Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-08-15
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

day.
John Hager, 80 farmer at Coolin,
Idaho, committee suicide in Spokane
Sunday. while temporarily insane from
illness.
Lewiston country farmers are ask
ing for help to handle the big grain
crop being cut this week on the Camas
and Nez Perez prairies.
William Garnett. employed by the
Humbird Lumber company at Camp
No. 4, near Standpoint, was instantly
killed Saturday by snag knocked
down by falling tree.
Farmers throughout the Potlatch
section are busy with the harvest.
Fall sown grain is practically all in
the shock, and spring sown grain is
being taken care of now.
Never before in the history of Camas
prairie has such crop been grown as
is now being harvested Haying is
nearly completed and the crop is large
and of excellent quality.
w. F. Johnson sold 100 acres of land
adjoining Nez Perez recently to Jacob
Fink for 800 an acre. This is the
highest price ever paid for unimproved
farm land in this section.
The 2-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Riggers, living about four miles
northwest of Nez Perez, had it's skull
mashed by a horse stepping ON his
head Saturday with fatal results.
Professor ]. c. Kinzer of the Uni
versity of Idaho has been selected as
the official judge of live stock at the
Iowa State fair He is the youngest
man ever chosen for this position.
Tuesday, September 20. has been
set by the fair association as press
day. All newspaper men of eastern
Washington and north Idaho will be
invited to attend the lewiston Clark
ston fair.
The body of an unknown man was
found floating in the st. Joe river near
st. Joe recently. The body had evil
IDENTIFY been In the water several
weeks and was dressed in the garb of
a laborer.
The Idaho land board has decided
to offer for sale 1920 acres of valu-
able timber now ripe and ready for
cutting in the Boise basin, the sale
to take place after 80 days at public
auction, with the assurance of one bid
of 100000 to be made by the Barber
Lumber Co.
Action was filed recently at Lew
iston in the district court by James
d. Meikle against Berry M. Clemans
to recover $4179 for goods alleged to
have been sold to the defendant while
he was conducting a mercantile store
at Anatone.
What is supposed % be the most
drastic pool and billiard hall ordinance
in effect in any town in Idaho was
passed at a recent session of the coun
ell at Deary. Its purpose is to cor
rect alleged gambling abuses. Caro-
playing for amusement is barred IL
public places.
Ward Riggle. aged 10 years; Del
bert Riggle, 1S years, and Charles
drick trio, confessed to robbing tn,
Dent Qdaho) postoffice recently, wher
Pemberton, aged Is years, the Ken
the safe containing $40 in money was
broken into and other matter was
taken from the office.
1t will be the duty of the forest of
ficers to pay strict attention to the
enforcement of the game laws. They
will be expected to make arrests only
in fragrant cases. In return for this
service to the state the game wardens
are to notify the nearest forest ranger
of any fires that he may discover.
The net earnings for the entire sys
TEN of the Spokane International Rail
way company, operated in Idaho and
Washington, amounted to S29S, 2033S
in 1912, while the net earning fol
Idaho alone during the same year was
| $249, 233.24. These facts are given in
the annual financial statement of that
company filed with the state auditor
l.. c. Wilson, receiver for the de
funct State Bank of Commerce OF
Wallace, mailed checks to the deposit
ors of the bank representing an add
tional dividend of 6 per cent, or $2S,
600, making in all II per cent that
has been paid to the depostors to
date. The funds just distributed was
derived from the payment made by
Harry L. Day on July 81, when the
petition of Receiver Wilson for the
confirmation of the sale of the assets
of the bank to Mr. Day was confirmed
by Judge Woods of the district court,
Mr.. Day paying into the hands of the
receiver at that time $37,263.S9.