Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-12-31
washington, MONTANA And
IDAHO Happenings
ARE BRIEFED.
4 Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges of the Sur.
rounding Country-Numerous Acct.
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Crop Outlook Just Fair.
WASHINGTON.

pended publication.
M. Walser, Fairfield s oldest business
man, has retired from business.
The new First Christian church of
Palouse was dedicated recently.
G. w. Walker, well-to-do retired
farmer living in Pullman, shot himself
in the head Christmas day.
The students in the Seattle high |
schools have submitted to the newt
able and dropped all their fraternities.
The government has large force of |
men and teams at work widening the |
main canal and other improvements
near Grandview.
G. w. Werman, who started the first
newspaper in Uniontown in May, 1887,
the Washington Journal, is now farm
er near that place.
Jake Hunt, the oldest Indian in the
northwest, reputed to be 1Os years old,
who has a son II years of age, is sick
N bed at White Salmon.
State Game Warden Ref has estab
ished farm in King county for the
breeding of Hungarian partridge, Chi
nese pheasants and cartridges.
The third session of the short course
in forestry in the University of Wash
ington is announced to commence Jan
uary and continue until March "a.
The Northwestern Saddlery associa-
ton, composed of harness dealers of
Washington, Oregon and Idaho, will
hold its annual convention in Spokane,
January to ~ inclusive.
James Woodley, the Whitman county
pioneer who dropped dead at his country
store at Dusty, Is miles southeast of
Colfax Thursday, was buried by the
Masons of Colfax Saturday.
The Maiden council passed an ordi-
nance granting license to three saloons
+ at 81, 1000 year. The territory will be
' restricted in which they can operate.
and the regulations are strict.
From Tacoma comes the report that
b, home builders can buy lumber at actua
q cost or little below and those who in
}, tend putting up buildings will be wise
}, to begin Immediately. The condition
) is abnormal, however, and will last bu
/, short time.
,, The Oak Park high school clever
demonstrated the superiority of Chicago
) football over that of the Pacific coas
J. Monday by defeating the Wenatche'
l. (Wash.) eleven % to 0. Wenatchee wa
+ outclassed at every point by the Chi
> cago boys.
John B. Meeker, one of the early pho
neers of the state, died recently a
n Walla Walla at the age of Sc years
n He passed away at the Odd Fellows
Ie home, where he has been a resident 70
the past three years. He was brothe
II of Ezra Meeker of ox-team fame.
= Declaring it utterly useless and worth
- less, thing without good, Warden {
u S. S. Reed of the state penitentiary ha
> formally consigned the prison lock-ste
!" and striped suits to the oblivion fror
l. which it came. He made its abolitio
Christmas present to his prisoners
IN The efforts of State Treasurer Levi
le to enforce collection of delinquent take
n due the state from various municipal
O. ties as its 10 per cent share of a
Y. liquor licenses, have succeeded SO we
l.; that the only outstanding claim fc
n which arrangements for payment hav
j.: not been made is against Mort
Yakima for $2,645. Suit will soon b
instituted on this claim.
The Indian agency at Fort Since
Ia has received notice that new rules fC
d. the disposition of deceased and mol
Of competent Indian lands on the Yakim
III Indian reservation have been promu
~ gated at Washington. Hereafter IL
ne installment system of selling the lant
will be permitted. Bidders who al
be successful will deposit one-tenth of Il
en- purchase price, the balance to be pa
be in annual installments.
is. State banks in Washington increas,
re their deposits more than 100000
d. the period between September 1 al
November 10, according to the report
ed the state bank examiner, just issue
ID The increase in total deposits was near
is, $40 900, 900. Spokane county was go
nd second to Seattle in the toal standil
ne with 81, $3.50, III, while Pierce county,
&c. Tacoma, came third with deposits
me $7,314,352. Seattle had s34,eS6,S9S
the same time.
The legislature will be asked to su
llv NIT an amendment to the state cons
Int tuition increasing the home-rule powe
,st of the cities of the first class, as a !
le- suit of the meeting of the newly orga
til lied Washington League of Municipal
ut ties, which met in Seattle recently. T
desired amendment is to remedy {
frequent difficulties arising from t
d, conflicts between general legislation
W the state legislature and the provisi'
~ of city charters.