Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-07-06
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES

The northwest will this year break
all records for apple production.
More than 200 dairy cattle were in.
spected by State Veterinarian Boyd at
Kalispell.
Mrs. Maude Dittemore of Occur
d'Alene city was elected department
president of state of Idaho w. r. c.
for the coming year.
June rains and the excellent organ
ization of the timber protective as
sociations in the Inland Empire have
resulted in little damage to standing
timber by fires.
Douglas c. Miller of Wallace, Idaho,
was held up in Chicago Saturday night
by two men, who robbed him of $50
in money, gold watch and diamond
pin worth $3.50.
Ernest 7. Love, a graduate of the
agricultural department of the Wash
ington state college, has been APP
pointed dairy inspector of the city of
Edmonton, Alberta.
A brush fire in clearing near White
fish, Mont, communicated to adjacent
timber burning over five acres, and
called out Warden A. E. Boorman and
force of fighters recently.
The authorities of Kalispell, Mont,
decided to continue in force the regu-
lations with regard to the abolition of
firecrackers and fireworks in the city
limits, as on last Independence day.
Timothy j. Keane, 81 years old, one
of the early pioneers of the Genesee
country, died recently from complica-
tions arising from kidney troubles. He
was born in County Limerick, Ireland
Dan Brundridge, Guy Vaughn and
Gail B. Merritt, all youths, are under
arrest charged with attempting to hold
up two automobiles near Portland Sun
day and with wounding one of the oc-
cupants. All three boys confessed to
the attempted robberies.
George E. A. Bond, a Spokane man,
and for three years assistant secre.
tary of the National Apple show, has
been engaged by Portland organiza-
tions as secretary of the big
land show, which they plan to give
next winter.
Percy j. Ridge and w. V. Gilchrist,
Great Northern fremen, were drowned
Saturday morning when their boat cap
lcf1 cfn no
of Whitefish lake, 800 feet deep, and
another man, who was with them, may
also be lost, as there were three fish
ing outfits in the boat when it was re-
lowered.
Wayne p. Smith, for the last three
years county superintendent of schools
at Wallace, Idaho, has received an APP
pointment to Clark university, al
Worcester, Mass. Mr.. Smith will as
sumo his duties next September. Mr.
Smith has been engaged as one of the
instructors at the King county wash
institute, which meets during the sum
mer in Seattle.
All records of transportation on the
Roudh6 IlNeI were DIOkeu IecSully D)
new gasoline passenger and freight
boat. The craft is 65 feet long and hat
an eight-foot beam. The boat is equip
ped with 210 horsepower engines anC
capacity for is tons. The boat hal
penetrated the upper river about 10t
miles and has assembled rapids consid
cred impossible. The entire wool ant
fruit crop of the Snake and Crane
Ronde rivers will be shipped on tn
motor boat to Lewiston and lowe
river points.
, Timely action by an O.-W. R. & N
train crew at the burning of the Ore
) gon Short Line depot at Armstead
Idaho, recently probably saved muc
! loss of life and property. On the tracl
near the depot were a car of dynamite
car of gasoline and car containin
a large quantity of giant caps. Whe
the fire was discovered at midnight tn
T. train crew was whistled out of bee
n The crew promptly ran in, hooked o
the cars of explosives and drew ther
to places of safety, but were unable
t get the car of gasoline, which was d.
stroyed. Many townspeople who knee
|, of the presence of the cars of explt
l. sives had taken to the hills. The los
f caused by the fire is said to reach SIS
900.