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THE RATHDRUM TRIBUNE
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VOL- NKN , NO. i-3
RATHDRUM, KOOTENAI COUNTY, IDAHO, FRIDAY,
MARCH 2C, 1920
11.00 PER YEAR
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DISCUSS ROAD PLANS
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presnel! Wants Route Thru
Spirit Valley.
j. Hall, commissioner of
William
the department of public wotks; Col.
p o son, slute engineer, and
district highway
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\V. A.
engineer, were
Bassett,
in Sandpoint Monday
with the county board
in conference
regard to the work scheduled to he
the corning season ou the north
B „d south highway In Bonner county.
that the
In
dune
were given
would he ht by May 1 for
A-suraoces
contracts
work that Is to be done between
Dufort arrTl the Pack River crossing.
This year's work will be conflned by
foods to he expended to the
Cucolalla-Pack river crossing route,
the extension of the route south
Sandpt-iut, bas not been deter
the
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and
from
mined,says the Pend d'Alene Review.
J. H. PresDell of Blanchard appear
ed before the state officials in favor of
a routing south from Dufort byway
uf Sawyer and south via Spirit Lake
Mr. Presnel 1 stated that
to Spokane.
- the route could be made a little east
of the route suggested by Spirit Lake
aodcut down a few miles of the
He told tbe
distance to Spokane.
officials that the route via
Btite
Hoodoo valley and Spirit Lake would
open up the best agricultural part of
the county.
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sewer bonds and $10,000 park bonds, j
L'anu hand labor unions are being 1
organized by the Nonpartisan league,
says a Boise report.
Increased salaries for school teach
ers are advocated by Governor Davis
in a signed statement at Boise last
Saturday.
Governor D. W. Davis visited St. !
Maries last week and secured tbe en- j'
dorsement of I he republican county
central committee for renomination.
Tbe democratic apportionment of
delegates from Kootenai county to
the Lewiston state convention June
15th is 12, and to the Idaho Falls
convention August 24th four.
Idaho school districts cannot issue
deficiency warrants to complete school
Lulldings for which bond issue money
has proved insufficient, ruled Attor
ney General Roy L. Black Monday.
Idaho State News Items.
Boise basin Is credited with a total
gold output of $300,000,000.
In eighteen drives 30,500 rabbits
were killed in Bingham county.
A new street lighting system has
been completed at Priest River.
voted $45,000
St. Anthony bas
Cn a pruning demonstration trip to
Bonner county, Prof. C. C. Vincent of
the University ef Idaho gave deuion
S'latlons
*<>(1 Hope. Kootenai county meet
Inns were held at McGuire, Hayden
luke and Dalton Gardens.
at Clarksfork, Sandpoint
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Idaho's game warden,
•Unes, Monday outlined, i
eace with C. I Clumpoer of Spokane,
a co-operative
Otto M.
n a confer
whereby
northern
will combine for flsh and game
conservation. Mr. Clumpner is flsb
ttid gam» officer of Spokane county.
program
erstem Washington and
Hahn
The Minidoka county farm
* îis shipped 450 pounds of
■des to Chicag
bureau
rabbit
These hides were
Pailed by farmers as a result of last
'Enter'd rodent cootrol
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campaign,
'«email sent in 1100 hides. At a
T'otation of 80
On
cents per pound, the
riuers expect to receive about $350,
Jr about 13 cents for each hide.
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Robert O
•'' law enfi
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many reports still to come ir,
state commissioner
ircement, estimated Satur
^ automobile owners had
" n arr ested during the day in tbe
"Utes Urat official drive agaiDst
Junes,
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j license violators. The deadline after
who failed to
tags became
was passed March
I which auto owuers
j display 192) license
j subject to arrest,
15.
Sunnyside, on the shore of Pend d'
Oreille lake near Sanrtpoint, has been
selected as thé site for the northern
Idaho tuberculosis saoitoriuru. Tbe
state has $200,000 set aside to spend
on the institution and construction is
be started in a'short time. Citi
zens of Sandpoint subscribed $0000.
one half the cost of the site, the
state paying the other half.
