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The evening world., 1913-01-09
Sidney Miner, Former Physical
Instructor There, Says He
Witnessed Assaults.
AN INQUIRY IS STARTED.
District-Attoney of Westches-
ter County Assigns an AS
siStant to the Case.

District Attorney 7. A. winslow Of
wcstchester County. II was learned to-
DAY. ha. ordered an investigation into
charges of cruelty to patients made
against attendants employed In the
Bioomingdale Asylum for the Insane At
white Plains. Assistant Dlstrict-Attor.
neg +. L. Weeks has been assigned to
conduct the inquiry.
Charges OF cruelty to patients were
hled with this office by sidney Miner.
. physical Instructor formerly connect
ed with the institution" said Mr..
Weeks 20 an Evening World reporter
to-day. Il was assigned by Mr.. Wins
low to investigate the matter 1rst
examined Miner and got all that he
could tell.
Before ! could make report to Mr.
Wtnslow, DIR. william l.. Russell. the
superintendent OF the institution. called
at my office and made a statement He
SAID that Miner had worked In the asy-
lum and had complained on one occasion
TO him OF roughness to n patient by one
OF the attendants. and that Immediately
sfterward he had discharged that par
ticular attendant"
SAYS HIS INVESTIGATION HAS
ONLY BEGUN.
Then you have completed your in.
yestigation?" was asked.
by no means.' replied Mr.. Weeks.
Il have only started. I have arranged
10 examine some OF the attendants, and
Dr. Russell has assured me that he will
do all In his power To assist me. II In
always very hard to get confederation
Of charges OF cruelty against attend
ants. Before I conclude my inquiry I
shall, of course. examine some Of the
patients"
Mr.. Weeks complained OF the vague.
hess Of the charges lodged with him by
Miner. Miner WAS located by The Even
Ing World at No. i5cs Union street,
Brooklyn. He admitted that he had
made the charges AGAINST attendants In
Bloominsdale and said that IN the event
nstrict-Attorney winslow did not act
he wss going TO take the matter TO Gov.
Suiser.
Il vas very definite In my charges
and I named four attendants whom I
saw with my own eyes strike patients, -
hes !. only one OF these men was dis
charged by DIR. Russell. who could not
very well do otherwise. as the man nd .
mitted having hit a patient named Carl
beers. a brother OF Clifford w. Beers of
New Haven. Conn. I saw two other at
tendants assault this same patient In the
occupation room. and ! also q We their
nsmes to the District-Attornsy OF West.
chester County.
MINER NAMES ARNOLD As AN.
OTHER ILL TREATED PATIENT.
my congestion with the asylum
began Oct. 30 last was hired by
relatives Of Louis Matz. formerly OF
Ne. si5 West Ninety-eighth street. a.
. special physical instructor % him.
The evening world., 1913-01-09
MINER NAMES ARNOLD As AN.
OTHER ILL TREATED PATIENT.

my congestion with the asylum
began Oct. 30 last. was hired by
relatives Of Louis Matz. formerly of
Ne. al5 West Ninety-eighth street. AZ
special physical instructor 10 him.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24
PIONEER WOMAN PASSES AWAY
Grandma" Fisher Passes Away at
Home of Daughter in Harrison

Mrs. o. F. Howe and Mrs.
w. o. Resebaugh were called to
Harrison, Ida, last Thursday to
attend the funeral of their grand
mother, Mrs. Rachel Fisher. who
died that day at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Gray.
Grandma Fisher is one of the
best known pioneers of Northern
Idaho. She was born in Skipsea.
Eng, March Is, 1888 and was
married to Joseph Fisher December
90, 1885. With her husband she
came to ST. Maries, Ida, in 1889.
Mrs. Fisher was the mother of six
children and is survived by 80
grandchildren and IL great-grand-
children, She started the first
Sunday School at St. Maries and
was instrumental in establishing
the Methodist church in that
town in the early days.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24
ENDORSEMENT
GIVEN HAWLEY
Kootensi Valley Commercial Club
Fayors Candidacy of Former Coy
ernor of State of Idaho
WOULD MAKE GOOD OFFICIAL
HawIey Well Fitted For Office He
Now Seeks

