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

Negotiations are. pending for the
sale of the Gawley Mill company,
across the bay from Tacoma.
While operating his threshiag ma
chine near Pullman Friday John Stein
burg was probably fatally injured.
The death of Nathan Keith, aged SO
years, occurred at Waitsburg recent
ly. He was a pioneer of the west.
The Spokane bartenders' union has
purchased a large burial plot in Fair
mount cemetery, paying 5000 for the
plot.
II. M. Ludlow, 6S years old, fell to
MS death down the elevator shaft OF
the Oriental building in Seattle Sun
Gay.
James Ragsdill, aged about 60
years, was fatally injured near
Springdale Saturday in a wood haul
ing accident
The hardware store of McClintock
& Simpson at White Salmon was en-
tered recently and about $500 worth
of cutlery carried away.
Harry Long and an unknown assist
ant, groundkeepers of the Seattle Ten
mis- club, were asphyxiated in their
room at the clubhouse last Sunday.
The Hazelwood company, It'd, has
sold its cattle to John l.. Smith, the
veteran superintendent of the live
stock department at the Interstate
fair.
A harvest hand giving his name as
James Bovard was given jail SEN
tence at Oakesdale for being drunk.
Soon after he succeeded in hanging
himself with a towel and breaking his
neck.
e. F. Daily has been arrested at Sc
attic on the charge of stealing about
$4,000 worth of jewelry from a trunk
in the room of Mrs. Carrie S. Erne,
proprietor of the Ertyl hotel, fash
ionable rooming house in Seattle.
Joseph A. Bloch, a rich Pacific
coast banker and real estate broker,
wanted in Portland on the charge of
deserving his wife, who is destitute,
with Mrs. Y. Weiss, an attractive
brunette, with whom he eloped, were
arrested in Seattle.
Fire early Saturday morning at
Starbuck destroyed property valued
at $4,000, two stores, the odd Eel
lows hall, and other buildings being
a complete loss. The blaze started
near Sprout & Barnhart's store, pre-
sumably from a match thrown into
the rubbish.
Eight thousand dollars was paid
Saturday to the 500 Indians compris
ing the Occur d'Alene tribe, by Indian
Agent c. o. Worley, at Tekoa. Each
person, including men. women and
children, received SIG. The money
is a payment due on reservation lands
sold some years ago.
A recent statement made at Wash
ington, ID. c., by the surveyor gen
erals office shows that on July
there were 2,S47,S25 acres surveyed
and 2,2S7,176 acres unsurveyed, unap
propriated and unreserved public
lands in Washington and 36S,O21,5 sos
acres left in Alaska, all unsurveyed
Spokane, Columbia & Western
Railway company is the name of the
new electric and steam road which
the Graves interest will build from
Spokane into the Big Bend country
Articles of incorporation for the new
railroad were filed recently at the
county courthouse, the capital stool
being $S,OOO,OO0
The Protestant Episcopal churcl
has So bishops, including the presiding
bishop, in the United States; two il
China, two in Japan and one each il
West Africa, Cuba, Haiti, Brazil anC
church has 10 bishops and seven mis-
sionary bishops The Methodist Epis
copal Church South has II bishops.
While T. ]. Maynard was threshins
at the Ranch of II. A. Spills, west o
Cotton, in moving from one setting
to another, along a steep hillside, th'
separator overbalanced and rolle'
down the hill. 1t turned completed.
over three times. Mr.. Maynard dis
charged his crew, left the wreck lyin,
where it was and gave up threshing
There are more than 100000 Chi
dren of school age in this state, aC
cording to the census taken in July
This is a gain OF about $4,000 owe
the previous year. The 1850 schoo
houses in the state in July, 1908, an
sites, libraries and other school prof.
erty are valued at an aggregate c
about S15,50O,0O0, as against but $12
44S,291 the previous year.
IDAHO NOTES