The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-10-07
STATE and COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
or INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
of the Week.

EventS ana AnuusuAoA 1ASSAS
Of the Week.
:, ia said automobiles IN Idaho are
generally exempted from taxation.
Burton L. French, republican nom-
,,oo for congressman, Is announced
- sneak IN Rathdrum, October Is.
In the Boise valley, the bee indus.
try is conspicuous, over 5000 bee
colonies owned in the various apiaries.
The WeIser Commercial club has
,98 members. It's disbursements for
the year have been over 50, 900.
Citizens Of Spirit Lake celebrated
the third anniversary Of the founding
of the town by giving a big banquet
October 3, attended by about 600
people.
Governor Brady opened the election
campaign at Midvale last Friday. and
Hon, Burton L French held his 6rst
campaign meeting at Emmett on
Thursday evening.
Secretary Of State Robt Lansdon
has asked the supreme court for a
writ Of review to nullify the state
canvassing boards certiflcation OF the
nomination OF James II. Brady and
others on the republican ticket.
Governor Brady has had filed in
the supreme court a petition for writ
Of mandate to compel Secretary Of
State Lansdon to certify to the nomi
nations not less than 80 days before
the general election Nov. 8.
The largest and most important
gathering Of school teachers 10 the
history OF southeastern Idaho will be
held in Pocatello from October "a to
28, when the joint teachers institute
for the eleven counties in that section
Of the state will convene.
The Blackwell Lumber company Is
shipping large crews OF men to Its
various logging camps. The Black
well company has done no logging
practically since the forest 6res, and
1t will now resume operation 10 tha,
line on a larger scale than usual IL
order to saye the burned timber.
Nine hundred people, men, women
and children, went on the excursion
over the Payette valley railroad tt
Emmett, Sunday afternoon, TO wit
ness the driving Of the golden spike
that marked the completion of thu
extension Of the Payette valley lint
from New Plymouth to Emmett.
Under the new enlarged homestead
act, by which settlers can take 32'
acres for dry farming purposes, tn
secretary Of the interior has just des.
'pnated Is, ,224, $50 acres of land II
iaho, as being open to settlement
Tals would mean nearly $4,000 nev
farms OF the full size and would brinI
10 probably new population equal t
all now contained 10 Idaho.-Lewis
ton Teller.
Monazite and chromium, the pre-
clous metals that the Idaho school @
mines has proven to exist in tn
black placer sands, are at last to b
taken successfully from the Orofln
placers. With the aid of specia
machinery, just constructed In Spe
Kane by the Halliday company at
cost OF $4,000, the Black Sand Place
Dfeoglng company of Oroflno expect
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curing not only the gold but the raj
numerals, both Of which are used Il
'acahaescent gas mantles and specii
Chemical work.
LIE forestry department will al
.e1tlse at once the sale OF 1900, 600
sOoieet OF timber, all within tt
.'nnnes OF the Occur d'Alene nation'
.o'est IN Shoshone county, in the di
''s swept by fires In the last fe
'h'ns. In all the tracts offered I,
a's ~, white pine largely predominant
'e mas killed the trees but the tin
' Is green and not yet damaged
~, ~ as use for lumber Is concerne
sue sale will be the largest amour
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