The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1920-08-20
IDAHO NEWS PARAGRAPHS
Recent Happenings in This State
Given in Brief Items for
Busy Readers.
Mercury Hits 1903 at Moscow.

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Mercury Hits 1903 at Moscow.
MOSCOW. Saturday was the hot
test day of the season, street Their
mometers registering 1913.
Crops Survive chat.
BOISE.-Idaho crops pulled through
the critical month OF July in COM
paratively good shape considering the
hot dry weather that prevailed gen
orally over the state.
Burns to Death in Garage
POCATELLO.-S. p. Lowe. "a, was
burned to death recently while at
tempting to save his automobile from
destruction in fire which wiped out
a garage at McCammon, II miles east
of here.
Grain Growers Organize.
MOSCOW. Idaho farmers. have in
corporated the Northwest Wheat
Growers association, which plans to
market the wheat of the northwest
ern states direct from the farms to
the mills, without the middlemen.
Two Die in Burning House.
WEISER.-Ames Raker, 50, and Ira
Martin, a. lost their lives and a Mrs.
Armstrong was seriously injured in a
fire recently which destroyed the
farmhouse of James Martin near here.
Explosion of a kerosene lamp started
the fire.
Tom Hunt Dies.
MOSCOW.-Thomas Hunt, age Sc,
pioneer of this section, died Satur-
| day. He was born in New York
state June 16, 1894, and came west in
1882. locating on a homestead six
miles northeast of Moscow, where the
family lived until a year ago.
Organize Cavalry Troop.
POTLATCH. - Progress is being
made in the organization of the cav
airy troop here Indications are that
the unit will be mustered in soon
Horses are now being purchased by
the government remount officer. The
necessary buildings and stables will
be erected soon after the organization
= is complete
Forest Fires Are Subdued.
The forest fires in the st. Joe ant
Avery districts are reported either ex
tinguished or under control Thi
: condition is due to the heavy rains
4 recently. According to the un1te'
: States forest fire station at SPOKANE
: there were 100 beds and % mess out
S fits, each for % men, sent into thu
Z fire districts.
Outlook in Idaho Mines.
The production of lead, zinc an
/, silver from the mines OF the Coeu
+ dAlene region is greater to dat
t than TO rthe same period Of 1919,
o is gathered from midsummer rt
r, view issued by the United States gee
o logical survey.
"In 1918 the mines of Idaho pre-
duced 294, 695. 1898 pounds of lead, bu
the total output in 1919 was onl
y about 1S4,079, 900 pounds" says tn
. review. MANY of the large mine
II were idle in 1919. but the condition
3 have improved somewhat in 1920 TIL
II Bunker Hill e Sullivan company mail
tanned porduction the Hecla, Mornin
d Hercules, and Tamarack and Custt
mines are showing better results, al
n the Callahan Zinc-Lead ompany
st producing much more lead.
v THE output of recoverable zinc
Of Idaho decreased from 45,16l,l
in pounds in 1918 to about 1860
a pounds in 1919. If the Callahan Tin
10 Lead company continues to ship III
ore and concentrates at the prese
rate. about $500 tons month, t
output of zinc in 1920 will be large
i THE production of silver in Ida
i'm 1919 was about 100000 ounce
valued at $6,340,O00, the lowest o.
put for the last three years. T
ID average annual output for the last
years was 9,730,1S ounces. Sever
of the larger mines We're idle
months in 1919, but as shipments
lead ore have been resumed the 0
Il put in 1920 may be greater than Il
in 1919. The producers of silv
o.. lead ore in the Occur dAlene distr
are making larger shipments than
Wv 1919. especially the Bunker Hill &
it Ivan Morning. Heela, Hercules, 8