At its meeting held last Friday
nigt the Kootenai Valley CONNER
cial club Endorsed ex-governor
James H. Hawley for the Office of
secretary of the interior and adopt
ed the following resolutions
Whereas, the policies of Our
federal government, as exercised
and directed by and through the
Department of the Interior, ma
terially interest and concern the
people of our country at large, and
vitality affect the interests of the
states of the Great Northwest,
including the state of Idaho, where
so much public land and other
national resources are directly
under the control and manage
ment of this department, and
Whereas, it is in the best inter
ests of the American people that
this department. of our federal
government maintain a very high
standard of efficiency and excel
lence, and have at its head, man
of great executive ability, who is
especially qualified to discharge
the duties of that very responsible
position, and who, at the same
time, possesses intimate and thor
ough knowledge of conditions
existing in the public land states,
and
Whereas, Hon. James H.
Hawley, FIX governor of the state
of Idaho, possesses all these quail
fications i'll an eminent degree and
if placed at the head of this de
partment, would ably and faithfully
administer its affairs.
Now, therefore, be it resolved
by the Kootenai Valley CONNER
cial club, a partisan body, as
sembled at Bonners Ferry, Idaho
this 18th day of January, 1913
that we heartily endorse the candi
dacy of James H. Hawley of Idah
, for the office of Secretary of til
Interior and hereby urge that Pres
ident elect Woodrow Wilson al
z point him to that office.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24
ASKS FOR $4,000 DAMAGES
James Stanyard Plaintiff in Suit Against
Spokane International Railroad

James Stanyard, a resident of
Naples, has started suit against
the Spokane international Rail
way company in which he asks for
$12, 900 on account of damages
sustained in an assault alleged to
have been made upon his person
on the S. l. train ON the evening
of January 10 by a brakeman en-
ployed by the railway company.
Stanyard is represented by Attor
ney Peter Johnson of Standpoint.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24
COMMERCIAL CLUB ELECTS
Held Regular Annual Meeting tuesday
Night at Kents Office

The Kootenai Valley CONNER
cial club held its annual meeting
Tuesday evening and elected 9TH
GERS for the ensuing year as fol-
lows: President, A. ]. Kent; vice
president, +. N Brown; treasurer,
w. D. Baxter; board of directors,
DR.. F. E. Fry, M. P. Mahoney,
Lawrence Mccoy and Charles
O'Callaghan. The board OF di-
rectors will meet soon to appoint
the various committees for the
coming year. The directors will
also select a secretary.
Following the election of officers
the reports of the various officers
and committees were heard. The
finance committee reported that 1t
had raised about S25s and that
some $85 had been turned in from
membership dues but that the or
ganization was still in debt little
over 500. The treasurer re-
port showed that 1915 had been re-
ceived and $500 had been paid out
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24
"DARKHORSE" TIME IS RIPE
Idaho Legislature Unable to Select
Successor OF Late Senator Hepburn

The Idaho legislature has dilly-
dallied since the opening day of
the sessions in an endeavQT to
center upon a successor OF the late
Senator Hepburn and seems today
to be as far from having made a
selection as upon the first day.
Last Friday and Saturday Ailshie
and Brady were the leaders in the
senatorial contest and maintained
their places with but a vote or two
difference. Factions Of the legis-
lature have switched during the
voting of the week until on
Wednesday Ailshie was away
behind with butt 10 votes and
Brady lacked but FIVE of securing
the election.
Politicians rather looked forward
to the visit Of Senator Borsh at the
state capital in hopes that he would
suggest a way to break the dead
lock but horah declined to take
any hand in the fight. An at
tempt was also made to draw Gov
ernor Haines into the fight but hs
also escaped gracefully.
The anti Brady faction called
caucus Wednesday in an endesvoi
to select a new candidate, elimi
mating both Ailshie and Brady
This caucus showed ]. +, Rabb tc
be a favorite but at present he has
not following enough to insure tn,
breaking of the deadlock.
All through the fight the Latal
county Legislators have votet
against north Idaho's strongeS
candidate. Judge Ailshie. AM
have seemed determined that
south Idaho man secure the sena
torship.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24
CUT ROAD THROUGH ROCK
Hew Highway Out of Solid Cliff
Through Kootenai Canyon

About half a mile of the heaviest
rock work on the Kootenai-Gla
cier park highway has been COM
pleted at Kootenai falls according
to statement made at Libby this
week by +. M. Sanders, who is in
charge of the construction crew.
The work at Kootenai falls, where
the road passes through the Koot
enai canyon, is one of the most
difficult of any on the line, for the
road has to be literally hewn
through the solid rock of the
cliffs. The present work at Koot-
enai falls is being done by the for
est service, an appropriation OF
about $500 having been made for
this purpose.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24
WOULD CHANGE EXEMPTION LAWS
Idaho Legislators Will Be Asked to
Pass Laws Protecting Merchants

