Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-29
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

man massacre and a veteran of the
Nez Perez Indian war.
In keeping with the prosperity and
growth of the Occur d'Alene mining
district, there is probably a larger
amount of improvements now in prog
ress at Wallace, Idaho, than in many
years.
S. L. Denning, a graduate of the
agricultural college of the University
of Idaho, has been elected assistant
professor of dairying at the Univer-
sity of California, with headquarters
at Davis.
Gust Johnson, age % and unmar-
ried, shot himself in the head in his
room in a hotel in Moscow recently
He had suffered from hemorrhage of
the brain for the last year and was
respondent.
After less than six months of mar
ried life, James F. Callahan of Wal
lace, pioneer Occur d'Alene pros
pector and millionaire mining man,
director and heaviest individual stock
holder in the Consolidated Interstate
Callahan Mining Co., has brought an
action in the district court, seeking
divorce from his wife, Helen Eliza
beth Callahan, charging cruelty and
infidelity.
The University of Idaho will be
represented at the Gem State fair
at Boise with a carload of it's choic-
est live stock. 1t was shipped Sat
urday night. The animals will be ex-
hibited at the Gem State fair at Boise
Sept. $3.50 and at the Idaho State
fair at Caldwell, Oct. 2-7. Dean E. j.
Iddings and G. w. Hickman of the
University of Idaho will judge all
live stock at the Gem State fair and
Dean Iddings and e. V. Ellington will
judge all live stock at the Idaho State
fair.
L. ]. Perkins, president of the
North and South Idaho Highway asso-
citation, has issued call for a meet
ing of the association at Lewiston
| October IL, when reports will be
available from the organizations OF
) the counties proposed to be traversed
? by the road as to the status of the
work therein. In many counties act
= i've working organizations have beer
perfected and considerable enthusi
asm aroused while in some move
ments for the issuance of the requis
\ lite bonds to take care of the loca
portion of the necessary expenses
have been started. The aim now is
9 to create sufficient interest to secure
, the active cooperation of a large
! number of those who will constitute
the next legislature.
State Commercial News.
Wilson Bros. have purchased. the
general store of w. T. Roe at Plum
mer.
] Earl Howe has succeeded Fred Slice
as manager of Moore's book store al
Lewiston.
e. C. Swanson has purchased an
interest in the grocery store of G. S
. Peck & Co. at Bull.
d. Harvey is moving the Palace OF
Sweets, confectionery and ice cream
parlor at Ilo, into new quarters.
B. F. Leafferty, formerly with the
Green Grocery company, is putting VI
frame building in which he will
open a grocery at Kellogg.
. The burglars who robbed the Ba
con & Lotus drug store and the Plum
mer Mercantile company at PlummeI
last week, were captured and most
of the plumber returned.
The Weber Bank of Wardner is
= erecting a concrete building at Kel
logg, which will be occupied by the
United Stores company of Wallace
l. with a stock of groceries, etc.
Corner & Fisher, dealers in hay
grain, feed, fuel, seeds and poultry
supplies at Wallace, state that bust
ness has been good in their line in
the Occur d'Alenes, their trade show
ing an increase of about 35 per cent
over last year.
1t is rumored that f. A. Empey
who recently secured the location OF
the former Idaho Mercantile company
at ST. Maries and is preparing to oc
cupy it with his stock of dry goods
and clothing, is negotiating for the
purchase of the ]. M. Shelton gen
eral stock, which would be consoli
dated with his stock in the new 10
cation.
Wood & Keats, grocers, butchers
and bakers at Wallace, have expend
ed about $4,000 for improvements this
summer, including a new Armstrong
refrigerating plant, cold storage an(
4 ice making rooms and new electric
4 lighted glass counter show cases will
refrigeration. They certainly nov
have a thoroughly up-to-date estab
lishment.
While payday is sure and regular
r in a good mining town, those mer
chants also are beginning to realiz,
the value and necessity of watching
+ and handling credit accounts NOR,
: scientifically. Incident to their biz
: increase in business, r. H. Kings
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