Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-07-10
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-Spring Outlook La Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.


two story lodging house at 40S Ter
race street, in Seattle, in which scores
OF people were sleeping, and Mrs.
Eliza Borelia, aged 50 years, was
burned to death.
Three fremen were severely bruised
in the caving in of the ruins while
they were searching for bodies.
Fire recently destroyed the plant of
she National Wood company at Olym-
pia. The loss, which is practically all
of the plant Of the National Wood Pine
company, is estimated at 100000, is
covered by $4,000 insurance. Eighty
men are thrown out of employment by
the fire.
President Taft has nominated Mil
lard I. Harrison of Spokane to be in
ternal revenue collector of Washing
ton, succeeding b. ID. Croker of Ia
coma. Mr.. Harrison will assume the
duties Of his new Office September ].
Representative Poindexter has recon-
mended w. T. Edris to be postmaster
at Spokane to succeed Mr.. Harrison.
w. Thompson of Wilbur has been
appointed deputy state bank examiner
in place of Ill. M. Boone of Palouse,
who was removed from office some time
ago.
DR.. b. Il. Roller, the noted wrestler,
saved the lives of two young women in
Che swimming tank at Seattle Satur-
day, when he pulled Anna Mantell, 16
years of age, and Grace Morton, aged
21, out of the salty water and worked
over them for nearly half an hour be-
fore they began to show signs of life.
All the jute bags on hand, and all
that can be turned out before August
4 by the penitentiary have been ex-
hausted, according to a statement from
the penitentiary.
While trying to pick some flowers
Gwendoline Ash, 9 year old daughter
of Sam Ash, a prominent merchant of
Walula, fell from 10 foot bank into
the Walla Walla river, narrowly escap-
ing drowning William Riverets, a
hobo, who was getting his supper
acress the river, about 800 yards away,
heard the child's cries and rushed
across the railroad bridge, jumped into
che river and held her above water
until help arrived. A purse was raised
for Riverets
George l.. Spirk of Seattle has been
appointed briefng clerk in the office
of the attorney general.
A petition was presented to the city
council at Rockford requesting them
to call special election under the local
option law for the purpose of voting
saloon licenses yes or no. The request
was granted and the election will be
,held on August H.
Experts for the combine companies
are in Asotin county getting the ma
chimes in readiness for the harvest,
which will begin Immediately after the
Fourth. Never before have the crops
all over the fiat been so uniform nor
so excellent. The crops on the upper
portion of the Asotin fat can not be
excelled anywhere, and it is estimated
they win average close to so bushels.
Despite all rumors to the contrary,
the outlook now is that the wheat crop
of this year in the Horse Heaven and
Rattlesnake regions will equal in guam
fity last year, anu excel IL materially
in the financial return, because of
higher prices.
Five hundred chauffeurs in 105 auto
mobiles Saturday afternoon at Seattle
accompanied to the cemetery the body
of Carl II. Schott, the victim of an &C
cident
III. Gabel, the missing horseman of
Connell, who was thought to have met
foul play, has turned up safe. He left
his crew, who were working near
Quincy, and went to Quincy to settle
ome mortgage foreclosures.
All of the lumber of the Isaac Dear
nger sawmill at Addy was burned re
Gently in a fire which started from a
slab pile famed by high wind. The
loss was about $1,000. The crew saved
che mill.
Louis Rohs died at Seattle recently
as the result of poisoning from an in
jury received by the explosion of q
toy pistol. He died of tetanus.
After calling her husband home fol
the purpose of watching her die Mrs
Ed K Watts committed suicide al
Puyallup the other night.