Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1910-01-22
ITEMS FROM IDAHO, MONTANA
And washington.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
Prom Our Exchanges of the Sur
rounding Numerous Acct
dents and Personal Events Take
Place-Business Outlook Is Good.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

q Alene tribe OF Indians died at the
age of 112 years, recently, on the res
ervation near Rockford. She was the
mother OF Fat Anque, Spotted Louie
and Mrs. Susan Reaquis, the latter hav-
ing recently died. aged 70.
The wheat convention which closed
Saturday in Pullman was one of the
best in the history of the association
and was attended by a large number
and a greater per cent of farmers.
T.. B. Queener, aged 70, one of the
pioneers of the Palouse river country
in Idaho, died recently.
The special election held in We
natchee for the purpose of voting on
the issuance of $4,000 in bonds result
ed in vote of 81 for and against.
This money will be used for refunding
city warrants and also to carry on pro-
posed municipal improvements.
The Oroville city council has author
lied the erection of a two-story con-
crete city hall to cost $4,000.
Because of scarcity of live stock, the
retail price of all cuts of beef in the
local markets has advanced 21a cents
a pound, and another rise is looked for
within two weeks.
Sheriffs of Washington met in North
Yakima Tuesday for three days ses-
sion.
The Knights of Pythias of Pasco have
decided to build home for the local
lodge. The proposed building will be
erected on the lodge IS property on
Third and Lewis street and will cost
$4,000.
The farmers of the Washington, Ore
gon and Idaho unions met at the Walla
Walla meeting this week.
G. M. Fassett has been elected presi-
dent of the Spokane Chamber of Com
meree.
The three small children of Mrs
Oscar Backman, living at Winlock, near
Chehalis, were incinerated in fire
that destroyed the Backman home at
Winlock recently. The origin of the
fire is not known.
Of the 4s2 applicants for teachers ,
certificates who took the recent exam
nations 70 were natives of Washington
As were born in Iowa, 80 in Illinois,
81 in Wisconsin, 30 in Missouri, % in
Nebraska, % each in Ohio and Michi-
gan, 21 in Kansas, 10 in Indiana, four
in Oregon, 13 were foreign born, 10
did not state their nativity and the
others were natives of 21 other states
of the Union.
L. w. Soth, proprietor and editor of
the Kennewick Courier, died recently of
typhoid fever.
Death surely has exacted its full toll
from the unfortunate Stephenson fam
lily of North Yalxiba, which has lost
four children since December 2.
Fifteen telegraph wire men are string
ing a special leased wire in this state
from Chicago to Portland, which will
be used by commission houses each aft
ernoon for the market reports. After
4 O'Clock it will be used by press as
sociations.
I. Garthy of Kettle Falls has a new
use for his automobile by jacking up
the drive wheels and using it as a motor
power for running circular saw.
) The annual meeting of the stock.
holders of the Wenatchee Valley Fruit
Growers association will be held Jan.
uary 81.
No better testimonial of the eff.
cheney of Washington State college has
2 been shown than that men come direct
} from England and Scotland to enter
the college for the special courses
taught. There are nearly 80 subjects
of the British empire enrolled and sew
eral of these came direct from theil
, homes across the Atlantic for the sole
purpose of enrolling.
, The Worcester Fruit & Land company
composed principally of Worcester
t (Mass.) capitalists, has purchased 250(
acres in the outskirts of the Hors,
. Heaven country, near Luzon, on the S.
P. & s., and will install an irrigation
system. Electrical generating plants
will drive large pumps, forcing s,5Oo,OOI
gallons each day from the Columbia riv
er through pipes.
0 Juergens Bros, Newport, are nego
tiating with the government for sew
{ eral tracts of timber in the Kaniksl
reserve which they will log off thi
winter if the purchase can be made
!. The logs will amount to about $780, 0
+ feet, nearly all of which is white pine
}, The timber viii be converted int
1 match stock at their mill there an,
disposed of to the Diamond Match CO
AS yet no movement has been mad
to choose a successor to Dean Lock
}. wood, formerly of All Saints Episcopa
l, cathedral, Spokane, who recently re
/, signed to go to North Yakima.
}, IDAHO JOTTINGS.