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Bonners Ferry Herald
NUMBER 39
.eighth year.
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BONNERS KERRY. IDAHO, APRIL 1, 1919
OFFICIAL PAPER OF BOUNDARY COUNTY *
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The Parka Highway Garage building
Railroad avenue and all the con
ients. was destroyed by fire Thursday ,
evening A barn owned by James
Fitzpatrick and leased by Frank Gar
r j s , was also destroyed. The loss
occasioned by the fire is estimated at
nearlv 130.000 with about $7,000 ia
" rance I
The fire started about seven o'clock. 1
Elmer Osborn, proprietor of the Bon
ners Ferry-Porthlll stage line had just
driven into the garage with his pas
senger auto, a Dodge, and was having
the gasoline tank filled by I. B. Neill.
nroprletor of the garage. Neill had
barely started to pump the gasoline
when there was an explosion and turn- 1
lug around he saw the flaming gasoline î
flying in all directions. Neither Mr.
Neill nor Mr. Osborn were smoking
and Mr. Osborn carried an electric
flashlight in his hand to watch when
the tank was full. It is probable that
the explosion was caused by a short
circuit of thè electric wiring.
The burning gasoline was thrown'
on both Neill and Osborn and both
were burned slightly, Osborn suffer
Ing the severest burns on his right
hand. The car, all aflame, was pushed
out of the garage and saved. The
flames spread so rapidly that it was |
impossible to enter the building again,
The town fire department responded
quickly and with the help of the vol- ■
unteers, was able to keep the flames
from spreading to the barn of Mch
oison & Zimmerman, on the west, and
the residences on the east and north
east. For awhile it appeared that
these residences would surely burn
ami the occupants moved out as much
as possible of their household goods.
The building occupied by the Parks
Highway Garage was owned by James
Kinney and was valued at $3,000. In- !
surance in the sum of $1,500 was car
ried on it. Mr. Neill had insurance to
full value on three new Dodge cars
that were in the garage and had just
been 'shipped in a few days previous
but did not have insurance on two oth
er cars he owned in the building. He
had $3,000 insurance on the stock of
tires and accessories and $1.000 on
tooll and machlnerv and euuioment.
AmnnJ „»hir Lp u-eVp
auto owned by H Carlson,*no insur
ante: Dodge auto owned by Dell Cane,
no Insurance: Reo truck, owned by A.
Klockmann, not known if insured: a
Dodge truck, owned by W. J. Moore, ot
Meadow Creek; partially Insured: a
rebuilt six cylinder car owned by Mar
tin Estlund, no insurance: an Over
a.s.5 ijygîïïs
b y "o" ' R a 's to o k e y! 8 n cT n suran c eT "an
M E. Cash, no insurance: a Studehak
er owned bv Frank Clann no insur
an ' ce ' '
Fire inanranp« arc ex
peeled here todav in makt* adjustments
of the losses.
Todav, Proprleor Neill informed the
Herald'that he had already received
stocks of repairs and accessories, oils
and greases, that had been ordered be
fore the fire and that he would have on
hand this week a full stock and that
for the next few weeks he would car
rv on his business In the building east
of his old stand. He has a carload ot
Dodge cars on the road and their ar
rival i s expected any dâv Several
machines of this shipment have al
ready been sold P
Mr Kinney is now getting plans
drawi forannrn«« building which
he will lease to Mr Neill The new
building will he a brick structure and
Isto be r^y lor occuMucv within the
srr"rT n *s',™ tï,0 i t r r'!i
concret hasement* 1 and" with^ ^concrete
uasement ana wun concrete
ery rS , ar h ti° U f h0Ut Rnd flre ' proof in fl eV '
and fheh~ t v, * t Ä
emrances . t V L
entrances. The basement will prob
ably be used for a work and repair.
shop while the first floor will be used
for display rooms, storage, offices and
plate IZTfrnJ ere WlU be a
In the n tr0 h L nt,. VT
wm halt ,h bU lding M s r ' t NelU Wl11
^iii have the most convenient arrange-j
ments and will be able td serve b 8
Patrons more promptly and handle
S°nLT rk ' Th® loss he sustained
^. re was a severe one but he is
Ptimistic about the future and hopes
to make up for all the loss by the in
creased business he will be able to
handle in the new hniidinr
Work of preparing the ground -for
tils new garage will start as soon as
'he fire adjustments have been madè
and the rubbish burned cars and the
charred timbers can he removed
removed.
