The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1921-02-18
Lock City Clerk in Vault.
Ship Lead East by Water.

Ship Lead East by Water.
KELLOGG, Idaho.-On account OF
excessive freight rates from here to
the eastern seaboard, the Bunker Hill
smelter is now shipping pig lead to
New York by water via Seattle and
the Panama canal.
Bank of Sites Suspends.
STITES.-The Bank of Sites has
been closed by f. c. Fralick, commits
sioner OF commerce and industry. Elk
aminer E. c. Beck is in charge. No
report as to the condition of finances
has been made. The president is l..
Ewing and f. E. Leeper is cashier.
Tax Relief Bill.
BOISE.-The senate has passed the
Witty tax relief bill This measure
seeks to give to Idaho taxpayers an
extension of time, or until June of
this year, in which to pay their 1920 |
taxes, the contention being they are
in serious need of this relief and that |
they can not pay their taxes now be- |
cause of the slump in the market and
their failure to dispose of their crops.
Lumber Plants to Resume
COEUR D'ALENE.- Atlas tie
mill resumed operations Monday. af-
Ter having been shut down since the
of December. 1t is rumored
hat the Blackwell Lumber company
will resume operations about April 1.
The sawmill has been shut down most
If the winter but the planning mill has
'een in operation continually for the
asst year. The Rutledge Timber COM
any has made an exceptional run,
ot having shut down either the saw
lill or planer this winter 1t is ru-
lored that It plans to put on double
hift soon.
Pioneer Woman Dies. s
GRANGEVILLE-Th death of Mrs. a
argaret K. Holbrook, age 80, oc- f
lrred recently at the home of her I
Grs. George Fem, who v
yes about midway between Grange {
lie and Harpster. f
The late Mrs. Holbrook was one of a
e vests real pioneers. She came p
it'll her parents from Iowa to Ore t.
n in 1914. Later the family moved
the Palouse country. locating be- J.
cen Genesee and Colfax. The fam
: finally moved to Camas prairie S
ttling at old Mt. Idaho, which for
any years was the seat of Idaho
unity, then the largest county in the ST
lifted States. h,
Mrs. Holbrook, lovingly called RI
randma" far and wide, resided til
rec miles from Grangeville when to
2 Nez Perez Indian war was fought or
tween Whitebird and Grangeville. in
Dad" Allen Passes On.
Allen. the last
own survivor of the battle between
kearsarge and the Alabama off oil
2 coast of France, Slipped his Bt
Die" and Joined his shipmates on d.
} other side'' in
Allen died here at the little station tn
Owyhee on the Oregon Short Line aw
lroad, about 80 miles south of dr.
Use. He was employed in the rail- es,
ID pump house there. to
When the late Colonel Roosevelt -
uld pass through Idaho he always ~
pped off at Okyhee and warmly VI
eted dad" Allen. e
n the battle between the Kear- ~
ge and the Alabama, Midshipman D
en- fought. by the side of Midship- =
n Bullock, scion of distinguished
them family. =
'ullock was a relative of Roose-
IS mother and was wounded in
light. Allen saved him from
tn when, after the Alabama was
n to be doomed and the wounded /.
could not help himself, he picked
up and leaped into the sea i
ping him afloat until help arrived.
Hen became wanderer after that :.
prated sea fight and drifted to n 49,
ska and later to Idaho. II,