Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-03-13
Northwest 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-Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS

WAohlNGION STATE NEWS.
Colonists are now arriving in this
state.
William Brown, agcg 35 years, com
mitted suicide at Aberdeen by taking
gas.
The home of Mrs. A. Fletcher, on Col
lege hill at Pullman, was destroyed by
fire recently.
Hamilton Dew, former resident of
Missoula, Mont, was killed in Seattle
by falling from trestIe.
Edward l.. Allen, who is working
for the Kettle River Mining company
a Laurier, was seriously injured re-
Gently.
The 2-year-old son of C. NJ. Evans, a
merchant of Charleston, was killed Sat
urday evening by falling from its high
chair.
Ten new passenger engines have been
ordered by the Spokane, Portland & Sc
attic Railroad company for use between
Portland and Spokane
Indian Gus who, it is supposed, was
intoxicated and went to sleep on the
track, was killed by a train a milo
south of Northport last week.
With but little opposition the bill
appropriating $4,000 for the improve
ment of the upper Columbia river
above Bridgeport has passed the SEN
ate.
The roundhouse of the Spokane, Port
land & Seattle railroad company in
Vancouver is now being used. The cost
of this roundhouse, storehouse, coal
chutes and machine shops will amount
to more than 100000.
Donald f. Kizer has been appointed
chief deputy prosecuting attorney roi
Spokane county. He will take the
place of j. Stanley Webster, who has
just been appointed superior judge OF
Spokane county by Acting Governor
Hay.
One of the highest figures of eff
cheney ever made in target practice
has been reached by the Eighty
company coast artillery corps, at Fort
Casey, Wash, according to a state
ment given out by the war depart
ment.
Lewis M. Ringer, aged "A, pioneer
of the Inland Empire and early-day
legislator of Washington territory, dice
at Spokane Sunday. He was "A years
of age and for the last 10 years haC
been a resident of Pullman, where he
was buried Tuesday.
The plat of survey of township 35
north, range Al, will be fled April l.
in the Office of the register of the lant
Office in Spokane. Applications for en-
try may be made afte- the date or TIN
filing of the plat. Actual settlers ant
residents win be allowed three month
from April IA to offer their filings.
Extravaganza ran riot in the senat
Saturday and that body passed bill
appropriating 100000 for state roads
$595,O00 for state aid roads, $4,000
for improvement of the upper Colum
bia river, $4,000 for improvement o
the Puyallup river and $500 for at
torney s fees in the boundary suit lit
cation, increasing the salary of tn
supreme court reporter from $4,000 t
3ooOO year anu oiSa1ihS SOniAiiSoAO
of insurance men to prepare new cod
If insurance laws.
Senator Paulhamus has introduced
resolution asking for the appointment
of special investigating committee t
investigate the Office of Insurance Com
missioner j. H. Schively and covering
in general terms, all other state Offices
and viii back it by preferring direc
charges against the conduct of the in
surance commissioner s Office unde
Schively and Secretary of State Sar
II. Nichols, charges supported by tn
written statements of persons VIII
J have had dealings with the Office.