The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1912-01-19
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Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

VI I0e WCCAs
Several deaths from snow slides 10
the Coeur d'Alenes have been reported
the past week.
:. The University of Idaho won the
second annual debate with Pacific
university, at Moscow, January IL.
Fred s. Logue Of Boise county has
announced his candidacy for the
nomination for state auditor on the
republican ticket.
The Latah county commissioners
are planning the construction Of a
new $50, 900 or 100000 courthouse
at Moscow.
The quarterly report OF Auditor D.
e. Dandy OF Kootenai county shows
$3.50 ices collected for the quarter
ended, January 6.
The January term of the district
court will begin Jan. % aud the trial
jury has been summoned to appear
January 20.
A man believed to be insane was
arrested at Boise Tuesday, after stat
ing that Governor Hawley should be
"blown up" aud that it "would
happen" that night.
The Kootenai county commissioners
have made an order that no more
roads will be constructed on the
reservation unless all parties over
whose land the road is to run, waive
all claims for damages.
The Occur d'Alene city council has
sent resolutions to Boise opposing the
plan to reduce the municipal bonding
limit to s per cent of the assessed
real valuation, and the proposed re-
ductIon of the general fund levy to a
maximum OF 6 mills.
Representatives r. L. Black, R. G..
Thompson and Bert Nelson, and
Senator G. II. Potts of Kootenai
county left Occur d'Alene last Satur-
day night to attend the special session
of the legislature at Boise.
The county authorities at Occur
d'Alene believe that in Joseph Bolin
and Frank Star, two prisoners In the
Kootenai county Jail, they have
members of gang of bank robbers
and safe crackers that has been
operating 10 Washington aud Idaho,
Bolin has confessed, duplicating Star.
Bachelors Of Boise, and especially
those who are supporting widowed
mothers and other dependent rela-
tives, are up IN arms against the
proposed bill which. it is reported, Is
in preparation for the consideration
Of the lawmakers at the special ses
Of the legislature, and which provide:
for a tax on bachelors in Idaho.
Representative French, on Jan. 8
introduced In the house bills previous
~ introduced In the senate by Senator
Borah, providing for three yea
homestead; authorizing an additiona
SIS, ,000. 900, loan to the reclamation
fund; authorizing patenting OF home
steadsentries on government reclama
tion projects so soon as the settlers
comply with the homestead law anG
permitting surface entry Of phosphate
lands.
]. F. LitOoy, an expert horticul
turist Of southern Idaho, is advising
farmers to sprinkle alfalfa soaked II
srsenic or paris green around thei
orchards to kill the jack rabbits. Th,
deep snow, he says, drives the rabbits
10 eat the bark from the top of tn
young trees aud will cause thousand
.oEdollars worth Of damage, unles
some means are used to extermlnat
them.
State Auditor S. D. Taylor state
that the present value of Idaho
public It. n Is is $50, ,000, 600. He ad
v0cates that this land should all b
sold now, arguing that the interes
.0n the proceeds would amount Il
more than the increase 10 the valu