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THE RATHDRUM TRIBUNE i VOL. XXIV, NO. 52 RATHDRUM, KOOTENAI COUNTY, IDAHO, FRIDAY, MAY 23, .1919 fl.00 PER YEAR BUSY SCHOOL WEEK Commencement Events Come Thick and Fast. Beginning with the baccalaureate services Sunday evening this has been an active week in Rathdrum school circles,commencement events succeed ing oDe another daily. The Sen lor-Junioi banquet was held Monday. The May pageant was given on the campus Tuesday afternoon. Wednes day brought the senior class play, and yesterday the high school students held their annual picnic at Liberty lake. Tonight at 8 o'clock the commence ment exercises are to he held at the Community church. The program contains 16 numbers. Walter T. Wisdom is salutatorian, and E. Lester Ernsberger, valedictorian. The commencement address will be given by Rev. J. M. Walters o f Spokane. A large audience Ailed the Rath drum Community church last Sunday eveniug to hear the baccalaureate sermon by the Rev. Thomas Harper of Spokane. Dr. Harper congratulated the senior class of Rathdrum high school upon graduating at this time. He said this class has greater opportunties than any class that has heretofore been graduated here. He advised the students to accept their obliga tions and responsibilities. "There are two classes of people," he said, "the pessimist and optimist. The world has no use for pessimists Optimists lake things that pessimists And fault with and use them fur stepping stones instead of obstacles. DeVelop talent; sieze opportunity. Time is precious; if you are going to climb a ladder, begin now. Build character. Keep your Ideals strong aud clear and ever before you; strive to realize your ideals, aud truth. If you prove false, can never rise again." Cling to honor ! y° u I ! He told the class that success costs in getting ready, hut he hoped each studeut would go to college. "Why? Because of the value you will be to the world for the next 40 years." Sup't L. O. Swenson presided. The program opened with song service, and Scripture reading aud prayer by Rev. Milton Schweitzer. Two musi cal numbers were a song by the choir, and a vocal duct by Mr. S'Veusou and Miss Berry. The beautiful May Pageant by the younger pupils of the grade school was postponed last Friday on account of cool, raioy weather, but on Tues day afternoon bright sunshine helped the cbildreu and their teachers to transform the high school campus iuto a fairyland which delighted a large crowd of parents and patrons. Those who witnessed the event say uo prettier pageant has ever greeted the eyes of the Rathdrum public. "Two little mortals" victims or made a visit to II the "Sandman, Fairyland. There the browuies, elves, king and queen of the fairies aud their attendants, page aDd herald, passed before them, daDciug and courtsyiDg. The little children who personated these people of Fairyland were most beautifully dressed for the There were also their parts. "birdie with a yellow bill," aud children costumed to represent pussy willows, tulips, buttercups, lillies and sweet peas, who drilled the children for event are to be congratulated upon the success of the undertaking. water The teachers the The play, "The Fascinating Fanny Brown," presented by the senior class .r the high school at Fraternal hall Wednesday eveuing, proved oue of I he most successful productions of its kind ever attempted in Rathdrum. The house was wpich to all appearances was thoroly satisfied with the eütertaiunient pro Ailed with a crowd, ; vided. The total proceels were $105 and it was announced the senior class will Victrola for the high school. Those who starred were Waiter Wisdom and Stella Hurrell. Two of the more difficult roles were those of Lester Ernsbergcr, as the hotel keeper, and Gordon Adams, in disguise. Others in the cast were Pearl Doyle, Grace Hulsey, Etta Berges, Ferne Carrick, and Carmen Layton. All did so well io their respective roles that little can be said in praise of oue that does not apply equally to the others. The play was directed by Miss Brier and Mi.-s Garriets. use the profits to purchase a f Gleaned From the Commissioners' school ITEMS OF COUNTY RECORD Proceedings. April 16.—The hoard approved a $3000 bond issue voted district No. 80. by Official bonds of the following road overseers were approved: W A Turner II E Shirk II ChatAeld a L Wagner Wm T Hite Edward Peters R II Ferry F H Williams G L Fitzsimmons Walter Sachse F Ulrich Mancil Gordon James W Miller G P Cronk C H Ferguson John L Nelson W A Layton Louis Ostguleu District ! o 3 4 6 8 9 ] l 16 20 25 26 32 37 39 40 42 43 Official bonds of W. F. Doe, justice, and L. A. Drummond, constable, Athol, were approved. at April 17.—George Natwick was awarded the contract to furnish 225 ! cords of flr and tamarack slab wood I at $5.85 per cord and pine slabs at ! $5.35 per cord at the court house aud j a j j. and two carloads of Ar and tam arac j {( or pj ne , slabs f. o. b. llath druuJ a t, $5 50 and $5, respectively. I)r. I>. D. Drennan was awarded the contract for medical treatment of county poor outside of the poor farm, at $5 per visit, including medicine and minor surgery. Dr. F. Wenz was awarded the con tract for medical treatment of poor at the poor farm at Rathdrum. for $390 per annum, including medicine. April 18.