At It's meeting Tuesday night
the Kootenai Valley Commercial
club adopted resolutions which
provide that Legislators of the state
be urged to enact a bill which will
lower the amount of property ex-
empt from execution, limit the
amount of wages exempt and
favor creditors that have provided
necessaries at time when the
debtor could not pay for them.
The resolution was presented
by K. L. Little, who has also cir
culated petition the past week
which is identical in its requests
to the resolution. He gave as his
reason for presenting the resolution
that the merchant finds it hard to
extend credit to deserving people
on account of the fact that many
debtors persistently naTrlcade
themselves Themselves behind ex-
emption laws and defy the mer-
chant to collect money honestly
due, thus causing the merchant
the loss of many hundreds of dol
lars and necessitating the raising
in price of all commodities. The
laws of Idaho are now far more
lenient to judgment debtors than
are those of neighboring states.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24

G.. w, Spoerry, city superintep-
dent of schools, has received word
from Congressman Addison i.
Smith to the effect that he would
recognize the applications of Les
ter Plato for appointment as alter
nate to West Point and the appli-
cation of Fred Stoos for appoint
ment as alternate to the Annapolis
naval academy. Both Plato and
Stoos are Ronners Ferry boys and
members of the local high school,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24
PASSING OUT IDAHO PLUMS
State Officials Are Appointed By Gov
ernor Haines

Governor Haines sent the follow
ing appointments to the senate
yesterday for confirmation: A.
f. Reid, Spirit Lake, state bank
examiner, four years; +. +. Van
Valkenberg, Boise, insurance COM
missioner, two years. commission
er of immigration, labor and sta
tistics, Fred X. Reed. Wendell,
two years. state FISH and game
warden, D, II. Barber, American
Falls, two years; state veterinar-
ian, V. c. White, Blackfoot, two
years; trustees Academy of Idaho,
j. R. Shepherd, Paris, and Henry
H. Hoff, Montpelier, six years
each; trustees Albion state normal
Lawrence Hanson, Rock Creek,
and w. II. Shilling, Rupert, six
years each; directors Idaho insane
asylum. A, B. Moss, Payettei
Gus Sponberg, Montpelier. and G
w. Erwin, Idaho Falls. two year:
each state; live stock sanitary board
L. L. OrmSby, Boise; Fred w
Gooding, Shoshone, and w. II
Philbrick, American Falls, two
years each,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24
BASKET BALL HERE SATURDAY
Standpoint High viii Play Local SCI COL
at Kent's Hall

The Standpoint high school bas-
ket ball team will come to this city
tomorrow, Saturday, January rs,
to play the local high school team
IN a basket ball game which will
probably decide the championship
OF Bonner county for this season.
Both teams are fast and conse-
quently should display some inside
playing. The Standpoint team
won from the local team last year
by a score of Is to IL on the Sand
point floor. The local boys are
eager for revenge and on theirsown
floor will no doubt play a better
game than they did at Standpoint.
The Boomers Ferry team will play
its regular lineup with one excep-
ton. Murphy, the star forward,
will not be in the game and Kent
will play that position.
The Standpoint team will have
two new players. A large delega-
ton of rooters will accompany the
Standpoint team here.
This will be the hardest game of
the season for the local boys, but
with the support of the home fans
they should finish at the large end
OF the score. The home boys have
won four out of the FIVE games
played this season. Don't forget
the date, January 18th, at Kent S
hall.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24

w. P. Mhoney and A. J. Kent
left Wednesday morning for Boise,
Idaho, to act as representatives OF
the Kootenai Valley Commercial
club in an effort to secure the pas
sage of the Bonner county division
bill. Messrs Mahoney and Kent
will probably remain in Boise until
the bill is either passed or rejected
and will aid the Bonner county
Legislators in any way possible to
secure its passage, The expenses
of Mr.. Mahoney and Mr., Kent
will be paid by the business men
of the Kootenai valley who have
already subscribed 1862 for that
purpose.
The bill asking for the division
of Bonner county was introduced
in the house of representatives last
Saturday by Representative Elliott.
The passage OF the bill has been
asked for by 1925 residents of the
north end of Bonner county who
signed petitions to that effect. A
number of petitions are still being
circulated and it is estimated that
the number Of signers will reach
the 1900 or 1900 mark,
The north end of Bonner county
is a unit in its desire for county di-
vision and there is no active oppo-
sition to the measure in the south
ern part of the county The pro-
posed new county will have an as
sessed valuation of SO, 958,723.
This will leave an assessed valua-
ton for the old county of Bonner
of $1S, ZOO, 900 according to fig
ures given by County Assessor
Won Canon,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24
MORE GOOD
ROADS MONEY
Forestry Department Will Spend Large
Sums in Improving Highways
This Coming Year
$4,000 FOR PORTHILL ROAD


