Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-07-16

until the grain is matured the yield will
fall 80 per cent below last year s for
wheat and barley and so per cent for
oats, according to an estimate
A finish brick and roofing tile plant
has been established at Deary under
the management of Gustav Voelcker.
Superintendent Weigle of the Occur
d 'Alene forest reserve reports that all
fires on the reserve are under control,
although several are still burning.
Work on the sewer at Grangeville is
well started. .'~
Excitement was caused in Spalding
recently over the appearance of mad
coyote on the street. j. L. Ralston
killed the beast after it had bitten
three dogs
To assist forest rangers in getting aid
quickly when fires break. ont on the re-
serve, telephone line IL miles in length
has been built from the Placer creek
line up the west fork of that stream
and over into the Big creek district of
the st. Joe country. The line is being
laid on the ground, with protection
against disturbance by wild animals 1t
is of heavily insulated wire, and is an
experiment.
Roy Palmer, aged 6 years, the only
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Palmer,
was drowned at Chatcolet recently.
For the first time in several years the
old-style thoroughbrace Concord stage
coaches, which, until the advent of
the railroads, were familiar sights on
the streets, are now in service again
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of the stage line from Whitebird to
Council in Washington county, the
terminus of the P. 1. & N. railway,
having increased passenger and express
traffic to such an extent that it was
necessary to put the old coaches in com
mission.
At Port Hill, Idaho, on July 4, little
Hazel Smith, aged 7, went into the
fireworks game with the rest of the
youngsters, and will be disfgured for
. life. She was biting a torpedo when It
exploded in her mouth, tearing away
the flesh and skin from her lips.
O. M. Butcher of Occur 'Alene CitJ
: hash been granted a patent ON a cur
rent motor which is used to force water
> from running stream to elevated
db Sudil ca pCuoC. n COhpduy hdo
=, been organized to handle it,.
u The barley harvest is already on in
Camas prairie, several threshing ma
. chimes having begun operations in the
vicinity of Denver The yield is better
. than anticipated, many of the fields
:, producing almost as heavily as last
- year.
What is believed to be the finest ~
70 of hogs ever marketed in Lewiston wers
j sold by C. w. Wilson of Lapwai. The
u animals, 10 head, were only IL month";
= old, averaged 400 pounds each, ant
- brought 1899. =.
II. Plough, lineman employed by Thu
y Grangeville Electric Light and Powe
&c company, died recently, presumably .
} heart failure while at work on a ligl
pole in the south part of Grangeville
and his dead body remained suspended
y head down, in his life belt until low
= cred by fellow workmen who witnesse
* the occurrence.
Fifteen cars of cattle left Grangevill
.S, Friday morning at clock and 2
IA hours later rolled into the stockyard
at Portland, Ore, after making tn
a. fastest time on record on the Pacif
- coast. The distance is about 500 mile
'P- and this is the first time a 500-mil
haul has been made without stoppiD
on for feed, water and rest as required y
on law.