Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-29
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Grangeville will have telegraphic
with the outside world
before November Is.
Interest manifested by farmers
throughout Clearwater county assures
the success of the fair to be held at
Orofino September 8, 9 and 10
The North Idaho Pharmaceutical
association will hold its annual con-
vention at Occur d'Alene Sept. Is, 16
and II. Druggists from all North
Idaho are expected and many from
eastern Washington.
A steel crossing Lapwai creek near
Lapwai will be constructed by the
county commissioners at once. Dur
ing the floods of the past winter the
creek changed its course, making the
new bridge necessity.
The Moscow school board at re-
cent meeting adopted resolution pro-
viding that a tuition must hereafter
be paid by students who come into
town during the school months for the
purpose of attending school only.
The threshing machine owned by
the Anderson Brothers Of Thorn Creek
was recently completely burned in a
fire caused by smut explosion. This
is the second machine that these men
have lost in the last two years from
the same cause.
Governor John M. Haines, command
er in chief of the second infantry,
Idaho National Guard. officially re-
viewed the regiment in camp at the
Boise barracks Sunday. The review
was one of the important events of
the encampment.
Idaho gained over $1,0O0.OOO in as
sessed valuations this week as the re-
suit of the action of the state board Of
equalization in raising the reported as
.sessments on the branch lines of main
line railroads and raising the assess
ments of telegraph lines.
G. j. Hayden, 1913 graduate of the
department of horticulture, has left
for Mississippi, where he has been
chosen an an assistant professor OF
horticulture in the University of Missi-
sippi. He is one of the three 1913
Idaho graduates to teach in eastern
and southern universities.
Upon the superstition that there is
Illicit traffic in intoxicating liquors In
the clubrooms of the Eagles lodge OF
Lewiston seven barrels Of beer shipped
from a Spokane brewing company tC
individual members of the lodge We're
seized Saturday by Chief of Police
James f. Rice, while a drayman was
preparing to take the load to tht
rooms.
The beer seized Saturday, billed L
individual members of the lodge, will
be returned to the men to whom ii wal
shipped and they will be allowed t
have it in their own residences. Thos'
arrested were dismissed.
The plans and Specifications OF thu
new $4,000 high school building a
Wallace, which Is to contain full.
equipped gymnasium and plunge, hay
Just been received by the trustees
The building will be handsome struc
ture. 1t will be 100 by 100 feet, witt
two stories and full basement, built 0
concrete blocks, brick and terra colt
construction.
l.. l.. Lewis, referee in bankruptc,
at Occur d'Alene, Idaho, has entere'
an order authorizing Trustee l.. L
Boyd to offer for public sale at auction
the remaining property of the defunc
Lane Lumber Co., which aggregate
Z, 1000 acres of timber land in kootena
and Shoshone counties, and has beef
appraised at close to $4,000. The sal
is set for September 3 at 10 a. N. a
Occur d'Alene.
The state board of equalization ha
decided to make cut of from to /
per cent in the timber assessments a
reported by the assessors from tn
eight northern counties. 1t was give
out by the board that the 5 per cen
cuts will be made in the counties col
tanning the smallest assessed timbe
values and the 10 per cent cut will b
made in the counties which have tn
largest timber value.
Cuunty Superintendent of Public Ii
struction J. w. Ramsey has sent hi
annual report to Miss Grace M. SheI
ard, state superintendent, shown
that there were 12S teachers employe
in Bonner county this last year, c
whom 20 were men. The average sa
airy paid male teachers was $1Ol.S
and female $77, the total amount pal
in salaries being SS6,219.16. Their
were 3S47 white children between tn
ages of 6 and 81 in the county, 1876
boys and 1888 girls. The total e.
penditures for all school purposes dui
ing the last year was S133,4l0, an
the bonded Indebtedness s10S,95O, wit
S11,43 in the sinking fund for tn
payment of bonds. The total estima
ed value of the school property in tn
county amounts to S56S.7S3.
pErTEQ RARN CONTESTS