turned over to the treasurer
1913 20, which was tax money
that came ia during the month Of
November, and three times the
amount received for the same month
last year.
Action has been begun by the gov.
eminent to determine whether the
permit Of the Washington Water
Power company, Of Spokane, to over
flow certain lands on the Occur d..
Alene reservation shall be revoked.
The extent of this overflow is placed
at 6,24O acres.
Secretary Ballinger has temporarily
withdrawn from all forms of entry
5000 acres along the Snake river in
Idaho, Washington and Oregon, and
39l, ,438 acres 10 Idaho and Wyoming
have been Withdrawn because they
are found to contain valuable phos
phate deposits.
Terms Of the supreme court for
1910 have been set as follows: AT
Boise, drst Monday of January, first
Monday Of May. second Monday ol
September and first Monday of Dec
ember; at Lewiston, second Monday
OF March, fourth Monday Of October.
The loss Of timber 10 Idaho during
the last year from fires was less than
aoy other state 10 the North west, &C
cording to statistics presented to the
reforcstratioh and conservation so
clety. 1t Is due to effective control
aud adequate fire laws.
The prohibitionsts, headed by At.
torney P. E. Stookey, are circulating
oew petitions for local option elec
t'on 10 Nez Perce county following
Tue failure OF the first petition owing
to technical errors.
senator Hepburn has appointed to
Tue naval academy at Annapolis,
augustus Wilson Walker OF Gilmore
900 OF James d. Walker, superin-
tendent OF the Gilmore mine; al,ern.
s'e' Robert Burns, son Of DR.. !. b
burns, Of Payette.
=, state Food Inspector James f.
wallis was 10 Lewiston last week |
~" gave notice to dairymeo and
'a"ery proprietors that the new
%" auecting butter and cheese and
eal' requiring that these articles
p'a'oly marked with label stat.
'"R specifically their character will
. .ons 'oto effect January Is. and
n,o. s'ous put on the market i'm.
a noper'y labeled will be liable tn
contiscatiou. '''' "
wa Sa'e Food Commissioner J. II.
ems S ordered the slaughter houses
~ NJ, D''l ~, brothers and the cold storage
naa masket at Lewiston closed, the frst
"s certain sanitary imnrovo
WINS WIS and the second permanently.
ho,aa %a,,'' says the cold storage slauvb,e,
in ,ha sue a'rtiesl he has yet seen
n,,.o. ."e course OF inspecting these
h assS 10 Idaho. A new h,,os