The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-02-18
STATE And COUNTY News
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Items Of Interest Gathered
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From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO lDAHOANs.
Events and Industrial Progress
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OF the Week.
Four miners near Wallace we're
buried 10 a snowslide Monday after
noon. Two escaped.
"A. Blackwell. president Of the
1.& W. N. has gone to New York
tu the interests Of the road.
Flour Is $6 so a sack and bacon As
cents u pound In the new mining
camp Of Jarbidge. Butter is Is cents
pound.
The Idaho corporation tax law was
the means Of enriching the treasury
81 the state during the year 1909 to
the extent Of $49,567.
d. A. Bourne, one of the original
locators In the Jarbridge district, has
been offered So, 600, 900 for his group
Of ia claims.
Charles A. johnson was killed in
the A. G. White Lumber company at
Laclede last Friday, by log striking
him and crushing his skull.
Among pardons granted by the
Idaho board OF pardoDs at Buise last
week was one for L. p. Sly, serving a
life sentence for the murder of Mar
shall Hayes at Troy several years ago.
According to statistics Idaho has
10000 farms and their products for
1909 exceeded $72.OOO.OO0 in value.
The total farm assets OF the United
States are put at $50, 900, 900, 900.
The Payette river is frozen clear
across the channel, 1000 feet wide
and up and down its course for miles
IN the vicinity OF the Horseshoe Bend
diversion canal.
Frank Solomon OF Moyie was ar
rested Wednesday of last week by
Deputy Game Warden r. G. West for
killing deer out of season and was
fined $50 at Bonners Ferry.
During the past six months the
reclamation service has expended on
an average of over $4,000 a month
on work about Boise, 10 supplies and
salary for the Office force maintained
In that city.
The new local option petitions In
Bonner county are said to be receiv-
ing many signatures and the prohi.
bitlonlsts are certain that they will
have the requisite number to present
to the commissioners In April.
AS the result OF series of rabbit
drives by the citizens o! the Payettt
valley, it Is estimated that three
fourths OF the pests have been killed
Their ravages this year on the yount
fruit trees have been serious.
The Snake river flows through
!. Idaho distance of 900 miles ant
carries a volume of water that woult
Il cover all the available lands in IL
basin to depth of 76 inches during
the irrigation season.
The trials of the north Idaho LIANT
IS fraud cases against William F
Kettenbach, Geo. II. Kester Win
Dwyer and Fl. J. Steffey began 10 tn
federal court at Boise this week
The cases were transferred from Mos
COW.
M The town OF ST. Mares is expectin,
"a Seattle firm to build a large saw
mill site, paying $4,000. The tow
u to raise $4,000 as bonus for th
mill. which will have payroll o
pot less than $2O,O month an
ffording steady employment to owe
loo men.
& AS tne result OF q rabbit drive hel
pn the ranch of Frank White, nea
Soma. Feb. 10, more than 1000 jack
abbits were slaughtered by 40 gun
ers from Boise and Nampa. Th
euntinK party assembled at the Whit
anch at 10 a. m., and were. forme
~ line about half mile long b
dr White, who acted as captain.
M Two men and team of horse
eere killed and sleigh wrecked b
ne explosion of 80 Iounds OF dyn;
nite which the men were haulin