The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-07-25
STATE and COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANs.
Events and Industrial Progress
OF the Week.

The city tax levy at Standpoint is
23a mills, fixed July %.
The date for the Kootenai County
fair at Occur d'Alene has been set
for Sept Is TO 80.
The city OF Boise will require ap-
proximately $500. 900 to meet its ex-
penses during the coming fiscal year.
A proposition to bond for $4,000
for court house and jail was defeated
10 Clearwater county last Saturday.
The new Idaho board OF education
has elected DR.. Edward 0. Sisson OF
Portland, commissioner Of education
for the state, fixing his salary at
$4,000 a year.
The second election to bond Latah
county to build court house and
iali at Moscow resulted Tuesday 10
the defeat OF the issue. The amount
of bonds proposed was $4,000.
The season for hunting sage hens
and turtle doves IN Idaho opened
July Is, and closes December l. This
applies to all parts Of the state ex-
cept Fremont county, where the sea
son does not open until August 10.
John Kennally Of Idaho City, who
was supposed to be heir to 100000
left by supposed brother, has failed
to satisfy the state of New York as
to bis claims, and has lost the ln-
herltance.
The Coeur d'Alene city council has
passed an ordinance prohibiting the
sale or giving away Of liquor in any
room, alcove. box, apartment or en-
closure OF any kind in any public
place within the city limits.
The history Of Idaho from the
early trapping days until 1890, oy
VIM. ]. Mcconnell of Moscow, is
being published at Caldwell. The
secent legislature appropriated $500
to purchase 800 copies of the book at
SIS each.
The Kootenai county commission
era are sitting at Occur d'Alens as
board OF equalization. Only fe"
unimportant changes 10 assessments
have been made. The tax rolls arr
in course OF completion to be sub
mitted to the state board at Boise.
The executive committee Of tn
Taxpayers league of Idaho, represent
ing the northern counties of Idaho
at a meeting 10 Spokane Saturda.
petitioned Secretary Of the Interlo
Lane to begin action which will re
suit in 1000, 900 acres Of land claime'
by the Northern Pacific Railwa
company being taxed by the state.
A home for working girls, fo
those who do not receive wages sui
flcient to enable them to pay rent
the better class lodging houses, ma
be opened 10 Boise. The city an
county are being asked to appropriat
$25 per month each for the suppol
OF such an institution, and indici
tons are that the home will
financed.
Idaho has total unsurveyed are
of q, 231, $50 acres. according to r
port just prepared by Surveyor Ger
eral Utter. The report shows u
total NUM- Der of cres unsurveyed
each county in the state. Ada al
Latah are the only counties In whi'
all the land has been surveyed. Nut
Of the present unsurveyed area
embraced within forest reserves.
Attorney G. nj. Booth of Tw
Falls, who was in Boise on Mond
on legal business, says that the Kul
failure has had no bad effect whs
ever in that section OF the state; tn
the crops are enormous, and tn
men are hustling right along to bu'
up the community.
Movements are on foot TO nave l
great Bruneau irrigation project
back to the federal government