Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-10-16
STATES
ITEMS OF IDAHO, MONTANA,
washington And OREGON.
A Few Interesting, Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fall Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

WASHINGTON STATE NEWS
A stock show will be held at Union
town Saturdag, October 16.
Whitman Counay fair was a great
success, the average attendance being
1900.
Spokane leads the cities of the
United States in increase of building
permits for September.
H. A. Hover of Kennewick and Spo-
kane has returned from an 5000 mile
automobile tour through Europe.
Benson Cartlich, a farmer living four
miles east of Colfax, was badly in
jured in a runaway accident recently.
Overtaken by team running with
y load of logs, Thomas Kelly, aged AS
years, was killed at Davenport, Friday.
The supreme court in, a decision holds
that the North Coast road may main
tain mystery AS to its real ownership.
Milo Croker, the young vaudeville
actor who was shot by Patrolman
Charles b. Nelson in Seattle died Sun
day. The officer claims self defense.
A. r. Cannon, aged 70 years, one of
the pioneers of Spokane county, died
Saturday night Mr.. Cannon came to
Washington N 1884 from Monmouth,
Ill.
Running at almost top speed around
curve ON trestle over Lake Union
al Seattle, a street car crashed into an
other, injurins several persons Satur-
day.
With his right ribs torn from his
spine and injured internally by truck
load of logs which ran over him,
, Thomas Kelley died at Hunters last
t Sunday.
County Clerk Cal Atkinson of Spo-
kane was indicted by the grand jury
! for accepting interest on trust funds
q placed in his custody because of his
official position.
With a view of making Pasco the
western terminal for it's road, the
!, Walla Walla Traction company has
filed application for right of way in
the district near the river. front.
Mel Nelson, aged 80, brakeman
y on North Coast construction train
, was crushed under a derailed locomo
tive at Granger at noon Saturday, thi:
It being the first accident on that road
It With the going dry of the town o.
d Prescott there is but one saloon il
Walla Walla county outside of the cit,
e OF that name, that being at Wallula
h an old village on the Columbia river
d In Walla Walla there are 80 saloons
From an unguarded window of tn
D. city hospital James Goad, police pa
w troll driver, leaped to his death SatuI
N day morning, at Seattle, the third pa
y tient to end his life in this manner sine
the new hospital was opened six month
ago.
70 Never in tho history of the Palous
u country have grain prices varied a
q little as this fall Less than cents
- variation has marked the price o
. wheat in two months, and now tina
there has been an advance farmers al
- refusing to sell.
~ The steel gang ON the Idaho & Wasl
~ irgton Northern railroad have reache
~ Tiger, five miles from lone, which wi
- be the terminus of the road for tn
~ year. Service into lone win be starte
L
round trip daily will be put in servic
The George Watson ranch, one and
h half miles from Cashmere, has been sol
for $4,000. The farm consists of
acres of orchard, two acres bearing an
the remainder in and A year old tree
he buyers were /. f. Levitt and Gu
lie Ii. Burrill of Yarmouth, Nova Scott
ng Binding and -gagging the night chit
ir- clerk and his assistant and carryir
as them to an unoecupied part of Il
ne building, a lone highwayman robbie
NO the Office of the Great Northern +
nd press company at the King street st
ton, Seattle, early Sunday mornin
lie securing several sacks of gold and s.
er yer and large amount of paper none
,er the total amount running into the tho
bit. sands.
on City charter restrictions or provision
ed respecting franchises are void accor
nd ing to a recent decision of the sta
-er supreme court in a Seattle case. II
court says thar state laws of 1903 al
,se 1905, which give city councils power
is- grant street railway franchises al
i'm to prescribe terms and conditions
which street railways shall be co
ed structed are supreme and that no FIRE
M holders charter may limit or restri
re- such powers.
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on, OREGON SQUIBs.
sa Beside himself with Jealous rac