Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-06
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES

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Boise.
Batiste Joseph killed Michael Kizer,
halfbreed Indian on the Flathead res
ervation recently.
c. r. Greeley, an old-time miner of
the Libby district, died recently. He
was the owner of a number of good
mining claims.
Baker was the host recently of many
visitors at the Tooth anniversary cele-
bration Of the coming of the white
man to the valley.
The delinquent tax list of Lincoln
county, Montana this year shows a
total of $4,000, the amount being
somewhat larger than last year.
A milling company of Lewiston, Ida,
has secured contract with the Indian
department for 100000 pounds of flour
TO be supplied the Indian agencies and
schools Of the west.
The Inland Empire s production of
lumber for 1911 was slightly less than
one billion feet. It's value amounted
to more than $15,OOO,0OO, II per cent
less than in 1910.
Accused of rifling Milwaukee freight
cars along the line from Seattle to
Butte and taking from them many
articles of value, "Fat' Wilson is
under arrest in Butte.
Among persons indicted at Portland
are George II. Bailey, captain of po-
lice, for alleged misuse of his Office
in connection with matters concerning
the underworld, and E. w. Cole, a for
mer sergeant Of police.
Representative Burton L. French will
introduce a bill providing for pre-
liminary examination by the govern
ment of the st. Joe and st. Marie
rivers in Idaho, with view to pro-
tecting their banks from erosion.
Postmaster w. S. Brainard, of Ward
ner, Idaho, whose funds were reported
1857 short by postofiice Inspector, was
arrested Monday by Deputy United
States Marshal William Schult of Lew
iston, on a charge Of embezzlement of
postal funds.
The forestry department recently
sold large body of scorched timber
in the st. Joe national forest to a firm
of eastern capitalists, who will build a
mill at some convenient point near St
NTaries and will engage in the manu-
facture of lumber.
Calling on the name of Gypsy Smith
and scratching and biting herself unit
subdued by drugs, Nellie J. Potter, :
married woman, was taken into Gus
tody at Portland, as demented. Thi
is the second Portland woman to be
come demented over religion since tn,
Gypsy Smith revival.
Robert Stevens, cabin passenge
from Portland, was washed overboar,
and drowned and William Dahl,
ships carpenter, was dashed by a SCI
against winch, receiving broker
leg, while the steamer Roanoke tough
it's way through the great combers roll
ing over the Columbia river bar re
Gently.
Alaska products for the year jus
ended reached a total value of $3s
600 900, an increase of more tina
Sc 900 900 over the preceding year. TIL
increase is evenly divided between fish
cries and mines. The products of tn
mines amounted in the year to $22 400
OOO the increase due to new cope
output and a natural gold gain.
f. NJ Brown, policeman, was sho
and killed at Lakeview, Ore, Sunday
by Bert Taylor, who turned the weapo
on himself and committed suicide. Tn
shooting occurred while Taylor and hi
wife were quarreling. Brown saw tn
alteration, and upon interfering wa
shot to death. When he realized wha
he had done Taylor shot himself in tn
head.
Henry NJ. Ryan, a well-known mimi
man, and f. w. Appleton, an attorney
both of Billings, have filed suit agains
the Lewistown Auto company for $500
damages for personal injuries receive
last September, when a driver for tn
defendant company, through allege
negligence, overturned a car in whic
the compliments were riding. Tx
Nissler, chauffeur for the same con
pany, while driving a large car, wa
struck by a train Sunday at stree
crossing in Lewistown, receiving il
juries which may prove fatal.
The commission appointed by Cover
nor Hawley, composed of Judge job
F. Maelane and former Attorney Ger
eral Frank Marten, to prepare a rev
sion of Idaho's revenue laws has file
its report. There is a wealth of deta
contained in the report and in III
no printed pages of proposed laws an
constitutional amendments submitte
with it. The prediction that the con
mission would make provision for th
taxation of public utilities corpor;
lions for state purposes Ouly, leavin