Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-10-29
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
Mrs. Calvin McCracken, aged 60
years, died recently at Colfax.
W. d. FILLMORE, aged 10, resident
of the central part of the state for 81
years, died recently.
Tacoma is to have the exclusive use
Of a naval cutter for the Tacoma di-
vision of the naval militia.
The late Julia Ward Howe owned 25
acres of land near Tumwater for more
than a quarter of century.
The GOO foot tunnel one mile east of
Rosalia caved in about the middle Sat
urday delaying traffic for five days.
DR.. J. G. Gundlach, pioneer physician
and G. A. r. worker of Spokane, died
recently Of paralysis. lie was 81 years
old
monorail railroad line connecting
Bellingham, Mt. Vernon, Port Town
send, Irondale and Port Angeles is
planned
Governor M. Il. Hay and State Au-
ditor G. w. Clausen are on 10 days
hunting trip to Kitsap county, along the
shoresgof Hoods canal.
r.. A. Hutchinson, state senator from
Spokane county, goes November 10 to
the City of Mexico and will return to
Washington in time to be at Olympia
January ~, 1911.
DaIn 4 ,fxr To- "a.
and clerk of the United States customs
service at Northport, has been appointed
TO a similar position in the Spokane
Office
Prosser, Kennewick, Toppenish, zil-
iah and Sunnyside, in the Yakima coun-
Try, will all have district exhibits at
the National Apple show, and nearly
every part of the section will have dis
plays
W. j. Doust has been appointed by
Mayor N. S. Pratt Of Spokane, to fill
Che vacancy caused by the resignation
Of Captain John Il. Sullivan as head of
the police department.
M c. Gray of Pullman recently sold
to the Bales Jones company of Big Hole
Basin, Montana, the largest consign
ment of pure bred draft stations ever
sold in the Inland Empire
Articles Of incorporation Of the
Spokane, Portland & Northern rail
way of Spokane have been filed will
the secretary of state at Olympia, the
capital stock of the company being
aamed at $1o,oO0,ooO.
Lester Blaine, who was on trial al
Coifax on the charge of having killed
James Silvey at Palouse July 3, last
was convicted by the jury of seconC
degree murder and was recommended t.
the leniency of the court.
If Wesley Il. Jones accepts the ap
pointment as federal judge for eastern
Washington it is said that Governor M
n. Hay will appoint John L. Wilson o.
Seattle for Jones' unexpired four-yeal
term in the United States senate.
Officers and employees of the Nationa
Apple show are fast arranging for The
third annual competitive exposition il
Spokane November IL to 10, and thu
hAOW III iAOEih 1AHoAgg Oh'
cago, November go to December 4.
Property owners of Starbuck pay NJ
taxes in 1911 A recent statute in thi
state provides that the council make ;
list of resources and probable expenses
before the first Monday in October, thu
years taxes to be based on this re
port They failed to do it in StarbuclS
Believing that naught will come frou
The recent conference with the railway
at Walla Walls when farmers of Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho asked foi
s5 per cent reduction in wheat freigh
rate east, officials of Big Tri-State or
ganization Of the Farmers union arr
preparing TO carry the fight to the in
terstate commerce commission.
The report of the Western Washing
ton Power company Of Spokane, cover
ing the %. miles of electric line L
Cheney and Medical Lake for the yea
ending April 30 1910, shows that bu
37s,607 passengers were carried, a
against 396,761 for the previous year
The report also shows a deficit for tn
year of ss75i, after paying operating
expenses, interest on bonds and divi
da,as