County Agent Here Today
toil 1 !!' Caroline W, Flood received a
telegram Saturday from Mr. Hall, at
tne head of the state department in
charge of the county agent work, to
the effect that Enoch Torpen would
'«port here today to take up his work
1" eounty agent and club leader of
Boundary county. Mr. Torpen is rec
omniended as an excellent man and
"as been very successful in other
8 tates. Last year he served as the
state leader of pig clubs in Washing-,friends
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«E BUILD
NEW GARAGE 1
WILL BUILD
KINNEY
HOME FOR THE PARKS
JAMES
BRU*
highway garage
BURNED OUT THURSDAY NIGHT
Has Been Estimated at
About $30,000,00
The E' r0 I' HSS
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DOIBLE WEDDINGJTOMORROW
Mi and > M| Sy < ." UinsT " W *' d J * Ke,, y
" erne Beds Me. ( row Icy
at Sandnnini (< *!*!n S *' e v C ' e ^ rate< ^
Datsv mnins j, n *p rrow when Miss
William J Kell ,et> ome the bride of
lins will V iu 8 , Ferne Col '
ceremony wn I Rowley. The 1
JE R Henderson Î* y ,?v7'
'ennntv „■ ,,n - P 1 °hate judge of this
,■ ' , lne . two c °PPles plan to
p , „.if , , "Otieymoon in Spokane
. tr in and empire towns And on
their return will start housekeeping
I? , ey wm be at home to their
friends after April 15th.
inc orides-to-be are the daughters
ot Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Collins, promin
ent residents of the Paradise Valley
district, and have lived in this district
'"J, «e past seventeen years. Both
y ™ ^. 0 " P * iBhed
' • e social set. K
• • • ' t „mw' 1 * oyee of
. . • 1 Î or coni Pany
; ' • ' . bas also Mr.
• ' * 8 I } ow , ° ren J an
C n a " P ^ .^0 of the local lumber
Zh lir î-!n av!" as « lstant
, • '. ' and Mr. C rowley en
] - , . ?. p *" i esteem of hosts
of people of his c ty and county.
fr b.îîL H of '? ' vl . , . h .f he
' [wo couples in wishing
cornnle^^u^filfmenT o^thiir
... ' 0 11 ete fulfillment of their
ambiuons.
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i< mes inmuers l-errj
Attorney Frank Bottum, of the legal
firm of Bottum & Wilson, will leave
the first of next week tor southern
Washington where the firm of Bottum
& Wilson are in charge of the organi
zatlon of a title company being formed
by the business men of that section.
It is expected that the organization
will take about eight months and the
business of the firm here will not be
discontinued, as the new enterprise.
when completed will not require the
attention of either member of the firm,
Mrs. Bottum and son will spend the
summer months on the coast and will
return to this district in the fall.
■ The Bottum residence on the south
bench has been leased to Dr. W. S.
Severns who will take possession the
middle of this month.
Mr. and Mrs. Bottom's absence will
be deeply regretted by many score of
warm friends in this county and all
join in hoping that they will soon re
turn to Bonners Ferry again.
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1 Leases 200 Acres at Moravia
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, A -. J ; F r ee f (1 ' of Spokane arrived here
l ast "® e k t0 f 3 * 1 ® possession of t) < ,
I P - Dann [ aach at Mo , ravia , which
be bas ' ea « ed f o. r a number ot >® al ^ s
from the First Xatlonal Bank of thls
clty '. , . .
rhis ranch contains over 200 acres (
of fine agricultural land and Mr. Freed
intends to improve it and to remodel
tbe building « anl ] make . lt i ,ne of ,be
most attractive farms of the county.
ls b uylng a fine herd of dairy cows (
«f *» 1 t,n,e M i°
dairying and stock raising. - •
Freed 7» ^ oin her husbantl ln thfi
near „ t, brother in-law of F
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ôf the district west
Rressive farmers of the distrl.ct west
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P 7 Br e 8 the e f P a e rm Ie iands ere He^nîw
veIope the lin fa with friends in the ef
corresponding with friends ln t ne er
fort to interest them in this district.
