Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-03-03
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

All taxi and cab lines and automo-
bile liveries operating in Moscow have
been merged into one company.
Peter Burquist, age 76, fell dead Sat
urday of heart trouble in the dynamo
room Of a market company at Sand
point.
The city council of Genesee has or
dered a new hose cart house erected
at once, with apartment below for the
city sprinkler.
Mr. and Mrs. b. F. Jacks celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary at
Lewiston recently. They were mar
ried in Des Moines, Iowa
The funeral of Dorsey Blaisdell, who
was run down by a Northern Pacific
ore train in Lower Mace last week,
was held Monday at Wallace.
John Dalton, alias Harry Chase, who
is charged with having robbed the AL
exander store at Julisetta last fall, was
bound over to the district court and
held in jail at Moscow in default of
$1,000 bonds.
A gathering that taxed the seating
capacity of the Elks' temple at Spo-
kane Saturday afternoon was present
at the funeral services for the late M.
ID. Wright, pioneer tie contractor, who
died recently at Occur dAlene city.
The police have arrested a man and
woman giving the names Of John Wal
ters and Minnie Walters, registered
from Seattle, at Lewiston, charged
with passing worthless checks. 1t is
probable the charge will be changed
to forgery.
At the Nez Perez agency recently 80
acres of Indian land were sold to Geo.
NJ Reed of Grangeville for $1,000. This
land is all cultivated, but has no other
improvements. II il 10 miles from
Cottonwood. An S0-acre tract seven
miles from Sites, containing 67 acres
of cultivated land, sold to Roy c. Nail
of Grangeville for 5000.
AS result of the good roads school
held last week at the university under
supervision of the engineering depart
ment, the county commissioners at
Moscow adopted and will inaugurate
the use of number of the methods in
which instructions we're given. The
school was attended by most of the so
road supervisors of Latah county.
Idaho buttermakers outscored in
teamwork the Washington butterma-
kers when the results of the judging
contest, staged last week at the north
west dairy products show at Spokane
were announced. In the individual
scoring ]. R. Brown of the farmers
cooperative creamery of Payette, Ida,
took first place with a score of 1850
In Commercial Way.
Wilson & Amacher of Spokane have
opened meat market at Harrison.
E. L. Parker, general merchant at
Cottonwood, has been succeeded by
Parker & Parker, Thomas ]. Parker,
o brother of e. L., having purchased
an interest in the business.
w. A. Cochran of Sprague, Wash,
has taken charge of the Henry Rem
niger hardware store and II. A. Huns
ley implement store at Rathdrum,
which he recently purchased.
C. F. Thomas and ]. w. Jamison
have purchased the branch store OF
the Western Hardware & Implement
Co. at Nez Perez. Mr.. Thomas has
been connected with the business AS
manager for a number of years.
The frame building at Boomers
Ferry, which was recently partially de-
stroyed by fire, will be replaced by a
one-story brick structure, and John
A. Walden will occupy the greater part
of the building with stock of mems
furnishings.
Forest e. Leeper has purchased the
meat market of Joe Burkenbine e.
Son at Sites. Mr.. Burkenbine retains
his ice business and will engage in
the wholesale meat business, having
purchased the slaughter house former
ly conducted by Earl Steen.