Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-06-17

A general rain through the Lewiston
country June 10 relieved the dryness
to a considerable extent Crops are
badly in need or more moisture.
George Elkins. age 70. died at his
home at Westmond recently. He was
a pioneer farmer of the west having
settled in Whitman county in the early
sos
Application was~made in district
court at Wallace for appointment of
receiver to take over the management
of the Ryan hotel, one of the principal
hostelries of the city.
Captain L. j. Perkins of the United
States army medical corps has return
ed from overseas and received his
discharge. Captain Perkins was for
merly mayor Iof Lewiston
A delegation from the Lewis Clark
post of the American legion, Lewiston.
will attend the big welcome celebra-
tion for the 146th field artillery, which
is to be held in Walla Walla.
The Tame sawmill boiler at Orofino
blew up recently, demolishing the
plant. No one was injured, but the
conclusion broke windows in farm
houses half mile distant from the
mill.
G. r. Scott, grand keeper of records
and seals. T. r. Gerdes, grand trustee,
and h. V. Boughton, Leroy Weston
and r. d.. Swain comprise the delega-
ton from Occur d'Alene to the Knights
of Pythias grand lodge convention in
Twin Falls this week.
Members of the G.. A. r., Woman
Relief Corps, campfire girls and boy
scouts of Occur d'Alene assisted in the
recent dedication of the monument
erected by b. M. Ross in memory of
Mrs. Elizabeth Griscom Ross, known
in American history as Betsy" Ross,
in Forest cemetery.
The report of the Kootenai county
chapter of the Red Cross shows the
organization in robust financial condi-
ton. The cash balance June / was
$11, 5S2.S5 Harrison, Post Falls, Rath-
drum, Rose Lake and Lane are the
branches which completed their quotas
| VI WOih uuIlnS tllt iHOnlu.
Sheriff Prentiss Wolfe of st. Maries
has six warrants for arrest of men al
legged to have tarred and feathered
Johann Huffman at his cabin eight
miles east of Tekoa, Wash. recently
The sheriff had legal questions set
tied and he obtained the locations OF
the accused men.
Violent Hail Storm.
A hail storm of unusual violence Wis
| tied an area miles west of Moscow
June 10. j. p. Weiden, M. Boyd and
j. w. Nyquist lost all of their fall
wheat. Mr.. Boyd recently bought the
Harrington farm, for which he paid
$135 an acre. and on this serious dam.
age was done. Gardens were com
| pletely destroyed, fruit trees stripped
of leaves and fruit and fall grain beat
en- into the ground. Covering a strip
a mile wide, the storm swept in a
northeasterly direction toward Viola.
Only the fall wheat was seriously dam
aged. 1t is thought that possibly one
third of a crop may be harvested from
the fall wheat of favorable weather
conditions follow. Some of the wheat
may straighten up and make hay, but
the loss of such a good crop with
wheat prices at 50 bushel is a serious
one to the many farmers.
Fulther reports fbrom the storm
swept district show that the damage
was much greater than earlier reports
indicated. 1t is estimated that at least
1000 acres of fine fall wheat were de-
stroyed or badly damaged across the
line in Whitman county. The storm
extended over the state line into La.
tab county
Normars New Building.
The Idaho state board of education
has awarded the contract for the con-
| struction of the new administration
building of the Lewiston state normal
school. The bid was s136,312. Glass A
REINFORCED concrete fireproof construc
ton has been adopted to .forestall any
such disaster as the fire which de-
stroyed the main building over a year
ago. The new building viii cover an
area measuring lao feet, east and west
and 60 feet in width at either end
with a north and south center axis OF
| 1876 feet, including the auditorium
which extends 10 feet from the rear
center of the building. 1t viii be
two and one-half stories in height
the basement being a half-story
above the ground level. The exterior
of the building will be wire cut tapes
try brick facing with trimmings of ter.
ra Gotta and Boise sandstone. The
first floor will contain the admins.
trative offices, library and faculty as
sembly room. Opening from the long
east and west corridor will be the spa
cious auditorium. which will accommo-
date almost 1000 people. hTe second
floor will contain classrooms, depart
ment offices and rest rooms. The up
per corridor will open into the balcony