Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-04
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

Thursday night.
1t was five below zero at Standpoint
Saturday, the coolest night of the sea-
son is recorded.
Lewiston was without train service
Saturday over the Camas prairie and
Northern Pacific lines
Another pioneer of Juliaetta died
Saturday, when Mrs. George M. Kile,
aged Ga, passed away.
Iron workers at Wallace struck Sat
urday. The entire force of the hard
ware company demanded an increase
in wages.
Mrs. Mary E. Potter, age IS, for
mer resident of Spokane and a rela-
tive of Henry Ward Beecher, died at
the home of her granddaughter, Mrs.
Milton Null, ia Boise, Saturday
One hundred and sixty-eight pints of
pure alcohol were legally and regular
ly sold to residents of Shoshone coun-
ty during January, according to the
records of Probate Judge r. e. Weni-
ger, who is the only authorized dis
tributor of permits.
Governor Alexander may not be a
candidate to succeed himself and may
retire to private life after serving one
term as chief executive of the state.
This is the report that circulated in
political circles at Boise this week He
Declines to make a statement
A snowslide which caused consid-
cradle property loss is reported at
the Carbonate Hill mine, situated on
Carbonate hill, above Mullan, Idaho.
Indefinite suspension of work at that
property has resulted. The slide
swept away practically all the mine
structures, including the compressor
and engine buildings.
Morris Krotzer, who lived in Occur
d'Alene city, age IA, who was mystic.
riously shot at Bayview Saturday, died
snow, unconscious, when found by an
uncle, Howard Sawley, age 10. A
wound in the head and a rifle, the
property of his father, were all that
Sawley found to tell the tale.
A record price for wheat this season
was paid by a buyer Saturday at Peck
for a small quantity of choice milling
fortyfold. The price was $1.04 (. o. b
Peck, Albert Bros. purchased coo
sacks of Turkey red at Culdesac al
81 and 400 sacks of sonora wheat al
the same price. Albert Bros. also pur
chased of William Ehlert, at Sweetwa
ter, 5000 sacks of barley at $1,27 6
hundredweight.
The Idaho State Breeders associa
ton, in a recent session at Moscow
during the annual state poultry show
elected Robert G. Bailey of Lewiston
president and named him delegate tt
the national convention, which meets
at Columbus, Ohio He was also in
dorsed as Idaho's candidate for place
on the national executive committee
G. p. Mix of Moscow was elected vic,
president, Oscar Nelson of Coeul
ld'Alene secretary, Earl p. Brown o
OOCui VI AlClt lltdSuICl, II. I1Gdu
ley, Moscow, and B. e. Callison, Ken
drick, members of the executive com
mittee.
The Municipal League of North Ida
no was formally organized Saturda.
at Moscow. DR.. r. s. Mowry, mayo
of Wallace, was elected president Dr.
l.. J. Perkins, mayor of Lewiston, vic,
president, and Professor Howard 7
Lewis, head of the department of ecc
Monies, University of Idaho, secretary
treasurer. These officers, with Cit
Attorney H. R.. Taylor OF. st. Marie
and ]. c. White of Occur d'Alene, cor
. stitute the executive board The cor
: Istitution provides for appointment b.
II the executive board of an advisor
! council composed of a Representative
from each incorporated town and vi
lage. All mayors of towns and chair
men of trustees of villages have vot
I in the league, provided they are men
bers. The organization of this leagu
was brought about by Professor II. I
Lewis and President M. A. Branno
of the university.
Miners Wages Go Up.
Every employee of the Bunker Hill I
Sullivan Mining company, above an
, below the surface, will receive an il
crease of wages of approximately 8
cents day if the price of lead keep
up. The increase is to be on a slidin
scale, based on the average price c
lead for the preceding month; that il
the pay of the men for February woul
be governed by the price of lead
, January. Muckers in the Bunker Hi
& Sullivan now receive SO a day an
miners $3.50. The advance would max
the wages $3.50 and 81.
Nor is this all of the good things
store for Wardner and Kellogg. Shoul
lead continue to advance wages wi
go even higher than a 50-cent raise
!, The increase applies to the Caled'
mia and Ontario, as well as the Bunke
Hill, the total number affected bein
7 about 1000 men. The Stewart and Fe'