The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-12-08
STATE AND COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

8vo0W anu 4uQuBU1aA Progress
Of the Week.
The Idaho Wool Growers assocIa-
tion met at Boise this week for a
three days session.
Bonner county now has three candi-
dates for governor. Paul Clagstone,
s. D. TAYLOR ana B. s. Defenbach.
Albert Knone, who lived near
Coeur d'Alene. was found dead near
the road recently. Death was due to
excessive drinking OF alcohol.
The brewery at Grangeville, which
has been idle for two years, is being
overhauled since Idaho county went
wet aud will be put in operation
again.
% Senator Borah's recommenda-
tion Fred Brown Of Boise has been
appointed national bank examiner
for Idaho by the comptroller Of the
treasury.
Because he would not buy a drink
in a Boise saloon one night last week,
Joseph Morris was stabbed and
dangerously wounded by w. S. Clark.
Clark was arrested aud Morris, an
Austrian laborer. was taken to a
hospital.
That Idaho needs another penitep-
tiary for the purpose of separating
youthful criminals from the older
convicts is the opinion of Warden
John w. Shook. He says such a
place would be q good thing 10 the
northern part Of the state. There
are now 276 convicts in the prison at
Boise.
Judge G. A. DAVIS Of one of the
district courts of southern Idaho,
has rendered a decision that permits
the water OF Bear creek in Idaho to
be diverted to irrigate 800 acres of
land In Ravalli county, Mont. Bear
creek is 10 Idaho county and is not
now used for irrigation in this state,
the Montana company being the first
to make application for its use.
Some farmers OF aouthern Idaho
are making a plea for the coyotes,
saying that these animals live almost
entirely on rabbits and were it not
for the coyotes rabbits would multi.
ply SO rapidly that they would destroy
all the vegetables and grain the
farmers could raise.
An attempt to navigate the Boise
river proved failure one day las1
week when boat that Elmer May.
bee and Clyde Anderson, two youne
men living 10 Boise, had constructed
and intended using for cruise from
Boise to Portland, capsized, spillint
the young voyagers into the ICY waters
Of the river.
An order was made by Judge Mac
Lane at Boise Nov. 27, upon petition
OF Receiver Meholin, for per cen
dividend to be paid the depositors il
the defunct Capital State bank, OF
December l. This payment will com
plete the payment Of 100 cents OF
every dollar which the depositors hat
on deposit 10 the ill.fated bank.
Governor Hawley is Of the opinion
that by the use OF convict labor
north and south wagon road th
length Of Idaho from Utah or Nevad
to British Columbia could be bull
and that definite plans can be worke
out thus to put the services Of tn
prisoners to good use.
The indictments in the case
against the directors OF the Stat
Bank Of Wallace, having bee
quashed by the district court, ne,
and stronger set of indictments
now being prepared and new gran
Jury to convene in 1912. Anothe
effort is 10 be made to bring B. +
ONeil, president of the bank, bac
from Canada for trial.
William O'Dell Of Tost Falls, VIII
shot and killed his. son recently ]
self defense, was released from custo
oY at Occur d'A'ene. the case tein