Idaho News of Week: Sports and Irrigation Progress
Coeur d Alene defeated Milan Washington in a June baseball game at Coeur d Alene. A Moscow university station farm project tests two dozen field varieties to identify Idaho’s best. Coeur d Alene beat Sandpoint 7 10 in a June 6 match, with claim of players from Spokane. A large Modern Woodmen initiation occurred in Harrison camp, Coeur d Alene foresters assisting. Lightning killed ten horses near Paradise Washington. Idaho reports 3,789 miles of irrigating canals costing $11 million, covering 3,266,386 acres with over 1.5 million cultivated. Grasshoppers and crickets threaten Fremont county crops. organized anti pest efforts underway. outcome to be seen.
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University Experiment Station Farm
Moscow
Idaho
Sandpoint
Coeur d’Alene
Spokane
Japan Uproar and Railwreck Reported Across US and West
A bold anti US agitation in Japan is alleged to aim at apologies and indemnity over Japanese treatment in San Francisco and immigration policy. Viscount Tani is said to counsel arms as opposition plans a ministry recall. Separately an eastbound Montana Central freight near Great Falls wrecked due to a broken rail, killing a brakeman and 200 sheep.
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Japan
United States
San Francisco
Viscount Tani
House of Peers
Dell
Viscount Auki
Washington
Montana Central
Great Falls
Mont
Burglary at Athol Post Office Highlights Local Tensions
Night of the 5th saw burglars enter the Athol post office by window, stealing about $10 and several registered packages along with the mail jack key. They escaped through the front door and some mail was rifled near the N. P. track. Sheriff McDonald of Rathdrum was notified, but no leads identified. The town, a sawmill hub, hosts many strangers hindering investigations. Memorial Day observances by Pine Lodge No. 75 featured services at the Odd Fellows cemetery led by Rev. T. J. Brown of Athol. Junior detachment toured Pend d’Oreille lake then returned to activities. Teachers for next term announced: C. E. Hatech principal, Lila Laird and Elsie Fleming in roles. Community notes include local visits, market update, and construction progress.
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N. P
McDonald
Rathdrum
Grand Master of
Odd Fellowship of Idaho
Pine Lodge No. 75
Odd Fellows
T. J. Brown
Athol
Sunday Rest Law Test Case Argued in Boise Court
The state vs W W F Donlan was argued in Boise district court on June 6 to test the Sunday rest law constitutionality. Defense attorney Blake attacked section 2 as unlawful class legislation and unequal in impact. County Attorney Koel sel argued the act does not infringe religious liberty and is limited to business conduct with exceptions.
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Boise
W.W. F. Donlan
Blake
Koelsel
Orchard's Tale of Awful Life of Murders Committed
Imprisoned farmer IME Haywood stands trial as prosecutors recount a string of brutal murders tied to his Orchard estate. Key witnesses describe chilling acts and the alleged motive. Jury deliberations loom amid grim testimony and contested evidence.
Implicates Federation in decades of federation crimes and murders
The testimony of Harry Orchard in the Haywood trial in Boise paints a long crime saga spanning eleven years. He says he acted under orders from Western Federation of Miners leaders Moyer Haywood and Pettibone, was paid for killings, and used a Canadian alias Alfred Horsley. Orchard details bombings, assassinations, and plots from 1899 to 1905 including the murder of exGovernor Steunenberg at Caldwell, Idaho, and connects numerous other acts to the federation and its top leaders.
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Harry Orchard
Haywood
Boise
Western Federation of Miners
Moyer, Haywood
Pettibone
Tie
Orchard
Alfred Horsley
Northumberland County
Canada
United States
Spokane
Wallace and Burke
Ube
Wines
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Wardner
Federation
Cripplecreek
Col
Idaho
Steunenberg
Caldwell
Arthur Baston
Ed Munster
McCarty
Steve Adams
Frank Steunenberg
Moyer and Pettibone
Coeur d'Alenes
Vindicator Mine
Colorado
Charles McCormick
Mel Beck
Lyte Gregory
Mine Owners’ Association
Denver
Independence
Peabody
Fred G. Bradley
San Francisco
Bradley
Judge Gabbert
Supreme Court of Colorado
Judge Goddard
Colorado Supreme Court
Walley
Gabbert
Bell
David Moffitt
Nevada
Jobn Neville
Frank Herns
Colorado Fuel Company
Degver
Testimony in Caldwell Mine War Trial Focuses on Orchard
In late December 1905 the Caldwell case sees Orchard cross examined as defense hints at undermining his testimony. The plan may allege Mine-Owners and not the Federation behind the crimes, portraying Orchard as a wine owner hireling or Pinkerton detective. The state counters by promising witnesses to substantiate Orchard and prove Western Federation of Miners officers guilty.
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Steunenberg
Caldwell
Ida
Orchard
Richardson
Mine-Owners Association
Pinkerton
Western Federation of Miners
Steve Adams Taken From Jail For Haywood Case Testimony
Steve Adams was removed from Kootenai county jail in Rathdraw last Saturday and brought to Boise to testify for the state in the Haywood case arriving Monday. He made a written confession last year but repudiated it at Wallace for the murder of Tyler and may refuse to testify when needed against Haywood. Adams’ attorney W L Worms, who was in Rath drum last week, claimed to be from Dublin Ireland but said he was from Wallace where he was a law partner of C W Beale. He had several jail interviews with Adams until stopped by the sheriff, and professed Adams is innocent of Tyler’s murder and cannot be convicted if retried.
