Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-02-05
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

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west of the Mississippi river. one in
Montana and the other in Nevada.
Benewah county, the new county
carved out of Kootenai by the present
legislature and of which st. Maries is
to be the county seat, received its
name from a famed Indian chief who
ruled over that country in ages long
gone by.
Nez Perez County Good Roads asso
citation has decided to divide the coun.
ty into four districts, secure a county
bond issue to improve the highways in
the different districts and also apply
on needed improvements in the differ
ent districts a portion of the money
raised by taxation.
Our governor made clear his atti-
tude as TO pardons several days ago,
when he opposed pardons for two
murderers and two assailants of wom-
en- These four men were pardoned,
however, by the pardoning board, who
ruled that sufficient punishment had
been administered.
To get closer to the people and their
needs the Idaho public utilities com
mission has decided on a plan of pro-
cedure whereby it will go into the var
ious districts of the state, meet the
taxpayers and give personal study to
the public utilities that are serving
the people North Idaho is to receive
the first of these official visits by
7 A.. mi iC
pected that the Panhandle will be Wis
tied next April.
District court opened Tuesday at
r Grangevllle The calendar contains
l. IS cases, of which nine are criminal
and 10 are suits for divorce. There
are % cases carried over from last
(, term. There are two murder cases
:, Frank Hye of elk City is charged
= with murder in the first degree as a
result of the killing of his wife, Mrs
Alma Hye, and Hugh Kennedy las
ID fall. One Smith is charged with frs
r degree murder as the result of I
ID quarrel among the bridge gang in ;
bunk car on a siding west of Cotton
. wood in November.
p IDAHO LEGISLATURE
The bill creating a game reserve i
the central part of the state passe
~ the senate.
a. A bill making all kinds of peddleri
Of except those dealing in farm product
get license was passed. 4
oe The senate passed the house concu
~ rent resolution, by Johnston, to perm
of Idaho building at the San Francisc
exposition.
The state highway commission
gu recommending that the legislatul
rs educational board to sell $4,000 acre
20 =, of land per year instead of only II
III 600 acres as heretofore.
The most important bill which h;
ee passed the house gives power to IL
M bond the state for 100000 to build
mt state highway from Lewiston to Il
tn south of the state.
- A bill by Representative Johnston
Bingham county to put in force Il
he initiative. referendum and reca
ng which has lain dormant for four year
VS. is notable for its brevity.
OF Senate bill No. 8, the so-call'
oo "glanders BILL purposes to reimburi
1877 farmers and companies whoi
q horses were destroyed during the la
two years by the state veterinalis
when the animals were found to
suffering from CHAMBERS.
Strong protest is being raised in Il
V. north Idaho counties over the gan
bill which was recently submitted
he the state legislature The objection
~ ale principally urged against the tire
pass features OF the bill, and d
shortening of the game seasons.
ep- The house passed the Koelsch a
om gun bill, prohibiting the sale or use
INT airguns in Idaho, and passed the Sh'
tuck act. reducing the interest on q
nle linquent taxes from is to 10 per- eel
ali. and removing the penalty for failu
in to pay the second installment of take
a Senator L. r. Thomas of Bingha
ars county is sponsor of a new lazy hi
band" act ndorsed by women's {
CARNATIONS throughout Idaho I
proposed measure, in addition to ms
ne ing it crime for husband to fl
NV to support his family, provides, in 81
W ton 2, "A wife, charged with the les
''o- duty of supporting her husband a
having the ability so to do, who, wi
OILS. out just cause, deserts, or wilfully
on. elects or refuses to provide FOR
an support and maintenance in destitI
ned or necessitous circumstances, is gui
in of crime" Both parents are held
ere sponsible for the support of childr
lird under 16 years of age. Conviction
violating the provisions of the p
posed act can result in a fine of l
exceeding $4,000 or Imprisonment.
ana INDUSTRY AND IMPROVEMENT
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