The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-06-10
STATE and COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
OF the Week.

Of the Week.
The Lewiston druggists have
signed an agreement to sell no liquor
except on u physiclan's prescription.
Arrangements are now being made
at Nezperce for big celebration On
June 22nd 10 honor Of the completion
of the new railroad to that place.
The Clearwater National Forest is
said to contain more white pine than
any other reserve 10 the United
States.
Proposed bond issues aggregating
$26, 900 were voted down by the city
Of Standpoint, 10 the election held
June7.
The of1cial count 10 Bonner county
gave the drys the election by vote
Of 1886. Twenty.three out of the SO
precincts went dry.
The Idaho state troops will en-
gage 10 maneuvers at American Lake
In August with the militiamen from
the states Of Oregon, Washington
and Montana.
Hundreds of men will be placed 10
the Clearwater timber belt within the
next As days to assist 10 the protec-
tion OF the valuable forests from loss
by FIRE.
1t Is claimed the local option law
is being fagrantly violated 10 Grange
vile with apparently little success
being accomplished 10 prosecuting
the guilty parties.
An effort is being made by the new
settlers on the reservation near Har-
rison to set rural flee delivery. An
inspector will 20 over the route about
June Is.
The largest class that ever grad
uated from the Lewiston state nor.
NAL school received diplomas Wednes-
day evening, June 8, from Governor
Brady, who delivered the address to
the class.
The interest earnings on the states
deposits for the month of May accord
Ing to the report OF the state treas :
urer were $5,34l.45. The deposits
are now carried In 149 banks.
Idaho has 100, 900. .ooo,o feet of
standing timber aud II manufactured
and sold at present lumber price S
would bring $4,000, 900, 900 into the
state for labor and supplies.
Austin A. Keays Of Spokane was
dned aud paid costs Monday aggre-
eating $40 before Justice j. H. Rus
sell at Occur d'Alene for violating
the game laws.
Farmers around Culdesac have lost
heavily BY the rapid slump in the
wheat market. One sold 5000 bushels
OF No. bluestem the other day for
81 cents bushel, for which he re-
fused 81 bushel two mopths ago.
The average wheat yield in the
GranReyille country is not expected
10 equal that of last year owing
partly to many small farms having
passed into the hands OF large land
holders who do not cultivate the soil
50 carefully. Winter wheat Is ex.
pected to yield 40 to 65 bushels pei
acre.
with the waters Of the St. Joe
rapidly recediDR the Milwaukee Lum.
Der company will soon continue the
construction OF its $35O,000 steel
irame sawmill locate at st. Maries
The new plant will have capacity
OF 100000 feet daily.
on saturday morning at 8 O'Clock
'ue many thousands OF acres of cut.
o'er lands belonging to the Humbird
Lumber company will be put on sale
as standpoint at prices ranging from
50 cents an acre up.
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Inc safe of the Kootenai Mercan-
we store at Kootenai was blown
"onday night and riaed of $500 il
'asn' Eight suspects have been ar
''''eo' including proprietors of thu