Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-05-12
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

June was decided on as the date
OF the annual rose show this year at
Lewiston.
Henry Bedard, a veteran of the civil
war and a pioneer resident of Nez
Perez, died recently.
The funeral services of ]. w. Lieu
allen at Moscow Saturday were in
charge of the Elks lodge.
Judge Robert N. Dunn of Occur DIAL
enc city announces his candidacy for
the office of justice of the supreme
court of Idaho at the nonpartizan ju-
dicial primaries.
Directors of the commercial club of
Standpoint have decided to take the
necessary legal steps to incorporate
the organization under the name of the
Bonner County Development league.
w. H. Daniels, age go, Spokane.
well-known mining and club man, was
drowned in Occur d'Alene lake near
Carlin bay, at IL a. m, Saturday, when
his launch capsized during a storm.
The Snake river Sunday reached the
13-foot stage, which is the highest
water since 1915. Reports show there
are large amounts of snow in the high
mountains and predictions are made
for unusually high water this season.
A. o. Conner of Moscow, Idaho, is
installing a sawmill about three miles
pnrfhnacf Of SnnfhufoE Mill
pacity of 10000 feet, which will be
in operation in a short time. APP
proximately 100000 feet of logs are
ready for saving.
Indian church workers at Lewiston
were prominent in the deliberations of
the delegates to the Inland Empire
Sunday School convention. Farmers,
miners, stockmen, besides men in the
learned professions, also are taking an
active part.
From January 1 to April 26 of this
year William Cox, the champion hog
grower of the Potlatch country and a
two times prize winner at the north
west live stock show at Lewiston, has
received for his hogs the sum of $6061
OF the above amount 1870 was for pre-
miums.
At Kooskia, June 10, a stock grow
ers' convention will be held under the
auspices of the commercial club of
that place. The University OF Idaho
will provide speakers and the Lewis
ton Commercial club will send dele
cation in the interest of the northwest
live stock show, which is held annu.
ally at that place.
Thirty-nine former employees OF the
Colonial Mining & Milling company
which recently forfeited it's option to
purchase the Little Pittsburg mine on
Pine creek from G. A. Smith and his
associates, have consolidated their
claims for liens on the mining prop.
erty for wages due and have institut
ed foreclosure proceedings.
The hills and uplands are covered
Sunday with six to eight inches OF
snow, following terrific windstorm
which was accompanied by a heavy
rain. The temperature dropped almost
to the freezing point during the after
noon but the weather was quite mild
and clear Monday. All farm work is
backward on account of the late
spring.
The water level Of Lake Pend Oreille
raised six inches Sunday and now
stands 10 feet inches above low wa
ter level. This is unprecedented fol
so early in the season, high water or
dinarily coming from the middle tc
the latter part of June the highest
known being in the year 1894, when
the lake rose some "a feet. Forest
service men coming to Standpoint from
Missoula say that there has been nc
melting at all in the basin supplying
the flood waters of the Clarks fork
which feeds the lake, and that this
snow is 80 feet deep in many places.
In a complaint filed by C. H. AS
bury, special agent in charge of the
Lapwai Indian school, agency and san
itarium, Harriet Stuart, wife of James
Stuart, well-known, educated Nez
Perez Indian, was placed under arrest
charged with attempting to suborn
perjury. In the complaint the allega
ton is made that on March %, Har
riet Stuart attempted to persuade SUI
sic Whitman to commit the crime OF
perjury by soliciting her to make and
subscribe an affidavit falsely accusing
DR.. John N. Alley, sanitarium physi
clan, of immoral relations with Susie
Whitman.