The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1915-08-13
Board Employs
Night Watch
Report of Last Meeting. Band Appro-
priation Still Stands.

the law strictly in paying all salaries
and bills quarterly instead of monthly.
The Child Welfare Club of Idaho
Falls has made arrangements TO give
all children Of the city under IA years
OF age free swimming lessons, three
days week.
Boise's brewery may be converted
into a vinegar factory to utilize the
apples that have no commercial value,
or 1t may be used as a cold storage
plant.
During the year ended July 81, the
Milwaukee Lumber company of st.
Marles reports having shipped 35,-
600, 600 feet Of lumber. This Is said
to be nearly equal to the shipments
of 1914.
State Chemist Jackson issued a
warning to Boise manufacturers of
and dealers In vinegar, to the effect
that much OF the product now being
handled is below the 4 per cent
standard set by the state law. The
warning was meant especially for
manufacturers.
Mrs. A. D. Harris, treasurer of
Fremont county, has called for pay
ment the last of the 1914 warrants,
and the county has the money with
which to pay them. This cleans up
the floating Indebtedness of the
county for the lrst time In its history.
The only debts now remaining un-
paid are those of bond issues which
are not yet due.
Harry Yost of Meridian, had ten
tons of cherries on his place and no
market for the fruit. just as he was
about to abandon his crop he received
an order for 500 gallons of cherry
juice, at a profitable figure. He has
been hustling since to pick the fruit
and squeeze the Juice out of it. He
will make 900 gallons of the juice
this year.
With the object of developing a
broad and convincing program of
national defense which will meet with
the approval Of congress, President
Wilson is planning to CO operate With
the chairman of the military and
naval affairs committees of the senate
and house, as we'll as with Secretaries
Garrison and Daniels of the war and
navy departments, before finally de
Gliding on the recommendations he
will make in his next message to
congress.
Under the provisions of house biz
No. l29, any official of the state OF
Idaho is permitted to make appllca-
tion through the public utilities
commission aud to receive free trans
portation on any railroad operating
10 the state, this transportation to be
used by the official while in the dis
charge of his or her duties. 1t is
necessary that the public utilities
commission shall certify to the COM
pany of whom the request for trans
portation Is made, that the duties of
the official applying require him or
her to travel between stations on the
company's lines "and that tho issu-
| ance of said free ticket or transpor-
tation will result in saving to the
state or county sufficient to justify
the issuance of said certificate"
A campaign to secure an earlier
opening of the duck season 10 Idaho
has been commenced by State Game
Warden Jones. He hopes to secure a
| modification in the federal migratory
bird regulations so that the season
will open in this state September !,
instead of October l.. The state law
says that the season shall open Sep
tember 1, but the new federal game
law tlxes the opening date at October
1. Mr.. Jones holds that the birds
are mature enough for shooting 10
Idaho during the month Of September,
and that since 1t is in that month
that most of them pass across this
state, the season should te opened
for that period.