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Walden Remodels Interior ot lore
J. A. Walden is having the interior
of his men's and boy's clothing store
remodeled this week in order to make
more room for stocks. The work is
being done by Contractor John Muhl
feld and consists of the opening up
of a netf room with a balcony. The
balcony is to be used for a tailoring
shop and for cleaning and pressing
work while underneath it the space
will he used for an-office and for dress
i„ g rooms
Mr Walden has engaged his broth
er-ln-law Ivan Wallin, of Helena,
Mont to take charge of the tailoring
and cleaning and pressing business;
of the store so that Mr. Walden can de
vote more of his time tc his store. Mr.
Wallta and his family will arrive here
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This week W. R. Moon n for the past
.. vears proprietor of a well tm
pro'ved ranch in the Paradise Valley
district, sold his place to Floyd Tar
bart - ot Worley, Idaho, the consider
.. h pi ne $5 000.
hp Moore place consists of 160;
_ es of w hich 40 acres is in cultiva
tlon eS and thero are'good buildings art,
the farm. The new owner will take
.„'possession in a few weeks and plans
extensive improvements.
M Moore has no definite plans for
the future and will probably remain a
o{ thjs county . He plans to
lak ' d it ea8y for a wh ile, however, and
plans a trip to his old home in.
t tbl summer.
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«ake* Billow Baskets
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Richardson & Monks have on displa>
in their show windows this week sev
eral different kind ot baskets made
with the willow which grows so freely
on the banks of the streams of this
Thc baskets are the handi
work of S. E. Inman, who/t^that
lie learned 'h® art from t PP atly
Indians. The baskets a .
made and. It Is said, wu g
time of service.
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A. D. Welch, proprietor of tne ge
hotel, was able to be up ami an.u
Saturday after having been conn
to his bed for eight weeks wun rneu
matism. He has been 'nrougn a se
vere siege of illness an ' •
Washing-,friends hope for him a speeoy mu «
complete recovery.
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1 0MMIS810NERS SPEND FRIDAY
™ CONSULTATION WITH BON
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NER COUNTY BOARD
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MUST HAVE ROAD FUNDS NOW
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Ask State Engineer As To the Status
^Lite Appropriations
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county Commissioners Welch Col
"•» aad Chambers wont to Sandpolnt
K riday and held a conference with the
commissioners of Bonner county in re
gard to road matter8 concerning the
two counties. The Boundary county
commissioners feel that thev were well
repaid f0P the tri and t ,J e t as
they were able to come to an under
landing with the Bonner County board
and have agreed on road improvement
program effecting the National Parks
Highway that traverses the two coun
tlea . fhis is a situation that has not
been en i°> cd since Boundary county
wa8 organized and the present board
hag certainly taken a 8tep in the right
direction. The Bonner county board
has also agreed to work with the home
board in the effort to secure state ap
propriations for state highways and
whether or not they are successful,
will proceed at once to put the road
from the Boundary-Bonner county line
in good shape.
The Bonner county commissioners
and Senator Christenson, of Sandpolnt.
have been of the opinion that state ap
propriations voted at the last legis- 1
lature and divided among the various
counties, could he secured on the dol
lar for dollar basis. This opinion
was held by many here hut Represent
ative Kent states that these appropri
ations will have to be met with two
dollars by the county tor every one
dollar given by the state. This state
ment is also borne out by a letter from
the state engineers department which
County Clerk and Auditor J. B. Brody
received this week.
In this letter it was claimed that
there was no appropriation available
for the post road between Bonners
Ferry and Porthill. This informa
tion entirely upsets the road building
plans in this county and the commis
gioners wil , at onee try to arrange a
, nee tj ng W ith the state engineer In
order to find out what is coming to
tbe county, when it will be obtainable
and how it can be obtained. In case
the state highway commission con
( . edes t0 this county the road mon ey
that has been expected it is not pfob
b , that the commissioners will sell
the road bonds voted two years ago
. . t , $3500000
( The county commissioners have en
gag ® d H. Goodman, late of Peoria,
• jll.. and Grant Wallers, to run the
two county road tractors, They are
now inl,tinK ,he Kasoline tractor at
' b ® courthouse, in repair.
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j STABLISHKS AUT 0 AGENCY HERE
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| (Ba " aier ( arS ln 1 J ,S ,
da f s thi f B Week pr «P aring for tbe op
ening ^ ?, uto agenby ' n 7't clt /
that win hand ] e Chevrolet and Chaml
j er cars an( j a jj ne 0 f auto trucks.
I The Kootenai hotel building on Main
street has been leased and is to be re
modeled at once by Contractor Muhl
fehl. It will be used for a store and
display room only as the new auto
is company does not plan to carry any
stock of greases, oils or auto accès-,
sones.