During the coming year the
county will benefit to some extent
by the recent agricultural appropri-
alton bill which provides that in
addition to the rs per cent which
has heretofore been granted to the
counties where in the national
forests exist, an additional 10 per
cent of all money received from
the national forests during the
year ending June 80, 1913, shall be
available and expended by the
secretary of agriculture for the CON
struction and maintenance of roads
and trails within the national
forests in the states from which
proceeds are derived. The forest
service is to cooperate with the
state and county authorities in the
furtherance Of any system of high
ways of which such roads may be
part.
On the Pend Oreille National
forest the officials have already
taken action for the betterment of
road conditions. In letter to the
secretary of agriculture they recon-
mend that 1900 be spent on the
construction of road from Sum
mitt to Porthill. The county has
already spent about 81, 600 on this
road and il is thought that with the
aid from the forest service it will
be made as good road as there il
lin the county,
They also recommend that $o5(
be spent in the construction of ;
road from Lakeview to Cedar Creel
or Clara, the money to be availabl,
as soon as the county or the peopl'
IN that secuon put up correspond
ing amount, this being necessar,
to make sure that both the citizen
and county want the road. At thu
present time there is no roas
between Lakeview and Clara an,
it has caused much inconvenienc
to the settlers,
In addition TO these recommends
tionS. the forest officials stan'
ready to make other recommends
tions for the expenditure of tn
government money on roads servin
the settlers on the national forest
or those living adjacent. Wit
this aid it is almost sure that til
roads in Bonner county will be yer
much improved in the next fe'
years.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24
TOPUSH COUNTY
DIVISION BILL
Commercial Club Sends Representative
to Boise to Look After Interests
of North Bonner
BILL INTRODUCED SATURDAY
Over 1000 Sign Petition For County
Division
Standpoint Will Fight 1t

Standpoint took preliminary
steps this morning to fight
the Bonner county division
bill to a finish. A mass
meeting was held at the office
of the Standpoint Lumber x
Pole company's Office and
committee composed of lg-
natz We'll, William Abbott
aud l.. G. Thomason was ap-
pointed to circulate a petition
against county di vision,
Another committee was Sc
lected to raise funds which
are to be used In sending a
delegation to Boise to fight
against the passage OF The
bill which provides for the
creation of boundary county
from the northern part BanE
neF county.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24
County Has Five Papers

The Hope Herald, a weekly
newspaper just started at Hope,
Ida, arrived at the desk Of the
Boomers Ferry Herald this week.
The new paper is edited by U. P.
Wardrip and is a credit to the
town in which it is published,
With the launching of the new
paper BONNER county now has five
weekly newspapers.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24
Entertained Sunday School Class

Miss Laurel Gleed was the
hostess of the members of her
Sunday School class at a party
given at her home Wednesday
evening. Seventeen young ladies
attended the party and enjoyed a
most pleasant evening at games
and vocal and instrumental music.
Dainty refreshments were served
late in the evening.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24

The board of county commits
sioners appointed road overseers
for the Al road districts in Bonner
county last Friday and fixed the
pay for work on county roads as
follows: Road overseers, so cents
per hour; common labor, rs cents
per hour teams, 80 cents per
hour.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24

p. B. Bothel started suit last
Friday in the district court against
William Green to determine title
to lots in the townsite of Eaton.
The plaintiff in the case is repre-
scented by G. H Martin.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-01-24
WOULD MODIFY
HOMESTEAD LAW
Representative French's Bill Requires
Definite knowledge Of Home
stead Requirements
WOULD HELP HOMESTEADERS
Bill ProvidedFor Improvement OF $l.5O
An Acre

