Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1914-12-25
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

The city of Wallace will aid all
needy of their city.
The recent extreme cold weather
put the water supply of st. Maries out
of commission.
December 8 was the coolest of the
year at Lewiston, the thermometer
registering 10 above zero.
p. II. Blake is postmaster at Orc
fino, succeeding ]. A. Parker. who re-
signed several months ago.
The cold weather has played havoc
with the water supply in both Ward
ner and Kellogg, and many household
ers are without water.
The Odd Fellows lodge of Boomers
Ferry has contracted for the erection
three years ago
of temple on the ground formerly
occupied by the hall which burned
The water situation in Grangeville is
much relieved by warmer weather
1t was also dark as the ice clogs the
flume that feeds the waterwheel of
the power company's plant.
The coming legislature will be ask
ed for an appropriation for the annual
live stock show and each board of
county commissioners in the counties
of Nez Perez, Lewis, Clearwater, dIa-
no and Latah will be asked for an ap-
preparation.
With the auction Saturday of Hol-
stein and Jersey dairy cattle and Po-
land China and o. l. c. swine, the
gates of the sixth annual Northwest
Livestock association show and sale
closed at Lewiston after a very sue
cessful meet.
With approximately 80 Sunday
school children and teachers present
and within five minutes of the hour
for calling the school to order fire
broke out in the Episcopal church at
Wallace Sunday morning and resulted
in $500 damages.
Joseph White and Samuel jackson,
Indian boys, aged Is and 16 years, are
under arrest charged with robbing the
postoffice at Spaulding. The cash
drawer of the Spaulding office was
robbed of $25 December IS, during the
absence of the postmistress.
An order has been made in the dis
trict court at Wallace continuing the
trial of Charles George, held for the
alleged murder of Frank Christi in a
logging camp on the St Joe river, to
the next term of court, which will
probably be in the early part of Feb
ruary
The Potts interests of Philadelphia,
which own the "21" ranch and other
farm land near Lewiston, sold Satur-
day 1900 sacks of barley and 100
sacks of wheat, stored in the ware
house at Lewiston and Waha landing.
The price is understood to have been
around $1.10 for barley and s106 for
wheat
Standing unanimously for the aban-
donment of the state normal school at
Albion, and deciding to recommend to
the next legislature of this state a
maintenance budget for the six state
educational institutions of about the
same amount appropriated two years
ago, or s711,9S2 as well as consider
ing needed legislation for education.
the state board of education adjourn
ed Saturday.
A searching investigation of the
books and accounts of the Washington
Water Power company of Spokane is
ordered by the public utilities commits
sion to be conducted by representa-
tives of the Federal Mining and
Smelling company and the commits
sioners of Shoshone county. This in
vestigation is ordered so that the
mining company may substantiate its
contention that electric power rates
charged by the power company are un-
fairly high.
Chicago Morals Exposed.