Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-28
NORTHWEST States
WASHINGTON, MONTANA And
IDAHO Happenings
Are RRIEFED.
Few Interesting Items Gathered
Prom 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 announcement is made that F. W.
Miller has been reappointed postmaster
at Oakesdale.
The jury in the case of Steve Bennett,
wealthy Italian, accused of stabbing the
night marshal at Colville, brought in
verdict of not guilty.
James A. Brown of Spokane commit
ted suicide in Portland by taking eva
hide of potash. No reason other than
dependency caused by illness is assign
ed for the deed.
While trying to thaw out frozen
pump with gasoline near Wilbur Sat
urday, can containing about three
gallons of the liquid exploded, fatally
burning Dea Jensen.
H. S. Hollingsworth, one of the first
white men to settle at what is now the
city of Colfax, his homestead being part
of the original TOWNSHIP, died recently
in Portland, aged 70 years.
During the past week the state treas
ury collected but $52,O45, and paid out
nearly $4,000, so that cash on hand,
according to the weekly report of Treas
urer Lewis, is but $99s,706
Clicked by a peanut shell, Luella
Byerly, 2-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Byerly of Ostrander, Wash,
died on the train which was hurrying
the child to Portland for treatment
Jacob Stitzel, the oldest real estate
man in Washington, who was stricken
with paralysis Saturday, died at 6
o clock Sunday night. He was born at
Gettysburg, Adams county, Pennsyl-
vania, February 2s, 1881.
Unless live stock companies have a
capital stock of 100000, at least one
half paid up, it cannot transact business
in this state under provisions of the bill
drafted by the insurance code commits
sion and now receiving the consider
alton of the legislature.
, Mrs. Mary A. Johnston, aged 95 years
! died Saturday at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. James N. Bradley, in Tacoma
Mrs Johnston was the daughter OF
. Thomas Wheeler, a famous court artist
of London, and the niece of Lady
Hutchins, with whom she spent most
of her girlhood. Mrs. Johnston inner
4 tied the wonderful talent of her dis
tinguished father.
National Guard Expensive.
/ Washington taxpayers paid out $212,
p 600 for the maintenance Of the Wash
' ington National guard in the two years
j. 19O9-1910, in addition to nearly $4,000
r allotments from the federal govern
= ment.
S Incidentally, it shows that the Off
D GERS of the guard drew more money
= from the state for uniforms than tn,
I entire payroll for enlisted men. TIL,
e expenditures of state funds in the TIVE
: years include SHIFTS salaries of tn,
adjutant general g department, abou
$4,000 to complete the armories at Sc
attic, Tacoma and Spokane and $3O,OOt
already spent on the Bellingham ar
: mory, all these sums coming from tn,
state general fund, in addition to $157,
: 7s4 spent from the military fund 70
i miscellaneous.
:, Discuss New Grain Law.
/, Discussing the proposed provisions o
t the new grain inspection law, delegate
from the farmers union of several o
e the eastern Washington grain countie
t who have been at Olympia several day
y on various matters of legislation, wer
in conference Saturday with the mem
bers of the state railroad commission
which has general supervision of tn
I grain inspection bureau, and Assistan
= Attorney General Tanner.
Those attending the meeting as req
resenting the grain growers were: A
l. McCurtain of Davenport, president o
o the Lincoln county farmers union; "
e H. Childs, Reardan, of the same OF
{ ganization; Mr.. Davis of Adams county
/. former Senator McCroskey of CARTEL
s county; Mr.. Darling of Bridgeport, o
d the Douglas county union, and Mr.. MAJ
tin of the Spokane county union.
q commission and members of the cor
s One of the questions perplexing tn
ference is the exact scope desirable 70
} the inspection law. While it is agree
y that it should apply to all public O
II terminal warehouses storing grain 70
II any and all shippers, the difficult
arises as to the milling men, who bu
and store their own wheat and VIII
. may at times accommodate some shiI
per with storage facilities, but not MAX
ing this part of his regular bushes