Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01
NORTHWEST STATES
washington, IDAHO, OREGON
and MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-Crop Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.
Many clearing house certificates
have been raised at Hoquiam and the
perpetrators of the fraud have reaped
something of a harvest.
Seattle friends of o. b. Search, who
was killed in the railroad yard at Ell
lensburg October 20. are Offering re-
ward of $50 for the recovery of his in
surance Identification card
The managers of three theaters at
Bellingham have ben arrested on the
charge of violating the Sunday closing
law.
The danger of strike on the part
of the longshoremen at Seattle is past.
At recent meeting it was decided to
sign the scale proposed by the ship
owners.
The authority of superintendent
Harry f. Liston of the Puyallup Con-
solidated Indian agency has been Off
cially suspended. The government
will proceed to adjust Mr.. Listens Off
cial affairs.
In a brand new $4,000 train, the
equipment of which is declared by
competent judges to be the finest and
most modern that could be bought, an
excursion party of 200 representative
business men of Spokane. Occur
d'Alene City, Rathdrum, Spirit Lake,
Newport and other nearby places. and
a few visitors from distance, made
a trip from Spokane to Newport and
return over the new Idaho & Wash
ington Northern railroad Saturday as
guests of the company
Shipments of all classes of products
from North Yakima last year totaled
54,785 tons, an increase OF 1885 tons
over 1906.
Horatio Daniels was stealing a ride
on the pilot of locomotive recently
near North Yakima when the engine
struck a cow. In the ensuing mixup
Daniels suffered several fractures and
internal injuries. He managed to
hang on until the engine stopped
9he Japanese and Chinese language,
foSether with the history. literature.
f4igion and commercial customs of
tf$se nations, will be taught at the
Dbiversity of Washington next year.
&NOluluB 10 present plans.
George w. Ragsdale. proprietor of
tfR Favorite saloon, who struck and
killed Dusty" Dean in fist fight in
"a argument over money matters, was
fdMnd guilty at Spokane of manslaugh.
la.
Mrs. c. o. Browder. widow of the
iade C. o. Browder. formerly auditor OF
Whitman county. died recently.
Decisive steps have been taken in
Wilbur toward the organization of a
commercial club for their town to fur.
Their market day plans.
Case & Esbach, the North Coast con
tractors have been awarded the con.
tract for a dam to be built by the
Pleasant Valley Irrigation company in
the East Selah valley. The company
will irrigate about 1900 acres of land
for fruit culture. The dam will be
60 feet high and 500 feet across.
On the eve of his retirement as
pastor of the Emanuel Baptist church
Seattle. suit against the Rev w. G.
Jones by Elmer E. Poole, a Boston
jeweler alleging alienation of his
wife's affections and asking $25, 900
damages therefore, was dismissed.
At a recent meeting of the La Crosse
local No S, Farmers Educational anC
Cooperative union, farmers bargaineC
for 10000 grain sacks
Clifford Baker. a lad 10 years old o
North Yakima. had his left hand com
pletely blown off while fooling with
shotgun.
During the last year the gross re
ceipts of the Wenatchee postoffic
amounted to $14.511. a gain of 22.7 pc
cent over the year 1906.
Charles Eastman was shot and atal
ly wounded by Policeman Durham il
Woolley while resisting arrest.
Practically all of the single mills il
Washington will resume operations il
March, after a shutdown of from tire
to six months. There are ATS mills i
the state, and all but about per cen
are closed down.
Everett's postoffice was entered b
cracksmen Sunday morning. Forcin
the vaults, they secured $4,000
lamps, as well as $3.50 cash which wa
in the till. OF the cash stolen, S12
belonged to a clerk in the department
OREGON ITEMS.
81 am going to heaven" With thes