The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-08-15
STATE AND COUNTY NEWS
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO lDAHoAys,
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

The rector OF the Episcopal church
at Occur d'Alene illustrates his even
ing sermons with motion pictures.
Laborers remodeling school build.
inR at Lewiston discovered Sl0O
worth of honey that bees had stored
between the walls.
Edward Payne, president of the
Boise State Bank, convicted of falsi.
fylnG records, has been pardoned
after six months imprisonment,
Kootenai county commissioners are
Roon to begin work on that portion of
the highway to complete the thor
ouchfare from Occur d'Alene through
Fourth of July canyon to Wallace.
The second annual Spirit Lake
chautauqua closed August 10 with a
lecture on "Civic Righteousness" by
Mayor W. ]. HindleV Of Spokane.
The state OF Idaho is advertising
for bids on the clearing of 40 acres of
land for the new demonstration farm
at Standpoint. The NoFtheFn Pacific
and Great Northern railroads each
contributed $1,000 toward the farm.
Prof. Shattuck of the University
OF Idaho visited Priest River last
week TO inspect the work of the oHt:
ut contrived by e. g. Sutton and
John Hamberg for the purpose
OF extracting turpentine and other
fluids from yellow pins stnmps. Tha
professor seemed much pleased with
the accomplishments of the machine.
Newport Miner.
The Catholic Colonization Society
OF America has secured an option on
10000 acres of Northern Pacific land
IN Clearwater county. The society
desires to buy $4,000 acres Of state
land adjoining and intend starting a
colony OF 100 Catholic families. The
state land board is considering the
matter.
On July s the Great Northern Rail-
way company wired the public ntili-
ties commission for permission to fix
a rate Of So per car, maximum, 5000
feet. between Albany Falls and Sand
point, Idaho. Permission was wired
the company al that time and the
action was ratified by the issuance OF
the regulation order, Aug. 8.
Sixty carloads of hogs, bringing tc
the community over 100000, have
been shipped from Parma, Idaho,
during the past IL months. The
number OF hogs on the ranches II
that section at the present time is
twice what it was year ago, and II
is conservatively estimated that tht
shipments from that point in th'
next year will aggregate 10 value
$3.50, 900.
Geurse W. Lewis, chief deputy II
the office OF State Auditor Huston
who has given much thought ant
study to assessment matters In recen
years, says the valuations In the varl
Gus counties are running trld
higher than last year. Last year th
total valuation for the state after tn
corporation assessments were adde
was $4l9, 900, 900. This year Deput
Lewis expects the total to run t
$43O, 900, 900 now, and this he think
will be still further increased t
$3.50, 900, 900 when the supplements
assessment rolls carrying the ban
stock and certain classes Of persona
property haye been added.
While 10 the north part OF th
state Warden Barber supervised th
distribution of six cars of fish FRY
rainbow aud eastern brook trou
Between 500, 900 and 100000 yonn
fish were distributed 10 this wa
among the north Idaho streams
Fish and game conditions in ths
section of the state Warden Bar5t
reports to be unusually good. Son
criticism has been aimed at the ds
and game department for the pu'
chase Of a motor boat to be operate