As a result of the activities of H.
F. Schedler, county potato project
leader of the farm bureau,
Peterson, Morton potato grower, is
preparing to ship Bonner county's
first car of selected Idaho Rural seed
potatoes to Canyon county. Another
deal for a car of Rurals to go to
Rexburg is pending, and the farm
bureau has had to reject orders for
two cars of Netted Gems recently,tbe
orders coming from Lewiston and
Yakima.
Of America's 617 million acres of
timber land, Idaho has 17,686,030
acres, says Miles Cannon, commission
er of agriculture, in Friday's issue uf
the weekly market bulletin. Of the
26 billion two hundred ciuety-Qve
million feet uf standing timber in tbe
white pine district of northern Idaho,
said to be the largest and most desir
able in the United States, the Weyer
baeuser syndicate controls ten billion
five hundred üfty million feet, he
adds.
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the
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A C.
of
Chairman Jerome J. Day of the
democratic slate committee has
announced the apportionment for
county delegates tu the state nomi
nating convention, for the purpose of
uomiuatiug state and congressional
tickets, to he he'd at Idaho Falls,
August 24, and the apportionment uf
county delegates to the democratic
j state convention to be held at Lewis
j too June 15 for the purpose of select
j ing delej j ates Lu the national conven
1 tion to he held at San Francisco June
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WORLD NEWS IN BRIEF
On Monday the U. S. senate con
firmed the appointment of Bainbridge
Colby as secretary of state in Presi
dent Wilson's cabinet.
A bonus of $1.50, a day is being
asked of congress by the Americau
Legion, in place of the $50 a month
originally asked for. ?
The new republic of Poland is to
have a national assembly consisting
of two houses,the diet and the senate.
The president is to he elected by the
assembly.
The U. S. superdreadnaught Mary
land, of 32,950 tons displacement, was
launched at Newport News,
armament will include eight 16 inch
guns.
Its
junior U.
Trueman II. Newberry,
8. senator from Michigau, has been
tbe election
! convicted of violating
laws, and sentenced to two years im
prisonment and tlned $10,000.
Japan, to avoid the possibility of
strained relations with the United
States, plans tosend a commission to
study the Japanese question in Cali
fornia, according to private advices.
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In one week following
March 13
received at Paris, 8000 pers >ns
been killed in riots and lighting
various parts of Germany.
the revolt of
advices
had
according to
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Premier Nitli of Italy declared
March 22 that all European
at
Rome
countries face famine unless Germany
both recognized and
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and Russia are
peace established quickly.
300,000,000 workers do not produce
the necessaries of life
lie said
defeated the
for the «fourth
The U S. sena'e
treaty of Versailles
March 19 and sent notice -0
ii had finally
ir,
tbe i ' refused tu
1 ritilicatluu.' 1
time
President Wilson that
advise and cousent to its
Both political parties
ONE HUNDRED SHORT
will
this
D.
More Light On Teacher Situa
tion In Idaho.
Lewiston, Idaho, March 22.—
The seriousness of the salary and
teacher shortage situation in Idaho
is set forth in a report of the com
mittee of the State Teachers' asso
ciation, which is conducting a
statewide investigation. This
report, which is made public,shows
an actual shortage of teachers to
the number of 100, with 450
teachers holding their positions on
permits. Of the latter 172 failed to
pass the examinations, but are now
teaching because otherwise teach
ers could not have been secured.
In 32 independent school
districts in the state, including all
the larger towns and cities, tbe
average minimum salary for ele
mentary teaefiers is $927. In 26
counties the average salary paid to
rural teachers is $816.117. These
figures contrast most unfavorably
with the $1200 minimum salary for
grade teachers with normal
diplomas, set as a standard under
present living conditions by the
National Education association.
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were divided, and the treaty lacked
seven votes of the necessary two
thirds.
Serious labor disturbances in
various parts uf Germany bave
followed tbe reoent unsuccessful
effort of the old juuker faction to
take back the reins of government.
President Ebert atid bis cabinet are
Dow engaged in an attempt to curb
the bolsheviki and communist
element^ that are taking advantage
of tbe embarrassment of tbe govern
ment tu establish themselves.
