Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-26
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Outlook Is Bright.
WARRINGTON NoTEs.

ed an inventory OF all the property
owned by the state of Washington.
This inventory shows the total resour-
ces of the state to be $3S, 1908, 54.37.
The liabilities are placed at $1,94S,-
2S5.
The Fern Creek Lumber cOmpany's
sawmil at Frances, near South Bend,
was burned recently. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000. Insurance $4,000.
Origin unknown.
Less than $1,000 remains to be
raised of the sl55,OOO which is need
ed for the construction of the new
7. M. c. A. building at Seattle.
A splendid edifice has been planned
to take the place of the Tacoma st.
Patrick's Catholic church, which was
recently destroyed by fire.
The navy department has assigned
Captain w. T. Burwel to the COM
mand of the navy yard and station at
Puget sound, as the relief of Rear Ad-
miral c. j. Barclay, who retires from
he navy on September 8.
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, author of
In His Steps, is making a lecture
,our of the Puget sound cities.
Spokane Masons were at home to
cheir friends on Thursday, when they
,ook possession of their beautiful new
temple, just completed at an approx
mate cost of 100000 The opening
was conducted with all the pomp and
ceremony usual to such celebrations,
including a dress parade, afternoon re-
ception and a large dance in the eve
ming.
Olympia has eight public schools
and three colleges.
The telegraphers' strike on the Nor
thern Pacific railway ended Friday.
| Following the capitulation in regard to
The Great Northern, the strike ended
after a 20 day fight.
Among the largest transactions in
Columbia county recently have been
the sale of a $4,000 farm by F. NJ.
Weatherford, the purchase of a $2l,-
900 farm by Alexander Price, the sale
1f a $4,000 lot of barley by Jacob
| Weinhard and a $21, 900 grain pur-
chase from w. II. Richardson by l.
G. Atherton. Before the close of har
5est there will probably be large
checks drawn, as there will be several
grain crops sold worth $4,000.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the three days log rolling OF
the Woodmen of the World to be held
N Colfax this fall at a date not ye
liked.
Judge Warner Cobb reports the salt
of his farm of 500 acres two miles
north of Fairfield, where he has made
his home for the past 25 years. TIT
consideration was $4,000.
James B. Anderson, aged As years
died suddenly under peculiar circum
stances recently near ColfaX. He hat
listened to a story by Mr.. Degan. HI
suddenly stopped laughing and ros
up, saying: Jim, have lost my sight
I'm blind" He started to walk an
fell forward dead.
The new steamer Columbia, bull
by the Columbia Navigation company
was launched Saturday evening at
o'clock, at Wenatchee.
Every saloon in ColfaX, for the frs
time in weeks, was tightly closed SUI
lay, with the blinds drawn so that tn
interior of the saloon could be see
from the street.
An unknown man was killed Satu
lay afternoon in one of the sawmill
near Chattaroy.
Nicholas Sinelnicow, a special en-
issary of the czar of Russia, recent
spent a day in North Yakima and SUI
rounding country. He came to sc
how the Yakima people conducte
their system of irrigation.
Last Friday morning a newly TIRES
ed setting of wheat owned by Wesle
Labs took fire and was destroye
near Davenport. The pile containe
400 sacks. estimated to contain 81
bushels The origin of the fire is
mystery.
That the Wenatchee valley is b
coming famous for the fine quality
fruit grown is being demonstrated e
cry day at Wenatchee. Saturday t
carloads of watermelons alone left Il
depot, besides eight carloads Of mix
fruits, and one thousand boxes of ca
taloupes and fruits that were bill
out by express.
The greater part of the fruit cr'
: of the Peach country, in the Big Ben
has been sold. The entire output
the Hawk Creek valley was purchas
by Montana commission hOu
through its agent, Mr.. White. All '
rieties are included in the deal and {
livery is to be made at Creston. VIII
different prices were paid to differe
orchardists. the following prices we
the average paid: Peaches, 20 pou
boxes, As cents; apples. As pound be
es, so cents; pears, 40 pound box
rs cents; plums, Is pound boxes,
cents; prunes. IS pound boxes,
cents; apricOts, 16 pound boxes,
cents. A higher price was paid
early plums and the later crops
. plums and prunes were taken with
understanding that the fruit raise
~ were to be released if packers a
pickers could not be secured.
,ar IDAHO NEWS.
10 Sheriff Ed Doust of Kootenai col
n ty arrived in Boomers Ferry the OIL
night with his two deputies and raid
os the gambling houses, confiscating f
- slot machines. one roulette wheel a
n three black jack tables. The she