Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-15
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, 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
piace-Outlook Is Bright
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WRSntNG ! ON W.
H. F. Gibson, a druggist, and MIS-
James Mitchell, wife of furniture
salesman, were drowned In Lake
Washington. near Seattle An up
turned boat with wearing apparel be-
longing to the couple was found on
the bank of Union bay.
saturday afternoon during the Ritz
vine-Palouse ball game, within ~
rods of the grounds, William, the Is
wear old son of John Dawson of Pa
louise, was drowned while swimming
in the river.
Harry c. Boyd blew out his brains
at Spokane last Friday night He was
the assistant general agent OF the
Hamburg Bremen Fire Insurance com-
pany and had been in the insurance
business in the northwest for 2S years.
He was one of the largest stockhold-
ers in the Big Bend National bank OF
Davenport, Wash.
r II. Chiffon of Dayton, aged 90
years. in fit of dependency placeu
"A caliber revolver to his right ear
and sent crashing through his Drain
Unless the state takes some steps
Immediately toward the appointment
of a deputy fire warden with jurisdic-
tion in this county the whole country
tn the north and northeast of Seattle
will be in flames within the next few
weeks. says Game Warden Ref.
The body of Albert Irving was found
In Kettle river, about five miles above
Danville. and taken to Curlew FOR
burial. Irving was driving logs down
the river and was drowned May L.
The place where the body was tound
was IL miles from where the acci-
dent occurred.
Ulysses S. Grant, son of the Illus
trious federal commander in CHER, is
spending this week in Spokane
Marshal Lyons of Toledo has arrest
ed Hezekiah Hall, Familiarity known IN
his native home in Lee county, Viz.
qinia. as Hike" Hall. He is wanted
in Lee county for the alleged murder
of John Grub and divers other serl
ous offenses. Hall admits that he Kill
ed Grubb, but claims that he did II
in self defense. He stated to Sheriff
Urouhart that he had killed elgh
men. remarking that some men woul'
never be good until they were dead
and that he had run up against elgh
men whom he found it necessary u
make good" The man is 5S year
old and quite gray.
Seattle's foreign export business 10
June amounted to nearly $4OOOOou
being greater than that of any prev
GUS month in the history of the city.
The Northern Pacific hauled 90
cars of lumber out of Tacoma i
June.
The legality of the 100000 issu
of school bonds for Tacoma has bee
sustained by the supreme court. Tn
money will be used for the constru'
ton of a high school in that city
Graduates of the law department
the University of Washington will b
admitted to the senior class OF tn
Yale law school on presenting the
diplomas.
The Wenatchee cannery has cor
pleted the first week of its eXlstehc
Mr.. Foy. the manager of the cannir
company, says that everything is mo
ing off in first class order, and in II
first weeks run over 10000 cans
cherries have been disposed of.
Ed Stickney ]. II. Malone and ia
Leslie. escaped convicts from Il
United States penitentiary at M
Neill's island, have been captured.
w. A. Davis of Stepto has discovt
ed a new and effectual method OF q
stroying squirrels. Mr.. Davis sent
Iowa for some ferrets, which he us
to hunt squirrels, which are one OF |
greatest pests of this section. L
ferrets are trained to go into the hol
after the squirrels and either cat
and kill them or drive them out OF I
holes, where dogs catch them. n
Davis took three ferrets and two do
and went into the fields In less IN
two hours he had killed 62 squirrels
Scion H. Seaman, aged II years, "
drowned while swimming in the S
kane river about IL miles above
city limits Sunday afternoon.
The entire alfalfa crop around '
natchee was badly damaged and
sections entirely ruined by the hes
rains of last week. The crop was
down.
Fire which started in the basem
of F. B. Wright & Co.'S paint and "
paper store at Spokane at l o'cl'
Saturday afternoon, did damage
timated at more than $4,000.
In the person of Louise Colotchi,
Spokane police have unearthed
heiress to a $4,000 fortune in
Francisco.
E. ]. Lewis. the real estate bro
in Seattle, wanted at Wheaton,
for frauds amounting to more t
$4,000. will return without cxtr
ton.
IDAHO NEWS.
Miss Lucy Aiken, telephone op
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