Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-20
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-Fau outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

tive data taken from the report:
Number of census children, 256,307;
increase, $40; enrolment, 1866; in
crease, 1852; average daily attendance,
l50,925, increase, $3.50; average actual
number of days of school taught, 141.S,
increase, So; number of teachers en-
ployed, male, 1887, increase, 5; number
of teachers employed, female, 1891, in
crease, 1S9; average monthly salary
paid male teachers, 1882; increase,
$2.67; average monthly salary paid fe-
male teachers, $60.5S; increase, $1.59.
The total value of all school property
in the state is $16,651, 902, an increase
of $2,719, 179.5S over last year.
For the fourth time in four years
the safe at the Medical Lake postofiice
was blown open by cracksmen about
2 clock Sunday morning, the robbers
escaping with horse and carriage
stolen from Ii. l.. White, stamps being
the only marketable articles stolen.
Probably the largest individual real
estate deal ever made in Okanogan
county was consummated recently by.
f.. r. Tyler in the sale of the w. l..
Davis ranch ON the Okanogan river, Is
miles from Brewster. The price was
$40, 600 for 557 acres, of which 800 are
irrigable. George A. Ohm of Tacoma
is associated with Brewster interests
in the purchase.
Charleston poultry raisers are pre-
lparing for the third annual poultry
show of Asotin county at Charleston De-
cember to IL.
An option has been taken by a Mil
waukee syndicate on s400 acres of land
belonging to Philip w. Cox, which is
known as the Cherrydale stock farm,
located three miles south of Hay sta
ton, in western Whitman county.
, In fit of rage, caused by the direct
refusal of marriage, James Lennox, a
cook, shot his sweetheart, Florence
Pierce, Friday night, and then turned
the gun on himself. Fortunately the
girl was only slightly wounded; he died
in two hours.
, That the school authorities may refuse
to recognize a certificate offered as an
excuse for vaccination, issued by a
PhJ oAOAdn hnO0h w NC OPPOoOU w bhe
practice, was held in Tacoma by Judge
Shackelford, recently.
The Waverly sugar factory is turning
out about 1000 sacks of fine sugar daily
1900 sacks being the highest production
for one day.
At least two vacancies will have tt
be filed in the next state senate, the
lAoo4I &c n of
Yakima causing one and the remova
of John d. Basset from Ritzville to &
new home in Lincoln county and hil
contemplated resignation providing fol
the second.
3 Tillman Cave, who was wanted fol
the murder of Thomas Carston, was ar
r rested in the mountains in the south
b ern part of Whitman county.
/ There are 1140 convicts under the sur
;, vigilance of the state prison authoritie
t at Walla Walla.
T The Palouse country may again be
/. come fax growing district of Spokane
a Miles Poindexter of Spokane, repre-
= sentative in congress from the Thir'
1 Washington district, will be candidate
!, to succeed Samuel H. Piles in the Unit
a ed States senate.
a Persistent railroad rumors the las
week have circulated the report tina
the Northern Pacific will build the long
talked-of "Lind cutoff,' or its equiv
alent, and that the new line will be bull
f between Cornell and North Yakima, in
y stead of between Lind and Ellensburg
/ Surveying parties are said to be in tn
n field working on both routes.
n Probably the most severe Novembe
o snowstorm in a score of years rage
over the Inland Empire Saturday night
a Run down by an automobile and kill
s ed, and ruthlessly left on the street
o Eric Larson, laborer, lost his life i
/ Seattle, Saturday night.
Mr.. Rogers of Waterville, has bee
s appointed regent at the state universit
/ to succeed d. L. Huntington of SpC
II kane, resigned.
e Fruitgrowers of the Kennewick va
g ley have sent E. Nj. Sly, manager of tn
local fruitgrowers association, to Cole
RADIO to investigate the practicabilit
of the orchard heater in combating til
e early spring frosts.
e The weekly report of the state trea,
is urer show $2O5,123 cash on hand i
y the state general fund.
d Numerous filings on streams in an
n flowing through Chelan county indicat
J. that the future will see Wenatchee th
center of manufacturing as well a
agricultural community.
1t is reported that the Milwaukee roa
K will make Everett the chief norther
/ terminal instead of Seattle.
d Asotin took many awards at Seatt'
r. exposition, fruit and grain e~hibitin
e from the southeastern county winnin
k AZ prizes, all individual exhibits. Ski
n in packing cherries brought gol
IL medal to Miss Hazel Bond.