Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-07-11
WASHINGTON. IDAHO. OREGON
and MONTANA ITEMS.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-Crop Outlook Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

pated in the "oldtimers' celebration
at Colfax Saturday.
Crowds numbering between 5000 and
1000 people filled North Yakima to at
tend the Fourth of July celebration.
The annual picnic of the Inland
Association OF the Deaf and Dumb
was held at Spokane the Fourth Not
withstanding that its members were
bereft of the power of speech it is
doubtful if there was happier gath
ering in the city during the holiday.
With an initial membership Of near
ly $50 former residents of Michigan,
the Spokane Michigan club was or
ganized recently.
Thirty or thirty-fye thousand people
took advantage of special rates and
excursions the Fourth to leave Spo-
kane for the day.
Frank Fine, a Prescott farmer, was
hurt by the explosion of a giant crack
er, which tore OF the ends of two fin
gers ON his left hand and lacerared
the palm of his right hand.
State Railroad Commissioner J. S.
Jones was the victim of female pick
pocket while in Tacoma department
store recently. He missed has wallet
which contained $z7 in cash, = couple
of rings valued at $3.50 and some pa
pers The woman could not be found.
Robert Pfueller, ~ resident OF Sno-
homish, blew his head off with dyna-
mite recently because his wife scolded
him for drinking. He was 65 years of
age.
S. P. Wickstrom Of Seattle was
struck by a train between Wilson
Creek and Krupp Friday and terribly
injured
Dayton, from the effects OF the bite Of
an insect, causing flood poison.
George M. Wright, the city marshal
at Woodland, who accidentally shot
himself in the head on the night of
June IS, is dead
A six-inch artesian well only 50 feet
deep and furnishing 10000 gallons of
water daily, has just been completed
by the East Tacoma Manufacturing
company.
During fire drill at Port Townsend
on board the steamer Chippewa ]. F.
Walsh, Vancouver messboy, 19
years old, fell overheard and was
drowned.
Frank Hoskins has completed his
private irrigation plant for watering
100 acres of bottom a few miles be.
low Dayton, and water will be turned
into the main in a short time. Mr.
Hoskins plans to cut the land into
tracts Of Ave acres and have it plant
ed to orchard by men who desire to
build up the fruit business.
One boy with his hand nearly blown
off by blank cartridge, one man with
his hand injured by a dynamite crack
err, several boys burned by powder
from pistols and a number of minor
accidents constitute the record in
Bellingham the Fourth.
In a fire which broke out at 6:4s
o'clock Saturday night in the kitchen
of the Spokane Club building, at Spo
kane, and was stubbornly fought by
the city's entire fire apparatus fol-
three hours before it was controlled
Dwight c. Johnson, an ore buyer, wei
known to mining men in the north
west, was killed by dropping from {
fourth story window. Property loss
$4,000; well insured.
After dressing himself in his bes
clothing. brushing his hair, shavins
and shining his shoes, a man known
as Jack Thompson, spread a blanke
out on the floor of his room in Seattle
= and sent a bullet crashing into hil
brain.
Floyd F. Wilson, son of John F. VIII
son, son of John F. Wilson, a rancho
residing near Riparia, was drowned
in the Snake river recently while tow
ing a raft of driftwood.
A sensation was created in Pasc,
Sunday when Robert Shioter OF Ia
coma, 81 years of age, committed sui
eide by shooting himself through thu
body just below the heart.
Two million grain bags are bein,
delivered to farmers in the Walls
Walla section, making shipments ae
gregating 20 carloads. The bags ar,
largely from Calcutta, only a small
portion being manufactured in thu
state penitentiary. The date Of tn
allotment Of grain bags to the wheat
>. growing counties having expired oil
, July l, C. S. Reed, superintendent o
r the state penitenpary, announces tina
: he is authorized by the state board o
control to sell the remaining sacks Of
hand to any one applying for same
The warehouse contains about $50 90
grain bags unsold, and delivery will b.
made TO those applying, in the order il