The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-10-17
STATE. AND COUNTY NEWS
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO lDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
OF the Week.

George H. Handy of Caldwell,
grand secretary OF the Odd Fellows of
Idaho. died in Salt Lake City last
Friday.
George Warren of Spirit Lake was
last Saturday convicted Of wife leat-
ing and given six months in the
county Jail and a fine Of 5000.
The potato crop throughout north
ern Idaho is reported light. This is
also the case 10 Washington and Ore
Rou. Around Milton, IN the latter
state the crop, Is said to be almost
total failure.
The University of Idaho football
team defeated Gonzaga university in
Spokane Saturday by score Of 81 to
3. The visitors played open football
using fake forward passes to good ad.
vantage.
The statement OF Probate Judge
Bert A. Reed of Kootenai county for
the last quarter shows $70S.60 fees
earned and only $5.55 expended for
the office, the balance being paid
over TO the treasurer.
Adjutant General Patch recon-
mends the organization Of second
national guard company at Occur d.
Alene, In addition to Company G,
already located there. There is a
vacancy 10 the regiment which must
be dlled by Dec. 81.
The school of practical agriculture,
q six months course, opened at the
University of Idaho, Moscow, Mon.
day morning and over SO students
registered. G. S. Edmundson, princi-
pal, estimated that over 100 Will be
registered before the end Of the week.
Four prisoners broke Jail at Wal.
lace last Saturday night and escaped.
One Of them, named Anderson, armed
with revolver and cartridges and
using saws passed to him from out
side, sawed his way out, taking the
other three with him. Eight other
prisoners refused to join 10 the escape.
The department of agriculture esti.
mates that the total wheat crop of
Idaho this year will amount to IA
053, 900 bushels, as against 14,566, 900
bushels last year. 4 or this amount
4,984, 900 bushels is spring wheat this
year, as against 3,952,00O bushels in
1912.
b. F. O'Neil, convicted of making
false reports to the state bank ex.
aminer OF the condition Of the Bank
OF Commerce of Wallace, while its
president, arrived 10 Boise Oct. l3,
In custody of guard and in company
with four other convicts from north
Idaho aud Immediately began his
term OF two to 10 years In the peni.
tentiary.
The King hill and King hill exten.
sion irrigation projects in Owyhee
county are about to fail, entailing
heavy loss to settlers and hundreds of
thousands OF dollars OF eastern CAPT.
tai invested. The bulk Of the bonds
were sold In England to small in.
vestors.
Secretary or State Clifford collected
aud turned over to State Treasurer
Allen betwee July ! and September
the sum Of $55, ,657.55 for the sup
port OF the state government. OF
this sum $g4ll was from the license
tax on automc biles and other motor
vehicles. This makes total Of $780,
l07 derived from this source Of reve
nue. since the new law went into eff.
feet.
Charles Elmer, secretary to Frank
h. Gooding wh en- the latter was gov.
error of Idaho, passed through Salt
Lake recently, enroute to Gooding'
Ida. where he is to take up the plat
OF attack for the former governor
against Sens.t James H. Brady il
the coming sml'aien for election tt
the United Stat es senate. Former