The name of the company with]
which Mr. Reiner is associated is the
F F. Reeni Motor Company The con
cern has the agency In this and Bon
ner county for the Chevrolet and the
Chandler automobiles^ Head offices
will he maintained at Sandpolnt. Mr.
Renter will have charge of the sales
in this county. •
Mr. Remer stated Saturday that a
carload of Chevrolets would arrive)
here soon after the first of April dl
reel from the factory He believes
.iSS-r's.^SnSï■"[
chevrolet ,.- said Mr .Remer. "has gi ven
„ pnera i satisfaction in past vears and
ffl 6 ^he 3 'i iufst S p'cqlular' car 3 m ade'' The
company owns and operates nine fac
torIes in the r „ ited States today.''
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To llx Loan Allottments
art, R A Shultis le ft Wednesday for 'he
capital, Boise to attend a meeting of
the county chairman of the coming
Liberty Loan drive. The meeting
wa8 ca , led by State Chairman Gwinn
a and one of purp0 ses is to assign
to ldahos aiiottment to the various
1 counties of the state.
in. Mr8 shultis accompanied her hus
band as far,as Spokane where she re
mained until Saturday visiting with
Yriends '
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Remodels Ice ( ream Parlors
, Simond« began the
Thi« weel C. • pariors on
finishing of his ice man, par or on
balcpn > jL^ony U to be finished
^tore.^ o y Qne si(Je Qf the
building and on one end. ice cream
. tables arp belng constructed with
bench partitions. The color scheme
wlll be a 8hade of green and a roof
... earde n effect will be obtained. The
b w1H be decorate d with potted
£ {grng lmg etc and when
£ompietetl will be one of the prettiest
P rjnk _ r]or8 in northern Idaho,
se carpenter work is being done
• under the direction of Contractor Mar
« Estlund
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SOLDIERS and sailors meet
Organise and Have Social Time at K.
p * Hall Saturday Night
Some fifty of the soldiers and sailors
of Boundary county attended the or-!
ganizatlon meeting at the K. P. hall
Saturday night and after the business
meeting enjoyed a social time, "eats,"
and "smokes."
i The organization was effected with
O. C. Wilson elected chairman, E. E.
Saunders, vice chairman, James C.
Rush secretary and Oscar Bangs,
treasurer. The following committees
were named: Executive committee.
H . j M cCoy, Walter Peel. Leonard
Rutler, O. C. Wilson and J. C. Rush;
entertainment committee. M. P. Priest,
r p Paoluccf and C. Rush.
| The name of the organization has
not been «elected and this matter will
be deferred until after the
national organization of the soldiers
aud sailors of the "groat war is per
fected
Tbe Boundar y county men are ar
ra nging to give a dance soon in honor.
of the members of the local Bed Cross
and wlU announce the date later. The
dance is '° be btdd shortly after Eas
ter
At the meeting Saturday night a
Y 0 * 6 °. f 'banks was extended to the
following business men and Arms that
donated towards the smokes and the
eats • Pastime Cigar ^'ore. (, 11' [op
Cigar Store.^!lub Cigar Store, Brody
Drug Store, C. D. Slmond s Drug Store,
Shamrock Cigar Store, L. N. Brawn
Department Store, C auston Bros., h. U
'' • , R08eb augn, Bonners her
r , y -' ,Pa * Company,-and Messrs. King,
l'°[' er and Stewart
, aP®£ial vme of thanks was ex
tended the K B. lodge tor tue use or
' 10 l0<lge na
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nas ml1 * • K
1 Springtime Is here and as a natural
result the baseball fans are beginning
to get ,he 'ever. So a meeting of the
fa »« has been called to gather at Si
mond's Drug Store Wednesday night,
April 2nd and every fan. young or old,
and every person interested in base
bal1 is ur e e 'l to come out. 1 he meet- ,
l n K will be called at 8 ® « lock «^' p
.J „ine and^therî
cracking good baseball nine and mere
is a better chance this year to have a
l" rhir« ifnnd hnl^niavers
. ™ bre aI e „ h! nftv ami
among the newcomers in tne cit> ami
a great many of the old team are still
here . , , I
The baseball boys are going to look
for lo >' al support this year from the
business men and citizens and In re
' urn ' b ®>' expect to get down to husi
»®ss. hold regular practices and put up
some games that will furnish enter
talnment and put Bonners Ferry on the
ma P as the home of good, clean ath
letics. Dont forget, hut he sure to
come out tomorrow night and encour
age the baseball boys with your sug
gestions and support.
