Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-11-11
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS

G. r. Ellis, resident OF wallis
Wala, is dead.
Sunday schools are growing rapidly,
as the enrolment in Spokane county
is 20,417.
The farmers union institute and
harvest home festival held at Waits
burg recently was a success.
James E. Engle, aged 7e, for many
years resident of the Palouse coun-
try, died recently at Spokane.
The city commissioners of Spokane
have agreed to cover the wet pave
ments with sand so horses can stand up.
Bill Byrd and Herman Roestel, Spo-
kane murderers, are now in the peni-
Tertiary serving IS and 10 years re-
spectively.
The plan to bond Leavenworth for
$40, 900 for building a distributing
water system was defeated by a close
majority.
Scottish Rite Masons and mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine of the northwest
will meet in Tacoma November IS to
IS for a reunion.
According to C. w, Wilcox, state sec
rotary of the Y M. c. A., the next
state convention will be held in Janu-
airy at Ellensburg.
Ole Nelson, laborer on the new
construction work of the O.-W. r. & N.
was recently killed by a premature
blast near Pasco.
Daniel Dwight, Spokane pioneer,
celebrated his ninety-third anniversary
Saturday. He was born in Dudley,
Mass, November 4, 1918.
The first export shipment of lumber
from lone was made recently, when a
carload of western pine was shipped to
South Africa via New York.
Taxes received Saturday by the
state treasurer included $3O,627 from
Whitman county, $2653 from Adams
county and 1914 from Callam county.
Grief over the death of her daughter
is given as the reason for Mrs. r. A
Shattuck, Es21 Sharp avenue, one of
Spokane, ending her life.
One of the largest banquets ever held
in Spokane is being planned in honor
of visiting delegations to the city dur
ing the carnival attending the Ma
tional Apple show, November 30 to 80
Two convicts, Wilbur Sexton, from
Cowlitz county, for forgery. and f. w
Kempton, from King county, for as
sault, escaped from the state QUAR-,
in Selah gap but were soon recaptured
Colville Indian reservation land viii
not fall to the white settlers, as of TIL
100000 acres of desirable agricultural
and grazing land to be allotted, prac
tically every homestead will go to tn
Indians.
Two hundred thousand dollars ha
been paid into Washington 5 industrial
insurance fund, and before January
the states compensation commissio
expects the fund to reach a total 0
$25O,OOo.
+ Mr. and Mrs. C.. B. Kegley of Pa
. louse city have gone to. Columbus, Ohio
to attend the convention of the ns
tional grange as representatives of tn
Washington state grange, of which Nj
Ksegley is state master. Ii.
Governor Marion E. Hay states tina
he is opposed to the movement for tn
calling of special session of the legi,
. lature to enact law providing for tn
= direct election of delegates to the ns
' tional political convention.
Lawrence, the IA year old son of
A. Williams, was injured by the acc
dental discharge of a shot gun, Satui
day, and died five hours later. TIL
% accident occurred FIVE miles down tn
Grand Coulee from Coulee City
The patent of the st. Paul, MINI,
apolis & Manitoba railway, the parer
of the Great Northern, toaeertain land
in Skagit county, Washington, has bee
= cancelled by a decision of Unite
States Judge Cornelius H. HaRf0Fd.
How bad roads and heavy grad,
: mean dollars and cents loss to farm
ers will be illustrated in graphic maj
! ner by the Spokane County Goo
. Roads association during the session
of the Country Life congress at Sp'
kane. 3ii
The public service commission
holding series of hearings in Spokar
this week, the first since the death {
+, IL. A. Fairchild. J. G. Lawrence
Y now chairman. The appointment {
George A. Lee as a member of the pull
: lie service commission seems satisfa
4 tory.
T Over the protest of Judges Fullerto
and Gose, the state supreme court b
+ three members has handed down a d
c cision sustaining the bureau of inspe
tion law under which State Audit'
> Clausen may employ an unlimited nun