The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-12-11
Idaho State News Items.

which Is intrusted to the state treas.
urer' there was at the beginning OF
Tue month Of December, ST l,o9l ,lsl.-I
%. II. II. Dewey. state treasurer.
made his report Friday to Auditor
Huston for the month past.
by the result OF the drawing before
tne state board Of canvassers Thurs.
DAY afternoon. Que was added to the
Republican majority in the state
mouse or representatives. Ole Buh-
man OF Troy will complete the
representation from Latah county in
the next legislature.
10 facilitate business in the state
treasury, the land board has author
'2ed the purchase of state warrants
out OF the various endowment funds
at Its disposal. 1t is customary to
use these funds for making farm
loans and buying school bonds, but
the payments due the state have not
come 10 this month as rapidly as
usual, and 1t was thought best to
divert part Of the endowment funds
to taking up the warrants this month.
The land board IS authorized 10
purchase school bonds, state warrants
and bonds and U. S. bonds, and
make farm loans with its moneys
State bonds pay the same interest as
school bonds.
From licenses and fines, the depart
ment Of food, dairy and sanitary in.
spectlon collected $l6,039.45 during
the two years past, according to the
report which has just been submitted
to the secretary Of the state board of
health by ]. X. White, head of the
department. The state appropra.
tion for the expenses Of the depart
ment was forty thousand dollars for
the past biennium. or this there is
remaining $530.08. Therefore the
total cost to the state OF operating
the department for the past two
years has been $23, ,430.47. or the
receipts, licenses to hotels, slaughter
houses, soft drink dispensaries, made
up Sl2,2Ol Babcock tests brought
in $3.50, and fines to the amount Of
$34S8.45 brought the total.
Three hundred and eighty-four
deeds have been issued by the state
land department during the past two
years, according to the biennial re.
port, which is in the process of prep.
aration. These deeds transferred
from the state to private owners title
to %, 9O6 acres of land. For these
transfers payment of $446, 444 80
has been made on the principal OF
the purchase price and $l46, 649 "a
has been paid into the land office as
interest on the sale certificates. A
total of $593, ,094. II has been taken
| In by the cashier of the department
for sales alone.
The Christmas cheer fund at kel'
logy, raised by public subscription
has reached 5000 including about sou
from the charity ball and $25 voteu
by the Industrial union.
The Van Gasgon residence at Bon
ners Ferry was destroyed by dre sun
day, the loss being $4,000.
The Idaho public utilities COM
mission will hold an important near
ing at Boise, Jan. IL, to pass upon
rnles governing overhead construction
of mower and telephone lines
A rancher named II. b. Emerson
near Bonners Ferry, recently m'S'oo'
his peighbor, Frank Gallas' lot
deer and shot him. Gallas dled iroh
the wound.
The Slhlwald, or city forest o
Zurich, Switzerland, adds 70 ~
towns revenues 81 90 per acre year
rednciuy the amount needed 10 y
raised through taxation by more 'ha'
S32, 900.
In northern Idaho aud Montana
v,;ch had many fires during the Pas
s,mmer, s5 per cent of the hfes o .,
n,tiopal forests were caused oy 'a''
ro.ds 26 per cent by lightning "''
N nor cent by campers. The remain
dor we're due to brush bur"i"s -
t,er miscellaneous or unA"o"
J causes.