Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-04-20
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES

At Waller, Mont, DIR. C. V. Burke
dropped dead in his office recently.
An entire new lighting system for
Wardner and Kellogg, Idaho, has been
proposed.
At Butte, Mont, recently M. Adams,
aged 60, a mine Waterman, was killed
by train.
The funeral of w. II. Johnson, who
committed suicide near Medimont, was
held recently at Occur d'Alene.
By decision of two to one Flathead
county high school lost to Fergus in the
interdistrict debate of the Montana
state series.
Montana pharmacists found guilty Of
illegally selling drugs and narcotics will
have their licenses revoked by the state
board of pharmacy.
In fire which destroyed the City
hotel at Candy, Ore, E. Rosencrans,
aged so, a wealthy farmer, was over
come by smoke and burned to death.
Chief of Police Jerry Murphy of
Butte was shot at recently by 1. w.
Moore, who had recently been released
from the insane asylum at Weiser, Ida.
The Nelson frebug, after a few
weeks inactivity, resumed work Sat
urday, when two fires broke out at an
early hour, doing considerable damage.
Three armed men entered the branch
bank at Lumby, near Vernon, B. c.,
recently and attempted to hold up the
clerks. The police captured the bandits.
While cooking his supper in his cabin
near Clarks Fork, Idaho, William Cor
coran was severely injured by the ex-
plosion of nitroglycerin placed in the
stove oven during the afternoon.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized payment of a second divi-
dend of 10 per cent to creditors of the
First National bank at Salmon, Idaho,
which closed its doors June 8, 1911.
Federal Judge George M. Bouruin, at
Helena, has revoked the commission of
c. E. Biggs as United States commits
sioner at Chester on the ground that
Biggs had made overcharges of fees.
While working his 18th shift in the
employ of the Snowstorm Mining com
pany, Andrew iDonville, carpenter
fell from the roof of a new mill, near
Wallace, and was probably fatally in
jured.
At San Francisco Elmer Schmidt, who
says that he is a mechanic, was ar
rested recently on a fugitive from just
ice warrant from Salt Lake. He is ac
cused of the murder of Maria Croft il
that city.
At Wallace, Idaho, Frank Callahan
claiming to be a state pure food inspec
tor with headquarters at Boise, was ar
rested after he had passed more thar
$75 worth of checks on a bank il
which he apparently has no funds.
The funeral of Mrs. T. K. Hireen
aged 70 years, the Spokane pioneer, was
held Tuesday. Mrs. Hireen was borI
in Iowa City, Iowa. She crossed the
plains with members of her family, set
Ting at Virginia City, Mont, in 1865
After celebrating four hours, tn,
jury at Glendive decided that Max M
Leakey, twice tried for the murder o.
Frank Nelson at Wibaux in 1910, SHOULD
not hand for the crime, bringing in 1
verdict of second degree murder. Thu
defense pleaded insanity. Sentenc
will be pronounced this week.
, All three county commissioners o
Cascade, Mont, k. B. McIver, Thoma
Curry and Peter Johnson, resigned to
day on account of the recent decision
by the supreme court of Montana to tn
effect that county commissioners in thi
state are personally liable on account o
/ damages sustained on account of tn
= bad condition of county roads.
= One of the largest timber deals eve
made in Idaho, involving one and hal
, billion feet, is being closed at Moscow
Idaho. Besides including the Ketter
> bach and Hester holdings, out of whic
grew the land litigation at Lewiston
+ it will represent sales by individuals O
y Moscow amounting to 100000, an
about the same amount to people q
Troy. L. M. Steelsmith, pioneer of Tro.
S and J. L. Naylor of Moscow, are gail
l. ering options from individuals ownin
e timber anywhere between the S
IS Maries river on the north and til
j. Salmon river on the south, providin
n there is good percentage of whit
( pine. The options are being taken b
/ the White Pine syndicate, a corpori
+ ton said to have been formed for tn
s. purpose, so as not to disclose the rel
purchasers.