The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-06-08

waters of the Clearwater riye-. Koos.
Rla Is small town in Idaho countv
Effective June J., all employees OF
lhe Bunker Hill and Sullivan smelte,
al Kellogg, were granted a bonus OF
10 cents day, according to an an
nouncement male by Stanley A. Eas-
ton, manager Of the smelter. About
800 smelter employees are affected.
Activity in campaign to save
western white pine forests valued at
hilf billion dollars from the scourpe
or white pine blister rust, will be
commenced in Idaho immediately
Ihis announcement was made Satur
DAY night 10y DR.. James R. Weir.
forest -pathologist of the United
States bureau of plant Industry, who
is paying Boise brief visit.
q II. Lingenfelter, an attorney of
Boise and ex United States attorney
for the district of Idaho, committed
suicide at the Portland Medical hos
pital at Portland, Ore, June | b,
hanging himself from the window of
his room.
State officials and employees 10 the
several departments of the Idaho
state government have subscribed
$1,000 for the purchase of government
war bonds. The bonds are to be paid
for on the installment plan out of
monthly salary warrants.
The state land board Monday sub
scribed for government war bonds 10
the sum of 500, 900 with state school
funds and in addition set aside $40,
600 for the purchase of additional
bonds that are TO be sold to state of
hcials and employees of the state gov
ernment on the installmeut plan.
A balance of ST, 800, ,5l886 remains
to the credit of the several funds 10
the state treasury, according to the
report of John w. EaglesUn, state
treasurer, to the state auditor for
May. Disbursements for May totaled
$554 ,095.3 81; the receipts for the same
period totaled $9l1, 10000. The re-
ceipts were increased to a considerable e
amount by the sale of state highway
bonds in the sum of $500, 900 aud the
sale of much school land.
j. X. White, state pure food com
missioner, is sending out to the
mayors of the cities, towns and
villages of the state circulars
relative to enforcing rules for the
maintenance of sanitary conditions
in their municipalities. The pure
food missioner announces tina
the law dealing with the pubic |
nuisances will be strictly enforced |
this summer.
Company A of Sa dpoint, Second
Idaho infantry, has gone to Grace.
Idaho, to guard property in the south
eastern part of this state and north
ern Utah. Headquarters have been
established at Grace by the orgaDiza.
ton, but detachments have been SEN
t. two other towns in Idaho and three
in Utah.
A Boise back ard glrdner Informed
The Statesman that cut wofms bad
teeth and that one could hear III III
eating. She went out 10 the evening.
she said. to Investigate the welfare Of
her bean plants and heard peculiar
sound, which, upon putting her ear
to the ground, she discovered To come
from the third plant. Ga bringing
matches, she found cut worm feed
ing on poison food she had put out.
Attorney general It. A. Walters
has advised John w Eagleson, stare
treasurer. that he was entirely wI'hlh
his rights in refusing to paw deficiency
claims or warrants issued by the state
audittr under direction of the state
board nf examiners The attorney
General in his opinion takes Inc
nosition that the stare treasures
would be violating the law II ne
cashed the warrants and carried them
D his books as cash items, but he