Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-03-07
NORTHWEST STATES
WASHINGTON, IDAHO. OREGON
and NOMINATIONS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Crop Outlook is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

WASFlNS yin - NC"o-
Byron Westicott died at his nou.e
in Garfield recently.
The recent horse show in Walla |
Walla was a great success.
II. M Moseley, a resident OF Spo
kane for q years, died Sunday.
Reports from all over Whitman
county show that the farmers union is
growing rapidly.
C. P. Coey of Rockford Saturday en-
tertained a number of friends in honor
of his 25th year in that vicinity.
Fir and tamarack can be obtained
now at Spokane for IS a cord, 81 and
$3.50 less than it was quoted i'll De
cember.
The Rev Benjamin F. Morse, aged
SO years, a retired minister of the
Baptist church, died in Spokane Sun
day.
The Asotin fruitraisers are very
busy cleaning up their places, pruning
their trees and making ready for the
annual spraying
The city authorities of Spokane are
taking active steps to remove the dan
ger consequent upon the existence of
large powder warehouses.
James Wright the wealthy stock
man of North Yakima, who died last
week, left the bulk of his estate to
his widow Mrs Ella Wright.
A fall of rs feet off Hangman creek
trestle Saturday afternoon caused the
death of little Arthur Corbet, aged Z
years, son of J. M. Corbet, at Spokane.
The existence of BLACK Hand"
organization at Black Diamond and
other coal mining camps in this state
will be closely probed by the county
officials.
Joshua Welch, the eccentric octo-
genarian chairmaker of Cheney, died
recently. lie was an exceedingly odd
and interesting character and was
widely known.
Building operations, which for
time were at a standstill in most of
the towns of the Yakima valley, are
steadily resuming and busy year is
looked for by contractors.
Charles F. Wilson, who died recent
ly, had been a resident of Spokane 16
years and was well known as res
taurant man. AT the time of his death
he was proprietor of the Halliday cafe.
Children playing with lighted match
es set fire to the clothing of the in
FAINT son of Mrs. Eta Hogue at Ia
coma recently, and the child was so
badly burned that it died shortly after
: ward.
A reward of $1,000 has been offered
by the Spokane county commissioners
for the capture and conviction of the
, murderer of Keevil Albring. whose
body was found in clump of, bushes
last December.
: In retaliation for being compelled to
close their saloons on Sunday, liquor
+ men are believed to be behind the eff
r forts of Main and Front avenue cloth
S ing dealers to close every line OF bust
r ness in Spokane on Sunday.
/ The highlander war which has smol
I dered in Seattles Chinatown for some
time broke out Friday afternoon
d when Chin Bak, member of the Boo
OnS lOnSs SllOl anu 4AOh OOhA
e member of the Hip Sing tong.
Z Estimating the population from the
I, number of individual names contained
1 in the new city directory, multiplied
by two and a half, the usual multi
L plier, Spokane and suburbs, including
: Hillyard, now have a population o
10S,675.
% Work will be begun upon the pro
: posed executive mansion" and upol
|, the additions to the capitol provide,
for by the legislature as soon as pun
chasers can be found for the stat
warrants which have been drawn TO
p that purpose.
i A large deal was consummated il
= Wenatchee recently which results i
III the transfer of the interests of o. I
Loving, M. r. McMahan and other
in the Soap Lake sanitarium, to
NV