Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-07-24
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-Spring Outlook II Good
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.


Records for fast harvesting in south
eastern Washington this season were
broken one day last week when a steam
threshing outfit, operated by Josh
Barnes in Spring valley, near Waits
burg, cut and threshed 194s sacks of
barley between sun-up and dark. The
record is remarkable on account of the
necessity to move the machine twice
during the day and that two headers
supplied the grain for the run. 1t goes
80 bushels to the acre.
j. w. Thompson, superintendent of
parks at Seattle, with his wife and two
daughters, had miraculous escape
from death Saturday afternoon while
driving in the automobile near La
Grande. The car ran off the mountain
road and down an embankment so feet
high. Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson were
both painfully injured, but their two
daughters escaped by jumping from
the automobile.
At the recent meeting of the Wash
ington State Pharmacists association
at Seattle, James w. Macarthur of
Spokane was elected secretary and DR..
w. M. Beach of Shelton president.
Now that the issues have been joined
in the Schively Impeachment case and
the preparations for the trial are under
way it is possible to make same esti-
mate of the time required for the trial,
and the cost of the trial to the state.
AS calculated by men in touch with the
situation the trial will take from six to
IS days after the legislature recon
venes, and the total cost to the state
of getting Schively out of office, if
indeed it succeeds, will be between $780,
900 and $4,000.
Reports from the Palouse and Big
Bend wheat countries say that harvest
ing will begin there in about two or
three weeks, and the crop prospects are
splendid. Hay harvesting already has
begun in the country about Walla
Walla, but little wheat has yet been
cut
Ed Powers has invented and applied
for a patent on grain sacker. The
mechanicism does away with the hand
ling of sacks by hand and saves the
labor of one man. The contrivance is
said by machine men to be a great sue
cess an dto do away with all handling
of sacks by hand.
John P. Ramsey, a farmer living two
miles south of Lamont, has purchased
for $4,000 the "Hoodoo Billy" place,
which adjoins the town of Sprague on
the east.
At its meeting Saturday the farmers
union at Walla Walla ratified the ac-
tion of the Pullman convention, agree
ing to sell no wheat except at gross
weight, that is, including the weight
of the sack, and, further, it chose H.
II. Mclean, president of the Walla
Walla local, as agent for southeastern
Washington in marketing the crop.
County Auditor J. P. Buchet has
completed his financial exhibit for Gar.
field county for the year ending June
30. The number of acres assessed is
3O5,701. The value, including improve
ments, is $3,060,933. The value of city
lots, including improvements, is $417,
sos, and of all taxable property $7sS,
sol. The aggregate value of all taxable
property in the county is $4,267, 500, as
equalized by the county board. As
equalized by the state board it is re
duced to $4,1O2, $40. The uncollectec
taxes on July 1 amounted to $21, OFT
and the taxes collected on the 1905
roll amounted to $66,5s5.
On board the steamer Milwaukee
running up the Occur d'Alene river
Arthur B. P. Smith, wanted at Spokane
for the killing of Eth Hoffman nea
Fuher IS mill on Beaver creek, 10 mile
north of the city, July 10, was captured
Saturday night by Sheriff Bailey o
Shoshone county, Idaho, and Deput,
Sheriff Matt Ryan of Spokane county
The Washington wheat crop for 19O'
will be 100000 bushels greater thar
4 that of 1908, and within 7,000,00
bushels of the bumper crop of 1907, &C
+ cording to preliminary estimates mad
, by Chief Inspector King. Although tn
I official crop estimate will not be mad
by the commission until some time mex
I month, Mr.. King thinks this year
! crop will total 35,ooO,o0o bushels.
Prosser will ship larger quantities o
wheat this year than was anticipated
according to the reports of wheat grow
e ers of the Horse Heaven and Rattle
j. snake hills, who have started to maj
e ket their crops.
Bootlegging received its first jolt a
> Dayton Saturday, when George Thomas
: arrested for unlawfully selling liquor
> changed his decision to stand trial an
pleaded guilty. The minimum fine O
$50 fixed by the council was imposed
which, with costs, amounted to $55.