Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDARO, MONTANA
And OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fall Trade Is Good.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON NOTES.
State Normal school at Ellensburg
opened with an enrolment of 14S
students,
Sunday, for the first time in the his
tory Of Kettle Falls, the saloons were
all closed.
The enrolment of the Pullman
public school at the end of the second
week was 4S7.
The purchase of the Tacoma hotel
by W. S. Norman of Spokane, has
become an accomplished fact.
Frank Pasquale was hung at Gas
Friday morning in the penitentary yard
for the murder of Charles Gray.
The number of convicts confined
at the state penitentiary is greater
than for a long time. The number is
775.
Henry Parker of Parker & Williams,
contractors, has disappeared from his
rooms at a Chehalis hotel and has not
been heard of.
Norris e. Stinebaugh, aged Is years,
was killed Sunday night by falling
from the roller coaster at Natatorium
park at Spokane.
At the bond election held at
Chelan, it was decided by a vote of
1876 to GO to issue bonds to build a
$40, 900 schoolhouse.
j. NJ Stewart, a wood dealer of Wal
la Walla committed suicide at Pendle-
ton by shooting himself through the
head Another case Of booze.
f. Haun has finished threshing 100
acres of red Russian wheat five miles
north of Elberton. He secured 1886
bushels, or better than 40 bushels to
an acre.
At Whitman college, which open
ed Monday, the registration of students
was the largest ever reached at
the opening date. About $50 students
are registered.
Lieutenant r. B. Grub, post sur
geon at Fort Wright, at Spokane, has
been ordered to the Philippines and
will sail December 5. His successor
has not yet been announced.
Commencing with last Sunday
North Yakima will be a closed town
till after hop picking or longer. This
decision was reached when the sa
loon men got together and agreed not
to open.
Henry Ulrich. age IS, and Johr
Berry, age 10, have admitted to the
police that they were in the recent
accident at Spokane which resulted
in the death of c. S. Wilson. III
rich was on the horse that ran dowI
and killed Mr.. Wilson.
Mrs f. Carr, wife or an old pioneer
was fatally burned at her sons hom'
Sunday evening at Seattle. 1t II
thought that she was trying to ligh
the fire with coal oil and that a por
ton was spilled on her dress, whicl
lgnited and inflicted fatal injuries.
Steve Maddox attempted to com
nit suicide at North Yakima b.
cutting himself across the throat will
4 razor Failing in his attempt h
took his clothes off, set fire to them
and then jumped into the blaze. HI
was taken in charge by officers ant
will be sent to his home in Noun
Vernon.
Two heavily loaded streetcars col
lided at a sharp curve on the Soutl
Tacoma line Sunday afternoon, SER
ously injuring two persons and bruis
ing and shaking a number of Others
The most seriously injured are Henri
Dewolf, a solicitor, and Joseph Ga
ligher. one of the motormen. Both vii
recover.
Washington day at the Lewis an
Clark exposition will be September q
The day will be made one of the bis
gest of the whole exposition perioC
and will be notable because of tn
large number of prominent Washing
J ton people who will attend. Anon
these latter will be Governor ALDER
J e. Mead and his staff.
; An increase in one year of $17,133
ga in the total assessed valuatio
Of all property in the state of Wasl
] ingtOn as equalized by the count
boards, is shown in a comparatiy
. statement prepared by the state boar
. Of equalization from schedules flu
|
total assessed valuation is given {
b. 1921 997919
: At a point on the Spokane rive
S 5 miles north of Davenport and
f miles northwest of Spokane, a hue
= Landslide filed the channel of the rive
( and completely damned the currel
r for over an hour. In this instance
, great chunk of the mountain, ca
y rying rocks and giant trees, gave wa
{ and in a few minutes formed a da
d that would have cost 100000 if bui
D by skilled engineers. The water forI
l. ed above and finally worked a cha
ael through new territory on the l
S dian reservation side.
OREGON ITEMS.