Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-06-20
Washington, IDAHO. OREGON
and MONTANA ITEMS.
From Our Exchanges OF the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-Crop Outlook Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

winch are now well developed.
In the superior court at Seattle re-
Gently Guy c. Stratton, secretary and
treasurer of the Acme Single Mill
company, was sentenced to serve a
sentence of from one to five years in
the state penitentiary and to pay a
fine of $500 He was convicted of
manslaughter in running down Hen
rietta Johnson with his automobile and
killing her He gave notice of appeal.
While playing hockey from school
John Weddle and Walter Moe, aged
9 and 10 years, respectively, were re-
Gently drowned in Lake Union, in Seat
tie The bodies were recovered.
The recent fire in the Stone, Fisher
company's department store at Ia
coma caused $4,000 damage, due prin-
cipally to the automatic sprinkler
flooding two of the floors.
While playing about the house at
Spokane a 3 year old son of Mrs.
Campbell found loaded revolver and,
pointing it at his mother, pulled the
trigger playfully. The weapon was
discharged and the ball lodged in Mrs.
Campbells leg.
The water of the Columbia river has
risen so high that Wenatchees tenn
porary pumping plant is in danger of
being carried away in the flood.
The artificial ice manufacturing
plant which has been built during the
spring at Prosser has been put in oper-
alton for the first time, and the test
was satisfactory. The ice machinery
and the cold storage plant represent
an expenditure of $4,000.
William Jarvis, who was recently
convicted of horse stealing at Con-
conully, was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for an indeterminate term of
from one to ten years.
Mayor John F. Miller of Seattle has
announced the appointment of Captain
Irving Ward as chief of police.
J. w. Culton, a pioneer resident of
the Palouse country, died at Palouse
City recently.
The funeral of Mrs. Nancy j. Rem
shaw, widely known Whitman coun-
ty pioneer, who died at the house of
her son, Moses A. Renshaw, in Seattle
took place from the house of Charles
Scriber in Colfax last week.
Teh town of Chelan has a population
of 721, as against els two years ago.
State Superintendent Henry B.
Dewey has commissioned former Prin-
cipal H. M. Shafer of the state normal
school as sole delegate from Washing
ton to attend the national congress in
Cleveland, Ohio, in July, to unity and
codify school laws. Mr. Shafer will
leave June 20.
The department at Washington has
notified Postmaster Hugh Eldridge of
proper data on the site for the new
federal building there. that the gov
eminent architect may have a basis
on which to prepare plans.
Fire, which originated by the over
turning of a kerosene lamp early Sat
urday morning, destroyed $4,000
worth of property in the restricted
district and caused the death of IA
horses stabbed in the Home Comfort
livery barn, which was destroyed also.
After having by a heroic effort
saved younger playmate, Teddy
Simpson of Spokane from drowning
Saturday afternoon, Felix Zilka, aged
IA years, became exhausted and sank
to his death, laying down his own
young life in order to preserve that of
his friend.
Several hundred union laboring men
of Walla Walla will ask the board of
education to submit to the people of
Walla Walla school district at the next
election the proposition of free text
books.
The Commercial club of Pullman is
perfecting plans for the installation
of denatured alcohol plant there.
According to State Grain Inspector
John w. Arrasmith, all indications
point to a wheat crop this year that
win fully equal that of last year, 40
000, 900 bushels. "a t7l JIG lJ-
taeoniaisS fireslossesH for 1907 we're
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Applications for grain bags are be-
! ing, received at the state, penitentiary.
q -cQmmerciaI club was recently or
ganfzed at ,Issaquah.
| RE chicago, 'SIiiwaukee & st. Paul
has begun laying fits 90Lpound steel
rails in the seastern' part of the state.
The milk dealers of Seattle now sell
II quarts of milk for ST.
The Hayes brothers are planting on
their farms 10 miles east of Ellensburg
60 acres in onions, and 100 acres. in
potatoes. AZ
Secret fraternal. societies will not be
permitted at Whitman college until
there are at least 200 men enrolled.
The city Of Centraifa is to have a
fire apparatus and paid fire depart
ment. fH
Arrangements are being made for a
big Fourth of July celebration AT
North Yakima.e A race meet will be
one of the features. a-
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