Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-11-21
NORTHWEST ITEMS
NEWS OF IDAHO, MONTANA,
WASHINGTON and OREGON.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fall Trade Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
iona is to have electric lights.

WASHINGTON ITEMS
Kiona is to have electric lights.
Pullman is soon to have large new
general merchandise store.
Grain is moving from the Asotin
warehouses at the rate of 1000 bushels
a day.
1t has been decided to make the at
tempt to have Yakima entered as a
second-class city.
r. Mosier sold his o. K. livery stable
at Tekoa to Samuel Shirley and W..
Graham for $4,000.
The wheat crop about Ephrata is as
sured, as the soil is in perfect condi-
tion and fall sowing shows green.
Professor A. M. Whitaker, who ac-
.cidentally shot himself while out hunt
ing near Klaberville, died few hours
later.
While the Palouse country is enjoy
ing delightful weather. there is need
of more moisture and q soaking rain
would be welcomed.
The Prosser city council has, passed
an ordinance to the second reading
raising the saloon license to $1,000 a
year and plans for taking a census.
The state of Washington will carry
over from last season nearly 10000
grain bags, which did not find mar
ket in the state during the harvest
months.
e. R. Smith, the 10 year old boy who
shot and killed Walter de Cordova in
the Hotel Calvert at Tekoa Wednesday
a week, was later released from jail by
Sheriff Ratliif.
Work has commenced on the main
ditch line of the Mabton project, which
reaches from the outlet Of the siphoI
on this side of the river to the reser
walton line west of town.
In commemoration of tho date OF
the admission of Washington to the
.sisterhood of states the members OF
the Whatcom County Bar association
held banquet Wednesday last.
Frank Campbell, a pioneer farmer Of
Latah county, sold his homestead o.
$40 acres, four miles east of Palouse
in Latah county, to Reuben Hill, re
cent arrival from Oregon, for $4,000
or $50 an acre.
Twenty philosophical citizens O
Garfield have subscribed fund of 500
with which they will take an option
for the city on tract of land nea
the 0. R. & N. depot, which it is thei
intention shall be made a public park
With the possibility of the construc
ton of a railroad from Dayton t
Walla Walla and on to Wallula to con
meet with boats on the Columbia rive
comes the possibility Of an immens
electric plant on the Tukanon river
some IS miles above Dayton.
A wagon wheel, which is believed t
have been started by boys, ran down
steep hill in the south part of Pullma
and crashed through the house occupie
by Mr.. and Mrs. w. Hail. completed
wrecking the kitchen and demolishin
the dining table, kitchen stove an
other furniture.
North Yakima is to be the power cit
of the Yakima valley and within for
months plant will be in operatio
there transmitting 10000 horse pow'
throughout the valley over line ninet
miles in length on the main line an
with many branch lines. To this en-
100000 will be expended.
M. ]. Gordon of Tacoma, formerl
counsel for the Great Northern at Sp
kane, alleged to be short $4,000
his accounts, who perhaps with OF
word could say whether the state
preme court has been corrupted, hi
again refused emphatically to discu
the case involving the integrity
Supreme Justice Root.
Carrying one of its occupants to h
death an automobile in which we
seven people plunged over the preciI
tous bluff overlooking the river at Il
avenue and Walnut street at Spokai
shortly after O'Clock Sunday nigf
The party in the machine was compos'
of William A. Nichols, well-known mi
ing broker and president of the Nicho
Investment company; his three sistei
Mrs. II. C. Swami, Miss Mary
Nichols and Miss Mona Nichols;
C. Swami of the Swann-McCain ElS
trical company; Chauffeur Charl
Chambers and William Falk of the ID
mage-Rose Automobile company. Nj
Mary L. Nichols died three hours aft
the accident at st. Luke IS hospital.