Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-02-03
NEEOF NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
AID OREGON NEWS ITEMS.
A rew Interesting Items Gathered
Emm Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rsundng Country-Numerous Acct
sents and Personal Events Take
place-FaIl Trade Is Good.
IDAHO NEWS.

gnarIes nc -.;TuRn, timberman IL
the Morning mine, near Mullan, wa
killed recently by being struck on tn,
back of the head by falling mine tim
Der.
LYMAN Johnson of Clarks Fork step
ned off a passenger train on the North
ern Pacific at $3.50 o'clock the othel
day when the train stopped on the
bridge over Lake Pend d'Oreille, anC
was dashed to death on the rocks be
low.
w. p Green, an employe on a righ
of way contract on the Corbin road
chopped down tree the other day
In falling the tree struck a green tam
arack, bending it to the ground. Wher
released the tamarack shot back with
such force as to strike Green, crushing
in the side of his face and body and
killing him instantly.
william Yarbaugh, plasterer and
mortar mixer of Lewiston, last Sunday
attempted to murder his wife with a
butcher knife, and after failing in his
purpose returned to his room, where
he cut his own throat with a case
knife.
With $145,000 cash in the hands of
the county, Lewiston banks are en-
gagged in fierce contest over the de-
postory law, the settlement of which
will determine where the money will
be deposited and when the county VII
begin to draw interest. The county
commissioners are at a deadlock.
Henry Neuebaumer, the Alaskan mi
ner who committed suicide at Boise
recently, after having fatally wounded
Ollie Powell, his former sweetheart,
who ran away with another man the
night before her marriage to Neue-
banner was to have taken place. and
seriously wounded L. Gray, successful
rival, and the latter's mother and
sister, left what is believed to have
been a considerable quantity of gold
dust buried along the Yukon river in
Alaska
1 The new town Of Potlatch, the home
Nj the Potlatch Lumber company's big
Bawmill and lumber plant, is making
more rapid growth than any town in
The history of the state, outside of a
mining camp.
The Idaho Cedarmen's association
has been formed recently ia Spokane,
with Idaho men in the company and
one spokane man. The purpose of the
will be to establish a
Uniform grade, and rules governing
the inspection of telephone, telegraph
and electric light poles.
Wardner, Idaho, Jan. 81. Fire,
starting in the Flint stope, between
the sixth and seventh levels has driven
the miners from their work in the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine.
The origin of the fire is unknown.
IL was probably started by the firing
OF blast or caused by a candle being
left in the timbers.
The bridge over the Clearwater be-
tween Sites and Kooskia is now COM
pleted.
The state land board has been COM
PEELED to readvertise the school land
sale at Occur d'Alene City, as the time
limit to remove the timber has been
extended from three years as fixed
IN the present advertisement, to 10
years from date Of sale. The sale
mas been postponed until March 6,
1906.
suites and surrounding country row
nave the worst roads of the season.
Archie Gillis, foreman of the carpen-
ter gang at the Morning mill at Null
ian' narrowly escaped losing his left
aano, II not his life, recently. While )
working around the machinery Mr..
Wills allowed his left hand to become
taught in rapidly revolving pulley.
Inc dance hall and saloon conduct
eu oy William Moore for the past six
months at Wardner has closed its
ooors and ceased to do business.
f. F. Johnson, president Of tho Eirst
National bank of Wallace, has como
70 Twin Falls to open bids for tho
construction of a building for the
FIRST National bank of Twin Falls.
The Occur d'Alene land Office is
Withdrawing an additional II town.
ships and adding the tract to the
Priest River reserve. The withdrawn
land in Kootenai county lies due east
Of the Priest River forest reserve and
contiguous to it.