Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-05-07
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

The funeral of Mrs. Maria Karr,
who had just entered her S0th year,
was held at Lewiston Saturday.
John Mcmillan, who was caught by
cave-in at the Green Hill-Cleveland
mine near Wallace died from his in
juries May /.
1t is claimed no damage was done
to crops or fruits in the vicinity OF
Moscow as a result of the two inches
of snow April 30.
Carlson & Johnson of Occur d'Alene
City have purchased from Gust Han
sing his 304-acre hay ranch at Clarkia.
Idaho, for s22,5OO.
DR.. j. j. Harrington of Clifford has
received from Governor Alexander APP
pointment for six-year term on the
board of medical examiners.
The snowstorm which started
Thursday night, continued all the
Saturday at Boise. There has been
no damage to fruit by the frost.
The state supreme court convened
for its regular spring term at Occur
dAlene City Monday Justices Nor
gan and Bulge occupied the bench.
The cutting over of the Bell and In
terstate switchboards in Standpoint
was accomplished May l, so there is
now but one telephone service there
S. T. Peppard of Kansas City Sat
urday received 81 horses, which had
been purchased during the week in
the country tributary to Lewiston at
an average price of $12750 a head.
They were reshipped to Kansas City.
In response to a request from the
j. b. Steele ranch on Three creek, so
miles south of Twin Falls, that the
sheriff take in charge a man supposed
to be demented, officers found at the
ranch John Howell, formerly of Kim
berly six miles east Of Twin Falls,
who mysteriously disappeared in
Portland in 1907.
Harry f. Allen, charged by grand
jury Indictment with being an ac-
cessory in the theft of $7O,35 from the
vaults of the state treasury by receiv-
ing the stolen money from his brother
o. Y. Allen, former state treasurer,
now serving an indeterminate sen
tence in the state penitentiary, was
found not guilty.
The recent snow and rains which
have covered practically all parts of
the Occur dAlene National forest
have allayed the fire danger which
promised to be most acute, according
to information received from the for
estry headquarters. One report from
the Little North Fork, states that
several inches of snow fell Friday.
The first electric car to be operated
in Nez Perez county, Idaho, or Asotin
county, Washington, made its appear
ance May l when the lewiston Clark
ston Transit company tested the line
The company has inaugurated 20-min
ute service between the two cities
This was the first railway, steam OF
electric, to enter Asotin county.
The minimum wage commission ere
ated by the last legislature and the
members of which were appointed by
the governor to investigate the wages
paid and the conditions under which
minors and women wage earners
work in Idaho, have organized and de
cided on an itinerary for the purpose
of gathering data for a report to the
governor and legislature Harry w
Fulton of Boise was elected president
and Mrs. Theresa Graham of Coeui
d'Alene, secretary. The third member
is George w. Hill of Rigby.
The state was divided into three
districts, which each of the commits
sioners are to represent The north
ern district was given to Mrs. Ora
ham. the southwestern to President
Fulton and the southeastern to Mr.
Hill. The itinerary follows: Twir
Falls, June 81; Pocatello, June %
Idaho Falls, June %; Wallace. June
Is; Occur d'Alene, June %; Sand
point, June 30; Lewiston, July 1;
Moscow, July 2.
Idaho official confesses.
Boise. Idaho.-James II. Wallis, for