Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-05-15
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

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/ deelamatory contest Saturday.
In the recent spelling contest at
Standpoint Helen Cadwalader of Hope
was first.
Aggregate losses of about $4,000 by
fire occurred at Occur d'Alene City
Saturday.
Ten applicants were admitted to cit
izenship in the district court at Wal
lace Saturday.
The cherry damage by frost near
Moscow has been greatly exaggerated,
as only fruit in low places suffered.
Mrs. John Stump, a pioneer, who
died recently at Juliaetta, was born
in Stark county, Ohio, April IL, 1888.
Lewiston is to get a new round
house and the Northern Pacific also
is to have machine shop, office and ice
house
Andrew II. Aldrich a farmer, got
an indeterminate sentence of from
two to 10 years in the penitentiary. A
I jury at Standpoint found Aldrich guilty
of manslaughter.
William Jackson, an Indian, who
died Friday at Lewiston as the result
of injuries received when he was shot
by Indian Policeman Sam Tilden, was
married on his deathbed to Hattie
Carl, a squaw. 1t was Jackson's de-
sire that the squaw should inherit his
property.
The Spokane International Railway
company lost its appeal before the SUI
preme court in the action for specific
performance brought by August Fox,
when that tribunal affirmed the judg-
ment entered by Judge Flynn in the
district court for Bonner county for
Fox. The railroad company must con-
struct an open crossing over it's track
where it runs through Fox's land
Claude Ashby, superintendent of
schools at Mace and a resident Of
Wardner, has been honored by fell
lowship from Yale university. Profess
sor Ashby is a student of the Ro-
nance languages and it was on this
that he was awarded the fellowship
He is graduate of the University of
Idaho. He expects o leave this com
ing week for Spain, where he plans 70
spend the summer.
Complete instructions for placing
the Idaho militia on a war footing and
mobilization for active operations at
the front have been received from Ad-
jutant General Patch at Boise. Minute
instructions contain the special COM
munication for the organization of an
infantry regiment with a war strength
of II companies of $50 men each, reg
mental band, regimental field officers,
chaplain, cooks, artisans, mounts, ma
chine gun equipment regimental
trains, sanitation departments, etc.
The workmen's compensation com.
mission appointed by Governor Haines
last year to report a law to the next
session of the Idaho legislature has
completed its work. This commission
consisting of ]. G. H. Reynolds of Spir-
it Lake, chairman; E. M. Hoover of
Boise, treasurer; A. H. Conner of
Standpoint, Idaho, secretary, and w.
H. Hanson of Wallace, T. w. Richard
of Pocatello and j. p. Nicholas of
Wardner, has held frequent public and
executive sessions, and at the conclu-
sion of its labors the members feel
they have a bill for adoption by the
state of Idaho that embraces the good
features of all legislation of other
states, practically eliminating obiec-
tionable items, and also that some new
and valuable constructive features
have been added. The completed bill
was delivered to the governor on Fri
day
The department of agriculture has
agreed to institute at once a campaign
to eradicate hog cholera on the Twin
Falls and neighboring irrigation prof.
ects. This work will be done under
the appropriation of 100000, some
thing like $4,000 being allotted to Ida
no. Under the plan, as approved, the
department of agriculture will send
four experts to Twin Falls, the fed
eral government taking complete SUI
pervision of the situation, but with the
understanding that it will have the
active assistance of the University of
Idaho. The department will furnish
all the serum that may be required for
this work, and it is expected the ex-
perts will be in the field practically
all summer. The department will also
send a general educational man. train
ed in hog cholera work, to work in
other districts in Idaho where hog
cholera is prevalent, primarily with a
view to instructing the farmers in the
proper method of using serum.
LUMBER AND WOODWORKING.
The st. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co.
has purchased the yard of the Pot