The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-02-14
STATE AND COUNTY NEWS
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

Of the Week.
j. U. Mcpherson has been reelected
state inspector by the Idaho horti-
cultural board.
The home of former U. S. Senator
f. T. Dubois at Blackfoot was badly
damaged by FIRE last Saturday.
DR.. v. G. Wilson, the new state
veter marian, has appointed DR.. A. J.
Powell of Occur d'Alene as one Of the
assistant state veterinarians.
Edward Payne, former president of
the defunct Boise State bank, has
been convicted of making false re-
ports to the state banking depart
ment.
Ludwig Roper OF Occur d'Alene has
recently been appointed deputy game
warden for Kootenal county. Mr..
Roper served in this capacity once
before.
While crossing the Snake river, by
way Of the railroad bridge, D. w.
Stevens, Hepburn rancher, was
knocked off onto the rocky shore be-
low by an Oregon Short Line engine
and killed.
The deep SHOWS in the mountains
have made it hard for deer to find
substance, and in many cases they
are driven from their haunts to the
barns Of farmers nearby. 1t is re-
ported that there is no trouble to kill
them, for they are too poor and weak
to flee from gunners and sportsmen.
Paul Cotton, a dope fiend, "Carrie
Nationed" the big plate glass window
in the front of pharmacy at Idaho
Falls, because the management Of the
store refused him laudanum. He
was seized before he could do any
further damage and hurried to the
county Jail.
A. w. Hastings, a settler near
Shoshone, shot and killed drink
crazed Spanish sheepherder, Feb. 7.
The sheepherder approached the
Hastings home 10 the middle of the
night uttering violent oaths and
threatening to kill Hastings. The
coroner's Jury pronounced the killing
,justifiable.
Provision for the tactical oreaniza
tion of the United States army into
three Infantry divisions and one
cavalry division is made in an order
issued by direction of President Taft
and made public by Secretary of War
Stmson. This plan of reorganization
will become effective February 5 and
includes the entire mobile army with
in the continental limits of the
United States.
Reports received from the rabbit.
infested districts of Lincoln county
Indicate the wholesale destruction of
the pests as the result of the paris
green campaign begun under the d-
rectlcn Of the county commissioners
One farmer at Dietrich counted 300
victims Of the poison the first morn
ing after be tried 1t. The rabbits
could be seen gobbling up the sat
urated hay, which they seemed TO
relish more with the poison than
without it.
The Idaho Seed Growers associa-
tion will hold its annual meeting at
Idaho Falls, February 81 aud %.
This association has for its purpose
the obtaining of pure types of farm
seeds and the maintaining of theil
purity through registration or pedi
grecing the seed stock 1t desires the
support and cooperation of all per-
sons interested in the growth and sale
of good quality seeds.
10 one of the shortest opinions
handed down by the supreme court ol
the state in many years, the Oregon
Short Line RAILROAD company is com
PEELED to pay the sum Of $3.50 to
Delbert w. Lott of Rexburg for the
loss of two horses at crossing in ths
northern part of the town of Rexburg
1t was contended that the railroad