Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
WASHINGTON ITEMS

Acquisition of a submarine and
aviation base on Port Angeles har-
Dor, Wash, is announced.
Ellensburg's new $4,000 federal
building and postoffice was formally
opened for business Monday.
The early potato harvest is on In
the Richland section. and the indi-
cations point to a large crop.
More enthusiastic welcome was
never given visitors to Spokane than
accorded the seven members of the
Belgian royal commission last Sat
urday.
Confirmation of the identification OF
the body found in the Kalispell river
Friday near Kalispell, Mont, as that
of Byron f. Sharp of Spokane, is not
complete.
The repair of the burned bridge
over the Wenatchee river and the
construction of a trestle bridge 30
feet below the site of the old bridge
at the Koran place for temporary
use has been decided on.
Fire. starting from an unknown
cause, at Cheney, Sunday morning,
completely destroyed the livery stable
owned by N. A. Rolfe, causing loss
estimated at over $4,000. The heav-
lest losers are Payne and Mitchell,
Spokane contractors.
Isaac Neace has sold his 1400-acre
wheat ranch at Diamond to Arthur A.
Palmer of Diamond and Harold w.
Davis of Colfax for $4,000. The
buyers take possession at once. Mr..
Neace will devote his time to his
large stock ranch west of Winona.
The following officers have been
elected by the Lincoln and Adams
County Pioneer Picnic and Historical
association: DR.. f. r. Burroughs,
Ritzville. president. George N. Lowe
of Lamona, vice president. c. f. Ivy
of Davenport, secretary and treasurer
George C. Witt of Harrington, his
torian.
Declaring that the federal govern
ment will have plenty of troops ready
to handle any trouble that may arise
within the state when the national
guard is taken for other service Gov
ernor Lister issued a proclamation
on the subject Saturday. He says:
1.-The state has assurance that If
any assistance is required in CONTROL
ing internal troubles it will be fur
nished by the federal government"
Two mysterious disappearance of
Spokane men were cleared up Sun
day with the recovery of the bodies
; of M j. Buckley and e. l.. Laughbon,
both of whom met death by drawing,
the former in the Spokane river, the
latter in Newman lake.
NJ ]. Buckley, cafe man, disappear
ed Saturday, June 30; Earl Lewis
Laughbon. w. w. P. Co. electrician,
disappeared the day after his far
riage, June 13.
The laundry workers strike. which
has been in progress in Seattle for
three weeks, was settled Saturday
when the Laundry Owners club de-
cided officially to recognize the three
unions on strike, grant increases of
pay in all departments for inside
laundry workers and engineers and
create a new wage scale for laundry
wagon drivers. The workers, about
900 of whom have been idle for three
weeks, returned to work Monday.
With the arrest of Vitonio Fiori at
Spokane Sunday by a special agent
of the Northern Pacific. the Pasco
pay check robbery of May II, when
81 checks, totaling between $4,000
and $4,000, were stolen. was cleared
up. He was searched at the station
and part of the checks were found
while the remainder were found in
his room in a hotel. All of the checks
were located, none having been cash
ed. Ffori was said to be on his way
to Denver.
Frank Mussleman. age 20, Friday
shot and instantly killed Miss Opa
Harmeson, age 10, at the home Of
N A Doyle. brother-in-law of the
victim, south of Oroville. The Muss
leman and Harmeson families were
neighbors at Douglas, North Dakota
and Mussleman proposed to the CIR
two years ago and was rejected
Miss Harmeson came last fall to visi
; her sister and brother, living here
Mussleman appeared recently, osten
sibly to visit Miss Harmeson's broth
err. She has had nothing to do will
him since her arrival.
! New Military Reserve.
/. Governor Lister after a conference
: Monday with Adjutant Gen. Thomp
= son on the national guard issued in
I structions for the immediate forma
= ton of a new militia reserve to b.
| known as the Washington state guard
The work will be started this week
5 Those eligible for service are mel
! from Is to 40 years OF age. although
i men over As may be accepted. /
a must be understood, however, that en-
: liSfnant in this oilard will NOT raliavl