Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-05-29
IDAHO NEWS NOTES

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died Friday afternoon, was buried Sun
day at Occur d'Alene City.
Frank ]. Davies, secretary of the
Edward Dutledge Timber company of
Occur d'Alene, died recently at Roch-
ester Mimi.
John M. Nelson, age so, who for a
number of years was engaged in farm
ing in Tammany, but for several years
has been mining in Alaska, at Lewis
ton Sunday.
The G. w. Beardsmore sawmill at
Priest River Idaho, has put on dou-
BILE shift-day and night. On one
shift this plant cuts from $4,000 to
$4,000 feet daily. So this means in
creasing the capacity to about 10000
feet.
Jack O'Neill, an inmate of the North
Idaho sanitarium ever since it was
located at Orofino, died Saturday. He
was a well-known and successful min
ing man in the Occur d'Alenes some
years ago.
Twenty-Five applicants at Wallace
Woods of the district court and ID. w.
Thomas, Special examiner for the nat
uralization department, Saturday, IA
being admitted.
The Vollmer-Clearwate company is
erecting a 1O0,000-bushel elevator of
concrete at Kendrick The flour mill
and warehouses will be moved to the
same site. The Kendrick-Rochdale
company is also erecting an exact du-
plicate of the one erected last year.
The 4-year-old son of Corbin Feely
was killed recently by a horse kick
ing him in the abdomen on the farm
of an uncle a few miles from
Rathdrum, where the child was being
cared for by his grandmother, Mrs.
Alice Feely, a pioneer of Rathdrum
prairie. The boys father is in Mon
tana.
George L. Bruun, an old resident,
was drowned at st. Joe Saturday. He
attempted to save a drowning child
and both persisted. Bruun leaves his
widow and five children, all residents
of St Maries. The body was recov-
cred and will be buried here. Bruun
was a well-to-do farmer and leaves
a large estate.
Superintendent of Water Lines e.
r. Budd of the OrW. r. & N. re-
ports that within 35 days the ware
houses will be cleared, as the river
steamers are averaging $4,000 sacks a
day. Some trouble has been encount.
cred by the company in retaining eff
ficient crews on the boats, on ac
count of high wages offered by farm
ers for labor at this period.
The Idaho Congress of Mothers and
the State Parent-Tteachers associa
ton, in session at Boise last week
adopted resolutions, on the sugges.
ton of o. o. Haga, chairman of the
Boise board of education, calling for
an investigation into the causes that
lead up to the resignation of DR.. E.
o. Sisson as commissioner of edu.
cation and DR.. Melvin A. Brandnon
as presiden tot the University OF
Idaho.
The work of cross-sectioning the
survey of the Kamiah-Glenwood high
way has been completed, and the
blueprints are ready and the contract
for building the new road will be let
this week. 1t will cost $4,000. Not
only will the distance between Ka-
miah and the prosperous Glenwood
section be shortened by several
miles, but the grade will be less than
8 per cent.
Commencement exercises of Lewis
ton State Normal school opened with
the baccalaureate sermon last Sunday
by DR.. Lawrence Southwick, president
of Emersan College of Oratory of obs
ton.
Commencement exercises proper
will take place in the auditorium at
1l0:30 o'clock Friday morning. DR..
Lindley of the University of Indiana
will deliver the address.
Seventy-two members of the gradu-
ating class will be awarded diplomas.
OF this number SO are residents of Ida
| no, IL are residents of Washington
and one comes from Nebraska.
This years graduating class in the
University of Idaho, Moscow, num-
bers 70, an increase of nine over the
1916 class. Commencement exercises
will be held June 8. Two advanced
degrees are to be given. Robert Ell
lison will receive a master of science
degree and Richard Canaan the de-
gree of master of science in agricul-
ture. There are 20 graduates in the
liberal arts, 10 in the college of ag-
riculture, 10 in the college of laws,
nine in the college of science, seven
in the college of engineers. six in
forestry, three in home economics and
two in household arts. lie Baron Rus
sell Briggs. dean of the faculty of
arts and sciences of Harvard univers-
ity. will deliver the commencement
address and the Rev. Jonathan Wat
/ son of Grand Forks N ID for aiohf