The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-01-20
STATE AND COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO lDAHoANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

Of the Week.
Nine Individuals are under indict.
ment at Lewiston for violating the
local option law.
In basket bail game at Harrison
recently, Harrison defeated the St.
Maries team Sc to IL.
The auditors and treasurer's quar-
terlY report shows the total Indebted
ness or Kootenai county on January
to be $2os,5le 81.
The Occur d'Alene Journal has dis
continued the daily edition and
merged the daily and weekly into
semi-weekly publication.
Pew Pew Mox Mox, an aged war
rior OF the Nez Perce tribe. fell dead
at Lapwai. Monday Of last week while
engaged 10 war dance.
Cities OF Idaho that have attained
a population Of over 5000, according
to the census report, are: Boise. IL
35S; Pocatello, 9.1lO; Occur d'Alene,
7,291; Lewiston, 6,043; Twin Falls,
5,52s. @
Bingham county Is asking the
legislature for an appropriation OF
$50, 900 with which to construct
stretch Of macadam road in the
southeastern section Of the state.
The baseball park 10 Mullan is to
be converted into an ice pond for q
skating rink II the plans of Frank
Northrup are carried out. Mr. Nor
thrup has had men throwing an en-
bankment about the park.
I'd the Joy OF the farmers OF Nez
Perce, hogs aud grain again are on
the Upward trend, hogs being 8 cents
per pound and wheat from "A to 80
cents. There is considerable grain
In the country.
Charles w. Leaf, representative
from. Kootenai county, has been ap-
pointed by Governor Hawley as a
representative OF tie cattle industry
on the state sanitary board, his term
to expire April 2. 1912.
The Occur d'Alene college bask ct
ball team defeated the Wardner hie b
at Occur d'Alene last Friday, Is to 9.
The week before, the college team
defeated Post Falls, B3 to 3.
Sergeant Samuel P. Barr, U. S. A.,
on duty with the national guard ol
Idaho, has returned to Boise from
Twin Falls where he instructed Com.
pany d 10 rifle practice during
December.
Word has reached Occur d'Alen'
from the state engineers Office tina
water permits Nos. 2186 and 2978, OF
Lewellen creek, have been Cancelled
These permits were pur chased by tb
Washington Sugar com pa0y and use
by D. G. Corbin In waite Eing fields G
sugar beets near Athol.
Sin Yana, q Japanese accused c
the theft OF 500 from thts Harriso
hotel, admitted the theft and agree
to plead guilty before the distrit
court. He was bound q yer unde
$500 bonds.
The Occur d'Alene commercial clu
has decided to ask the legislature K
an appropriation of 500, 900 to buil
the Idaho end OF the apple way. II
proposed utomobile thorouehfa
between Spot ane and He yden lake.
Presideo Taft has signed procl
nation eliminating 9.94D acres fro
the Boise national forest. y
changes are the result of caref
feld examination made by the q.
department Of agriculture 10 p,
'suAnce OF q general plan for 7
correction OF all national fort
boundaries.
RunDiDg s.light" at high speed
xine No. 1912 Of the Great Northe
jumped ths. track at . point Il
miles east Of Priest River last Frie
morning fand plunged over 25-f
embann nent into the Pend Ore
river, CO rry,ng two men TO inst'