Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-11-26
NORTHWEST items
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

WASHINGTON STATE NEWS
The township plan failed in Whitman |
county at the recent election.
The Cotton roller mill is running |
double shift. Large orders are being |
filed
Tacoma suffered a great rainfall Sun
day, over two inches falling in two
hours.
Amended plans for a state historical |
building at Tacoma have been APP
proved.
The tracklaying machine has com
pleted laying the steel on the War
den branch.
An epidemic of scarlet fever has
caused the suspension of school for two
weeks at Maiden.
An acute car shortage is affecting the
handlers Of grain and fruit in the sec
ton around Colfax.
The Oroville city council has let the
contracts for the installing of a sys-
tenn Of water works to cost $4,000.
Following criticism of his depart
ment by the mayor of Bellingham,
Chief of Police Hiram C. Cade has re-
signed.
The 31st annual session Of the Spo-
kane County Teachers institute will be
held November % to December 2, in
elusive.
VIM. McFall, WHO died recently at
Pomeroy, was one of the pioneers of
Garfield county, having located there
ia 1877.
Wrapping silk kimono saturated
with chloroform tightly about her head,
Miss Jean Rutherford, 81 years old,
ended her life in her room at Seattle.
Shot by a bandit who attempted
single handed to hold up crowded sa-
loon at Bellingham recently, Frank
Dix lies with a bullet through his
breast.
The Palouse Irrigation and Power
company's project comprises the water
ing of 1000 acres in the Washtucna
valley and have completed its new CON
crete dam.
The National bank of Mabton and
the Davenport National bank of Dav-
export have made application to be des-
ignated as repositories of postal saw
ings bank funds.
J. c. Harrigan, editor and proprietor
of the Colville Examiner, a resident of
III. 60 Gxa FOR
of 20 years experience, was married
last week at Spokane to Miss Vesta E
Moxon, formerly Of jamestown, N. D.
The commissioners of Adams county
have let contracts for the construction
Of three bridges across Crab creek on
the Othello road, 500 feet long with GO
feet of steel, one across Second coulee
TIA feet long with 60 feet of steel and
one over Coulee 81 feet long, with 60
feet of steel.
November John Miller Murphy re-
tired from active newspaper work
after having edited and managed the
Washington Standard of Olympia for
so years, without missing an issue.
Prominent newspaper men and pioneers
from all points of the northwest gave
banquet in his honor Saturday night
at Olympia.
Marking the completion and opening
of the new $50, 900 Northern Pacific pas
senger station at Ellensburg as well as
marked advancement and prosperity of
the city in 1910, banquet was ten
dered Saturday night by the Ellens-
burg Chamber of Commerce, at which
Howard Elliott, president of the North
ern Pacific and his staff of officials
were the guests of honor.
At Everett John Harris was arrested
recently on a charge of highway rob-
berry. He was identified as John Her
ring, notorious convict sentenced
from Snohomish county February "a
1901, to serve from six months to is
years for knocking Paul Brandt on
the head at Snohomish and robbing
him. Herring was twice paroled and
returned to the penitentiary.
The officials of Lincoln county are
$7,14O.17 short in their accounts, &C
cording to the state board of account
ancy, which recently completed the
checking over of the books of the
county. OF this amount it is stated
$5,754.25 is due to illegal pay drawn
by the county commissioners for ex
ira sessions held, for which warrants
were drawn and paid without frs
having the bills approved by the su
perior court. The balance is due t
clerical errors and small fees whicl
xyara NOT accounted for hut Whicl
have since been made good