The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-10-06
STATE AND COUNTY NEWS
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

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Beans are being threshed at Lelan
Welding 1000 pounds per acre.
The first Koote nal county fair
held at Occur d'Alene, closed las
Saturday.
A runaway logging train on th,
Milwaukee near Herrick, Shoshon,
county, Oct. !, killed three foreign
laboFers and injured eight.
For the 6rst time 10 the history Of
Lewiston the moving picture show.
and vaudeville houses were open Sun.
day, the permission to conduct the
houses seven days 10 the week having
recently been granted by the council.
Suit was flled at Moscow Sept. %,
IN the United States court against
the regents Of the University OF Idaho
for $l6.554 by the Interstate Con.
struction company of Saginaw, Mich
The action is an outgrowth of the
contract let this company three years
ago for the construction of the audi.
torium annex Of the new administra.
tion building.
Jack Young OF Harrison has been
placed Ia the county Jail on the
charge Of having violated the county
option law, the direct charge being
that he went 10 the Jail and took
liquor to the TRUSTEES. The hearing
has been continued until October S.
:'Spokane" Nees, an Indian, aged
30 years, and Leo Paul. redskin,
aged 30, were arrested at Occur d.
Alene Sept. %, charged with stealing
three horses. The animals were
found 10 tteir possession. The In.
dIa0s were traced by q Sicilian from
Dudley on the reservation.
The business men in Idaho county
who are endeavoring to restore the
licensed saloon, died petitions at
Grangevllle last Friday. carrying over
1000 names, asking for the calling of
a special election, at which will be
again submitted the wet and dry
question. Idaho county was voted
dry over two years ago.
Twice during the session of the
grand jury at Wallace, Sept. 20, wit
nesses were arrested while on the
stand and led away to Jail. Ap-
parent perjury, it is alleged, was back
OF each Incarceration. Both men
were residents OF Wardner and were
testifying 10 the Ford and Morris
bootlegging case.
A second dividend OF 10 per cent to
be paid by Receiver L. G. Wilson of
the defunct State Bank OF Commerce
Oct. is, was authorized by Judge W.
w. Woods of the district court at
Wallace. Sept. 90. With the previous
dividends this will bring the total
payment to Is per cent, or about
$4,000. Assets of the bank yet to
be realized upon will advance this
amount at future dates from 25 to
80 or so per cent, but probably not
more than the latter figure.
That the fruit crop 10 the north
central and northern counties Of the
state is Of better quality this year
than ever. that the total yield is con.
siderably in excess of that of last year
and that the growers aud packers, as
result, are enjoying an unusually
prosperous season, are the statements
Of J. U. Mcpherson, state horticul-
tural inspector, who has returned to
Boise from q weeks inspecting trip.
The MtGoldrick Lumber company
of Spokane has recently closed con-
tract TOR the purchase of $4,000, 900
feet OF damaged white pine 10 the St.
Joe national reserve at an approx.
mate cost OF $500, 900. The price
under the contract is at the rate OF
$2 per 1000 feet, stumpage figures.
The entire area was burned over by
the forest fires Of 1910.
The grand jury at Wallace returned
several indictments against the d.
TsctOrs or the defunct Bank of Com