—The petiliou of 43 resi dents and freeholders asking for the consolidation of the northwestern part of road district No. 2 with road district No. 8, was disallowed. April 19.—The hoard rescinded its former action concerning road poll taxes and decided not to levy a road poll tax for the year 1919. The sum of $1900 was appropriated for extension work, providing that the extension division of the University of Idaho set aside $1200 to assist in paying salary and expense of the county agricultural ageut in Kootenai couuty. April 26.—Owing to the expense attorney was not to foreclose on involved, the couuty instructed delinquent tax certificates for 1916, where the valuation of property in each case is $50 or less, unless be is speciAcally instructed to do so. Dr. Drennan was appointed county health officer for two years at a salary of $100 per annum. May 12.—Claims allowed included the following for road work: District 8 $ <i 15 Geo. Miller E G Greenup C B Smith Harry Bradbury Will Howell, Jr., • *>9 44 of of 168 4!» 28 101 20 Edward Peters " A D McDonald " Frederick Hering " Geo W Flemming District 2 P L Rogers road contract east shore Hauser lake 300 21 33 75 TO FIGHT PNEUMONIA Cause of Half the Deaths Says State Report. Boise, Idaho.—Since December 20, 1918, pneumonia has caused more than 48 per cent of all the deaths reported in Idaho, according to an announcement which has just been made by the department of public welfare. The number of deaths re corded In this period is 1975 and of this total 953 were attributed either directly or secondarily to some form of'pncumonia. "Too much emphasis cannot be placed on the importance of the startling disclosure made by these statistics," declared Dr. E. E. Lau baugh, medical adviser in the public welfare department, in a circular letter addressed to Idaho physicians. "Immediate steps certaiuly must he taken to combat a menace as serious as this has proved itself to he. "The state's laboratories are now fully prepared to furnish physicians with the bacteriological information so essential in making a diagnosis from an etiological standpoint, the scieutiüc treatment of this disease resting almost entirely upon such data. "The department is now ready to make necessary laboratory examina lions without charge in all cases of respiratory diseases. We also will he more than glad to furnish any infor mation that may lie desired on this subject. "There can he no questioning the fact that a determined tight ud the pneumonia scourge must he waged by every state agency which has an interest in public health problems." FROM OVER THE COUNTY POST FALLS W. J. Smith made the trip from Post Falls to Yakima, Wash., 364} miles by motorcycle in 11 hours, 35 minutes, and ouly stopped twice. Teachers employed for next term are: W. W. Slokesherry, Mildred E. Grice, Viola Noonan, Valiera Yager, Clara Paeper, Glenvs Waggoner, Marguerite Schick. Each is tu re ceive a bonus of $45 to $55 providing they remain the school year. It is against the law to ride a bicycle on the sidewalk. George Yule has been appointed temporary marshal at $50 a month. He gives notice that stock found trespassing will be impounded. Shortage of logs caused the mills at Post Falls and Hauser Lake to close down a few days. Spokane men are buying cattle in East Greenacres aud sending them to MuatUDa. Six Dew cases of inAueoza have been reported, four being iu the Frank Shields family. All are re covering. SPIRIT LAKE It has been decided to oil the streets during the summer. Fir lumber is going up iu price because of the demand. Spirit Lake exceeded its Victory loan quota by 25 per cent. Plans are being made to form a $25000 stock company to build bouses to rent to the shop employes. Bank deposits have reached $229, 000 . The Panhandle Lumber company started another shift iu the sawmill here Wednesday night. Mrs. Herbert L. Weber of Itamsey who had been ill here at the hospital for nearly three weeks died Wednes day, May 14, about midnight. The body was removed to the undertaking parlors to remain until the arrival of Mr. Weber's mother Besides her husband Mrs. Weber leaves a baby boy ouly a few weeks old. funeral was held May 19. The HARRISON Lakeside highway district, includ ing Harrison, voted $75,000 bonds, May 17, to help build the north and south highway. The vote in Harrison was 286 for and 3 against. R. S. Jensen's barn and chicken house were lost ty fire during a wind storm the night of May 14. The loss was about $500. It Is thought the Are started from a pile of brush which Mr. Jcoseu bad bceq burning that day. Some good catches of tlsh from the lake are reported. The season of high water is over. Deputy Game Warden Thomas was at Cbatcolet lake recently distribut ing Ashing licenses. G. J. Shoemaker, turmer county treasurer, was