The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-03-07
STATE AND COUNTY NEWS
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO lDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
OF the Week.

Orchardists In the Lewiston coun,
try are busy pruning and will soor
start spraying.
The Blackwell lumber mill at Coe u
d'Alene is to open in about 10 days
with full force.
The Bonners Ferry Lumber com.
pany started its big sawmill Monday
with a crew Of 400 men employed.
A woman at Standpoint has been
fined $25 for displaying a revolver
during dispute with another woma n.
Frank Bari OF Wallace has been
sent to the penitentiary for from one
to IA years for stealing a gold watch
from his roommate.
Judge Flynn OF the district court
has appointed Ignatz We'll receiver of
the Traders State bank Of Standpoint,
which has been closed for the last
Eve years.
A city ordinance is being drawn at
Standpoint to pay the mayor salary
OF $3.50 a year, md the aldermen $75
each. Standpoint councilmen have
heretofore served without compensa-
tiOn.
VIM. Nanney of Grace, Bannock
county. has paid the county $43
reimbursement and penalty for hav.
Ing cashed county warrant which,
although made out in his name, did
not belong to him.
The proprietors of pool hall IN
Bannock county have been arrested
for allowing young boys to frequent
the place all day long, and many
cases OF truancy from school are said
to have resulted.
Thirty-four carloads of elk from
the Jackson Hole country are being
shipped by way Of Briggs, Ida, to
various points in Wyoming. The
shipments are being made by State
Warden Sorenson of Wyoming.
The new St. Mares drawbrldge,
built by the state and county for
$4,000, is claimed to be the highest
drawbridge in the world, being few
inches higher than the one at Chat.
colet. One hundred teams crossed on
II the flrst day of It's completion.
A jury 10 the district court at
Occur d'Alene Monday refused to
award DR.. j. Richardson $1,000
damages against the Milwaukee rail
road for broken ankle alleged to
have been caused by alighting from
train at St. Maries and stepping on
switch rail.
County Superintendent R. G. Eg-
bers announces 10 circular letter to
school trustees OF Kootenai county
that trustees meeting will be called
to convene at Occur dAlene some
time 10 April, prior to the time of
the annual school meeting. The pur.
pose OF the meeting will be to discuss
plans looking to the improvement of
school affairs In general.
On the Minidoka irrigation project
10 southern Idaho there Is move.
ment on foot to organize the local
banks for the purpose Of advancing
funds to purchase limited number
of dairy cattle to be sold to the farm
ers at cost. 1t Is planned to purchase
stock from Utah, and In the spring
ship cattle in from Wisconsin or Ore
gon. The settlers are beginning to
realize that the dairy industry means
success, and that to get the greatest
profit from their products they should
be fed to stock on the farm.
Through the raising of the quaran
tine placed upon Idaho alfalfa and
alfalfa seed by the horticultural com
mission OF California this state will
be permitted to ship to the Golden
state over 5000 cars of alfalfa each
year besides selling in the neighbor-
hood OF $500, 900 worth of the seed
annually. The quarantine which
California placed upon the Idaho