Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-11-14
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Captain James Woodward, aged n
years, died at his home in Grange
vile Sunday.
The death of j. L. Mcclure, formerly
county treasurer for Kootenai county,
occurred at Occur d'Alene Saturday.
Injuries received two years ago in
runaway caused the death of T. E. Con-
dell, pioneer farmer Of the Troy Sec
ton.
The department of agriculture at
Washington has designated Deputy
State Game Warden R. G. West of
northern Idaho. with headquarters In
Moscow, as government game warden
for Oregon. Washington and northern
Idaho.
The first movable school for farm
ers ever held at Boomers Ferry will
start November II and continue for
six days. Special lectures will be CIV
en- on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
evenings. Domestic science will be
taught.
A. w. DeBolt, a merchant OF Orofino,
is dangerously i'll with kidney trouble.
Mr.. DeBolt is well known in the Big
Bend country, having been sheriff of
Douglas county at the time the outlaw,
Tracey, was at large. He served one
term as mayor of Coulee City in 1907-S
Work on the addition to the old
Standpoint creamery purchased this
summer by Guy s. Helphrey is pro
crossing rapidly. 1t was not intended
to start the creamery till next spring,
but assurance of the milk from 40 COWS
owned by one concern will start the
creamery the first of the year
Sentence was passed Saturday by
Federal Judge DIETRICH at Moscow, on
10 convicted men, including William
A. Briggle, Nez Perez farmer, who was
given 13 months on McNeil's Island
for completely in forging national bank
notes. Other sentences for violating
Indian liquor laws were imposed.
Norman Vollmer, youngest son of j.
+. Vollmer, multimillionaire banker
and pioneer of Lewiston, has filed a
petition in bankruptcy. The only liza.
/ bility listed is a judgment for $500
: obtained against young Vollmer by B.
} f. McLain, a jockey, in the superior
} court. The supreme court upheld the
: judgment.
Representative Addison r. Smith OF
Idaho is endeavoring to arrange for d
) hearing before the interstate com
merce commission for the representa-
! tives of the shippers in the Twin Falls
: section regarding the shortage of cars
1t is stated that there are thousands Of
: sacks of potatoes piled in long tiers
and covered with straw in that section
= awaiting shipment, and unless thes,
: potatoes are moved they will be ruined
by freezing, entailing loss upon thu
!, farmers.
G Has Harry Ferguson, for many year.
) prominent in Boise as one of the lead
: ing hotel and restaurant proprietor
!. and prior to that time identified witt
O the management of the leading
! hosiery of Pocatello met with fou
O play in California or has he so CON
pletely lost his identity that he doe
not know he is Harry Ferguson an
8 that his relatives have been searchin
u high and low for him? Dropping con
= pletely out of sight on or about OctC
- Der 6 Ferguson has not since bee
r. heard from.
r Idaho now has 33 counties, instea
q of 81, those of Jefferson and Madiso
i having been created at special ele'
u ton held last week in Fremont count.
. the territory of which they are crea
ed, with county seats at Rigby fc
~ Jefferson county and Rexburg
Madison county. They are Mormo
,s counties by large majority.
The Mormon counties in Idaho no
j. number IL, and are Bear Lake. One
:. da, Franklin, Bingham, Bannock, Ca
" STA, Power, Fremont, Bonneville, Ma
:. ison and Jefferson. The old county
~ Fremont was divided by an owe
-, whelming vote.
- Governor Haines is called upon u
- der the law to make large number
20 important appointments in the tV
= new coutnies and the old county.
- The county is 80 miles wide east al
= west and has a width Of Is miles nor
and south. It's present population
5000, and it's total assessed valuatiC
$9,000,0O0
~ Madison county has a population
ne approximately 5000 and a total 6
- sessed valuation IF $1O,OOO,O00. The
are approximately 100000 acres of il
proved farm lands in the county. Re
ng burg alone has a population of 1000.