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Steve Adams
Kootenai County
Rathdraw
Boise
Haywood
Adams
Wallace
Tyler
W. L. Worms
Rathdrum
Mountain View
Dublin
Ireland
C. W. Beale
Important Supreme Court decision on slot machines
Boise Idaho June 7 the supreme court rules repleven cannot recover gambling devices. nine slot machines seized in 1904 are deemed incapable of lawful use, intended only for crime, thus sheriff Moseley prevails. Chief Justice Airshie concurs.
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Boise
Idaho
Supreme Court
Justice of the Peace Dunbar
Dunbar
KF. B. Moseley
Airshie
Court of Justice
Court opens in Sandpoint as Bonner County busy docket
Judge W W Woods presides the first district court term at Sandpoint with about ninety cases on the docket. Many cases were transferred from Rathdrum and Kootenai county, with eighty eight total entries and fifty seven from Kootenai. Jurors expected to appear this week amid early political chatter.
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W. W. Woods
District Court
Bonner County
Sandpoint
Rathdrum
Buoner County
Kootenai County
Condemnation suits and land title battle filed in district court
On June 6 Paul Peters filed suit to quiet title to parts of section 25 township 50 range 6 Boise meridian and seeks damages for unlawful withholding of premises and timber removal plus nullifying deeds and a tax deed to J W Borden. Grant Lumber Co. also sues Martin Gilbertson for $621 in damages over 93,000 feet delivered under a 300k to 500k foot contract. On June 7 the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway Co. began condemnation for right of way along the St Joe river to the Idaho western boundary. defendants include Albert and Grace Allen Henry French Coeur d Alene Lumber John A Creighton and Kowtenai County. trial set for July 1.
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Paul Peters
District Court
James Hopkins
Wm. Mason
J. W. Borden
Willis Johnson
Richard Hynes
Martin J. Kalez
Mary Wallace
West Boise Meridian
Hopkins
Peters
Grant Lumber Company of
Harrison
Martin Gilbertson
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
St. Joe River
Idaho
Albert B. Allen
Grace C. Allen
Henry French
Coeur d’Alene Lumber Company
John A. Creighton
Kowtenai
Lands Restored to Entry in Idaho Forest Areas
The secretary of the interior plans to open temporarily withdrawn lands in Idaho to entry within 30 days, with entry possible after 90 days. Restorations proposed by the forest service include Henrys Lake, Pocatello, Weiser, Sawtooth, Coeur dAlene, Bitter Root and Yellowstone National forests covering thousands of acres across multiple counties.
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Secretary of the Interior
Idaho
Congress
Forest Service
Henry's Lake National Forest
Fremont County
Pocatello National Forest
Oneida
Bannock
Weiser National Forest
Washington County
Sawtooth National Forest
Blaine County
Custer
Blaine
Coeur d'Alene National Forest
Shoshone
Biiter Root National Forest
Idaho County
Yellowstone National Forest
Up-to-date Kootenai County sectional map offer
A brief ad notes that to obtain an up-to-date sectional map of Kootenai County readers should send $1.00 to the Panhandle Abstract Co. in exchange for the map. The item functions as a local business notice with a simple transaction detail.
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Kootenai County
The
Panhandle Abstract Co
The Knox boom eyed by Pennsylvania in 1909 campaign
Washington today tracks Senator Knox as the likely alternative to Taft for the Republican nomination. Backers argue he is safe yet not reactionary, while big business worries his independence. A renewed complaint over Army manpower recalls past strains as troops remain scarce despite incentives.
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Washington, D C
Pennsylvania
Knox
Taft
Republican Party
Foraker
Northern Securities Company
Spain
Europe
W K Mines Resumes Work At Rathdrum Area
Work on the W K Mining Company property northeast of Rathdrum has resumed after a wet season pause. Ledge values appear higher on reexamination. At Spokane stockholders meeting June 6 trustees elected Dr C N Suttner F G King H M Wentworth H L King and C D Wentworth. H M Wentworth serves as president with F G King as vice president and H L King as secretary treasurer.
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W-K Mining Company
Rathdrum
Spokane
C. N. Suttner
Walla Walla
F. G. King
H. M. Wentworth
H. L. King
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Wash
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Lewiston
Buise
Gil
Pend d’Oreille Lake
C. E. Clark
School ‘Board
C. E. Hateh
Lila Laird
Elsie Fleming
D. McCall
W. F. Lawrence
McCall
Mr. Lawrence
P. J. Bennett
Rev. King
1St Baptist Church of
Walter Ervin Sald
Mr. Shirley
M. E Church
G. W. Clark
Mark Burroughs
Dave Jennings
Jennings
Dow Town
Walter Turner
Ime Haywood
Mur
Ders
Ubedoish
MIL
Chicago & Milwau
Gilbertson
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