Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-03-28
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Beavers are protected by law in this
state.
The big -four mill at Occur d'Alene,
Idaho, has resumed operations with a
big force of men.
The construction Of a first-class au-
tomobile road between Spokane and
Spirit Lake is the latest
Frank Allison, charged with the MUIR
der of John Cameron February 2, at
Porthill, Idaho, was found not guilty
by Jury at Standpoint.
The chamber of commerce of Mos
COW and the Latah County Fair asso-
citation are each boasting over the fact
that their secretary and business man
ager is a brother of the United States
treasurer, John Burke of North Da-
kota.
Charles l.. Moore, recently appointed
deputy state game warden, has re-
ceived notice from the state game
warden that he will be retained in the
district, which comprises Nez Perce,
Clearwater, Lewis and part of Idaho
counties.
Blanche Gordon, an inmate of the re-
stricted district in Lewiston, was shot
and instantly killed in her rooms Sun
day morning during drunken quarrel.
The victims real name was Stuart.
She had been married in Walla Walla
to Ray Burke, a cab driver.
SEE Fung Suen, a Chinese student
at the University of Idaho, delivered
an Easter lecture at the morning SER
vices at a Methodist church in Moscow
on "The Progress of Christianity in
China" Mr. Suen is a senior in the
electrical engineering course and came
from China about year ago.
Idaho has joined the northwestern
states in the great apple day event OF
April 5 through proclamation issued
by Acting Governor Herman H. Taylor
setting that date aside to develop the
trade and extend the use of the apples
of the northwest. The movement is
fathered by the fruit growers of Idaho
1t is reported that the Oregon Short
Line will rush the completion of the
work of ballasting the new roadbed
from Nyssa to Homedale in order to
take advantage of the traffic to the
new gold discovery, and it is expected
that regular passenger trains will be
operating between the Oregon city and
Homedale within 20 days.
The cars in the Milwaukee work
train, near Terrell, occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. A. l.. Penn were burned re
Gently and all their clothing, trunks
and other household effects were en-
tirely lost. George Karas poured Goa
oil into the stove to kindle the fire
An explosion followed, which burned
almost all of his clothes off.
AS soon as the ice leaves the st
Joe river the two mills of the Mil
waukee Land o., located at st. Joe
Idaho, will start work at full capacity
The new mill has a capacity of IS,
600 feet per day and the old mill ca
pacity of $4,000 a day. The combined
mills will employ $50 men on the sin
gle shift. A little later on they will
employ that number on the night shift
also.
Sentenced to serve a term of moi
less than 10 years in the Idaho state
penitentiary after being found guilty
of involuntary manslaughter in caus
ing the death by starvation of Mis-.
Clara Foy a school teacher in the
King Hill district, DIR. Charles c. Smitl
has secured a stay of execution on &
motion for a new trial and furnished
bond of $4,000 in the district courr
for Gilmore county before Judge Wal
ters at Mountain Home
Articles of incorporation of the Ben
wah Valley Railroad company hav,
been filed in the office of the county
recorder at Occur d'Alene. According
to the articles, the company propose,
to build about "a miles of road, start
ing at the west end of the Milwaukee
trestle across Benwah lake, theme,
running southeast through HeyburI
park and along the west shore of tn,
lake for seven miles, with a principa
branch or extension of II miles. Tn,
road is intended, primarily, to bring
out the timber of the Benwah valley
When the presidential proclamation
is signed and tn government deeds t
the state of Idaho title to 100000 acres
of land in almost a compact and solid
block located in the southeastern part
Of this state as lieu land selections fol-
school sections 16 and SO within forest
reservations this state will come into
possession of grazing and dry farm
lands worth many thousand of dollars,
but it may stand to lose as much, II
not more, in phosphate valuations be-
naeth the surface of the entire tract.
The government has reserved the right
in its transfer Of these public lands to
tn state to the mineral values that
they may contain. The big tract is the