Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-11
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

The town of Plummer has leased the
electric lighting system from the pri-
yate owners. The village pays all OPP
Grating expenses.
At a recent meeting of the six vol
unteer fire companies of Moscow 1t
was decided to buy modern chemical
fire engine for the city.
Florida having furnished no relief
from his physical ailments, Senator
Brady is back at Washington He will
not be able to appear in the senate for
some time.
]. Leonard Bernier, eldest son of
Peter Bernier, well-known mining man
of Wallace, died in sanitarium at
Tucson, Ariz., recently, from tubersu-
losis. He was a Occur d'Alene boy,
having been born there.
The large warehouse owned by
hardware company at cottonwood col
lapsed recently as a result of the great
load of snow on the roof. The build
ing, together with buggies and ma
chinery in it, was demolished.
State Chairman ]. T. Pence has is
sued formal call for the democratic
state committee to convene at Boise
March 6 for the purpose of setting the
date for the state convention to select
delegates to the st. Louis convention
Fire loss of approximately $4,000
occurred at ST. Maries Sunday when
the east part of what is known as the
wharf burned. The fire was first dis
covered in the st. Maries hotel and
was well under way before the fire
department arrived
The charred bones of F. b. Culver,
age 6S, who had set his cabin on fire
and shot himself with a revolver, were
found Sunday. Culver, who was a
widower, had lived for years on his
homestead in the mountains three and
one-half miles south of Post Falls. He
was Respondent.
The following men have been ap-
pointed by the county commissioners
at Genesee as road overseers for the
various districts: Charles Grieser, dis
trict No. 4; Henry Baumgartner, dis.
trict No. 5; Henry Whitfield, district
No 6; Christ Lange, district No. Z; w
a. Struble and Charles Eble, district
No 8.
Persistent reports are being received
~ % rricnn fro
pers throughout the country that the
mysterious malady, thought to be ra
bies, and reported prevalent during
the last month among coyotes in Mon
tana and southern Idaho, has spread
to the coyotes in this region. The an
imais have apparently lost their feai
of man.
! G. w. Burroughs, vice president Of
the lewiston Charleston Transit com
pany, announces that arrangements
have been completed for the extension
of the electric system westerly from
the present terminus through the Vine
land tracts on the Washington side
, and easterly through the eastern resi-
ton work will begin as soon as wealth
er conditions will permit.
An order has been made by the coun
ty attorney at Nez Perez prohibiting
> the sale of brand of orange and cher
ry cider by the soft drink stands; tina
has been shipped in there in large guam
titles during the last three months
, An examination of the cider failed t
discover alcohol, yet it caused intoxi
: cation, and more people became intox
icated from its effects than from alec
holic drinks. A quantity of it has beef
sent to the pure food inspector for an
alysis.
From the 43d parallel of latitude OF
the south with the Snake river on tn,
west and the Rocky mountains on thu
east, there is an empire before W,
reach what is known as northern Ida
no. In this vast region, district afte
district is bringing forth new mining
discoveries or resurrecting old ones
and making good with them at an az
: tonishing rate. Nearly every know
: mineral is found in paying quantities
and lots Of properties are producing
, or being put in shape for it.
The supreme court of the state hold
the labor lien act constitutional in al
opinion handed down recently in tn
three labor lien suits Instituted in tn
First judicial district court for She
e shone county by Harry Olson ct al
+ Clark G. Norris, Peter Probach and
4 H. Smith, versus a mining company
y The judgment given for the plaintiff
y in the lower court stands affirmed b
5 the supreme courts opinion. The ST
r preme court find that the object O
+ the labor lien act passed by the legis
+ lature in 1911 is to require employer
: of labor to pay their employees promp
o ly and in lawful money when the EN-
ployment ceases, upon the ground tina
the employees should not be compelle
to wait beyond reasonable time t
e obtain the compensation to which hi
: contract of service entities him.