Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-16
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

was employed by the state treasurer.
Lieut.. Governor Herman II. Taylor
is acting governor during the absence
of Governor Moses Alexander, who is
attending the national democratic con-
vention as delegate from Idaho.
The Wallace Bank and Trust COM
pany. recently incorporated, has pur-
chased the business and assets of the
institution has ceased to exist. The
new concern opened for business Mon
day.
The Wallace National bank was or
ganized by Harry l.. Day and others
shortly after the closing of the State
Bank of Commerce in 1911, with cap
ital of 100000, and grew to be the
largest bank in the state in deposits,
according to the comptroller of the
treasury.
Henry Turkish, executor of the es-
tate of William Deary, former mana
ger of the Potlatch Lumber company
and for many years a resident of Pot
latch, has filed his final report with
Probate Judge Morgareidge at Mos
cow.
Robert Kirchval, former treasurer
of Kootenai county. resident of Occur
d'Alene, will be the new register of
the state land board to succeed Heber
@. Hale, who was served with a no
tlce that on and after July /, 1916, his
services as register will not be need
ed.
In the district court at Occur DIAL
enc Frank Hensen of Worley pleaded
guilty to manslaughter and was SEN
fenced to serve from one and one-half
to 10 years in the state prison. Hensen
was charged with killing Gust Strand
at Worley. following quarrel over
material in building a house under
Strands instruction.
The Nez Perez Rochdale company
has awarded the contracts for the
construction of three elevators to a
company of Chicago. The cost of the
elevators will aggregate 100000, and
work is to commence at once and to
be completed by August 20. The ele-
vators to be constructed at Nez Perez
and Harris siding will each have a
capacity of $4,000 bushels and the
one at Greer of 10000 bushels.
The Montana Power company, the
Federal Mining and Smelling compa.
NY the Tamarack and Custer Console
dated Mining company and the Mon
tana Power and Thompson Falls Pow.
er company won before the state pub
lie utilities commission in the com
plant of the Washington Water Power
company. The commission dismissed
the complaint
The decision is one of the most i'm
portant that has been handed down by
the commission since its creation. II
holds that the mining companies are
not public utilities and that the trans
mission of electrical energy from
Montana to Idaho on the part of the
Montana and Thompson Falls Power
companies to the several mining com
panies to the several mining compa
MES named is interstate in its charac
ter, but it's distribution in Idaho comes
under the jurisdiction of the Idaho
public utilities commission.
Alleged Evasion Of Laws.
The Washington Water Power com
pany filed a complaint before the pub
lie utilities commission against the
power and mining companies named
alleging they had entered into con
spiracy to evade the terms of the pub
lie utilities act
In substance this alleged conspiracy
was that the mining companies agreed
to build power lines to the Idaho-Mon
tana boundary line and there to be met
and joined by the transmission lines OF
the power companies, which have
their generating plants in Montana
so that electricity could be trans,
mitted by the power company plants
to the mills and plants of the mining
companies.
1t was charged by the Washington
Water Power company further that II
was proposed to carry out this alleged
conspiracy without first securing a
certificate of convenience and neces.
sity from the public utilities commits.
sion; that if the plan was permitted to
go into effect it would be of no bene-
fit to the people and would materially
injure the value of the Washington
Water Power company. This company
asked that the Montana and Thompson
Falls Power company and the several
mining companies be restrained and
enjoined from carrying out the agree.
ment.
In a Commercial Way.
]. s. Stoneman Of Newport, Wash
has opened cigar store and pool hall
at Spirit Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. p. Dayton have pur-
chased the general store of S. T. Jor-
dan & Co. at Porthill.
]. r. Hughes of Eugene, Ore, has
purchased the Elm pharmacy at Kan.
iah from Emil L. Mueller