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

The federal court has convened at
Occur d'Alene city for the spring term.
Henry w. Devaneieds, Standpoint,
Idaho, is appointed forest assistant at
Newport, Wash
Ed Jensen, lumberjack, committed
suicide in the Standpoint, Idaho, Jail. |
Jensen was arrested for drunkenness.
Lapwai, Idaho, has voted school bonds
to the extent of $4,000, to be devoted
to the erection of a model high school
on land donated by the government.
The Elks of Occur d'Alene, Harrison
and st. Maries are planning ON big
excursion to Wallace on June z to be
guests of the order of that city in
carnival of Elks only.
Applicants for citizenship who took
the federal examination before Judge
Frank II. Rudkin were given an oppor-
tunity of telling the court if they es-
teemed the red flag more than the Stars
and Stripes. INt IO|
nC 0ls JUG llNCI ndn ONCIuOnCu llo
banks from the head of navigation to
Chatcolet, Idaho, distance of 40 miles,
and three score farm houses within
mile on both sides of the river have
been deserted.
Dennis Holland, one of the oldest pic.
neers of the northwest, passed away at
Lewiston Sunday, at the DeFrance
hotel, of which he was owner and pro-
prietor. His death was due to a gen
eral breakdown.
With the announcement that Charles
f. Rudy of Wallace has been granted
title to a homestead inside the boun-
daries of that city, one of the longest
drawn out and most bitterly contested
suits in the history of the northwest
has been brought to an end.
The contract for the new Plummer
(Idaho) high school has been let. The
successful bid was $21,799. This con-
tract is for the building only. The
contract for the plumbing and furnish
ing was let to another bidder.
Reuben Hilen of the University of
Washington won first place in the in
| terstate oratorical contest at Missoula.
Carlton Spencer of the University of
Oregon took second place, and Miss
Florence De Ryke of the University of
Montana, won the third prize.
Under the auspices Of the Commercial
club, the first quarterly meeting of the
Southeast Washington-O Oregon Develop
ment league will be held at Waitsburg,
Wash, June 3. There are IA towns in
this league and 10 delegates from each
are expected. Better roads is the main
subject to be discussed.
That the Milwaukee railroad is soon
to build into Wallace, Idaho, and from
there ON into Occur d'Alene, is practi-
cally assured in the opinion of Wallace
men in touch with the situation. Al
ready, they declare, a right of way is
arranged for out of this city and the
way into Wallace planned.
Half a million pounds of wool were
sold at Pilot Rock, Ore., Saturday at
prices ranging from IS lac to 1o 13c
a pound. The largest clip sold was the
81 900 pounds of the Cunningham Sheep
and Land company at 16 cents. This
is the first public wool sale to be held
in eastern Oregon this year.
N. ]. Blake, mayor of Plains, died
recently at Missoula. He was one of
the best known old-timers in western
Montana. He came to Plains in 1884.
Death was due to spinal ailments
Funeral services were held at Missoula
and the body shipped to Missouri for
burial beside that of his mother.
Among the county seat fights loom
ing in Idaho state this year the con
test for the home of the Lewis county
court house promises to develop into
as keen fight as any in the state
Nez Perez is the temporary county
seat and is bidding for the permanent
site, with Vollmer contesting the claim
An investigation made of the trees
in the Charleston orchards near Lewis
ton recently by Professor A. l.. Me
lander of the horticultural department
of the Washington State college showed
that 90 per cent of the San Jose scale
under the direction of the Lewiston
Charleston school of horticulture ha
been exterminated. Previous demon
STATIONS indicated that only 81 per cen
of the scale had been exterminated.