Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-03-20


at Moscow last Saturday.
The stump clearing demonstration
train along lines of the Great North
ern, scheduled for April Is. has cheng-
ed its schedule to 80 days later, or May
10
In honor of his S0th birthday the Of
ficials and employees of the Lewiston
National bank Saturday night ban
quoted Uncle" Joseph Alexander pio-
neer merchant of Lewiston, who for
% years has been vice president of
the bank.
Governor Alexander has signed the
workmen's compensation act passed
by the legislature. BY it's terms a
state compensation insurance depart
ment under a manager is created July
1. The compensation commission of
three members, to be appointed by the
governor, is not created until Janu-
airy !, 1918.
A fire that partially destroyed the
Sherman house, a fashionable family
hotel, at Boise Saturday, caused the
death of John Myers, 80 years old, H.
c. Myers, owner of the hotel, was per-
haps fatally burned in attempting to
rescue his father, who was found suf-
located Two guests and three wom-
en- employees were slightly injured.
With membership of 35, a band
was organized at Peck recently, to be
known as Dykes concert band of
Peck, with Charles e. Dyke, director,
f. w. Woodin president, Everett Ry-
an vice president, and Jesse Holman
secretary-treasurer. A complet set of
new silver-plated instruments will be
purchased, most of which are on the
way
Captain Avery ID. Cummings has
been notified from the war department
in Washington that the barracks at
Fort Wright could be used for the an
nual encampment of the University of
Idaho cadet battalion. The cadets,
$50 strong, will leave for Fort Wright
April l and remain until April s. The
week will be spent in vigorous mill
tary training and study.
A walk-out of 400 miners employed
/
dated mine took place Saturday at
Wallace. According to reports the mi
ners refused to sanction a raise of %
cents a day for board at the company
boarding house which followed the re.
cent granting of an additional bonus OF
20 cents a day in addition to the DO
muses. in vogue during the last year.
ID ID sxts.
years, and her daughter Blanche, age
%, are dead and Mr.. Richards and a
12-year-old son, Claude, and a 16-year
old daughter, Hazel, are at the point
of death from poisoning after eating
home canned lambs quarters. The
family lives at Carey, near HALEY, Ida
no. Lambs quarters is sort of spin
ach, low growing weed which i.
found in many parts of Idaho. The
symptoms are not like ptomain anC
the doctors think some extremely poi
sonous weed must have been gathered
with the greens.
Among the principal changes anC
provisions in the game and fishing
laws of Idaho passed upon by the leg
: islature is the raising of the nonresi
dent fishing license fee from 81 to S.
Also nonresident nimrods must pro
cure license to carry gun. For VI
land birds the license will cost SIS
and for big game an outlay of $25 i
called for The penalty for failure t
, comply with these provisions is fin
of not less than $25 and confiscatiol
of the game. The resident license re
mains at 81 for the season, whicl
means that there will be no screening
of bitches and canals in the state.
Governor Signs Bills.
Governor Alexander has signed fou
and vetoed three bills passed by tn
last legislature OF the bills signe
probably the most important is tn
Peckham measure providing for tn
elimination of agricultural lands fror
+ cities, towns and villages. He ais
signed the house measures relating t
dissolution of irrigation districts, il
creasing the salary of chief deput
state bank examiner and allowing raj
} road employees to use passes.
He vetoed house bill 216, whic
sought to regulate the sale of stat
land.
S. B. So, regulating proxies in stat
and county conventions, was vetoed
as was senate bill 165, seeking to res
, ulate the interest received from dali
balances of state moneys deposited il
banks by requiring the interest shal
be credited by the state treasurer t
the accounts of the several fund
forming the principal upon which it j
computed.
Regarding the state land bill tn
governor gives as grounds for his vet
that it would be impossible for tn
land department to sell leased land.