Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-12-11
NORTHWEST STATES.
ITEMS OF IDAHO, MONTANA,
Washington And OREGON.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
pounding Country-Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Fall Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS.

Bluestem wheat brought $1.12A
bushel in the Colfax market Saturday.
Alfred Livengood, aged AZ, at Dayton,
is the youngest superintendent of city
schools in the northwest.
1t is said that $1.22 1-2 was offered a
farmer near Uniontown for large crop
of bluestem wheat Saturday, but was
turned down.
Charging predecessors with virtual in
fraction of the state laws, County Asses
eor Adelbert e. French of Columbia
county, announces that the records as
kept by previous assessors of Columbia
county are incomplete, confusing, mis-
leading and erroneous.
Charles F. Stuart, Maiden business
man, has been appointed postmaster at
chat place, vice Rufus r. Wilson, editor
of the Maiden Herald, which has dis
continued, who has resigned to accept
a position in the government printing
Office at Washington.
The Pullman Touring mills have been
sold to l.. W. Robinson of Pullman for
$4,000, which includes the stock of
aiour and wheat on hand. The mill, and
real estate sold for $4,000. The flour
and grain were sold at $4,000
The Typographical survey of the
Quincy, Morrison and Red Rock quad
rangles under the direction of United
States engineers, was completed No
vember 30.
A large quantity Of provisions from
Aberdeen were sent by steamer to
South Bend, Willapa and Raymond,
which have been cut off from rail COM
munication for several days. Condi-
lions in the isolated sections became
so serious that an appeal for aid was
sent to Aberdeen.
BY miracle, in the opinion of wit
nesses no one was injured when a
Northern Pacific freight train, moving
westward, backed into a northbound
Washington Water Power street car at
the Howard street crossing at $500
o clock Saturday at Spokane.
State Land Commissioner E. w. Ross
will go to Washington, D. c., to de
mand of congress the restoration tC
the public domain of about 100000
acres of land in this state, which hat
been unjustly withdrawn from settle
ment by the Pinchot administration
OF the % counties in this state af
fected by the six forest reserve
Okanogan is the principal sufferer
having 1,9s5,6s0 acres withdrawn, Will
Chean is cut off from the enjoymen
of 1884, 400 acres. Skamania has nearl.
1000, 900 acres withdrawn, while What
com heads the list of West Side coun
ties with 100000 acres withdrawn fror
settlement.
Tacoma has Joined the crusade begu
gby other northwestern cities to elm
mate loan sharks.
Estimates of flood losses in nortl
west Washington are almost doubled
the waters recede and outlying district
are heard from. Many place the los
at $2,500,000 in Skagit and Whatcoi
counties. The upper SSagit valley wi
be cut off from the rest of the worl
for months, until 40 miles of railwa
are relocated and built. Two big cemei
plants at Concrete must close.
Recent mysterious fires in the Mox'
valley, just across the river from Nor
Yakima, have caused the destructiC
of about 200 tons of hay, resulting
a loss of about 81 500 to the owner
At Seattle recently four thugs raid
the store of Dan S. Lyppes, and bindii
Mrs. Lyppes and another woman, al
cruelty beating Mr.. Lyppes, search
the victims and secured $500 wi
which they made their escape.
Ruth Clark, 12 years old, W
drowned in the flooded Quilcene riv
at Quilcene, Wash, recently.
f. J. Foote and James WilsC
I. w. WIS at Spokane, convicted
the charge Of conspiracy, will be ma
TO work on the county rock pile,
same as all other prisoners.
f. z. Snodgrass, who far the ID
five years has been deputy collector
customs in charge of the Spokane
fee, has resigned. His successor
James E. Daniels of Northport.
The collapse of the toy departing
balcony in a big store at Walla We
Saturday, caused the injury of III
children, and scores of Others
narrow escapes.
William Henry Harrison Billups, az
s6 years, died recently at Waitsbu