Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-10-01
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

cars of fruit this season.
Jerome held two days agricultural
fair October l and 2.
This years freshman class of the
Twin Falls high school numbers 157.
Mrs Elizabeth Jensen Of st. Charles
committed suicide by hanging recent
ly.
A grocer of Weiser has on exhibit
II peaches which measured one yard
when placed side by side.
The Caldwell city tax levy will be
Is mills for the ensuing year. This
assessment will lraise $4,000
The mean temperature for the
month of August in Idaho was the
highest ever recorded in the state.
e. H. Dewey announces he will not
be a candidate for governor subject
to the republican primaries in 1916.
The forest reserves of Idaho consist
of 17712,444 acres. This is 1872 per
cent of the entire area of the state.
Ninety-six bears have been killed
in Idaho county since last May when
the new bounty law went into effect.
Patrick G. Murphy who murdered
Doc" Crane at Kellogg on the night
of August IS, received a life sentence.
The 5-year-old daughter of Mri and
Mrs. Petty Of Weiser, fell from a
swing recently and died from her in
juries.
The county commissioners of Can
yon county have a levy of 21b cents
on each 500 valuation of taxable
property.
There were 2O49 pensioners in the
state of Idaho last year, to whom the
government paid in pensions the total
sum of $453,561.
A resolution was recently passed
by the state land board providing that
no personal checks will be received
by the board from lessees of state
land
The people of north Idaho are
pleased to learn that the dwelling
house and barn for the state expert
mental farm at Standpoint are soon to
be erected.
Lee Moorhead, farm hand at Tim
othy Spur on the Idaho Northern line
of the Oregon Short Line, was recent
ly literally ground to pieces in q
threshing machine.
The Boise assay office recently
shipped a gold brick worth $4,000 tC
the Denver mint. The receipts at the
Boise office for the past two months
have been $225,O0O
Failure of company X, Idaho nation
al guard, stationed at Idaho Falls, t.
show any interest in the organization
have decided Adjutant General Grow
to muster the company out.
Dennis OLeary at Standpoint 1
charged with killing 0. S. Hossler Sun
day. 1t is said O'Leary found Hossle
in Mrs. OLeary's bedroom. O'Lear
telephoned to the sheriff to come an,
get him. No inquest was held.
A statement was made by business
man of Fairfield that $125,O0O WORT
of hogs, $4,000 worth of cattle an,
500 carloads of sheep have been shiI
ped from that city this summer.
Many Idaho town officials are il
receipt of a request for assistanc
from II. M. Steely Of Danville, H., VIII
, seeks the whereabouts of his brother
Mark Steely, formerly cattleman il
Texas and New Mexico.
The cost of the recent encampmen
of the Idaho national guard was $40
1882, it is announced. The principa
item was S1O,3O4.95 for the pay of tn
officers and men. The next larges
was $4,000 for transportation.
More than 500 Pacific Fruit Expires
cars are being held in the Salt LAX
yards of the Oregon Short Line to al
, in the shipping of the fruit crops G
Utah and Idaho to the east. At Pocs
tello, Nampa, Glenn's Ferry, Ida, an
Huntington, Ore, cars also are bein
held in reserve.
The salmon fishing along the Snak
river within three miles of Lewisto
is now at it's height and hundreds {
onlookers watch the hauling of tn
/ nets The catch at each haul of tn
} ents averages about IL salmon Will
% was the largest haul made durin
the day Saturday.
Announcement is made of the Ell
gagement of Miss Leah Alexande
daughter of Governor Moses Alexal
der, to Michael E. Spiro, a bushes
man of San Francisco. The marriag
, is to take place October % and wi
! be followed by a honeymoon trip
the Hawaiian islands.
. Sheriff Simmons of Blackfoot, Id
!. no, and Captain Davis of the Idah
4 attorney generals office, were in Sd
+ Francisco Monday with extradition p
/ pers for the return of Franklin Hell
/ to BlackfOOt on a charge of defrau