Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-11-18
NORTHWEST NEWS ITEMS.

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Without having been impaneled to
try a single case the trial Jury in the
federal court was discharged Saturday
at Moscow.
At Provo, Utah, Frank A. Clark,
resident, who faced trial on a charge
of robbery of A. Pearson of $4,000, was
found guilty.
Paul Scheinmeister, wealthy saloon
man of Dairy, Oregon, is missing.
When last seen by his relatives he had
$4,000 in his possession.
A correspondence course in proselyt-
ing for missionaries and prospective
missionaries has been arranged by Off
cials of the Mormon church.
The British Columbia herring fishery
output this year is estimated at $4,000
900. The fish are sailed, and most of
them are sold in Japan and China.
At Baker, Ore, the United States
postoflice inspector has brought charges
of transportation of money received
for money orders against Melvin Alex
ander.
The hearing of Harold Sawley, sus-
pected of dynamiting the school house
stove at Powderhorn bay, has been set
for November 21, in Occur d'Alene
City.
The action of State Pure Food Inspec-
tor James II. Wallis in enforcing the
pure food laws of Idaho is receiving
favorable comment in all sections Of
the state.
Owing to lack of yard room and to
reduce the stock of lumber on hand
the Panhandle Lumber company shut
down its sawmill at Spirit Lake, Ida,
for the winter.
cold" Bill Miner, one of the most
notorious train robbers who ever oper-
ated in the northwest, was recently
captured at st. Clair, a small town in
Georgia, and placed in prison.
Jacob Nance, aged 61, was killed
Saturday afternoon by steam train on
Summit avenue about eight blocks from
the center of Occur d'Alene City. Mr..
Nance was sitting on the track.
President L. c. Crow of the Farmers
Educational and Cooperative union has
called a convention of all of the off
GERS of the union in Washington and
Idaho, in Spokane, November 25.
Wednesday, November 20, has been
fixed as the date for the assembling
of delegates from commercial clubs for
the purpose of organizing the Fedora
tion of Commercial Clubs of the Inland
Empire.
The Humbird Lumber company, al
Standpoint, Ida, is testing a new stump
puller. Experience has shown that the
new machine, with a team and two
men, will pull between 60 and &c
stumps day.
Thomas and George Mische, aged 10
and IL years, who stole horse from
Matthews of Whiteish and $40 sad
die from Mike Matt at Bigarm, pleaded
guilty to grand larceny and were com
mitted to the state reformatory.
In furtheranee of the Idaho Wash
ington Development league movement a
large party of Lewiston business men
will leave November 81 and make a
tour of all towns of the Camas prairie
the trip being made in a special train.
Fire at Victoria, B. c., destroyed the
interior of the four-story brick build
ing of T. n. Hibben & Co., wholesale
stationery, entailing loss of 100000
Records of the British Columbia Pho
neer association were entirely de-
stroyed.
Speaking before the students of the
John Marshall law school recently
United States Senator W. L. Jones of
Washington declared that in his public
life he had never heard of senator
or representative who sold his vote
or his influence.
State superintendent of public in
struction in 10 states of the Union
have written to headquarters of the
NdLiOudl Ouuutiy Lie cOuSIcoS tA
pressing unqualified Endorsement of the
aims and plans of the meeting to be
held in Spokane November % to 30.
Judge Dunn of Idaho has handed
down a decision in which he held that
dray company can accept. for trans
portation from railroad company or
express company at the office of such
company, or any other common carrier,
to the place of business or home of the
eonsignee, intoxicating liquors.
81 hope every township supervisor
and road overseer in the northwest
will make it a point to be present at
the sessions of the National Country
Life congress to be held on Tuesday,
November %, morning and afternoon,
good roads day" said Frank W. Gull
bert, vice president and secretary of
the Spokane County Good Roads asso-
citation.
party of Leland Stanford students