Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-05-14
IDAHO NOTES.

The Kenneth Gordon Preserving COM
pany, capitalized at $4,000, paid up,
has been formed in Lewiston.
Caused by dependency, Miss Hartin
ger, aged 16, shot herself in the head
with 22-ealiber rifle at Kendrick re-
Gently. She died couple of hours
later.
Idaho county has new steam roller
for road work with the rock crusher
already purchased and in operation.
Sites has the only macadamized road
in Idaho county.
The withdrawal of the flooded lands
in the Occur d 'Alene Indian reservation
along the st. Joe river from settlement
has caused the rejection of two applica
lions in that section. A suit will follow.
The annual official inspection of the
University of Idaho cadets took place
on the campus Tuesday afternoon. The
war department delegated Captain Mi
chael j. Linehan to make the inspec-
ton.
What is said to be the biggest apple
orchard in the world is being set out
in this county. 1t consists of 6000
acres. Two acres more adjoining it
are being set to grapes, cherries, prunes,
plums and small garden truck.
Lewiston fruitgrowers and packers
will learn the art of packing. Through
the efforts of the Lewiston Commercial
club John Moore of Grand Junction,
Col, an expert fruit marketer, will
come to Lewiston and teach picking,
packing and marketing.
Fred Gruber, who was convicted a
few months ago of the murder of John
IL. Billings in daylight on a street
in Occur 'Alene, has received a stay
of execution pending an appeal to the
supreme court. This means Gruber will
be brought back to Occur d 'Alene for
a re-sentence.
Farmers union locals in Idaho and
Nez Perez counties are preparing for
the district convention in Culdesac,
May 10 and 20. The prime purpose of
the convention is to perfect plans for
district organization begun at the Lew
iston convention in March, and to Sc
lect an agent for the north Idaho dis.
triet who will handle the crop of mem
bers of the union.
The first organization of Shoshone
county school trustees following the
meeting recently held at Wallace was
perfected by the selection of IL. s.
Gregory of Osburn, president; j. E.
clyde of Wallace, secretary-treasurer
The chairman appointed J. L. Clyde and
/ ID. IL. Murray of Mullan to prepare q
constitution and bylaws for submission
at the next convention.
Lee Phinney, a halfbreed Nez Perce
recently paroled from the Boise peni
Tertiary, where he was serving eight
years for killing a man at CuldesaC
July 4, 1907, has again been arrested
charged with assaulting federal officer
and was bound over to the fedora
grand jury by Commissioner O'Neil
under $500 bonds, in default of which
he was sent to the county Jail
The biggest deal yet made in the Tel
Mile district, aside from the sale of ths
South Fork mines, has just been closed
the Binnard syndicate of New Yorl
having made, two days before it wa
due, the first payment of $4,000 undel
its bond on the Center Star group. Tit
money is now in the First Nationa
bank of Lewiston to the individua
credit of Messrs. Murphy, Brown ant
Tiedeman of Elk City, owners of tn
property. The bond is in the sum O
100000, and runs for IS months, witt
two big payments to be made within
the next year.