The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-07-12
STATE and COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHoANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

Of the Week.
A big corn crop is anticipated in
Nee Perce county.
Work has been started on 500, 900
high school building at Moscow.
Two Occur d'Alene men recently
caught Is pounds Of bass in one hour
g at HAYDEN lake.
8. A, Bartlett, a socialist OF Occur
d'Alepe, has been named as candl.
date for congress.
-Four. troops Of regular cavalry from
Boise barracks have gone to Gray's
Harbor, WASH, to take part in the
army maneuvers.
The Idaho democrats have no
nominee for United States senator,
Geo. w. Tannahlll OF Lewiston hav.
log Withdrawn.
Creditors took charge of the Occur
d'Alene drug store at Occur d'Alepe,
last Saturday. Clement wilkins, the
proprietor, failing with $500 liabili.
ties In the form Of a mortgage.
The sale Of property for delinquent
taxes in Kootenai county opened at
Occur d'Aiene the drst OF the week.
On Tuesday 906 Of the 1857 pieces Of
property to be sold, had been disposed
Of. The sale is to last all week.
p. w. johnson, candidate for the
nomination for state senator on the
republican ticket, is one Of the old :
timers OF northern Idaho. He came
to Occur d'Alene from Minnesota in
1889 and has lived there continuously
since that time. He has never held
political, office. He was maker Of
boats for many years and sold his
business to the Milwaukee road when
that company entered Occur d'Alene.
While William Bracy OF Clifford,
Idaho, was bringing his cows home
from pasture on bis farm In jacks
Canyon Saturday night he was shot.
The bullet passed through the left
side OF his face, narrowly escaping
the eye. He lay unconscious for
some time. He does not know who
fred the shot or why.
Three names flled for nomination
on the republican ticket will not ap-
pear on the primary ballot 10 Koot'
enai county. They are G. M. Trigg
Of Stateline, r. G. Thompson Of
Rathdrum, and c. G. Tierney Of
Spirit Lake. Friends filed for then
and they failed to flle acceptance o
the nomination as required by tht
law. They had been nominated az
candidates for the legislature.
The work on the apple way IL
Kootenai county is progressing rapid
" and the grading, crowning, bridge
work and putting In OF the drains
will be completed In the early !all
says q Occur d'Alene report. Tn
road in this state and Washington
when finished, will be thirty feet wid
and about thirty.five miles long ant
will reach from Occur d'Alene t
Spokane. The road bed will b
macadamized, apple trees Will o.
planted on both sides and publ
drinking fountains installed at in
tervals along the entire way.
g. A.. Valentine. a wealthy banke
Of Pocatello, was shot twice an
seriously wounded the night OF Jul
4 BY q holdup. who robbed him OF
diamond ring and diamond stu
valued at about q thousand dollars
He was assaulted In his private ga
rage upon his return from moto
trip down town, and struck t~lc
over the head with gun, n
managed TO make his way to the oac
door Of his residence, where he wa
shotFdown, his diamonds taken an
his pockets rifled.
Steve Roberts, pioneer Of Lata
county, living near Troy VINO va
arrested several days ago on "
charge OF setting flre to the new
built farm residence Of his nelRhDo'