Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-18
IDAHO NEWS NOTES


Nicholas Langford, a rancher on the
Little North Fork, died recently.
A movement to recruit a troop of
boy scouts at Standpoint is on foot
The spring term of the district court
opened at Wallace Monday with 131
civil and criminal cases on the calen-
dar. There are II criminal actions.
According to leading business men
Grangeville suffers no business de-
preston because of prohibition, with
the exception of pool halls and rest
aurants.
The funeral of Thomas II. Stricken,
70 years Of age. was held at Occur
d'Alene recently. He was a native of
Ohio, and resided in Minnesota for
over 40 years before coming west.
Reports from the Camas Prairie line
between Lewiston and Riparia are
that the heavy rush of water which
buried long stretches Of track under
many feet of stone, gravel and earth
has subsidized and that good Roadway
is being made in clearing the track.
A stubborn, smoldering fire Sunday
which taxed the energies of the fire
department for more than three hours
caused an estimated property loss Of
$4,000 and temporarily closed six bus
mess houses located in the Jones &
Deane block, in the heart of the bust
ness center at Wallace.
Medimont.-Although heroic efforts
were made by physicians to resusci-
tate two young boys who broke
through the ice of Medicine lake Sat
urday and were overcome before help
arrived, they proved unsuccessful. The
boys were Donald Stedman, age 10,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William Stedman,
and Emil Wagner, age s, also of this
place. The two boys we're coasting at
the time of the accident and slid on
to the lake at a point where ice cut.
ting had recently been in progress and
where the water was covered by but
a thin coating of ice.
The republican state convention to
elect delegates to the national con
vention at Chicago, June Z, will be
held at Twin Falls April 20. The rep
resontation at that convention will con
sist of delegates from each of the 81
!, counties in the state on a basis o.
, two delegates for each member the
! county has in the legislature.
This was the decision reached by
the republican state central commit
, tee of this state at a conference.
The representation given to counties
, in the last state convention to cleo
: delegates to the state convention il
1912 was five to every Representative
by each county in the state. Tn
Y state committee cut down the repre-
: sentation. In the next convention
4 there will be 202 delegates, where fou
Y years ago there were close to 400.
j was left optional with county commit
tees as to how the delegates in tn
state committee may be selected.
In a Commercial Way.
Lewis Clark has purchased the TIE
Store business of A. L. Fuller at Ne
Perez.
W. b. Kinney has purchased tn
interest of his partner. Alexande
: Hamilton, in the White Pine Tra'
ing Co. at Orofino.
b The Partisan Coat & Suit Co. {
Spokane will open an eXclusivel
ready-to-wear shop at Wallace, unde
the name of the Partisan, with NM
Galbraith as manager.
: In a 100000 fire at st. Maries SUI
day, Shelton e Warren, general me
chants, and Spiesman & Kringle, c
u gars and pool room, were anon
D. those who sustained losses.
j. 1t is reported that the affairs
: the Allen Bros. Drug Co. at San
point, which was taken over by I'll
sheriff recently under attachment, al
about to be settled on the basis
/ 55c on the dollar as a result of sue
a proposition by the Spokane Me
=. chants association.