Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-10-01
WASHINGTON, MONTANA AND
IDAHO NEWS NOTES.
A 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 STATE NEWS


Wenatchee is gaining much promi
nence as a convention city. -su-4->
Plans are on foot to reorganize the
Wenatchee Business Men s, association
A number of Chinese pheasants have
been distributed in Chelan county this
week. ~
Spolpne must pay $6s7, $50 taxes on
this year S state levy as against but
$s47, os5 in 1909. ~
October 10 is the date Of the cele-
bration in honor of the opening of the
Pasco reclamation project.
The people of Vancouver, will soon
vote on the proposition to+bond the
city for a $4,000 water system.
Fort Walla Walla has been aban-
doned for almost the first time in so
years. Walla Walla has no soldiers.
d. IL. Magyar of LeavenwortK was
elected president Of the Washington
Press association at wenatchee re-
Gently. a.
The Seattle police are without a clue
as to the identity of the murderers
of Bryan Cogger, the Hood canal tim
herman whose body was found Tuesday.
f. II. Marvin, manager of the Mer
chants, Transportation co5ipany, an
nounces the company will build $780,
900 steamer for the Tacotp Olympia
run. 4.
Shriners from all parts of'the United
States will attend the ceremonial SEES
sion of Ell Katif temple, AZ A. o. n.
M. s., of Spokane Wednesday, De
rtober s.
Stricken by grief over often alleged
misconduct of her two sons,i Mrs. Her
mine Kuple, a little widowed mother of
~, committed suicide Sunday morning
at Tacoma. Il
According to statements, Judge
Thomas Burke, the candidate for the re-
publican senatorial nomination, spent
$is,361, while Congressman Miles .Poin
dexter paid out $1,000 for campaign
expenses. ..
The Palouse country may have tC
import potatoes for home consuhptfes
The crop is the lightest ever grown
owing to the prolonged drouth, which
cut down the yield. aae
AT the bottom of the 20-feot shaft OF
his claim near the Queen mine in Cedar
canyon the dead body of NJ. J. A ustu
aged 81, was found recently by AB: II
f2' Denham, a farmer living near.
Representatives of half a dozen re
ligious bodies of Spokane took part IL
the farewell given to DR.. II, 1. Rasmu'
at the First Methodist church Sunday
night at Spokane. He goes to Long
Beach, Cal.
For the first time in the history OF
tie city the women of Spokane viii
celebrate at the Interstate. fair auc
have a Women IS day. Elaborate prep
arations have been made for a STREET
parade at noon Tuesday, October 4.
Last Saturday Martin Wilson wa:
watering a team at ranch two miles
north of Irby, when another team
hitched to a wagon started TO run and
in swinging around near the Watering
trough struck Martin Wilson, killing
/, him almost instantly by dislocating his
neck.
Five Whatcom county men, John
Carse, l.. L. Collier, f. w. Stone, Jed
Parish and Ben Holley, must answer
to the charge of setting fires which
did $25O,O00 damage to farm property
according to complaints filed by Dep
uty State Fire Warden A. w. Frost OF
Bellingham. Other arrests are ex
pected to follow.
Orders of the state railroad commits
sion affecting train service and station
facilities on the Great Northern all
over the state were passed upon by
the supreme court recently in an omni
bus appeal from the superior court OF
King county, to which court the rail
road had previously appealed from the
orders of the commission. The decision
is in the main victory for the rail
road commission. - s.
According to the statements published
by the Whitman county banks at the
close OF business september 1 they Snow
deposits amounting TO more than $4,000,
600. -.
The 1910 wheat crop is being held
for better prices and is crowded. every
warehouse to the limit Little wheat
has been sold so far and this section has
gone through the annual harvest, yet
bank deposits in the Palouse have con
tinued to increase with a steadiness that
spells prosperity. 49,.
Following is a list of the towns OF
Whitman county and the bank deposits
OolldA ? ,ODf, oJt
Pullman ...........-.....-............-. Sol, "a;
Palouse ..-.--.....................--. 5O9,sS:
Oakcsdale --........,...-.~.---...-- 305, AS
Tekoa ..-....-...,.....-....-...... 275.77t
Garfield ....-..-........-....--....... 257,24t
Rosalia ..-......--....-...-..-..... 23445:
Maiden ..-.................-....-.... 114,75'
Uniontown ..............-................ 161lO5:
st. John 1Os &C:
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