The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-08-25
STATE and COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
OF the Week.

VA SsAV "VVAs
w. w. sFerrell has harvested four
tons OF oats hay on his farm 10 the
St. Joe country.
Enemies dynamited the home and
store OF j. H. Van Keuren and family
Of Cataldo August 20. The building
was razed but the six occupants es-
capped serious injury.
Since July the state treasurer has
collected $A2.2l3.44 annual license
tax. on corporations for 1911. Last
year the amount was 500, 1856.
Between 700 and 1000 acres of fine
grain near St. Anthony were swept
by DIRE last week the loss being nearly
$50, 900; no insurance.
James Fl. Brady, former governor,
It Is said, will be candidate on the
republican ticket next year for
congressman.
Caleb Norton, deaf and dumb
man was struck by an electric train
near Occur d'Alene Tuesday afternoon
and fatally injured.
Members Of the Wallace Automo.
bile club, have pledged themselves to
work for an automobile highway be.
tween there and Missoula.
An unknown footpad attacked Miss
Hazel Tyee at Ninth and Bancroft
street, Occur d'Alene, one night last
week but was frightened of by her
screams and the appearance of her
father.
The Blackwell Lumber company
has recently purchased As, 900 acres Of
timber land in the south end of
Kootenai county and north end Of
Latah.
Second Lieutenant Ambrose r.
Emery OF the Twenty-seventh infan-
try, has been detailed for duty as
inspector.instructor of the Idaho
state militia, to serve under the
direction of Governor Hawley.
Muilan Is threatened with an
epidemic OF typhoid fever, similar to
that with which it was contending a
year ago. The drinking water is
being examined by the county
physician.
Marvin Harrah, young man 20
years Of age, was struck by lightning
aad Instantly killed at the Bailey
Chamberlain place near White Bird
recently. He was alone at the time
and the body was not discovered until
about three hours afterward. One
side OF the body was burned to a
crisp.
Three hunters who went to Ante.
lope canyon on the Big Lost river in
Blaine county and killed couple Of
deer, regardless of the fact that the
closed season was on, paid rather
dearly for their sport when they were
brought before Justice OF the Peace
James d. Martin of Moor. aud flned
$50 each.
1t cost S. NJ. Mlshery, owner of a
Boise restaurant. juSE S5s 40 to serve
L. E. LundQuist, an employe of the
Imperial bakery, with a steak. He
paid the m0ney to the state because
the steak was Pronounced BY the
state chemist as tainted, soured and
impure.
Following a council of several days
at the Lapwal agency the Nez Perce
Indians have decided to begin action
against the government to recover
approximately SIS, 900. 900, the value
they place on lands in different parts
OF the northwest which they allege
have been wrongfully taken from
them by the government authorities,
The production of barley in the
Lewiston country is this year confined
to Nez Perce, Lewis, Idaho and Clear
water counties and it is estimated the
Yield will aggregate from $500, 600 to
2,oO0.0 900 bushels 1t is stated ap-
proximately 80 per cent Of this entire
yield Is already contracted and will
Oe shipped east as soon as delivered