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raoluocl In Business Again
R. D. Paoluccl- returned to Bonners
Kerry last Tuesday, having received
his discharge from the quartermaster's
coi-^i °f the U. S. Brmy. at Camp Lew
s. Wash., where he had been stationed
f ° r «t veral mo t nth «' S , h< L t: y î„,
regret seems to be that he did not
| hat . he wes needel more at Camp Lew
Mr Paoluccl has leased quarters m
L he ? eorgb ^ ade bul ,i dinK ea «' of tb ®
Stookey Kurmture Store, where he
has installed his machinery and re- |
sumed his business as shoe repairer.
While in Seattle he purchased addi
tional machinery and expects to be in
a position to do more work and give
better and prompter service than ever
before.
BuHds New Home
Heatliershaw Hiilltls New 110111 «
This W eek W. H. Heathershaw. the
depu ty game warden for Boundary and
B onn er counties, purchased of E. C.
Gale fhe residence lots north of the
Methodist church and now has under
construction a five room house which
w h en completed will be modern in ev
ery respect and which is to be occu
'pied by Mr. Heathershaw and fils fam
ily .
The property purchased Included
thre e lots and a house which was par
tlally de stroyed by fire about a year
i, h „ rf , s ,„ rlfJ
1 Sait (or div orce was started last
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^f^l^Vceorge^Fr'y "laUum V
wAsonbelng attorneysför theplai *
' Ji ,8on be,ng attorneys 10 p
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i Tba complaint conta^ins ;^i, p g ^ Tna
of cruel and ,nba ' na "i
îwalelTed" hi^Thf rouK" were
^^ ne J t ^pe, Idaho. January
" arrI#d at Hope ' Iüab0 ' U 3
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vio-hfl. Grade Examinations
m E,gh,h " rade Examluatlai.«
Eighth grade examinations will
|held in the short term schools of the
county on April 9. 10. and 11. The
I following districts of this county are
termed short term schools; Districts
l No - 2 - 3 - 5 and , n ' .
I The other scViools of the county will
have eigbth grade examinations on
M ay 27, 28 and 29 except Independent
School District No. 4 which will have
examinations the week of June 13th.
on exanljnatlon9 are required be
lore certificates are issued allowing
the 8tude nt to enter high schools. .
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I tVllllam Rideout, a tvellknown citl
zen of the Porthill district, is in town
and yesterday made a filing on a home
stead in the Porthill district before U.
S. Commissioner King. Mr. Rideout
i8 in the city for the flrst time In three
years. He is deeply interested in the
new game laws as he spends the win
ters trapping and claims that some of
ithe changes in the laws will work
hardship on the trappers.
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MANY DEALS HAYE BlEN CL0SE1)
IN THE CITY DURING THE PAST h
FEW DAYS
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MANY WILL BUILD NEW HOMES
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Looks Like Prosperous Times Ahead
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There i 8 very indication that Bon-i
ners Ferry is to see this coming season
the b U8 i es t ttn( i most prosperous year
o{ it8 history. During the week just
past there have been three sales of
town property and there are several
more sa i ea being negotiated. There j
are now being planned at least a doz-I
en new h0 moa Which will be built this
SU mmer and nearly all of these homes
will be substantial, modern houses, to
a cost from $2 000 up t0 $ 6 . 0 oo. The
"own a home" campaigns of the larger
cltie8 of the countrv i8 golng t0 be felt
in Bonners Ferry and the time is cer
talnly ripe to encourage this move-j
8 ment lf Bonners Ferry is to be a city
of beautiful homes and have for its i
citizens men and women who will have
U a vital interest in the-affairs of the
town jt j s time now to revive our
commercial clubs and civic organlza
tlons and do a little missionary work
at borne.
R)ght now the city is lacking sut
ficient hotel accomodations and nearly
every night patrons are turned away
from our hotels because the rooms
have al] taken This condition
wl u 800n 1)e overcome ns a third story
Jg to be added at once to thü commer
. jal j lote j an(l iIr gtidwell, of the In
ternational hotel, is now planning to
en j arge b | 8 building to accomodate the
j nc . reased business.
