Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-10-24
washington, IDAHO. OREGON
and MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Accl-
dents and Personal Events Take
Plsce-Crop Outlook Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

Inc OolumDla county tax is ~ mills /
1t is reported that there are about
is cases of smallpox in Pullman.
Irwin w. Mathews of Waterville is
dead, after short illness with pneu.
monia.
The Idaho Trust company and the
come one in the near future.
From 12 to Is cars of apples day
are being shipped from Wenatchee to
different sections of the United States
The Spokane rate case will not be
decided for month, according to the
secretary of the interstate commerce
commission.
The generous rains recently are of
inestimable value to the country. The
rain has been general and came in the
nick of time.
Harry E. Gordon, a pioneer resident
of Spokane, where he has resided con-
tinuously since 1885, died of locomotor
ataxia Saturday.
Madeline King, who confessed to hav-
ing burned the body of her aged hus-
band, was acquitted of the charge of
murder by jury at Port Orchard.
Walter A. Davenport of Colfax has
accepted a position with the Seattle
branch of the Foster & Kleiser Adver-
Using company, in which he is a stock
holder.
Spokane postoffice receipts for the
month ended September 80 show an in
crease of 10 1-2 per cent over the re-
ceipts of the corresponding month last
year.
Work on the New Ridgeway theater
building at Colfax is progressing rap
idly and the superintendent thinks the
structure will be ready for use by the
first of December.
Ed Green, a recent arrival from
northern Michigan, was killed recently
near Sedro-W oolley while at work as
brakeman for the Puget Sound g. Ba-
ker River Railroad company.
movement has been started to put
new life in the Spokane Playground as
ISOLATION, to increase it's membership
establish and equip Fairgrounds in
every school district in the city.
John Hanson of Everett, for the past
six months a member of the board of
pardons of the Washington state re
formatory at Monroe, has been ap
pointed for the long term ending July
II, 1918.
Exclusive of the 100000 that has
been paid for the site to be occupied
by Spokane IS new IL story hotel, prop
erty on Sprague and First avenue has
sold within the last two weeks to the
amount of nearly 100000.
The loyal parishioners of the All
tanum church, North Yakima, came
down on their pastor, the Rev. Over
Umstead, recently, and now the par
oehial henroost is loaded till it bends
The Rev. Mr.. Umstead was given 1
chicken shower.
A report from Tacoma says that thu
: state executive committee of the so
. cialist party has decided not to pa,
the fee demanded of it's candidates OF
: the state ticket, but to make the rae
l by means of stickers and the writing
of the names of the candidates upol
: the ballots.
Robert Serempus, 20 years old, pro
= prietor of the Star dairy at Rigney Hill
Tacoma, was shot and killed Sunday o.
i his dairy ranch by Fred Abel, IS year
/ old, who, with Roy Comfy, two years hi
y junior, was hunting upon the dairy
> man S land. The boy murderer claim
. the deed was done in self-defense.