Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-05-09
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 STATE NEWS.

were awarded to Louis Brislawn of
Sprague, the subject of his address be-
ing "Regulus to the Carthaginians."
The second medal was won by Miss
Ethel Despair of Harrington, her sub
ject being THE Sioux Chiefs Daugh-
ter"
Climbing aboard the tug Keros as
she lay moored to the wharf at Ia
coma, two desperate burglars entered
the cabin occupied by Captain James
Hird and Mate Henry Branaugh,
placed a handkerchief saturated with
chloroform over the nostrils of each,
and then robbed the men of every
thing of value that they possessed.
Charles S. Warren, one of the cred
itors of the Vendome Hotel company
at Davenport, has filed a suit for $15,-
600 against the hotel company and
asked that receiver be appointed
Mr.. Deary announces that the Pa
louise mill of the Potlatch Lumber com
pany, which has been idle for more
than six months, started Monday for
the summers run. There are 100000
feet of logs in the river ready for the
saws. The mill will give employment
to 70 men for the summer.
James Duff, well known citizen of
Chelan county, dropped dead at his
residence in Wenatchee recently.
The bodies of the two young men
who are believed to have stolen two
horses from the Arrow and Eagle liv-
cries in Wenatchee last week, were
Co In, - e 1.I-
near Stratford, having evidently been
drowned while attempting to cross.
The two bodies were locked in deadly
embrace at the bottom of the lake.
Eddie Gregg, u years old, placed
a basket of flowers on the front door
knob of A. w. Copeland's home at
Foy station, few miles from Seattle,
as a May day custom. He rang the
doorbell; nobody come, and he rang
again. Mrs. Copeland answered, did
not see the flowers, but saw the boy
run. Gregg rang again, when Cope
land opened the door and fired with
a shotgun. The boy received the load
in the thigh, and may die of blood
poisoning.
w hAlC SUNS liOili Tic lOODy VI blt
Montgomery hotel at Elk to her room,
Mrs. North, mistress of the hostelry,
was shot in the left temple by an I'M
known assassin concealed outside the
house.
The directors of the Moran Ship
building company, Seattle, were re
Gently offered 100000 for their
plant and business in Seattle and de
clined to accept the consideration
holding out for $2,500,00O.
The funeral of Nathan West so
years old, and one of the Oldest pion
GERS of the Inland Empire, took place
in Tekoa Saturday.
Farmers from the fruit districts
along the Walla Walla river report
fears of considerable damage to fruit
and berries during the recent colo
snap.
The cornerstone of the new Baptist
church at North Yakima was laid Sat
urday.
Colonel E. II. Morrison is rushins
work on his seed farm near Fairfield
so men being engaged in setting out
seed beets and planting varieties o.
vegetables and seeds for the fall crop
The University of Puget SounC
academy debaters were UNANIMOUSLY
awarded a decision over the Spokane
high school team in the interscholastiC
debate held in Tacoma.
The democrats of Walla Walla have
pledged to raise $4,000 with which t
establish in Walla Walla a daily news
paper to represent their party.
J. P. Graves of the Inland Empire
system says that his automobile jour
ney through the country west of the
Columbia river and back to Spokane
from Colville, Stevens county, wa.
not for the purpose of locating an ex
tension of his electric system.
Overcome with grief because hei
husband is slowly dying of an incur
able disease, Mrs. Ethel G. Adams, 1;
years old, a beautiful bride of sir
months, took her own life by inhal
ing Illuminating gas at Seattle.
The new Presbyterian church, bull
at a cost of 100000, was dedicated a
Aberdeen Sunday.
Laboring under the delusion tina
every one was his enemy, William Bar
ton, an old man, swallowed a small
dose of laudanum and another of car
bolic acid at Vancouver recently will
deadly effect.
By forming a pool farmers of The
Big Bend country have sold thei
wheat for "A cents a bushel.
Word has been received from Wash
ington to the effect that free mail de
livery will be established at Ellens
burg August 1.
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