. . vaPftn t house in the
city and all the small "shacks" are be- '
ing rented to people who desire good
cannot get them There
arg more people in Bonners Ferrv now
than have been here in the past seven '
vears and the business, men of the city'^
telling that thev are doing a larger,
j j business than ever before
" . . DU « lne8 « [ naa ever oeiore.
At least one new business block Is
to be built this season and there are
two others being planned,
All this augurs well for business
activities in Bonners Ferry this sum
mer.
week by the real estate firm of Me
Qiocklln and Kent whereby the C. I).
Simonds residence property on the
Northside, was sold to Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Wright, recently of Astoria, Ore.
Tho consideration has not been made
public but It Is understood that the '
deal involved several thousand dollars.
Tbe Simonds home was built a coup
le of years ago by C. D. Simonds and
}s Ideally located and considered one
n f the prettiest and most substantial
residences of Bonners Kerry. Pos
session will be given the new owners
Ferry 3 Luml^r^ompany. ' ' ' "
ini J'plans* but it "livery "like?? that
' h ®y will build a new home this sum
mer.
The Simonds property consists of
an acre tract, planted to fruit and a
strictly modern seven room bungalow.
Another deal for North8 , de property 1
, fi be , negotiated and will probably
be clo8 ed this week Ira GH.es is
planning to purchase the C. T. Lasch
inger home ' Thls 18 aIso a mo,lern
hQU8e and j8 we „ i ocat ed. The con
^deration will he around the $2,000
mark Mr , G ines will not be able to
occupy the home until the lease of Mr.
H . Carlson runs out this fall
( Another deal for residence property
\ vas dosed the last week when F. S. I
stoos purchased the home west of the
Catholic church, known as the Van
Gasken property and owned by Mrs.
j. M . Fleming, now deceased. The
consideration was $2,000. This is a
]arK e well-built house, well located
and wlll xnaUe an idea l home for Mr.
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Grand Matron Pays Annual Visit
^ ,bnie Hobbs ' °/ Mountain
Ida 7' « rand n ' atron the
; Order ot the Eastern Star will pay
her annual visit to the local order to
morrow night. Mrs. Hobbs is in the
clty of Sandpolnt today and the fol
i ,owing ° E S members of the Bon *
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'.tonight to meet the grand matron:
\JAn. C. D. Simonds Mrs. H I. Monks,
Mrs ' 0tto R Math,esen - Mrs - E. E.
Saunders. Mrs. J B Brody, Mrs H. A.
beloale, Mrs. Belle Bishop and Mrs. G
r. Gray .
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1 u An £, th . er V S Ty en | oyable mbe ^ ng , °î
the Entre Nous club was held last
.Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. C.
A. Rae. Auction bridge was played
and Mrs. C. W. King won the prize for
the high score. A delicious lunch was
served by the hostess after the card
games.
1^ This evening ithe^club members will
be en tcrtalned by Mrs. C. D. Rowe,
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city last Thursday enroute from Port
land, Oregon, to Great Falls, Mont.,
,whçre they will make their home and
where Mr. Pratt will resume the lum
her business he gave up some 18
months ago to enter the service of
Uncle Sam. Mr. Pratt formerly
a here and was in the employ of the
[Bonners Ferry Lumber company.
A deal was closed the flrst of the
Entre Nous Club Meets
Mr. and Mrs. Phill Pratt were In the
Talk Plans That Will Help the County
and Put Money In Their Pockets
The crowd which attended the farm
er's gel-to-gether meeting at the
Northstde schoolhouse Friday night
considerably exceeded all expectations
and the meeting was all that could
h « ve be f n hoped for and those who
arranged it feel that they have already
made headway with their plans for
unity among the farmers for their mu
tual advantage.
After the speaking a basket supper
was served and the evening devoted
to sociability.
John Quincy Adams, organizer of tho
Tri-State Farmer's Union and Mr.
Darling. Spokane manager of the Tri
State terminal, gave addresses in
wblcb tbey urged the farmers to unite
as a body and work out their own sal
Y at *" n apd p,an and scheme together
,n tbe ® ffort to dispose of their pro
<l«ce and crops at prices which would
f® abl ® ,benl t( J [cap a fair profit for
th ® lr labor and Investment,
Prominent farmers of this district
now hav * ln mind plans to organize
a cannery concern and possibly a
flourmill and it has been pointed out
that with an evaporating plant the
farmers could dispose of their fruits
at a , fair P r c f and make money from
Produce that is now a total loss,
u . l- u v* v n „
Sergeant !.. B. Stoohej Back Home
i Sergt. E. B. Stookey. who has been
In active service In France for the past
16 months and who was recently dls
charged at one of tho eastern canton
ments, arrived bore last Tuesday and
spent a few days visiting with his
brother, O. R. Stookey.
