Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-04-07
IDAHO NEWS NOTES
A building boom is on at Kellogg.


first time during the present term.
At Standpoint, April A. Amos A. Wat
ters, a barber, age So, shot and killed
himself after having fired two shots
at his wife.
The liquor supply held by Sheriff
Robert H. Pfeil at Wallace continues
to be daily increased by the confisca-
ton of booze brought into the district
from outside points.
The Rutledge Timber company's
plant at Occur d'Alene started opera
ton April 1. The machinery worked
without hitch A night shift may be
put on later, it is announced.
Walter e. Daggett of Lewiston has
been appointed as land selector and
forest cruiser by the state land board
to fill the vacancy caused by the res
ignation of BENJAMIN e. Bush of Mos
COW.
The Benewah county commission
ers are to provide a method of work
ing the prisoners in the county jail on
the roads. There are or 10 prison
ers serving time and it is the inten-
ton Of the county commissioners to
work them on the roads.
The Utah-Idaho university debate
recently at Moscow on Resolved,
That system of compulsory voting be
established in the United States" was
won by the Idaho team composed of
Utah was represented by Harold Pet
erson and Howard Mangham.
Governor Moses Alexander was the
guest of the Standpoint Commercial
club at dinner Friday night The gov
ernor inspected Company A of the Sec
ond regiment, Idaho national guard,
and complimented the men and Off
GERS on their splendid showing He
said he would telegraph the secretary
of war that the company was ready
for service.
Coming close on the decision of the
Mason-Ehrman company of Portland,
wholesale grocers, to establish a
branch in Lewiston, is the announce
ment that l.. w. Robinson, well known
in milling circles and proprietor of the
Nez Perez Roller mill at Nez Perez,
has secured a site with trackage faci-
lities on the Snake river in this city
and will erect a milling plant there
on.
In divided opinion handed down
Monday the supreme court of Idaho de-
MED the application of the state for
the issuance of a writ of mandate com
handing the probate judge of Boise to
appoint a competent person to APP
praise the property of the Oregon
Short Line railroad in Idaho, as exist
ing on September 8, 1909, and particu.
larly the interest therein of E. H. Har-
riman, for the purpose of collecting an
Inheritance tax upon the transfer OF
his interest to his widow, Mary w
Hartman. The property upon which
it was sought to collect an inheritance
tax is valued at $1O0.000,O00.
Charles e. Acton, former assessor
and tax collector of Kootenai county
at a special session of the district
court Saturday, Judge Dunn presid
ing, pleaded guilty to a charge of mis-
appropriation of county funds, anC
was sentenced to from two to 10 years
in the penitentiary. The INFORMATION
filed charged Acton with embezzle
ment of STATS. The arrest of Actor
was made as a result of facts learned
from the audit of the county books
Acton admitted to the prosecuting at
torney, shortly after arrest, that his
accounts were short when he left tn,
office in 1914. He was in office tw,
years. Acton has a wife and three
children.
The public utilities commission a
Boise has handed down an order an,
opinion on the complaint of the cit,
of Occur d'Alene versus the Interstat
Utilities company, which the commits
sion orders dismissed. The complain
charges that the defendant had no val
i'd franchise from the city authorizing
it to do business within it's limits
that the rates it charged were unrea
sonable, exorbitant and excessive an
that by reason of such rates some pat
rons had discontinued the use of thei
telephones. The defendant compan
admitted in reply to the complaint tina
, the service has been bad. but gave a
the reason the overhauling of tn
switchboard and the remodeling of tn
entire central station equipment.
While the attendance for the 1916 In
spection of the Second infantry, Idah
national guard, fell off slightly fror
the attendance for the 1915 federal in
spection, the efficiency of the reg
ment this year is said to be higher
Lieutenant Max B. CARRIER, U. S. A, il
structor general of the regiment. cor
. Quoted the inspection.
The following table showing tn
federal inspection attendance by CON
panies this year was compiled by Lieu