The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-11-12
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Items Of Interest Gathered
. From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
oI OF, the Week.

The city Of Boise has Gal licensed
dops on which the owners pay over
$4,000 into the city treasury Annually.
The U. Of 1. football team in the
game at Moscow last Friday, lost to
the Washington State College Of
Pullman by a score OF i8 to 0.
The public schools OF Spirit Lake
have been awarded bronze medal for
the exhibit OF general school work ut
the A-Y-P. exposition.
The state OF Idaho receives $780,.
900 yearly from the rent Of state lands.
The average rental is about 9 cents
per acre.
John Chase, a farmer living four
miles east Of Rigby, harvested 10000
bushels Of potatoes from feld Of 20
acres. At present prices bis crop will
yield him $4,000.
Mining properties 10 the Occur d..
Alenes that have been on a standstill
for some months on account Of lack
OF water, are now beginning opera.
tions again with a full force Of men.
The Hercules mine is reported to
have signed q contract to treat its
ores At the Ponderay smelter and that
plant will blow in about November
IS.
Adjutant General Rowe will for.
ward to the war department request
for the assignment OF an officer for
detailed duty in the organization and
drilling Of the Idaho militia.
Extraditlon papers have been for
warded to the governor Of Illinois
asking for the person OF A. X. Brown,
who Is accused Ut forgery, committed
in Kootenai county, and who is now
said to be 10 the state of Illinois.
The quail season opened in Idaho
on the first of the month and will
last 80 days. No sportsmen can take
more than 18 quail in day or more
than - birds of all varieties in one
day.
Kootenai county had a surplus left
from the fund appropriated for the
exhibit at Seattle and the amount,
$497 .35. was turned back into the
general county fund by the conmis-
sioners.
The largest strawberry farm 10 tht
world will be set at Twin Falls b,
Frank Beatty OF Three Rivers, Mich.
who has purchased $S5, worth o
land for that purpose.
The Idaho building at the Alaska
Yukon-Paciac exposition has beer
sold for consideration of $3.50. ;
better price than most of the build
ings brought. The Michigan build
Ing sold for only 500.
j. q. Dewitt, a Latah farmer
threshed I acres OF radish seed thi
year, from which he got 1900 pounds
This he sold for Is cents per poun,
to an eastern seed house-realizing a
the rate OF $lO5 per acre.
w. j. Owen, who constructed
30O.foot flume and opened up place
mine short distance southeast Q
Post Falls on the south side of th
Spokane river, has made his secon
cleanup. Although working on
primitive plan Mr.. Owen has mad
good wages.
The state supreme court has sus
tained the district court in grantiu
sS750 damages to L. Gaskell agains
the Washington Water Power con-
pany for damages alleged to be due ,
tne overflow of the plaintiffs Ian
caused by the company's Post Fal
dam.
The Idah6 National Harvest
company Is contemplating concre
factory building at Moscow at co
OF $4,000, and will manufacture !,
harvesters for 1910. Orders for hu
u'eos more must be declined becau
OF inability to manufacture ia
enough to supply the demand.