The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-12-03
Estate And COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
|OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
OF the Week.


Of the Week.
The hay crop In Idaho this year
was grown on 447 900 acres and has a
valuation Of $l,35s, 900.
Idaho apples are sold on the fruit
stands 10 Chicago for five cents apiece,
while oranges sell two for five cents.
The special field agent Of the aeri'
cultural department estimates that
Idaho will produce $l3,262.6s2 worth
of cereals this year.
Idaho's share of the earnings OF the
forest reserves for the fiscal year end.
iov June 80, 1909, amounts to $4S,'
892:
A state land sale was held at Cald.
well recently, the amount realized
heinp $e2, 500. Land sold for $l2 so
to sl07 per acre.
The St. Joe sawluills have closed
for tile winter, but many men will be
employed making repairs and work.
ing on the new planer.
The sugar beet crop in the state
this year aggregates IS. 900, 600 pounds
and at six and one-talf cents the
wholesale price will give the farmers
81, ,225, 900 for the crop.
The Coeur d'A,ene Water company,
which recently lost its tap case suit
10 the Idaho supreme court, will
appeal to the supreme court Of the
United States.
A mass meeting of Weiser citizens
has pledged a fund Of $27, 200 for
assisting the county in the rigid en-
forcement of the local option law.
and Of the new city ordinances.
There are enough pulp trees 10
north Idaho to supply a large pulp
mill for 100 years, is the report OF
Idaho's forest supervisors. White fir
and hemlock are the trees suitable
for paper manufacture.
The total cost of the maintenance
of the University of Idaho since its
establishment in 1893 is $2,O37, 256 :
86, according to statements made by
State Treasurer c. A. Hastings.
Local option elections have been
held 10 IL counties in Idaho and 10
Of the number have gone dry. Two
u these have gone dry through action
OF the county commissioners.
The football team of the United
States battleship Idaho on Monday of
last week won the championship Of
the Philadelphia navy yard by de
fcating the team OF the Mississippi
NY score OI ~ TO U.
The forecast from Boise is to the
effect that the Marble Creek com.
mission will report in favor of the
settlers on lands worth from ST., 900,
ooo TO 81, 600, 900 and that litigation
Will Oc started to restrain the land
board from relinquisbing the lands to
the settlers.
The state bounty on timber wolves
Is SlO; on coyotes, lynx, fox aud bob.
CATS $l.5O. Hunters must leave the
'root leet on the pelt, cutting them
oa at the knee. The feet will then
oe removed by the defooter to whom
'ne pelt is presented for bounty.
sixteen saloon keepers of Idaho
'ounCy were arrested last week for
seli'oR liquor to young boys. Th.
.'o'aIlons were committed just be.
aspiration Or the 30 days
after the county voted "dry."
Inc board Of commissioners in Ada
county have issued call for a "pood
iodds' election for the purpose of do
'erm'ning whether or not the county
snall adopt the county good roads
system.
II Is estimated that from to Il
carloads Of apples in the vicinity y,
.s'esee were caught by the earl,
''os's and will be a loss to the farmer,
Asep' as they can utilize them a,
the canneries. q