Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-02-19
NORTHWEST notes
ITEMS FROM IDAHO, MONTANA
and WASHINGTON.
Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur
rounding Country-NumeroW Acct
dents an6 Personal Events Take
Place-Business Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.


hogs shipped from Uniontown, IL cars
of cattle, three cars of horses and one
car of sheep.
S. Mcdonald, an aged farmland of
Nelson, hanged himself in the barn at
the rear of the Nelson market re-
Gently.
c.. A. McCabe, the Oldest settler of |
Garfield county still living in the
county, is in a serious condition from
ptomaine poisoning caused by canned
salmon.
The farmers of Rockford report crop
conditions the best ever. at this time
of year. More wheat was sown last
fall than usual and it has not suffered
from freezing.
Charles Favia, rancher living near
Chelan, Wash, committed suicide re-
Gently by turning on the gas in a
room which he was occupying in a
lodging house conducted by his wife
in Seattle.
Waitsburg local No. l, Farmers Edu-
had a carload of -four ground by Cor
bett Brothers of Huntsville. Farmers
say by this method they gain one sack
of -four of 25 pounds on every barrel.
f. l.. Mcneil, a well known printer
of Spokane, has purchased the Lehman
Hot Springs in the Blue mountains in
Oregon for a consideration of about
$4,000. Ten thousand dollars will be
spent on an automobile stage and other
improvements.
William Jones of Bales & Jones, cat
tlemen of Grangeville, who last sum-
mer bought stock ranch in the Big
Hole basin, in Montana, where they
have already shipped several trainloads
of cattle, is here again arranging for
the purchase of several head more.
Robert Mechanic, middle-aged man,
died recently at North Yakima as the
result of being run down by a train
in the Northern Pacific yards. Both
legs were cut off and he was otherwise
badly smashed up. McClaine has been
in the employ of the reclamation serv-
? ice, but nothing is known of him here.
The search for Mrs. Alice Eaton, who
, so mysteriously disappeared last week
, from the Odd Fellows home in Walla
Walla, was given up. 1t is thought if
! the body is in one of the ponds of the
l city or in one of the pools of Mil
creek it may rise to the surface, and
it is felt that any further search OF
the country is useless.
Prosecuting Attorney c. A. Pettijohr
of Lincoln county has submitted his an
i nual report to Governor Hay. The
total number of criminal cases in the
y superior court last year was 80, anC
y of this number there were 23 convic
lions, with only two acquittals. Foui
cases were dismissed before coming t.
trial and three cases were pending
$ January l.
There are fewer empty houses il
Dayton than for 20 years, at this sea
J son, according to property owners
I This condition exists despite the fac
that 1909 was a record breaker in poin
of the number of new dwelling
:, erected. In view of the scarcity o
houses this spring is expected to b
: unprecedented in building activity.
Prosecuting Attorney Campbell file
information in the superior court a
"a Montesano recently, charging Williar
q Coil, agent of the Sailors union a
Aberdeen, with the murder of Charlie
- Hedberg on the night of December ?;
= last. The information follows th
usual form and alleges that Coil kille
| Hedberg with a revolver. 1t does nc
| name the place where the crime wa
| committed.
At the annual meeting of tn
i Yakima County Horticultural union II
l Gently it was decided to erect ne
$4,000 warehouse to practically doubl
the capacity of their plant and also [
purchase a 81 500 site Reports pr
sented showed that 112 cars of produC
Il aggregating 115,O29 packages of a
, i kinds had been shipped from Mort
Yakima in 1909. This is falling o
from the previous years mark becaui
of the short crop.
More than two miles of plank sid
/ walk has been built in Oroville tn
4 spring, a $4,000 city hall is to be co
! structed, the streets have been su
Veyeu preparatory W S4auihS, anu u
0 | city council has passed an ordinan
calling for an election to bond the eli
- for $4,000 for a more efficient wat
ng system. The city attorney has be.
ie asked to draw up two ordinances
II, provide for a poll tax and an occup
Is. ton tax.
The state railway commission h
= adopted a rule regarding railroad eros
ings of highways that viii be enforce
hereafter that steam or electric III
asking permissions to cross a highwi
no must, at its own expense, so grade &
re road as to give it level grade at ;
70 grade crossings for distance of
feet each side of the center line of {
. track, and that the grade of the hig
= way approaching the crossing shall