Tossing uf a wedding ring into the
ocean marked ceremonies recently
held at Puck, ur Putzig, to celebrate
the reuniting of Poland to the sea, an
event of which all Poland had dream
ed for years. Polish troops in their
northward march on their own soil,as
provided under the treaty of Versaill
es, had reached the coastline of tbe
Baltic and began to make themselves
at home in the stretch of land, north
west of Danzig. This brought Poland
to salt water again, after an absence
of 148 years.
The twentieth annual convention
of the California building trades
council at Bakersfleld, Cal.. March 19,
unanimously adopted a drastic reso
lution urging legislation abrogating
the "gentlemen's agreement" between
this country and Japan; denying the
rights of citizenship to any Japanese,
whether born in this country or not;
denying the right uf Japanese to own
lease land here and absolutely pro
hibiting immigration
iuto this country.
his
of
13
by
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of
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of Japanese
DECIDED ON VERDICT BY LOT
Hawaiian Jury Couldn't Agréa «nd
to Settle the Matter Drew
Slips From Hat.
Substituting the goddess of chance
for the goddess of justice, 0 jury lu
ti, e Honolulu circuit court a few days
a"o drew lots to decide the fate of
charged with gambling.
12 Chinese
incident is without precedent In
annals of the courts of Hawaii,
the Walluku (H. I.) Times. The
jurors were discharged by the court
and their action branded as "Illegal,
inexcusable and highly reprehensible."
According to the story told in court,
the jury could not agree. Tired of the
prolonged nnd fruitless efforts to
reach a verdict, it was suggested that
balloting be abandoned and that
they draw lots. Twenty-four slips of
paper were prepared, 12 bearing the
ord "Guilty" and 12 "Not guilty.
The slips were shaken up and drawn
from a hat by the jurors, who had
that the first 12 slips of one
The
the
says
the
W
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agreed
kind drawn should determine the ver
The "Not guilty" slips won and
conse
diet.
verdict of not guilty wa*
queutly r eturn ed. ... -
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Fred C. Cunningham Appointed.
Spokane, Wash.—Fred C. Cunning
ham, assistant deputy prosecutor for
Spokane county, was appointed last
Saturday as assistant attornèv
Keneral by Attorney General L. L.
Thompsuu, to succeed Glenn J. Fair
brook. who resinned to become
associated with the firm of Corwin S.
Shank of Seattle. The new assistant
will be eipecied to take care of all
legal matters coming before the state
reclamation board. He was selected
because of his particular Qtness for
this work.
Mr. CuoDingham is a son of Mr. J
D. Cunningham of Ratbdruui.
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FROM OVER TBE COUNTY
POST FALLS
Tbe Sunday School convention of
Kootenai county will be held in Post
Falls April 14.
C. M. Venters and Mrs.Mac Gaskill
were married March 16,
Post Falls bas arranged fur a three
number lyceurn course next winter.
The Royal Neighbors realized $38
at a pie sale.
Mrs. S. A. Cuooiugham bought the
Pugh Uve room bungalow for $1200.
Jessie Wright of Hauser Lake Is
working in Rathdrum.
HARRISON
Harrison 1 aised $210 fur Armenian
relief.
A. S. Trosper sold the timber on
his Harrison Flats homestead
$5700.
for
J. W. Koopey
succeeds E. M.
Peyton as secretary of the commercial
club.
Johu Morgan, son of R. T Morgtu
of Kellogg, is now assistant editor of
the Spokane Chronicle.
Tbe Harrison Juniors won the
basket ball game at Rose Lake March
13 by a score of 12 to 9.
T. H. Brothertnn of Tacoma will
open a shoe repair shop in Harrison
about April 1.
SPIRIT LAKE
Tbe Panhandle mill started sawing
Monday, altbo the logs In the lake
are still ice bound. Logs shipped in
by rail are expected to keep the mill
supplied until tbe ;ce in the lake
breaks up.
The Improvement club gave a
program at a gel together meeting
held at the school house Monday
night. A four-course banquet was
served by tbe domestic science depart
ment.
