Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

T. w Hunt, pioneer of the Cataldo
district, is critically i'll at his home,
suffering from a stroke of paralysis.
A garage at Occur dAlene caught
fire Sunday from an over-heated vul-
canizer. resulting in over a $4,000
loss. only the brick side walls of the
building remaining.
Mrs. Alex. Pinkham, an Indian wo-
man, of Sites was drowned recently
in the Clearwater river while at
tempting to ford the river about
mile above the town of Sites. She
is survived by her husband and small
child.
Lewiston is now supplied with a
public rest room which was opened
under the auspices of the ladies of
the Twentieth Century club in the
Bunnell building. The room is well
equipped and will be maintained by
contributions.
The body of Herman Johnson, age
32 and unmarried, employed at Rose
Lake by a lumber company. was
found in the Occur d'Alene river a
few miles below Rose lake. He
The body was taken to Lane and in.
TERED.
The crop prospects for the South
wick and other Potlatch sections
have never been better. The princi
pal crops are beans, the acreage
y. rfr.o ftanr
last year. Farm lands in the Pot
latch region are selling for 800 an
acre.
A deal has been closed whereby a
company of So Nezperce, Idaho, bust
ness men and farmers, mostly the lat
ter, have purchased the railroad line
between that town and Vollmer and
have taken control of it. The pur-
chase price was $160000, and about
$4,000 will be spent for new equip
ment and improvement to the roadbed
before the end of the present year.
The apportionment of school money
just made for July shows the follow
ing amounts accredited to the coun-
ties of north Idaho for general school
purposes from the state fund: Bene-
wah, $529999; Bonner, $926225;
Boundary, s22695S; Clearwater, SO.
1884; Idaho, $11, 666.19; Kootenai
$16,94O.72; Latah, $17,577.06; Lewis
s6,292.67; Nez Perez. s14,256.79; Sho
ashone, $1O,331.30.
/ Forest fires burned at many points
around Bovill. It. p. Jones of the
Potlatch Lumber company, who was
in Moscow, was appealed to for helI
and he was informed over the tele
phone that all the held he could mus
ter would be needed as the timber
was especially dry and the fire:
gaining on the fighters Saturday. 1
was also reported that fires were
burning in the forests around Ell
river.
At a meeting of the highway com
missioners of the Waha-Tamman.
highway district held in Lewiston re
Gently arrangements were made TO
the completion of the main trunl
highway of the district to Lake Wa
ha, which construction is being pei
formed under the direct supervision
of the board and a considerabl
amount of which is being done b.
donation work in the grading, hau
ing and spreading of gravel by tn
farmers during the period when thei
teams are not engaged in farm opei
atoms.
The supreme court has handle
down the important ruling that raj
roads must maintain private gate
along their right of way in Idaho
I the same as others have to maintai
| gates. The decision was reached i
| affirming the Judgment given tn
plaintiff in the case of Joseph Saccs
| monno versus the Great Norther
Railway company in an action to r,
cover damages for the killing of
horse. The case comes from tn
Eighth judicial district court, Judg
John Nj. Flynn presiding. ConcluC
ing its findings, the supreme cour
says that the rule may be a hars
one is no defense; the legislature /
the only source capable of affordin
relief