Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-05-16
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

lilo annual picnic June II this year.
Several pelican were seen recently
near Terrell.
A. J. Lucas, on old-timer of Ken
drick, is dead.
A new county directory is to be
issued in Idaho county.
Hendricks new $4,000 school build
ing is practically finished.
The Camas Prairie horse show is to
be held in Grangeville May S0-31.
The graduating class at the Lewis
ton high school this year numbers %.
The Idaho County Odd Fellows asso-
citation will hold it's annual meeting at
Kamiah.
A giant sturgeon was caught at Bon
ners Ferry recently. The fish weighed
800 pounds.
Experimental village mail delivery
service is ordered established at st.
Maries, effective June 1.
John Dawson, aged about 60 years,
was drowned recently on the west fork
of Pine creek while logging.
Sunday Bishop Funston of the Epis-
copal church of Idaho was present at
confirmation services at Lewiston.
Frank Corbett, cook, age As, acct
dentally fell from footbridge into
Canyon creek Saturday and was
drowned.
George A. Bush, age 45, a rancker
near Caldwell, was found dead recent
ly. Excessive drinking of hard cider
is given as the cause.
Pier No. of the new bridge in the
course of erection across the Clear
water river above Lewiston is leaning
upstream about a foot out of line.
President e. A. Bryan of Washing
ton State college will deliver the an
nual convocation address at the Idaho
university this coming commencement.
The recent rain gave the ground
throughout the Potlatch section a
much needed soaking and much bene-
fit to the fall and spring sown grain
will result
Denied new trial on a charge of
classifying accounts of the defunct State
Bank of Commerce of Wallace, b. f.
O'Neil has filed an appeal to the SUI
preme court.
A fatal sta3bing affray occurred re-
Gently near Mackay, Idaho, in which
Harry Humphreys, a rancher, was
killed, it is alleged by Ernest Deutsch-
Ter, carpenter.
The Kellogg city council in recent
session passed a sewer ordinance and
called for an election to be held June
16, at which time bond issue of $50,
600 will be passed upon by the voters
Joe Arseneau, a French Canadian
lmberjack, noted around Standpoint fol-
his great strength, died recently from
excessive alcoholism. His favorite
trick was to straighten out a heavy
horseshoe with his bare hands.
The governors in attendance at the
Western Governors association con
ference, to be held in Salt Lake City
the first week in June, will, after the
close of their conference, speed tc
Boise on special train to attend the
Inter-Mountain Good Roads convention
which opens in that city on June 10.
That $343.63 per acre can be made
in net profits from ground in the Pa
louise country planted to tomatoes is
the fact brought out by bulletin just
published by Professor w. H. Wicks OF
the horticultural department of the
University of Idaho. The bulletin con
tains ga pages and is entitled Tomato
Culture in Idaho"
Because of the passage of the Webt
bill in congress, prohibiting interstate
shipment of liquors to dry territory
the American Express company has
issued a circular listing SO towns in
Idaho which have heretofore depended
largely on Salt Lake for their supplies
No shipments of liquor will be accept
ed for any of the towns.
The Idaho state highway commission
has organized and discussed a system
of state highways to be established
They are in the northern part of the
state. They are also inspecting the
national highway link that traverses
Shoshone, Bonner and Kootenai coun.
ties and will confer with good roads
enthusiasts of the north.
SHE WAS BLIND FOR 35 YEARS