Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-01-22
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

nc ANOi Ut lQdiO RiotiARt AHDNANtAA
society meeting was held in Lewis
ton January 90
Governor Alexander has appointed
j. J. Keene Of Moscow deputy game
worden for North Idaho.
Mrs Ada Dysart, the pioneer rural
mail carrier out Of Juliaetta. has re-
signed after eight years service.
The Washington Water Power Co,
of Spokane is opposed to showing its
books to officials of the Federal min
ing company, but not to the members
of the Idaho Public Utilities Commits
sion.
J. e. Moran and l.. M. Parker have
sold the c. NJ. Parker place Of 1000
acres. near Port Hill to Sam Slenson
of Great Falls, Mont, for $4,000.
Mr.. Slenson will stock the ranch with
cattle.
The Eagle lodge of Occur d'Alene
has decided to participate in the inter
national convention in Spokane Aug
ust to 8. A float representing the
timber industry OF north Idaho will
be entered and about 200 members
plan to attend.
Willis and Andrew Gibson, brothers.
were killed when an avalanche Of
snow, rocks and debris swept down
upon them in a canyon near Franklin
recently The bodies We're recover
ed by a searching party.
A Caesarean operation was perform
ed on Mrs W. A. Montgomery of Aso-
tin at Lewiston, a healthy baby girl
being born. This is the first operation
of this kind performed in Lewiston,
and according to physicians was en-
tirely successful mother and child do
ing nicely.
One of the largest recent sales OF
grain was made at Lewiston Satur
day by Daniels & Wallace, who sold
to Kerr-Gifford & Co. $4,000 bushels
of club from their $1,000 crop of wheat
at $127h per bushel. The Vollmer
Clearwater company bought from the
same firm 1900 sacks of barley at S1.3;
per hundredweight and 1000 bushels
of club at $1.S0.
} The grand jury at Boise returned
J indictments against Attorney Genera
? Joseph H. Peterson, State Auditor
Fred W. Huston, II. F. Allen, broth
er of ex-State Treasurer l. V. Allen
: j. H. Wallis, former state pure fooC
inspector, and R. w. Wark, clerk il
the state auditors office, all charging
/, embezzlement in various items men
toned In Accountant Ramstedts re
: port as making up the total of eN
Treasurer Aliens shortage. Bond
, were furnished in each case in the sun
of $4,000.
, Features of the legislature session
last week were; The opening of thu
legislative probe into state depart
ments and the transactions of stat
officials, the filing Of Expert Gleason
! first report showing how the stat
lost money on the handling of tie pub
lie endowment fund, the passag
with practically no opposition O
3 Boundary, Benewah and Tetol
4 confederation bills in the house, ant
an attack on the public utilities CON
mission. Boundary county is to b.
the north half of Bonner; Benewal
- county, part of old Kootenai; Teton
the east half of Madison county Bon
i, ners Ferry is to be the county seat o
? Boundary county, and St Maries o
Benewah county
Idaho mines produced gold, silver
copper, lead and zinc during 1914 val
ued at S24,141,OOO, as compared will
$24,149,O49 in 1913, according to tn,
! preliminary estimate of the Unite'
States geological survey. The actua
tonnage was greater last year than il
, 1913. The gold output decreased from
p $1.344559 in 1913 to S1,115,OOO il
1914. Although gold production from
siliceous ore decreased, that from
placers operated by dredges increase,
considerably in Lemhi and Bois'
counties.
The production of silver increase,
from 9,SS9,193 ounces in 1913 to Is,
100000 ounces in 1914, or 30 per cent
and Idaho was probably the secon,
silver producer in the United States
in 1914 Nevada being first. Thougl
the price per ounce was lower, thu
value of the total silver increase from
> s6,O33,473 to $7,115,OOO Nearly al
this output came from lead ore an,
concentrate, most of which is mine'
in the Occur d'Alene district.
The copper production of Idaho wal
greatly affected by market conditions
and decreased from 1852. 066 pound
in 1913 to 100000 pounds in 1914
The value of the total copper yiel'
decreased from $1,4s6,91O to s724,O0C
} The mine production of lead increas
ed from 317 81, 945 pounds in 1913 Il
345, 100000 pounds in 1914, or nearly
per cent more than the record produc
ton of the preceding year. The tota
va1ua ,of the oufnut hOwpVQr dc