A wrestling match is to take [dace
at Athol March 27, between Chris
Gesek of Spirit Lake and Win Root
of Athol.
County Commissioner Frauk A.
Morris was in Spirit Lake last week
on ufflciul business.
Mr. Lewis purchased the O'Donuell
restaurant.
The Spirit Lake Juniors played
basket hall with the Juniors at Coeur
d'Alene and won by a score of 21 tu J
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CŒUR D'ALENE
In accordance with the school law,
County Swp't. R. C. Egbers has desig
nated Friday, April 23, to be observe!
as Arbor day and Bird day in Koote
nai county.
Governor D. W. Davis passed thru
Cœur d'Alene Saturday morning en
route to St. Manes. He was accom
panied to St. Maries by E R. Whilla,
chairman of the Kootenai county
republican central committee.
A growing scarcity of bouses is
reported in Cœur d'Aleoe.
Kootenai County chapter American
Red Cross had aibalance of $5,384.42
cash OD band March 1, according to
report of Mrs. S. E. Sayles, secretary. j
G. H. Martiu of Sandpoiot was in 1
to
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HIT CIGARETTE EVIL
Rathdrum Trustees Plan to En
force State Law.
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Violation of the state law against
cigarette smoking by minors Waà
brought to the attention of the
Rathdrum board of trustees Tues
day night in connection with the
report of the
student for smoking on tbe school
grounds and in the building during
school hours.
It was pointed out in effect that
the efforts to enforce the rules on
the school grounds and the teach
ing of the harm that the vicious
habit does to growing boys by
dulling their intellects and stifling
their ambition to prepare them
selves for law abiding and useful 1
citizenship, have been to sonic
extent unavailing because boys are
allowed to smoke with impunity in
flagrant violation of the law when
on the streets and in public build
ings. In at least the one instance
the habit acquired on the street
had apparently become so strong
that it could not be resisted on the
school grounds.
The board voted to instruct the
marshal to proceed with the en
forcement of the law and to watrn
dealers against selling or givir g
cigarettes to minors.
In the discussion it was cited
that a recent ruling of the attorney
general points out that "minors
under 18 who smoke or use cigar
ettes,cigars or tobacco in any form
upon public highways or other
public properties may be, declared
delinquent and committed to a
and that "every
suspension of a
reformatory
minor person wbo shall smoke,etc.,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
A misdemeanor is defined as a
crime punishable by fine and irn
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pnsonmcni.
Tbe board elected Mr. A. H.
Richmond a trustee to succeed
Geo. W. Flemming, resigned.
The street committee was author
ized to have the Cutur d'Alene
street and road dragged to the city
limits.
The bills of Mrs. L. E. Tucker,
$5 librarian salary, and Geo. W
Flemming,$12 marshal salary,were
allowed.
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tbe city last week and secured the
dining room of tbe Hotel Idaho and
also tbe banquet room for Leouaid
Wood headquarters during the con
vention uf republicans in April.
The Blifckwcll Lumber company
handed over their check for $650 to
Mrs. W. M. Latamore, representing
life insurance 00 Mr. Latamore, who
died Feb. 15. The lumber cumpauy
curies life insurance on all tbeir
empluyces, the cumpauy paying the
premium.
Post Falls Pioneer Gone.
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j John Jr Qf Ralhdrulll .
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Mrs Veroa Knobel, age 68, died
Thursday night, March 18, at her
hume in Spokane. She was one of
the pioneers of the Post Fails neigh
borhood, having lived there since 1892,
only moving to Spokane a few months
ago for convenience in receiving
medical attention. Death was due to
dancer uf the stuuiacb. The funeral
was held Saturday at Spokaue.
She leaves her husband. John
Knobel, Sr., and six children, who
were all with her at the time of her
death. Their names are Mrs. Roy
Cannon and Mrs. Oscar Waggoner of
Vancouver.B.C,;Mrs. J. C. Greenwood
of Calgary, Alhert.a;Miss Annie Knob< 1
and Fred Knobe) of Post Falls, aud