The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-05-05
STATE AND COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO .lDAHOANS.

Events and Industrial Progress
OF the Week.
An '.Idaho State Band" has been
organized At Caldwell.
Mrs. Marion Thompson. 35 years Of
age, q teacher In the public schools,
died at her home In st. Maries April
%. She leaves q husband and
parents, who live in Occur d'Alene.
]. E. Tourtellotte. architect of the
state capitol, has returned to Boise
from an extended trip east, 10 COM
rany with State Treasurer Allen,
where they have been examining vari-
Gus public buildings for the purpose
Of Obtaining ideas for the capitol.
The Kootenai county commissioners
are Inspecting roads, Commissioner
Ferguson looking over the southern
part Of the county, and Commissioners
Flemming the northern part, while
Chairman Meyers attends to the
roads near Occur d'Alene.
State Treasurer o. v. Allen re-
turned to Boise last week from an
extended eastern trip, where he sue
ceeded in placing state bonds to the
value Of over $l.000.00o, the funds
to be used chiefly for completing the
state capitol building.
In an effort to draw larger mum.
Der Of the grade students to the high
school the authorities at Wardner
have decided to do away with the
eighth grade diplomas aud when the
spring term ends on May IL the grade
exercises will be lacking.
The proposition to bond Bonner
county, ID the sum Of $750.000, for
the purpose Of paying off the present
bonded Indebtedness and using the
remainder of the money raised by
bonding, in the way of building good
roads. is being discussed by the citi-
zens of that county.
horticultural Inspector ]. U. Nc
Pherson condemned large shipment
OF fruit trees from an Oregon hursery,
received at Gooding last week. The
trees were affected with crown or
hairy root gall, and it was found that
the nursery company had attempted
to hide the appearance Of the af-
fection BY cutting of the gall and
snlesring with dirt to deceive the
grower.
The search and seizure law was In.
voked at Grangeville, April 20, for
the flrst time by Sheriff Overman,
who, with his regular force and seven
special deputies, raided five establish
ments. conflscated 80 cases OF whiskey
and arrested Frank Tamblyn. pro-
prietnr of the Imperial hotel, and
Charles johnson, proprietor Of the
Arlington hotel, In whose places the
booze was found.
Adjutant General f. A. Mccall Is
on q. tour Of inspection in the nor.
thern part OF the state. He will
visit Moscow, where 1t is proposed tn
organize militia company, and
Lewiston. where 1t Is proposed to
organize a militia company and
military band. His Office has received
an order from Washington to send
either q regimental or battalion
Quartermaster and one company
officer to San Diego, CAL. for train
log.
The enrolment at the Lewiston
State Normal school has reached 327
10 number exclusive of the So stu
dents who are only taking domestic
science and music, and the enroll.
ment Is the heaviest In the history ol
the school, indicating that the 10
crease, II on the same ratio, during
the coming year will place the Lewis
ton normal, In point OF attendance
at the head OF the list in the North
west.-Teller.
The Boise city directory for tht
current year contains l2,l3l names
which multiplied by two gives thu
population at 24,262, This is IL
excess Of the government census re