The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1913-08-29
STATE AND COUNTY NEWS
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.


Pocatello is threatened with a
water shortage and the city has taker
steps to regulate the sprinkling hours
The line of the Oregon Short Lin,
formerly known as the Idaho North
ern extension, will be taken over BY
the operating department Of the Ore
gon Short Line. as far as Smiths
Ferry.
The Priest River town council has
decided that the springs from which
1t had expected to get the town water
supply are inadequate for the pur.
pose, and it has been decided to use
river water.
Two threshing machines have been
burned in the vicinity of Moscow last
week. both disasters having been
caused by the explosion Of smut. The
sack sewers on both machines were
badly burned. The machines are
said to be total loss. but no grain
was burned.
The parcel post problem as it affects
the mail carriers will be discussed 10
Moscow on Monday, September J.,
Labor day, and the convention will
be addressed by Postotfice Inspector
Fullenwider, DR.. E. T. Baker and
others.
Petitions are being circulated ask.
ing that the board Of commissioners
call local option election in Ban.
mock county this winter. No diff
Guilty is being experienced 10 securing
signatures. In fact. 1t is said very
much more than the required 40 per
cent OF qualified electors have already
signed the list.
The summer term of 1918 has
proven successful at the Albion state
normal. 265 students have been en-
rolled, making 1t the largest summer
school In the state. Ten states are
represented at the school. OF the 81
counties of Idaho, 26 are represented,
Including Kootenai and Bonner.
The first silo of the Kootenai val.
ley district was completed last week
and Is now being filled at the Malcolm
Bruce ranch south OF Boomers Ferry.
The silo which Mr.. Bruce has built is
an underground affair built OF solid
concrete, is % feet deep and II feet
wide with a capacity of SO tons of
sllage. The silo is built in the center
OF Mr.. Bruce's dairy barn.
With the statement that an in
crease of assessment on timber lands
for taxation In this county is expected
County Commissioner Esgate returned
from Boise Saturday, where he has
been in attendance upon the sessions
OF the state board Of equalization.
The expectation OF an increase is
based upon the boards ruling in sus-
tanning The assessment of timber
lands 10 Latah county on an average
basis of $l8, stated in round figures.
the commissioner states. Assess
ment'in Kootenai county was made
on a fiat basis of $l4 per acre.
The 5000, 900 good roads bond issue
voted by the electors OF Boise and
Ada county has been held valid by
the supreme court of Idaho. The
decision is OF unusual importance
over the state, due to the fact that
many other counties in Idaho have
voted good roads bonds or planned to
and have held back the issues to
waiting the outcome of this case.
The opinion of the court was not
unanimous. It was written by Jus
tice Sullivan and concurred 10 by
Justice Stewart. 10 separate opin-
Ion Chief Justice Ailshie dissented.
Prof. Hyrum T. French Of Cald-
well, Idaho, has been appointed d.
rector of farm management work for
the state OF Oregon 10 the further
completion of the farm extention
work that is being done through the
activities Of the agricultural depart
Ment and the several states. Prof.