Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-05
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

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George Stellmon, a pioneer home
steader on Camas prairie, died at Fort
Benton, Mont, recently.
Yeggmen recently entered the Peo-
pies store in Juliaetta, blew the safe
door off and secured between $50 and
$50.
James Henry, halfbreed, charged
with the murder of Rose George, his
stepdaughter, age 9, pleaded not guilty
at Grangeville.
Four new boilers are being installed
in the plant of the Export Lumber
Co. at Harrison, Idaho, and the
mill will probably start cutting about
June 1.
Adjutant General p. H. Crow of ~ G..
|. of Boise, accompanied by Sergeant
Bowling. we're in Occur d'Alene city
Monday, inspecting the national guard
company.
The Northern Pacific depot at
Charleston was broken into Friday
night by burglars, who blew open the
safe and rifled the mail and express,
getting SIS.
Mr.. Mosier, a young man living near
Genesee, was accidently shot in the
abdsmep by hunter, who could not
be located. The bullet was removed
recover.
Henry f. Meidl of Grangeville, re-
Gently appeared before Judge Steele in
the district court and pleaded guilty to
the charge of assault with intent to
do greatly bodily injury" and was
given an indeterminate sentence of
from six months to two years in the
state penitentiary. The victim of the
assault was his wife.
The board of commissioners of Nez
Perez county have made an order re-
ducing salaries as follows: Sheriff
from $500 to $500 per annum; as
SCISSOR from $3.50 to $500; treasurer
from $144O to 1920; probate jurge
from 1890 to $1260; superintendent of
schools from $500 to s1260; surveyor
from $500 to $500.
Following a conference between the
chamber of commerce, goods roads
committee and farmers with the board
of county commissioners at Moscow, a
contract was let by the board to a Spo-
kane company for the construction of
model highway between the Wash
ington-Idaho state line and the city
limits of Moscow on the west and con-
Meeting with good roads district in
Whitman county, Washington. between
Pullman and Moscow.
George Asher. engineer on the con-
struction work of the Orchard highway,
was wounded while travelling along the
road recently by being struck by bull
let which hit him in the lung, causing
a hemmorhage. 1t is supposed that it
was an accident, the result of boys
practicing shooting. The condition of
the wounded man, while serious, is not
considered dangerous.
Without warning and coming as a
surprise the Pacific board of under
writer's at San Francisco has advanced
it's schedule of rates for fire insur-
ance from 20 to so per cent, according
to new rate book received by agents
of the board companies in Moscow.
This new rate increase applies through
out the state, except in cities and
towns having special rates, and the
basic rate therefore, according to
statements of the agents is the high
est of any state in the Union
The annual report of treasurer An
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which is about completed, shows that
there was $107,10O on hand in the
treasury at the beginning of the fiscal
year last April, that there has been
received during the year 1880, 500, and
that there has been spent 1851 ,266,
leaving balance on hand of $76,344
Last year at this time there were out
standing warrants to the amount of
$5S,S77, this year there are $42,935 in
unpaid warrants. The total assessed
valuation of the county is $17,514,6 SAT
or $7,642,411 less than when Boundary
county formed part of Bonner county.
The director of the geological
survey says as to the work plan
ned in Idaho during the coming sea
son; AT present ]. b. Umpleby is
gathering material for a professional
paper on the geology and ore deposits
of the state of Idaho. Most of the field
work for this report has been done.
"In a few weeks Mr. Umpleby will
proceed to the Occur d'Alene district
and make such studies as may be nee
essary to bring the information of pro-
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deposits of the Occur dAlene district,
up to date so that it can be used in his
report. He probably also win visit
briefly one or two of the small out
lying districts.
Tentative plans have been made
also for geologic work in the Seven
Devils and Mackay districts, but it is
doubtful whether more than the topo-
graphic maps, prerequisite for geo.
logic study, can be undertaken during