Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-09-19
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

School began Tuesday at the state
normal.
many improvements OF its depot and
yards at Hope.
Joe Procha's threshing machine was
destroyed by fire on the Rob Thomp-
son place. one mile south of Athol.
The Princeton fair was a big sue
cess. The exhibits Of high standard
were more extensive than expected.
Frank Smith, aged 30, is under ar
rest at Standpoint, charged with at
tempting to pass a bogus check for
$50.
Acting President w. l.. Carlyle of
the Idaho University has been invited to
Judge live stock at the Utah state fair
and has accepted.
The cornerstone for the new Nor
wegian Evangelical Lutheran church
at Occur d'Alene city was laid Sunday
with appropriate ceremonies.
A grand jury will be called at
Grangeville to investigate the mysteri-
GUS murder of George bearing near
Mount Hope. Idaho. on June 10.
suit for 5000 damages has been
filed In the superior court at Sand
point by the widow of Henry Nauck,
millwright of the Dover Lumber Co.,
who was killed in April by breaking
belt.
An epidemic or runaways at Wal.
lace recently has caused a warning
from the police, requesting citizens to
observe the ordinance requiring all
horses to be careflly hitched while in
the city.
Pat Mccartney and wife Bertha, ar.
rested in a raid on their Bovill place
said by officers to be headquarters for
bootlegging. pleaded guilty. He got
$500 fine. She was ordered out OF
the country.
A fine of $3.50 and six months each
was the sentence given to William
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victed grain thieves caught stealing
wheat and oats in sacks left in the
fields near Moscow.
Occur d'Alene, Idaho.-It is learned
that 100000 has been appropriated
for the building of the big Rutledge
lumber mill plant here ON the site di
rectly east of the Occur d'Alene Lum
Der companys plant. Construction
will start early in January.
The faculty of the University O
Idaho, with the consent and approva
of the directors of the Latah Count,
Fair association have challenged tn,
faculty members of the Washington
State college for tug-of-war contes
Saturday, September 81.
Just after laying off the fire fight
ing crew the chief ranger at Wallace
received notice of a severe fire a
Birk Pick road, near Fourth of Jul
canyon, Saturday, and Immediately re
employed the fire fighters and left TO
the scene of the fire. This season ha
been exceptionally free from fores
fires.
Failure on the part of Miss Adell
Hermann, school teacher, to retur
notice of her election as an instructo
In the high hchool at Standpoint make
it impossible for her to recover dan
ages of S202.50 from the directors Q
Independent shoool district No. 1, Boz
ner county, according to an opinio
handed down by the supreme court G
Idaho.
Harvesting in the Lewiston distriC
is practically completed. The yield /
about 20 per cent below the averag,
The quality is good. but some barle
is stained on account of the late rain.
Winter barley yielded from 40 to 5
bushels to the acre, while the sprin
barley yielded 80 to 40 bushels. Tn
winter wheat yield is about So bushel
to the acre. and the spring yield abou
20 bushels. 1t is reported about A
per cent OF this district was plante
with wheat and 10 per cent oats.
The application for pardon of Hal
ry Orchard, arch conspirator. self-cor
fessed murderer of Is men, who /
serving life Imprisonment sentenc
for the murder of Ex-Governor Fran
Steunenberg of this state, has create
statewide interest The application
will come before the pardon board @
this state at its October meeting. !
has the backing. and. in fact, was file
on the request of the metropolitan
Church Association of Waukesha
Wis, Orchard claiming he gave cor
sent only after being urged to do s
y the association.