The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-11-28
STATE AND COUNTY news
items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
OF the Week.

Of the Week.
Lewiston has a street car service,
started this week.
A hunter near Kellogg crawled four
miles on his hands and knees last
Sunday after suffering broken ankle
10 a fall.
O. w. Schllling of Post Falls
shipped another car OF apples last
week, There were 756 boxes and
they will net him better than ST. 40
box.
A stranger walked into a saloon 10
Cmur d'Alene one day last week and
dropped dead. At last accounts his
identity had not been ascertained.
Notice to the depositors and crcdi i
tors OF the State Rank OF Murray of
its voluntary liquidation has just
been given. The action Is taken by
the directors and as soon as obliga.
tIons have been met and the deposit
ors paid the institution will be closed.
Idaho has been asked to use its in
fluence with the department Of the
interior to secure renewal of the
contract OF the Humphrey. Haynes
people, who operate the Monida &
Yellowstone stage line through the
Yellowstone park, and to continue
the conditions to keep the greater per
cent OF the travel to the park through
the state of Idaho.
Standpoint business men have start.
ed move to cut out one of the two
telephone systems In their town. The
recent showing in the Federal court
at Spokane that the Bell people own
and control the Interstate system, is
the cause OF the move, and the county
attorney has been instructed to ascer.
tain II the public utilities commits.
sion has power to compel the COM
panies to give interchangeable ser.
vices.
With their horns interlocked so
that 1t has been impossible to extri-
cate them hunters at Priest lake last
week came upon two bucks ON John
Malcolm's place which had battled
FOR supremacy In the forest. One of
the backs had already expired but
the other was still alive when shot by
the hunters. One buck had IA points
on its antlers and the other ten.
After dispatching the deer various
persons have attempted to force the
antlers apart but have been unsuc.
cessful. The heads will be mounted
In their deadly embrace.
The assessors OF this state are call
ed to meet In Boise, December 16, II
and lS by Governor Haines through
letters sent out over the state by the
chief executive. The conference is
TO be held at that time due to the
TACT that the commissioners of the
counties OF the state convene in an
nual convention at the same time
Ine assessors will be given an op.
portunity to meet with the state tax
commission and 20 over the many i'm.
portant questions that have come up
over tax laws and to make plans for
tne 1914 assessments.
Practically all legal obstacles to
'ne completion Of the Big Lost River
irrigation project were removed last
monday. when word was received
That the United States court of an.
peals at San Francisco had handed
idown a decision in the litigation
which has involved the project since
isio. The court Of appeals upholds
Judge Dietrich OF the Idaho district
OF the United States district court,
"no ruled 10 favor of the mechanics
ne" OF The Corey Bros. Construction
company, entering judgment OF ap.
pfoxlmately $3.50. 900 in favor OF that
.oocern, and ordered receivers sale
TO satisfy 1t.
Inc Arrowrock dam, beiog built by
'ne United States Reclamation Ser.
wee Tor irrigation storage purposes.
20 located 20 miles from Boise, and