Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES

The Idaho legislature was called to
order at noon Monday.
A chapter lodge of Masons has been
formed at st. Maries, Idaho.
Recall charges against Mayor w. w.
Seymour were filed with tae city clerk
of Tacoma Saturday.
A trainload Of 30 cars of cattle gath
cred in Idaho and Oregon were shipped
to Portland Saturday from La Grande.
The funeral services of Tolbert T.
Glenn were held at Summerville, Ore,
recently In 1868 he settled on the
land where he died
Abraham Finley is dead at his home
southeast of Poison, Mont. He said
he brought the Jesuit priests west from
the Hudson bay. He was 107 years of
age.
Ilo (Idaho) trustees have passed an
ordinance providing for calling an $11,,
900 bond election for use in construc-
ton Of a water works system Febru
airy 20.
j. S. Lewis, better known as "Sky''
Lewis, an old-time resident and saw
mill man of Plains, Mont, was killed
by snowslide at Sophia creek, seven
miles from Perma.
One of the prize Poland China boars
from the farm of T. B. Haynes, breeder
of pure-bred hogs, near Creston, Mont,
has been shipped to NJ. S. Hendrickson
Of Cottonwood, Idaho.
G. f. Mathews, secretary of the Fer
gus County Fair association, also sec
rotary of the Lewistown Commercial
club, has been elected president of the
Montana Fair association.
Governor Hawley of Idaho has APP
pointed Charles p. Mccarthy, prosecut-
ing attorney at Boise, to be one of the
judges of the Third district to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Judge John f. Maclane.
A suit to recover $4,000 was begun
in Butte recently against the Northern
Pacific by the estate of Settimo Nal
acan, who, it is alleged, was killed by
reason of the negligence of w. D
Gardner, an engineer, who is made co
defendant.
, William S. Borst, self-confessed coun
terfeiter of Grass Range, Mont, II
miles from Lewistown, pleaded guilty
tc having counterfeited 213 dollars las
February, and was sentenced to tire,
years in the federal prison at Leaveo
worth, Kan.
The annual meeting of stockholder
of the Flathead (Mont.) Farmers Mu
tual Insurance company was hell
recently and the following officer
elected; President, J. M. Parker; vic,
president, F. C. Spannuth; secretary
. Sam D. McNeely; treasurer, A. N
Tobie.
The authorities have in Jail at Coeu
'Alene City two men who, if the con
fessions of one is true, are members o
gang robbing banks and cracking
safes in north Idaho and eastern Wash
ington. Joseph Bolin, a Slavonian, q
years of age, confessed, duplicating
, Frank. Star.
The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Wenatchee Valley Fruit Grow
ers association, which will be held il
Wenatchee on January 20, will be on
of the most interesting meetings of tn
association, as at that time the ques
tion of marketing will be brought u
and settled.
Gus Q. Kohl of Butte has brough
suit against the Anaconda Copper Min
ing company to recover $3,333,0OO tn
value of ore alleged to have been mine,
and extracted from the May quart
lode claim, of which, it is alleged, tn
plaintiff is a co-owner with the Ana
conda company.
w. E. Harmon, state superintendent
of public instruction in Montana, act
ing on behalf of the state board of edu
cation, has made public its reasons 70
dispensing with the services of DR.. {
A. Duniway, president of the state uni
versity at Missoula, upon the expira
ton of his term, September 1, 1912.