The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-09-03

represent Spokane clothing com
pany recently piled his craft in Occur
d'Alene. taking orders for $50 suits
which were reduced to $26 and re-
ceiving SIS down on each order. He
got away with about 5000 and has
not been seen since.
Suit has been filed against Govern.
or James H. Brady Ia the sum of
$l,6Sl.45 for damages and for costs
and disbursements. Ernest E..
Hampton is the plaintiff and claims
damages for injury to and loss OF use
Of his automobile as the result Of an
accident on July 20. when machines
owned by the two men came in col.
lision.
A report from Standpoint August
~ stated that chunk of silver ore
weighing over 200 pounds and estl.
Mated To contain 22OO ounces of
silver, was brought IN by Manager
Ferguson from the Princess Panama
niue TO be exhibited in the Bonner
county fair September IA and Is.
The annual meeting of the Metbo-
dist ministers and higher officials OF
the Columbia river conference con-
yened at Occur d'Alene Tuesday to
be 10 session one week. The appoint.
ments to the various charges 10 the
conference will be announced next
Monday.
L. L. Wright who was taken to the
county Jail at Occur d'Alene last
week, and thought to be insane, is
reported to have been given the
choice last Saturday Of getting 80
days On the wood pile or leaving town.
He chose the latter.
President Taft will visit Hayden
lake September %, according to
arrangements made by the Spokane
chamber OF commerce for his enter.
tainment when he visits Spokane on
his coming western trip. The pro.
gram has been submitted to the
presidents secretary for approval.
The Idaho Northern railroad en-
gineers have completed nine miles OF
the survey up the Little North Fork
from Enaville, for the projected Is
mile branch line into the timber and
mining belt across the mountain east
of Hayden lake. B. F. O'Neil, presi-
dent OF the Idaho Northern states
that actual construction may begin
this fall.
The report of the committee in
charge of the work of getting out
$4,000 copies of booklet called
"The Panhandle, advertising Occur
d'Alene and its resources. has made
its report to the Commercial club of
that city, showing that the booklets
cost $3l69.51 of which there remains
a balance unpaid of $769.5l.
The Payette Lumber company de-
cided upon plan for the purchase of
state lands on which it owns stand.
ing timber and which under the terms
OF the contract sale and the statutes
OF the state 1t must remove from the
premises within 20 years. Several
years ago an effort was made by this
company and other similar concerns
owning such timber to have the law
fixing the time within which such
lumber must be cut, amended SO as
to permit an extension of time, hui
owing to opposition which developed
before the matter was ever formally
presented to the legislature the plan
was abandoned.
Figures compiled by the state board
of equalization show that the aggre-
gate resources of the state and
national banks in Idaho is $42, 7S2,-
$50 and their total assessed valuation
including all money returned for
taxation, So, 425. 564. This class of
property IS subject to deductions on
account Of debts due to bona f1de
residents OF the state and as real
estate owned by banks is often ap,
praised separately still further reduc-
tion is made. The total assessed
valuation amounts, therefore, to be-
tween 5 and per cent of the total
resources as reported to the state
bank commissioner and the comp
troller Of the currency.