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! Events and Industrial Progress
Ill., OF the Week.
u 1t Is now estimated from figures 10
the state auditors office that the,
recent special session OF the legsla-
Aure cost $l8. .262. So.
g On February 7, Governor Hawley
vetoed house bill No. 20, passed at
the special session OF the legislature.
The bill related to the predatory
animal fund.
The Idaho state board of equaliza.
lion has virtually decided to divide
the state into three districts In order
TO facilitate the work 10 securing the
equalization Of taxes.
The Republicans OF Shoshone coun.
ty started the campaign Feb. IL with
big "get together" meeting at Wal
lace.
Convicted under the search and
seizure law. DR.. F. rank T. Cary of
Goodiug has been fned $500 and
sentenced to three months in the
county Jail for Illegal sale of liquor.
Baseball fans of Spirit Lake are
trying to organize league of the
towns on the I. & W. N, to include
Rathdtum. Spirit La ke, lone, New
port and Metallne Falls. A meeting
to discuss the matter was held at
Spirit Lake Feb. Is.
Several school districts OF Bonner
county are short of funds on account
of not having levied any special taxes
last fall. The Granite district has
80 pupils, no funds, and a proposed
special bond issue to raise money was
recently voted down,
John NJ. Haines OF Boise has an
nOunced bis candidacy for governor
on the Republican ticket. Carl ].
Hahn Of Twin Falls, has also recently
entered the race for governor. subject
to the Republican primaries.
Yielding to solicitations of friends
In all parts of the state, Alfred
Bulge, judge of the Fifth judicial
district, comprising the counties Of
Bannock, Bear Lake and Oneida, has
formslly announced his candidacy for
the supreme bench On the republican
ticket.
The depositors of the Kendrick
State bank, recently closed, met at
Kendrick. Monday, and decided to
take oversthe instil ution aud run it
under new management. The de-
positors. mostly ranchers. who have
$4,000 10 the bank will now not
lose q dollar.
A republican pri mary election is to
be held 10 Latah county April 27, to
elect II delegates to the state con-
vention which is to choose state dele
gates to the Chicago national con-
vention. At this primary election
the republicans Of the county are
given an opportunity to express their
choice for presidential candidates.
Judge Edward A. Walters, In the
district court OF Twin Falls county,
heard 10 "bootlegging" cases last
week. Four of the defendants plead
ed guilty and were sentenced to 60
days in the county jail and to pay a
dne Of $500 and costs of suit. The
remaining criminal cases were set for
trial to commence the 10th inst, be-
fore Judge Stockslager.
A Occur d'Alene news item states
that r. @. ERbers, former county
superintendent and more recently
probate judge OF Kootenai. has an
n0unced that ia all probability he
will be . candidate for county sup.
erintehdent this year on the republi.
can ticket. o. R. Shern, alsn a
former sup erin tendent, It is said will
also again be candidate for the
place.
Two banks 10 Idaho, one at Elk
City, Idaho county, and the other al
Ksndrick, Latah county, we're closed
recently by order of State Bank Com
missioner V. W. Piatt, during th'