Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-04-28
.NEWSOF Northwest
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding country-Numerous Acci-
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fall Trade Is Good.
IDAHO NEWS.

The war department has ordered two
troops of cavalry, now stationed at
Walla Walla, to make practice march
to Boise.
The Hecla Mining company Of Wal
lace has distributed its April dividend
of $4,000 OF cents a share. This
is the mines thirty-fourth dividend.
Last month it paid a quarterly divi-
dend of $4,000. As the mine is in
corporated for 100000 shares, the
April dividend amounts to cents a
share. 1t brings the total amount paid
In dividends by the mine since its
first, August 81, 1900, to s66O,000
Three men, Harry Williams, charg-
ed with passing a forged check at
Mineral last fall, William Burgess and
John McHargue, both under sentence
for gambling, escaped recently from
the county Jail at Weiser
Governor Gooding has asked all the
citizens to help suffering Californians.
Isaac Gregory of Sites lost his
right hand recently while working in
Landon's sawmill. The man was en-
gagged in taking lumber from the saw.
The auditors annual report, filed
with the county commissioners, for
1905 shows the assessed valuation
or property in Kootenai county to be
SO, 6S4, 966, which, under a levy of 80
mills for state and county purposes
produces a revenue of $213,919. OF
this there remains uncollected S27,-
4l9. In addition the revenue from the
sale of liquor and other licenses
amounted to s52,096 and cash on hand
at the beginning of the year to $S217.
Officers of the Panhandle Smelling
company announce that the plant at
Boundary. will blow in May Is.
Dan Hunt, a brickmaker of Boise,
lost his life recently as a result of
d peculiar accident. w. A. Daven-
port and a man named Evans had a
runaway. smashing the buggy. They
were taking the team to the barn,
driving them with the neck-yoke
fastened to the breast straps, and the
driver walking behind. Hunt was on
a load of brick going in the same
direction. AS the runaway team APP
preached the brick wagon they start
ed to run, dashing right at the wagon.
One horse went on each side, the neck
yoke being Tipped up over the wagon
and sweeping Hunt off. 1t is thought
one wheel passed over the mans
shoulder. He died half an hour later.
Deceased was so years old and UNI
married.
Blue Bell temple, No. IS, Rathbone
Sisters. has recently been organized
at Wallace with 3S charter members
Because of exceedingly warm
weather throughout the Occur
GAlenes during the last week, con
siderable apprehension is being felt
by residents over the swollen con
dition of the south fork of the Coeul
GAlene river.
G. w. Williams, proprietor of the
Nee Perce-Kamiah stage line, is ar
raging to put on a stage line from
kamiah to Cottonwood via Nez Perez
after May l. when the summer SEIZED
ule takes effect.
The Fort Lemhi Indian agent has
telegraphed the Indian office a
Washington, d. c. that the news
PAPER reports to the effect that tn,
Lemhi Indians of Idaho are starving
are erroneous, and that it is possibl,
to handle the situation for a montl
with embarrassment. He also wiret
Commissioner Leupp that credit i
being withheld from the Indians OF
account of their proposed removal.