Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-02-17
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES

camp 10 days at Occur d'Alene City
early in April.
Pendleton farmers are rejoicing over
the heavy rainfall, which insures
bumper crop for 1912.
Near Standpoint, Idaho, Frank De
Pati, brakeman, was run over by a
box car, losing leg.
Principal Healey of the Roman
(Mont.) public schools, has resigned, to
take effect February %.
J. f. Allen, pioneer of Helena,
whose wife died Feb. 1, succumbed to
an attack of heart failure, Feb IL.
Insurance agents of northwestern
cities are planning to work for an in
crease of the commission scale now in
force.
Two local branches of the National
Grange will be formed at Hillsdale and
Valley View, south of Flathead lake,
Montana.
Either General Ballington Booth of
the Volunteers of America or Mrs. Bal
lington Booth win visit the northwest
next month.
The appointment of Montana man
as successor of the late Major Logan
as superintendent of Glacier park, is
being urged.
Everett Black, IS years old, is re-
ported to have fatally stabbed William
Whiting, age 20, Saturday night, at
Harrison, Idaho.
The plans for the new high school
building to be built at Moscow this
spring at a cost of 900 are completed
and bids will be opened February ~.
call for bids for the construction
of the new $4,000 school building to
be constructed at Nez Perez, Idaho,
during the summer has been made and
the bids will be opened February 10.
Discovery of tunnel headed toward
the vaults of the Oakland (Calif) Bank
of Commerce has become known. The
tannel was so feet long and had 20 feet
to go before reaching the bank vaults.
The Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany will build new freight house
construct a waterlevel dock on the
lake front and possibly erect q new
depot at Occur d'Alene City this
spring.
E John Shively, a resident of Medford
Ore, aged IS, was sentenced recently
S to five years in San Quentin, Cal, OF
t a charge of highway robbery, he hav
e ing held up and robbed a citizen OF
20 cents.
John B. Swinney, a New Mexico
b ranchman, told in the Kimmel cas-
b at st. Louis that he killed the man wh'
/ shot and killed George A. Kimmell in ;
S forest in Oregon ON August 4, 1898, TIVE
weeks after Kimmell disappeared.
$ Two men, giving their names as vii
liams and Arnold, were arrested a
) Harlowton, Mont, on suspicion that the.
are wanted in Butte for the recent hold
up of the People IS saloon, during whicl
James Gallagher, a miner, was killed.
!. John Swanson, who was shot a
Butte, Mont, it is alleged, by Martii
johnson, died soon after. johnson
z claims he shot at Swanson after tn
latter and some of his friends had pei
} sisted in throwing rocks at his house
On his own request J. P. Morton o
&c Butte was brought into court and Ell
e tered a plea of guilty to a charge o
grand larceny. He was sentenced t
three years in the penitentiary H
u stole a number of ivory billiard balls
m The property of the United Missoul
annciGfinO n
o. three power dams near Helena, was sol
p at public auction recently for $750,OO'
to representatives of bondholders. TIL
Y. sale was to satisfy judgments recent
n obtained.
George S. Louden, former postmaste
at Elk River, Idaho, who was trace
to Los Angeles and arrested for en-
bezzlement from the postoffice, was SCI
y fenced in the federal court at Boise
IS months in the Leavenworth prise
N and fine of $4,5s2.s3, the fine bein
- the amount of his shortage. His foil
live in Minnesota.
Or At session of the tax cor
r. mission board held at Boise recent
n. the state was divided into three di
he lllClS anu d coAlhllSolpuCA VIII NC a
m pointed from each to undertake. Il
supervision of assessments and to NAL
or the same more uniform and equitab
IT, as between the various counties, ind
al viduals and classes of property. The
officials will enter upon their duti
about March Is, and viii continue Il
N. same until August.