The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-06-09
State AND COUNTY NEWS
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO lDAH0ANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
OF the Week.

OF the Week.
The annual rose fair at Lewiston
to be held June 10.
Four or Eve clips OF wool have beer
sold at Caldwell this spring at price
ranging from l34c to l5c per pound
The minimum charge for watel
rent At Spirit Lake has been fixed a,
Sits month and lawn sprinklinp
20 ceots per thousand gallons.
Burglars at Post Falls robbed the
Nook cigar and confectionery store
Sunday. They also entered the
Garno hotel.
The i've drug stores Of Lewiston
sold 1900 gallons of alcohol between
Jan. ! and June l. It is said this
is equivalent to 5000 gallons OF whis.
Ky containing 40 per cent alcohol.
That the southern part OF this
state Is on the verge of another boom
IS the opinion OF Lieutenant Governor
Sweetser Of Burley, who has carefully
watched conditions about his section.
The commissioners OF Lewis county
have ordered notices posted in several
road districts requiring owners of
land to exterminate French. weed,
French and Jim Hill mu stard and
Russian thistle.
F. W. Kettenbach OF Lewiston and
George Kester of Spokane have sold
to q Minnesota frm $4,000 acres of
white pine timber land adjacent to
the North Fork 0f the Clearwater.
The deal involves 81 ZOO, 900.
John q. Mcpherson, state horticul-
turalist. appeared before the Com
mercial club of Salmon city during
his recent trip to Lemhi county and
has been successful ia persuading
Lemhl to send an exhibit TO the
1utermountain fair.
The commencement calendar OF the
University of Idaho at Moscow be.
gins with the graduating exercises Of
the preparatory school June 10 and
ends with the presidents reception
June IA.
The state flsh and game depart
ment is taking steps to place COM
plete check on the custom of the
Indians catching and selling fish.
The custom has existed for many years
unhampered and has become quite an
industry among the Indians through
out the state.
In order to facilitate the work of
the game department, telephone
line Is to be established from the
town OF Ashton to the Warm River
hatchery. The line is being con-
structed at the expense of the state
aud will be completed within very
short time.
There Is general Indignation among
the veterans OF Phil Sheridan post G..
A. B. of Boise that the church people
Of the, city should countenance a
baseball game played by their own
church members ON the one day In
the year held sacred by the old
soldiers Of the country.
Chief Justice George Fl. Stewart of
the Idaho supreme court has returned
to Boise from Baltimore, Maryland,
where he underwent two operations
for enlarged muscles Of the neck and
the removal of the nerves from the
left side Of his face. He is recovering
rapidly.
For The flrst time in the history Of
the country 1t Is said the deficit in
the post0ffice department ha; been |
entirely wiped out and $1,000, 900 !
surplus for the current fiscal year,
ending June 80, is 10 the treasury to
the departments credit.
..,1s Il i
Deputy Game Warden Mcbride Of
Standpoint arrested Frank Koski and |
John kami on the charge OF fishing
without the required license. They
plead guilty and were sentenced to
pay f1ne Of $40 and costs. The men