Representative French has had
M with the interior department
the various phases of the three
wear homestead law approved IN
1912 that have proven to be unsat-
isfactory as the law has been ad-
ministered, with the view OF hav-
ing some course adopted by the
department that would relieve the
situation in such parts of the west
as have been placed under serious
handicap by the provisions OF the
taw touching cultivation. The
law as passed authorizes the secre-
tarv of the interior upon satisfac-
tory showing to provide rules and
regulations under which the area
required for cultivation may be re-
duced. The secretary of the inter
ior has not seen fit to prepare any
rules or regulations under this pro-
vision of the law and apparently
the department desires that each
particular case shall be determined
upon the merits attaching thereto.
Mr.. French has urged that the
one important thing desired by
homesteaders and to which they
are abundantly entitled is definite
information on the subject of what
the department will require at the
time the homesteader makes entry.
The uncertainty of what the de-
partment will reqire is objectiona-
able from every point of view. 1t
the department will define what
will be reqired or expected OF the
settlers, the latter will have some
thing to work TO and can see III
advance whether or not they will
be able to meet the conditions and
requirements imposed.
With the view of meeting the
situation, Representative French
has prepared and introduced a bill
directing that improvements Other
than cultivation to the extent o!
81. so per acre per year shall be &C
cepted by the department. Mr.
French bill provides, however
that under the enlarged Homestead
act the improvements need be Blu
IS cents per acre so that the same
amount of Improvements shall be
required of homestead entrymei
under the regular homestead Law
or enlarged homestead law. Unde
Mr.. French's bill improvement
that may be made and that will
be accepted in lieu of cultivation
required under the act of 1912, in
clude slashing, clearing, fencing
erection of buildings, setting on
of trees for orchard and other i'm
provenents tending to make tn
homestead entry habitable and cap
able of production. This is tn
first bill that has been introduce
looking to the modification of
section of the law of 1912 that i
the absence of reasonable construC
ton by the interior departmer
promises to be altogether too Sc
we're upon the homesteader an
Mr.. French is anxious that his bi
be passed at the earliest possibl
date.
1t is quite certain that M
Freneh's bill will be opposed
the interior department and of tn
Mr.. French is fully advised, col
sequently his bill if enacted wi
need to pass over the opposite
that will be directed against it
the department of government ha
ing charge of administering Il
Isqd Laws.
Arizona republican., 1913-09-03

LEFT ON BUYING TRIP-Frank Hilderbran left last night for New York on a buying trip.
 FROM HAYDEN-Mrs F. C. Nor man, wife of Dr. F C. Norman, tf Hayden, came up yesterday for days shopping.
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY RE- TURNS-Niss John A. Shivers, as sistant secretary of state, has re turned from her weekend visit to Iron Springs.
 WANT IssoLUTION-A petition for the dissolution of the United States Mexico Plantation company was filed yesterday in the superior court.
 NAVAJO SHERIFF HERE-sher- if Joe Woods, of Navajo county left last evening for his home after a trip to Florence to take prisoners to the state prison. Sheriff Woods has a number of friends in Phoenix he visits on his trips to this section.
 PAT THARALDSON RETURNS P. H Tharaldson, the proprietor of the Hub, returned yesterday from a visit to Denver taken after the snake dance at Walpai to which MT. Thar aldsOn went from here. The Denver trip was of a business nature en- tirely, while that to the snake dance was a pleasure trip.
 MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED The following parties have been granted marriage licenses: Wesley William Smith and Minnie F.. Miller, OrvaI H. Hurst and Ruth Rollins; Ernst Oehlmann and Nellie COsgrove; all of Maricopa county; Don Clinton ,f TYr,, Louise Crosse, of Saginaw, Mich.
 BOOTLEGGER FINED-A Marti- neg appeared bofere Judge P. r. Parker yesterday to answer to a charge of selling liquor without pay ing a license. The man pleaded guilty and was fined $100 and in de- fault was sentenced to a term of i'm prisonment in the county jail for one hundred days
 FELLOWSHIP = Miss Clara Burton was last night united in mar riage to Jack Fellows, a recent ar- rival in the city from Gary, Ind, where the bride and her parents for merly lived The ceremony was per formed at the home of the bride by Rev MT. TIarker of the First Meth odist church.
 MEETING A DEMAND-Judging ng from the patronage he has been re- ceiving since the opening of the raths- keller on East Washington street on Monday morning, E. P Conway be- Iieves that he hit upon the very thing that was most desired in Phoenix. Those who have patronized the place are of the opinion that MT. Conway has had experience in the rathskeller business.