Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-01-11
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 NOTES.


house certificates issued in Spokane
during the recent financial furry have
been retired.
The state book will show 100000
population for Seattle, 10000 for Spo-
kane and 10000 for Tacoma.
Hopgrowers of the Yakima valley
have formed a union.
The city of Colville is now in the
third class
There are entries of 700 birds FOR
the poultry show at Walla Walla.
There will be no cut in the price of
hair cuts aDf other tonsorial work at
Tacoma as announced some time ago.
Tacoma, Wash.-While his accom-
plice stood at the door of the wool
shed frightening away inquisitive chill
dren with a revolver, John Vargo, q
miner at Carbonate, recently stole Il
chest containing 5000 in $40 gold
pieces, the lifelong savings of John
Vaselino of Carbonate, and made his
escape.
The body of P. w. Dillon, who died
at his home in Davenport, was shipped
to Tacoma for burial.
Injuries that may prove fatal to
both were sustained by Abraham Neil
sen and Albert Olson, who jumped
from the second story window of a
Spokane lodging house while that floor
of the building was enveloped in
flames.
During the year 1907 over $2,O00,Oo0
of county and school funds were han
died in Spokane.
During the past year Tacoma has
spent $S7 ,501.95 for new fire houses
and fire equipment.
There is little hopes of rescuinS
Harry Joyce and John Hager, who
were buried in a caving well on the
ranch of Miss Title Bleck, two miles
north of Ethiopia.
The Toppenish school district has
commenced suit to annul $4,000 worth
of school warrants, declaring them
fraudulent
Steve Philips has been charged at
Seattle with murder in the first de-
gree in the killing of Mrs. Madge Hen
derson, negress.
A meeting OF all county commission
ers of the state has been called at
Tacoma for February II to form a
state organization and make a system
attic campaign for good roads.
Filing of candidates. under the di
rect primary law for the city election
in March closed with 104 aspirants
listed for the 10 offices in Seattle.
Earl Musselman, aged IA, was killed.
and Clyde Damaske, aged IS, fatally
injured, recently by a heavy shingle
bolt, which crushed them.
At the meeting of the state teach
ers association at Seattle it was de-
cided to hold the next annual meeting
in Spokane, commencing December 20,
1908. officers were elected for the
ensuing year as follows: President,
A. II. Yoder of Tacoma vice presi-
dents, N. d. Showalter of Colfax, and
Miss Nettie Sawyer of Seattle; treas
urer, Chas. Pagan of Seattle; secre-
tary, o. G. Whitney OF Tacoma.
The Sedro Woolley postoffice was
burglarized recently.
It is reported that state general fund
warrants are being discounted by
banks of Seattle, Spokane and else
where per cent.
The trim new steamer North Sta,
of the Columbia G Okanogan Steam
boat company has made her first TRIP
up the Columbia.
The snowfall has interfered with
completing the approaches to the new
Wenatchee bridge and the forma
opening of that structure consequently
may be delayed until about January
Is.
The Walla Walla auxiliary to the
: Washington State Stockgrowers asso
citation was formed recently.
N. N. Carroll, a Colfax stock buyer
has made the largest shipment of live
stock that ever went out of the Collar
, yards in one day. The shipment con
sisted of five cars of stall fed steers
and three carloads of hogs.
Two laborers were killed and eigh
badly injured by a dynamite explosion
, at a subcamp of Contractor Taylor OF
the Portland & Seattle road. rs miles
south of Sprague, Saturday.
Six members of the Law Enforce
ment league who eanvassed Srokan,
Sunday gathering evidence agains
those saloon proprietors who KEEP
their places open found 10 saloon
. closed in one district. in another q
. and in the third 40. making a total 0
: rs saloons which we're closed.
v With complete counterfeiting out
e ut in their possession, two alleges
It workingmen, giving their names a
!. W. H. Hawley and c. A. Quaife, wer
y arrested in Tacoma along the North
d ern Pacific tracks in South Tacoma.
IDAHO NEWS.