Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-13
IDAHO SQUlBBS.

One of the new laws which went
into effect in Idaho May 4, provides
for a juvenile court.
From present indications at least
100000 will be spent for new build
ngs or additions to old ones at Poca-
tello this season.
Monday morning at 1880 the cadets
Of the University of Idaho left for
their annual encampment which this
year will be held at Occur d'Alene.
James Wing. an employee of the
Morning mine at Mullan. was killed
Sunday by falling down an ore chute
How the accident occurred is not
known.
Horticultural Inspector ]. r. Field
says that the prospect for a good
crop of fruit in the Payette valley of
Idaho has never been better than at
this time.
More large buildings will be built
this year at Wallace than any year
since the fire of 1890, which wiped out
the business section. The volume of
the building indicates the prosperity
Of the district.
The Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine
at Wardner, Idaho, for the second
time this year has raised its monthly
dividend to s150,OOO and distributed
that huge sum last Thursday among
its stockholders. That makes total
dividends of $525000 paid since Jan
uary /, and $2,796,OOO to date.
Burglars entered the postofice
building at Kellogg and riied three
tills. securing between $50 and $40
The greater part of the money be-
longed to D. Price, who conducts a
store in the building. The exact
amount of the postoffice loss is not
known.
The council at Twin Falls has fixed
the license for saloons at $4,000 each
per year.
Drexel Van Arsdale, the IA year old
son of c. c. Van Arsdale, was drown
ed late Sunday afternoon two miles
below the mouth of the Clearwater
river. He was caught in a whirlpool
Nearly 5000 men are now employed
in the great producing mines of the
Occur d'Alenes and in the prospects
Of the various sections of the district
1t is doubtful if ever in the history
Of this silver-lead region there has al
one time been so great number OF
men employed
H. j. Rice, former treasurer of Sho
shone county. has returned from To
nopah and Goldfeld, New, where he
and several other mining men from
the Occur d'Alenes spent three months
examining and prospecting the gold
fields. Mr.. Rice was greatly disap
pointed in the country and says that
he is satisfied to remain in the Coeur
d'Alenes, which far surpasses the Ne
vada mining district.
The first bounty on cougars, under
the new law, was paid at Rathdrum
to Patrick Fox of Laclede, who
brought in a large cougar hide and
was paid SIS by warrant on the cur
rent expense fund. The animal meas
ured almost nine feet from tip to tip
1t was accidentally caught in a bear
trap, and is the first one that Mr.. Fox
has, seen in that neighborhood.
OF the several railroad projects in
the northwest, that which contem
plates a line from Palouse, in Whit
man county. toward the east and into
the timber belt of Idaho is one OF
notable importance. According tC
present plans, it is to be only As miles
long. but it will tap an unusually rich
country, and as a result of its con
struction there will probably be man
ufacturing and agricultural develop
ment fully as important as any that is
now tributary to any piece Of road Of
equal length.