Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-08-13
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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-Business Outlook Is Good
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS

WASHINGTON STATE NEWS
Tekoa' 3 proposed sewer system will
cost $4,s64.
State Senator j. d. Bassett will move
back to Ritzville from Spokane.
The membership of the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce has now reached
a total of 1,1s5 members.
The only hindrance to completing
harvest in the Palouse country in record
time is the scarcity of men.
The timothy crop throughout the In
land Empire is lighter than for many
years. Look out for high prices.
The body of an unidentified man,
a possible suicide, was caught while
floating in the river at Spokane Sunday.
The doubletracking of the Northern
Pacific main line east from Spokane,
begun several weeks ago, is being
rushed.
Many Masons from North Yakima at
tended the exercises of the cornerstone
laying of the Mabton Episcopal church
last Sunday.
The Northeast Washington G. A. r.
Veterans association will meet at Che
welah August %, the convention last
ing four days.
Colonel Clark E. Carr, trustee of
Knox college of Galesburg, ILL.,, an old
associate of Abraham Lincoln, is visit
ing at Kettle Falls.
The death of Mrs. G. p. Pringle at
Spokane recently removed another of
the few survivors of the terrible Whit
man massacre of 1841.
A large amount of grain is being cut
for hay. Much of the spring grain
will not be threshed, as the heads have
not filed well and the straw is short.
Judge IL. w. Garfield, who recently
, announced his retirement from the SUI
perior court bench in Whitman county,
will enter a law partnership at Spo-
kane.
Howard M. Griffin, whose father is a
: Mob Hill raneher, was accidentally shot
and killed Sunday afternoon while on a
camping expedition 60 miles from North
Yakima.
: In charge of 21 teachers under the
; supervision of Alfred Livengood, who
. succeeds himself as city superintendent
the public schools of Dayton will open
> September 5.
. The body of the 12-year-old son OF
!, William o Hare, residing near Spring
dale, was found by u searching party
= Struck by rolling log, the littl'
: fellow IS body was badly crushed be
= meath the heavy weight.
I Walla Walla valley, which at ont
time exported great droves of cattle
h and hogs, is now importing six car load
J. of beef, ham, bacon, pork, lard anC
|. cooking oils from eastern points, eacl
J month.
To celebrate the harvest and to pro
mote general good feeling among thu
residents of Clarke county, particular,
the farmers and fruitgrowers, numbe
" of harvest picnics viii be held thi
month.
Il One of the largest real estate deal
:, made in Whitman county for man.
:. years took place recently when tn
:. Thomas Warwick ranch, near Tekoa
g consisting of 400 acres, was sold TO
$27 $50 to Daniel Hay of Latah AM
, Silas o Neil of Seattle.
Charles Smith, AZ, insane patient a
Fort Steilacoom state asylum, wa
n killed by Michael Corbett, "a, anothe
d, patient, recently. The men were walk
e. ing together, both being considere
e. harmless, when Corbett seized a clu
ID and struck Smith, killing him almos
instantly.
J. S. Adams claims the record rul
y, for this season with steam thresher i
m Whitman county. Last Friday MI
a Adams threshed 1740 sacks of whea
d. and moved four times during the day
The run was made nine miles west o
Colfax. This means about $500 bushel
~ for the days run.
20 Word has been received that Cheste
ne Alderton, young man who, in con
ne pany with Claude Lawrence, attempte
to burglarize the general store of Labe
& Co. at Lind in May, 1909, has bee
apprehended in Michigan and will
a extradited to this state to serve tn
n remainder of his sentence at reforl
nd school.
- Professor w. T. Mcdonald of th
- Washington State college at Pullman
who also is assistant superintendent c
the live stock department of the Sp'
al kane Interstate fair, October 3 to
-e- says that the showing of live stoc
by this year will be in every respect tn
S. greatest in the history of the fair.
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