iu Coeur d'Alene last to of he by an CŒUR D'ALENE The federal district court convenes Monday. A telegram from Seuutor Nugcul states that the matter of having hydro-airplanes in Coeur d'Alene July 4 was in the bauds of the naval commandant at Seattle. Pleading guilty to the charge of non support aud desertiou of his wife, Ruby Rand of tills city, Earl Rand was ordceci by Probate Judge M. G. Whitney to pay *40 per month for the next six mouths for the support of his family. Mr. Shoemaker was accoui - week. panied by his bride, who was formerly Miss Vivian Williams of this city Mr. and Mrs. Shoemaker were married May 11 at Sandpolnt where they will reside. by J. A. Peterson has Aled suit against Robert H. Gray to quiet title to a 160 acre tract of land In the uortheru part of the county, which be states Gray purchased from him for the sum of $10.000. He alleges that pay ments have not been made as the contract calls for. The county commissioners issued an order May 16 employing Potts & Wernette to assist County Attorney Reed iu the case of the cuuuty, vs. Washington Water Power company, to recover $44,483.06 iu taxes, this amount being certified by the state hoard of equalization, the power company offering $23.080.84 payment. Alleging that her husband, Bart Cochrane of Garwood, has threatened to kill her and that he has at different called her vile names and times threatened to kill her, Pearl Cochrane has Aled suit for divorce, requesting $60 per month alimony and custody of her step-child Coleman. the Rhode E. The couple were married at Thompson Falls, Montana, on May 12, 1917, aud lived at Clarksfork for awhile. Idaho State News items. At Lava Hot Springs work has commenced on the state hath houses, $52,000 to he expended. A case has haen started at Boise to to test the new law requiring barber shops to close at 7 o'clock. B'rost in southern Idaho has done much damage to apricots, peaches and prunes and some of the com mercial apples. Mines proAts of the Coeur d'Alene district for the year 1918 amounted to over $8,000,000, which is about $4,650,000 less than far 1917. Idaho's $900.000 capitol building bonds bearing 4} were sold at a premium mouey is to he made available suou. per cent interest aud the PROGRAM OUTLINED Memorial Day to Be Observed In Ratbdrnm. Plans outlined for the observance of Memorial day, May 30, in Rathdrum, have been announced by the Women's Relief Corps. Features of the afternoon program will include speeches by Capt. Will A. Boekel and Prof. W. E. Chandler. Capt. Boekel was with the 147th field artillery, and while his unit did not get into actien, he saw much of France and Belgium and the conditions obtaining there as a result of the war. The W. R. C. request that all organisations and citizens in general meet at the Fraternal hall at 10 o'clock in the morning to join with the G. A. R. apd W. R. C. in the procession to the ceme tery to decorate the graves. An invitation is especially extended to the soldier boys to participate in this feature of the days' program. The service is to include a special reminder of the marines for the glorious part they had in turn ing the tide of the recent war in favor of the allies. The outline lor the afternoon services to be given in Fraternal hall at 2:30 o'clock, is announced as follows: Music. Invocation—Rev. J. G. Garrick. Reading Lincoln's Gettysburg Address—Prof. L. O. Swenson. Personal Reminiscenses.—Cap tain Will A. Boekel. Vocal Duet— Reading—Mrs. N. H. Taylor. Address—Prof. W. E. Chandler. Song—America, by Audience led by Mr. N. H. Taylor. - a L. V. Patch has been appointed adjutant general to succeed A. n. Wilson, who resigned to take the position of pure food inspector for northern Idaho. Julius II. Jacobsen, Aeld agent for the United States department of agriculture, left Boise for Spokane, Wash., from where he will work throughout the state gathering statis tical data relative to farm crops. Y A friendly suit was started at Boise totest the validity of the sale of $1,250,000 in state treasury notes to get mouey to run the state govern - meut until $2,000,000 in taxes Is received in 1920. The Idaho legislature has passed a hill carrying au appropriation of $100,000 for soldier settlomeots. This law Is effective ouly io case of favorable congressional action along soldier settlement lines. B. F. O'Neil is hack in Boise on a short visit. He bas started up a wholesale tlsb company in Seattle aud is president of the concern. He is getting a number of Boise customers and is preparing to ship Ash all over the country. Capt. F. A. McCall, fur nearly two years icpresentativc of the govern ment in administration of the draft in Idaho, received his demobilization papers Thursday of last week. He will leave soon for north Idaho. His office at Boise was closed Thursday afternoon. At Tuesday's meeting of the Ada county board of commissioners it was decided to build cement bridge to replace the present woodeu structure across Cottonwood creek about two miles above the Boise barracks on the Idaho City road. immediately a