Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-18
STATES
ITEMS OF IDAH0, MONTANA,
Washington And OREGON.
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.


His hand caught between cog-wheels
of mill machinery at South Bend, Ind,
Joseph Sietofl was drawn toward the
machinery, his head being ground to a
pulp before the machinery was stopped.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Chamberlain, SPA
Walnut street, Spokane, lost three chill
dren by death from scarlet fever last
week.
Farmers in the Skagit flooded dis
tricts and adjacent communities are
feeding lots of wheat and oats about
their premises to save thousands of
game birds from starvation and extinc-
ton.
The O. r. & N. company contefnplates
building a feeder line from a point
three miles west of Washtucna west
across the region known as Rattle
snake fiat, to compete with the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound rail
road for the wheat haul
Chesaw.-Peter Grant, who shot his
brother at the latter s cabin on Lost
lake, was taken to the county jail at
Conconully last night. John Grant, the
injured man, is under the DOCTORS
care.
What is said to be the best horse in
the Inland Empire was bought recently
by Palouse farmers from the Ruby
barns at Portland. The animal is
Shire, weighs 1900 pounds and cost
$4,000. He won four ribbons at the
Alaska Yukon-Pacifc exposition.
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John II. Etridge, a farmer living
eight miles northwest of Lind, has
filed suit against Adams county asking
damages of $4,000 for injuries alleged
to have been sustained while driving on
the public road
| Mountaineering street improvement
work has been stopped for the winter
by snowfall.
Ellsworth Bishop, who owns a farm
south of Garfield, says: "The Nelson
Coal company of Seattle has had sur
veyors at his place for several days and
will have men and machinery on the
ground to begin drilling for coal by
January l."
Judge Carey, at Colville, announced
that he would order venire of AS
jurors to report for duty January 3, and
that, unless a proper showing should be
made by either the state or the defense
the trial of James Logan for the kill
ing of Agnes Jansen, his German house
keeper October 90, would be set for
that date.
Elmer Watson, known as the "Mon-
tana KID was sentenced recently at
North Yakima to from two to Is years
at the state prison at Walla Walla for
horse stealing.
Two cars of hogs and nine of wheat
were recently shipped from Johnson.
The hogs were raised by James E.
Adames, manager of the Coolidge &
McClaim ranch. The average weight
was $50 pounds They were billed for
cents a pound.
After celebrating less than an hour
the jury in the case of the state against
John Riplinger, former city comptroller
of Seattle, charged with embezzlement,
acquitted the defendant.
A half-grown deer feeding with a
herd of cattle is novel sight which
may be seen any day on the ranch If
NJ Lynch, on Cedar creek 10 miles
north of La Center.
The two Bar associations at Spokane
are now merged by unanimous vote of
attorneys.
The new logging road from Colville
to a point IA miles east on the Little
Pend Oreille river is now assured of
construction in the early spring.
In an opinion to the prosecuting
attorney of Chehalis county, Attorney
General Bell rules that but SO must be
exacted for a marriage license, So for
the auditor, 81 for the clerk and moth
ing for the affidavits.
That Fort Walla Walla will be abol-
ished and Whitman college get the land
on which the barracks are located is be-
lieved to be certainty.
Coffin Brothers have taken their
focks from the summer range in the
Cascade mountains to their ranch on the
Columbia river, seven miles below here.
In addition to their own crop they have
bought hundreds of tons of alfalfa hay
and will winter $4,000 head ON their
ranch.