The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-12-12

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enal Light and Power company OF
Occur d'Alene. $39,s47 ST. Maries
Light and Power company, $l0,0O0
Spirit Lake Land company. $4,000.
Professor. w. H. Olin announces
that Dean Carlyle Of the University
Of Idaho has arranged for a short
course of instruction at the university y
to extend from January IL to January
II. both inclusive, for the benefit OF
all the farmers of Idaho who desire
to avail themselves Of the lectures,
instruction and demonstrations. The
course Of study will cover livestock,
horticulture and home economics.
This will be known as Roundup
Week" at the university and efforts
are already on to secure reduced rates
on the railroads.
Few subjects have aroused such an
interest among the livestock men of
Idaho as has hoy cholera in the past
few months. The ravages Of the dis
ease have been confined to no locality
and it does not make the Idaho VIC.
tins of the plague feel any better to
know that the entire country has
been suffering great losses from this
cause. DR.. V. G. White, the state
veterinarian, the State Livestock
Sanitary board, the University of
Idaho and the hog raisers of the state
have been cooperating in every way
possible to stamp out the disease; and
DR.. White is now in Chicago attend
ing a convention at which hog cholera
is one of the main subjects up for
consideration.
Grave fears are entertained among
potato growers in the southeastern
section of Idaho, and practically all
Of Utah, concerning the importation
of potato diseases from Colorado. So
great have been the profits from po-
tato growing in recent years, and es-
pecially 10 the present year; SO many
farmers have taken up the work of
raising potatoes, and so much of the
future prosperity of large sections OF
the state is dependent upon the sue
cess of potato culture, that men of
prominence everywhere have been
aroused to action to head off the i'm
pending evil. 1t is announced that
arrangements have been made by
which the Utah Agricultural college,
the University of Idaho and the Ore
gon Short Line company are to co.
operate in the preparation and dis
tribution of bulletins to inform the
farmers as to the best methods of
guarding against potato diseases.
II it were not for Idahos juvenile
court law, which does not permit Of
a Jail sentence for any child under
l8, nine boys, sons of prominent
business men OF Boise would have a
prison term for burglary staring them
in the face. In all about five houses
were entered by the boys during the
past two weeks. The Judge asked
each boy il he did not know that it
was wrong to take these things, and
all admitted that they knew that it
was, but that they "didn't think. "
All the boys admitted that they went
to Sunday school, the schools ranging
from the Methodist to the Scientist,
and all said they had been taught
that it was wrong to take property
belonging to others.
The state board of health at its
annual meeting Dec. 2, passed a rigid
rule governing the sanitation OF
school houses, which provides for the
visiting of schoolhouses by the health
officers at stated Intervals, prescribes
sanitary heating and lighting require
ments, the water supply, water re.
ceptacles, etc, and provides that any
school house not complying with the
regulations made by the board, shall
be declared public nuisance. All
plans for new school buildings must
be submitted to the board for approx
al. The rules also provide for the
proper fumigation and disinfection OF
all school buildings after cuntagiou'
diseases have been reported in tht
schools.
Postmaster General Bur.eSon ha.
decided to ask congress for authority