The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-08-02
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
OF the Week.

There has been fled with the state
land board application for farm loans
aagreeating 100000. This is not
the record, but 1t is considered to be
very large In view OF the loans OF the
past few years. These loans will be
disposed Of at an early meeting OF the
land board.
The socialists Of Idaho nominated
. complete state ticket July 80, at
their convention 10 Nampa. L. A.
Cableptz Of Idaho Falls was nomi.
mated for governor and Swell Chap
man OF Boise for lieutenant governor.
s. w.rMotiey OF Twin Falls and g..
w. Beloit of Summit are the nomi.
nees for representatives to congress.
More people gathered 10 Mccain
mon and Downey July "a, than ever
before 10 the history Of those two
towns, the occasion being the annual
celebration Of Pioneer Day, or the
sixty.6fth anniversary OF the arrival
Of Brigham Young and his little
band OF Mormon colonists In the Salt
Lake valley.
Idaho is to have the right to pur-
chase from the United States govern
ment part Of the Lemhi Indian
reservation Ia LeMhi county, aud
will have q year In which to decide
to make the purchase. It Is thought
the state could acquire title to the
land aud buildings Tor about $4,000
and utilize them for reform school
purposes.
Senator William E. Borah, al
though be does not want to conceal
the fact that he sympathizes very
profoundly with Colonel Roosevelt's
vlews:npon many matters, and utter
ly detests the method by which he
was defeated at Chicago, has decided
not to join 10 the third party move
meot Ia Idaho, for the reason that be
believes the progressive movement
cannot be helped by the formation Of
a thltd party.
Letters OF acceptance to the noml'
nation OF presidential electors on the
Republicansticket Of Idaho have beer
received by Captain e. G. Davis, sec
retary Of the Republican state cen
trail committee, from the three cleo
tors, J. B. Hogan of Occur d'Alcne
Nathan Rick of Rexburg and Mile
Cannon OF Welser, who were selected
at the meeting Of the Republicai
state central committee 10 Boise Jul.
10, to cast the Republican votes o
Idaho for president.
Fourteen western governors are a
Boise to attend the 6rst annual meet
log OF the Western Governors asso
citation. The principal subjects =
be taken up at the conference will Q
the various phases Of the public lam
Qnestions 10 which the west
interested; good roads, the convict
and few other subjects rcceivin
more or less attention. The meetln
will last three days and will be fol
lowed by q trip over the state Q
Idaho in q special train provided lo
the purpose by the Boise commerce.
club. 8
At . mass meeting Of citizens mel
At Silver City, July %, $27oo va
raised in rs minutes for the purpos
of establishing a newspaper there,
take the place OF the Nugget, that
to be moved to Bruneau. Tne ne
paper will be called the Owyhee AV'
lanche. It will in reality be revls'
OF the old Avalanche. 1t was "
sense Of the meeting that mucn mo
money could be raised without .'o'
be. A press will be purcnaseu
once and arrangements completed II
the publjca tion OF the paper.
Crops on the Nez Perce pra'r'e y
tween Vollmer and Nezperce We
damaged last week BY ball. lne -
being estimated to reacn ~ s-