Lewiston, Ida., visiting his parents and
plans to return here ht about three
weeks to assist O. R. Stookey.
Sergt. Stookey was one of the first
Bonners Ferrv boys to enlist and was
in training with the Boise company of
Infantry. On going to France he was
transferred to another branch of the
fervice and at tho time of his discharge
bo "'as with the 74th Engineers.
tells some interesting stories of the
things he saw in France and of his
' var experiences. . He had considera
bu ' experience with T. V T. and had
eve, 'y chance in the world to judge of
*' a usefulness and states that it was
' lspd , ln Franee S° f, reat advantage in
rench - dlt ch and other work ünd that,
11 « ure n,oved thp s'm«P a -
8(,me of ,be wiseacres who are crltl
clzlng and ridiculing the plans to use
the government supply of T. N. T. for
rec i ama tion purposes could get a few
ey.
.
librarians for the
"™ y th „ At . dl ^t r , HMn on Wed
" bbt Q h „ Mr. nJl
S ? afternoons anti Mrs. Gray on
' meeUng°of 8 'the Reader's Club
he A ' £ e t " # g"« ()f Mrs Gale March
.>r )tb tlu , following nrogram was ren
S* Ln caTl was «Mw^rcTby all
me mbers with a late current event;
a 1)aper on .. The Reconstruction In
France ,- was read by Mrs. Neill. Mrs.
wllbur aang a 80 i 0- -Then I'll Come
f an DanTe"" 6 aîid Mrs.'Gaie entorUHnSî
„'a 'ualy 8 and by P n-'ullng ^"eUcrs Tro.n
her brother wh o wrote from Japan,
china and Russia
1 R ' J O'Conner for the past three
y eal ' 8 roaOmaBter for the O ea North
' ((1 h H1 osl ion to a
C J}? : . ha ?„ r .?7 gb f d 7'fv. „..i
a better^hance of advancfme^ wTth
a be "®. r cnan c® 01 ativancement. wun
the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul
Hallway company, with headquarters
at fel ° ux ( ity - and on, Mr. O Con
aer bas been in lg be emp * oy of tbe
• v „ , ' a , ay , yearrt ; . .
I He.leaves o.lay to take up h.s new
w f rk apd "*n '*1 accol ? lpanled by bi8
wife who will visit lelatlves
and -who later «ill ..t-.-.-.l '<> Wash
! ngton ; D C " a8 a d fle g a'e Iront tier
a hplp ,f t( ^ vn 1°, the
, of J; he Daugjjt®™ Rievolution.
I Mr - apd °, Con *" ha Y a e "? adb
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Ship live (arloads Potatoes
Thls week J. B. Brody received an
order for five carloads of potatoes to
be 8hlpped lmme dlately and he is now
h „„ tn ' „. p1nart . loaded out and
... endeavor to get the other cars
, , , h t ten day8 or two weeUs.
* I^The 'cars"'hV^s ^^aXg To w are
his own stock and he Is going
to flU , tbe remalnder of the order
from rancher8 over the county. The
E. . potatoe8 are bringing 80 cents per
A. weight
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C. Suit for divorce was filed in the dis
trlct court yesterday by Clarence M.
for Fisk, of Meadow Creek, against Glen
nie M. Fisk, desertion being claimed
as the grounds for the action The
[complaint cites that the couple were
married at Sandpoint on November 6.
I The members of the senior class of
the Bonners Ferry high school are now
beginning to plan for the annual senior
class ball which will be given at the
18 K. P. hall thc night of May 2. About
of 250 invitations will be Issued for the
lived,ball and the class members plan to
the make it the big social event of the
.season. —
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FARMERS MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT
He la now at
He
Probably
pointers by Interviewing Sergt. Stook
News of the Reader's Club
The Reader's Club will meet April
8th at fhe home of Mrs. Wooledge.
Mrs. S. E. Henry and Mrs. George R.
H. J. OM'oimcr Quits G. N. Hallway
I Mr. Brody states that any farmer
who has potatoes for sale can find a
'market now by applying to him at
once.
Sues for Divorce
S. E. Henry is attorney for the
1916.
plaintiff.
the