Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-01-15
NORTHWEST Notes
ITEMS FROM IDAHO, MONTANA
AND WASHINGTON.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Business Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

WAo1lNGION Items.
The State Federation of Labor. con
vention convened at Hoquiam this
week.
Hay lands have been active on the
Spokane market during the last few
weeks.
The commission plan of government
for the city of Spokane may be voted
upon early this year. ea
Editor N. W. Durham of the Spokes-
man-Review is to be appointed minister
to Portugal, according to reports.
With the rapid growth of Dayton Is
public schools in the last three years,
the problem of new buildings confronts
the directors.
Colonel William Ridpath and Charles
b. Cunning of Spokane, who started on
trip around the world on the last day
of September, are on their way from
Hongkong to Manila
Thieves recently removed glass from
the rear window of the Reese Hardware
company building at Sunnyside, and re-
moved 10 shotguns and ammunition.
approximately one-fourth of Column
bia county's grain crop of 100000
bushels is being held by farmers for
speculative purposes in the warehouses
at shipping points. r
Twenty-seven money sacks, crammed
with small silver coins amounting in
all to about 5000, mysteriously disap-
peared recently from the car bars of the
Traction company at Spokane. q.
Freight and passenger rates to south
eastern Alaska, which were reduced
three months ago by the. three big com
panies with the purpose, it is alleged
of driving the steamer Humboldt off
the run, have been restored to the old
figures. az. t' *.:.
According to the annual report of
State Fish Commissioner Riseland, rs,
100000 salmon fry were liberated in
the streams during the past year by
the II state fish hatcheries. This mum.
Der exceeds by several millions any pre-
vious years hatch.
Contending that the rapidly increas-
ing cost of living justifes and. necessi-
tates larger scale of wages, the union
carpenters of Spokane have decided to
raise their scale, and after April IL will
demand so cents more per day, making
the daily wages for experienced men So
per day.
Called, he confidently believes, by Q
direct communication from Christ
George T. Lord. well-known- dentist
of Tacoma, who has one of the largest
practices in the city, will sell out his
business and devote his life and money
in missionary work in Guatemala City
Central America.
Game Warden J. V. Brown of Coeui
d 'Alene has received 16 pairs of Chi
nese pheasants to be distributed
throughout Kootenai county. They
come from the preserve at Boise, il
being intended to stock every county
of the state with Chinese pheasants
Mr.. Brown will hold the birds unit
the weather moderates before freeing
them.
Medical certificates will be made out
for 81 medicos who took the state ex
animation at Spokane recently. Many
successful candidates will receive theii
certificates at once, while others will
be obliged to wait for at least month
according to DR.. f. P. Witter, president
of the state board of medical examiners
The next examination will take place
in Seattle in July. There were &c un
successful candidates in the SPOKANE
test.
Ten towns in Pierce county voted
Saturday on annexation and the propo
sition carried by about 20 majority
Several of the towns, including Edge
wood, Lakeview, Reservation and Earle
voted no by good majorities, but tn
other towns in the district, Breckon
Midland, Parland; Spanaway; Stella
COON and Regents Park were almos
unanimously for annexation and tn
total vote is in favor of the PROPOSE
ton. The city council will undoubtedl.
take in the towns. 49, ~'
Sealed bids for Indian allotment land
in the Sinlahekin valley few mile
south of Loomis, have been opened b,
Captain Webster of the Colville agenc,
at Fort Spokane. The Sarcarpkin allot
ment, containing 1881 acres, was pur
chased by T. Eldest Oates of Portland
The Comstock Poose allotment of So
acres, and the Julia Vecil allotment o
$50 acres, were bid in by Mrs. Lett
Larbowich of Portland, A. L. Miller o
Jefferson, Ore, and George J. Hudle,
and J. f. Forde of Loomis. The Ian,
is in the narrow valley of the Sinlahekii
creek. $50
IDAHO JOTTINGS. e..