The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-09-13
STATE AND COUNTY news
items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO lDAHoANs.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

Of the Week.
The Boise city council has levied
IS mills special tax for municipal
purposes.
@. H. Potts of Occur d'Alene has
accepted the position Of vice chair
man Of the republican state commit
tee. He was formerly chairman of
the Kootenai county central commit.
tee.
A freight train on the Milwaukee
collided with two deer near the end
Of a tunnel cast OF St. Joe last Satur.
day, and one Ut them caromed from
the bank into the engine cab, iniur.
ing the engineer SO badly that he had
to be taken to hospital.
The total valuation OF the taxable
property ia Boise is twenty.seven
million dollars, and the taxes to be
raised this year will amount to over
$ls0, 900, an increase Of hfty thousanr
dollars over last year.
The state game department is TAX
ing steps to insure the permanency OF
the bass fishing in waters around
Boise. On September 9 a carload OF
$4,000 young bass was shipped from
the northern part Of the state to be
planted In the Boise river just above
the Barber dam.
State Treasurer Allen announces
that the amount OF interest earned
on state funds during the month Of
August Is $4229.66. The total In
terest earnings on state moneys
during the year to date is given out
as $42,659.45.
Practically every hank in Boise has
agreed to receive aud transmit popu.
lar subscriptions from the people TO
the headquarters Of the national
committee OF the Republican, Demo-
cratic and Progressive parties, to be
used 10 the presidential campaign.
The second annual fair of Kootenai
county Is to be held at Occur d d'Alene,
September 10 to 26. Cash prizes are
offered for best displays OF poultry,
grains, grasses, ETC., fleld and garden
vegetables, fruits, tobacco, dairy and
culinary products, art exhibits and
needlework. An admission OF 20
cents for adults and 10 cents for
children to the fair will be charged.
The monthly recapltulation state
ment issued last week from the office
OF the state treasurer by Fred M.
Coleman. deputy state treasurer,
shows the tota! amount of funds In
the Golfers OF the Idaho state treasury
to be 1888, 905. 90. These figures
Indicate the amount on hand on
August 81.
The Republican state central COM
mittee, which met In Boise last week,
elected George A. Day, state lana
commissioner, to succeed Chas. L.
HeitMan as state chairman, MT.
Heitman having declined to De a
candidate for reelection. Captain
=. G. Davis was elected state secre
tary. Adam b. Barclay OF Lincoln
county was chosen fourth presidential
eIector but has declined to accept.
A reunion OF the Spanish war VET
erans Is to be held at Soda SPRINGS
Ida., beginning with September 10
This is the first annual reunion TO oe
held 10 the state OF Idaho, ana II Is
expected that all Spanish war vete1.
ans holding honorable discharges Will
be present. Those that served during
the Spanish war, even II they never
left the states, are eligible.
! ( s0.ssaaf 8
Froman's Ferry near Caiawe''
reared into the limelight as nshi"s
resort recently. three overgrown m'n-
nows having been taken from 1nt
Snake at that point q few days ago
j: L. Edelfsen captured two s.ureeoos'
one weivhino 20o mounds, the 0tnel