The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-02-17
STATE and COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
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From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
OF tho Week.

! The house at Boise has passed a
bill making Oct0ber IL, a legal holi-
day.
It is reported from Wallace that
the headquarters of the Occur d'Alene
national forest will soon be moved
from Wallace to Occur d'Alene.
The passage of the Clearwater dam
bill through the legislature means
the saving OF millions Of feet OF fire
killed timber along that stream. 1t
Is said II the timber is not logged
this year and thrown into the river
reservoirs, 1t will be total loss.
Frank Ritter of. .Athol was appre-
hehded last Friday by Deputy Sheriff
Z. A.. Berry and taken to Occur d.
Alene charged. BY Charles Bryson Of
Post Falls with assault with deadly
weapon. ...,. -
The Mackay dam Of the Big Lost
River irrigation project in southern
Idaho, will "a out in high water 10
April or May, according to prediction
OF citizens living below it. Much
alarm is reported.
Idaho has 2295.17 miles OF railroad
OF which 1882. l6 miles is of the Ore.
Roh Short Line. The Northern
Pacific mileage Ia the state is 1886. .03.
and the Idaho s. Washington Nor
theru, 80. 96 miles.
Fremont county is in ferment
ovef county division. Senator Poole
and Representatives Hill, Gibson.
JensOn and Pincock are being bonn
barded with kilograms. letters and
papers urging them to do all 10 their
power to carve the county into three
or four parts.
II agitation 10 certain quarters
among Idaho sportsmen is successful,
herd OF some so elk, which are
fenced In on private reserve belong
Ing to ]. G. Dolan in Fremont coupty,
will be purchased by the state and
placed ID an enclosure of l4OO acres
near the Warm river fish hatchery at
the expense of several thousand dol
lars to Idaho.
Inquiry among the Mexicans at the
Modern and other rooming houses OF
Boise frequented By that race, has
revealed the interesting fact that
scores Of Mexicans have gone from
that city within the last 10 days to
Sonora, Mexico, aud other parts OF
northern Mexico for the purpose oil
eulistlng with the lnsurrectos.
A bill was introduced ia, the Idaho
senate last week which If passed will
grant to Chief Justice Geo. H.
Stewart Of the supreme court, per.
mission to resign on account of i'm.
paired health. The bill provides
that he shall receive the full pay ol
his offlce until his term expires.
A Jack the SluQger has appeared Ia
the east side residence district o.
Boise, evading capture and hiding II
vacant lots until night to attack hi'
victims. Women Of the neighbor
hood have been SO terrorized tha
some are carving revolvers for pro-
lection.
In telegram to Senator Payne
chairman of the ways and mean
committee of the house at Washing
ton, Former Governor #. r. G0odlng
president of the National Wool
growers association, protests agains
the proposed reciprocity with Canada
stating that 1t will mean the excess
I've lowering OF the profit Of tn
farmer 10 this country.
One point was brought out prom
inently at the initial hearing of th
former members Of the state Ian
board before the joint legislativ
committee 10 the matter of th
MackaY dam charges, which was hel
last week In Boise, and that was thai
II the inquiry follows the line alread
laid down and. the witnesses aske
for BY the defendants are summone
as was promised, the taking of ev