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Bonners Ferry Herald THIRTY-FIRST YEAR. NUMBER IS BONNERS FERRY. IDAHO. THURSDAY, NOVEMBERS, 1921 OFFICIAL PAPER OF BOUNDARY COUNTY ALL AGIN" THE G. N. RAILWAY COMMERCIAL REGRET THE ATT1TUTE OF RAILROAD OFFICIALS CUB MEMBERS SAY IMPROVEMENTS' OPPOSED Town and County Officials Voice I'ro teists Tuesday Night. Judging from the many expressions heard from business men and citi zens Tuesday night at the meeting of the Kootenai Valley Commercial Club, there is not an overly kindly feeling toward the Great Northern Railway company in this community. The feeling that the Great Northern Railway ofifcials pass up, slight and ignore Bonners Ferry and Boundary county, has been growing for soma time and found expression Tuesday night in a resolution adopted in which it was resolved that the commercial club express its disapproval of the at titude of the Great Northern Railway company towards the community. A committee composed of O. C. Wilson, C. W. King and W, T. James was ap pointed to prepare the resolution and forward a copy to Great Northern officials. Discussion was opened by O. C. Wil son who reviewed several instances where the Great Northern Railway had been asked to make Improvements, had promised to do certain things and had' thus far failed In promises and had, apparently, gone to extremes in hin dering matters pertaining to the gen eral welfare of the district. The speaker cited that the Great Northern officials had promised to fill in a gulch on Cottage avenue and to fix up two street crossings, which are believed to be dangerous, but as yet, nothing had been done. He said further: "Considering the amount of revenue which the Great Northern Railway Company secures from this town and surrounding district, it is surely un der obligations to fix up its crossings 1 and to keep its right-of-ways through town in such a condition that they | will not become a public nuisance and i a menace to the public health. The town could proceed in court to force ' certain improvements asked of the 1 Great Northern but it cannot spare the | money which might be required for; litigation. Every time we have started : anything in the past towards securing j these improvements, some one comes I along with soft-soap promises and tells us not to bother the Great North- I ern because it Is going to make Bon-' nors Perry a division point some day." j The speaker went on to relate how ; the work on the state highway hea been held up for many months be- j cause the Great Northern Railway of -1 ficials had refused permission to con- j struct a bridge over the Great North- i ern right-of-way at Naples and County I Commissioner Welch stated that the | Great Northern had not yet permit- j ted the county to straighten out the ! county road at Deep creek and Mo- ! ravia where the road passes under I the tracks. Both these improvenfbnis I would be beneficial, the speaker ! thought, to the railway company and would make the road safe for travel. George R. Causton told how ihe Great Northern had promised Bonners Ferry a new depot many years ago and . that today the company has not pro vided a decent waiting room even. F. A. Shu if is told of the efforts of the city co.uncil to secure the coopéra tion of the Great Northern in street improvements and said that he thought dtn"eM"t'aMte. ° Ca ' P " PlS " trï Charte. £S,1 ,ata tto, l„ s,„d. point several years ago the business men found themselves unable to se cure cooperation from the Northern Pacific Railway and so by mutual agreement they turned their business to a competing line and it was not long before the Northern Pacific across with improvements which had been urged. Other business men spoke on the subject and all expressed the opinion that some drastic action should be taken at once. A motion was made and seconded to the effect that the of picric acid to be shipped from eastern point to Bonners Ferry for distribution in this county, be routed over some other railway than the Great Northern but the motion not put when County Agent Alexander stated that he had already promised the routing of the car. came car an wa Want Free Express Service An effort will be made to secure free express delivery service in Bon ners Ferry and at a meeting of the Kootenai Valley Commercial Club held Tuesday night, a committee composed of J. W. Reid, L. N. Brown, George Causton and C. D. Simonds, pointed to petition the W'as ap express com panies serving Bonners Ferry for the free delivery. J. W. Reid first brought up the mat ter, stating that other towns were re ceiving this service and that it could be had for Bonners Ferry, in all prob ability, if requested through the >r officials. prop John Meyers Burled Tuesday John Bernard Meyers died Saturday at the Bonners Perry hospital, death resulting from injuries he received some five weeks ago at White's log ring camp. Burial was had Tuesday morning in the Grandview cemetery The deceased was about 55 years old and was a native of Wisconsin. A brother, Geo. Meyers, of Revillo S Dak. came here to take charge of the burial arrangements. IN HONOR OF 18TH BIRTHDAY Miss Eva Mae Little Given Pleasant Surprise Monday Evening. I One of the pretty and delightful I cial events of Hallowe'en week ! the surprise birthday party given Monday night at the banquet I of the International hotel by Mrs. E. L. Utile, in honor of the eighteenth birthday anniversary of her daughter. Miss Eva' Mae Little. I the young people's class of the Union church Sunday school, Rev. and Mrs. Geo. Fowler and teachers of Miss Lit tle's high school classes were the in vited guests. A delicious dinner was served, beautiful birthday cake, on which had been placed 18 candles, gracing the center of the table, table was prettily decorated with bols of Hallowe'en. so v, as rooms Members of ii The room and sym Fol lowing the banquet a social evening was enjoyed. Miss Little was the recipient of many lovely presents given her by friends desiring to express their friendship and their wishes for many more such happy occasions. The invited guests Mildred nickstrom, Emma Gines, Merritt Mc Arthur, were : Rennie Wickstrom, Albert Hawley, Vona Megquler, Laura Car lock, Sidney Jackson, Homer Welch, June Cook, Lina Ripatti, Carol Ald ridge, Vernon Baker. Florine Brody Gladys Ashby. Russel Melin, Irene An drew's, Albert Davis, Harold McNally, Perry Howe, Esher Frv, Thelma K ett, Mildred Reid. Mildred Gentry Frank Hewitt, Effie Dunn, Ivan Caus ton. Miss Cargo, Miss Wenz, Miss Hoi lier, Miss Gleed, Miss Geiger, Mrs. Fowler, Rev. Fowder, Mrs. Causton! Mr. Causton. Fred Durose, Walter Twitchell, Wilfred Andrews. ver , r . "ojmoroe Suits Filed .Suit ^ or divorce was filed in the district court this week by Hansine \ an Horn against Earl Van Horn, the P'aintlff alleging cruelty and failure to Provide as grounds for divorce, According to the complaint the couple were married at Chauteau, Mont., Jan Hf ry 3 912 - The plaintiff asks for ® custody of three minor children an<1 * be division and awarding of Property. E. M. Flood is attorney for tbe Plaintiff. A - A - Kemp is plaintiff in a suit for 1 . ° r . ce from Sihni Kemp, filed in the d'sHict court last week. Desertion J® alleged as grounds for the divorce, ,be Plaintiff alleging that he was earned on November 20, 1917 and that b ' 8wife him on November 24. 1 , 7' E - Henry i s attorney for the P la 'ntiff. _ Buys New Compressor George R. Causton went to Spokane Monday to attend to business for the Uynide Gold Mining Co., of which he is secretary and treasurer. He pur ' based a new three drill compressor Plant and complete equipment, in eluding pipe and air drills, which wi, l be shipped this week to Movie Springs where it will be used in the driving of a 200 foot tunnel at the 8 > te of the city power plant, the Cv n *de Gold Mining Co. having secured the contract from the city for the vvor k- Work on the tunnel will be Kin at once and it is planned to have it; completed in two months. As soon 88 the tunnel is driven the compres sor Plant will be taken to the ei 'ty of the mining company. The company is now operating a two drill Plant. laut prop Hallowe'en Party at Moravia A large comnntiv nf ma..,..,. , Bonners Ferry folk's enjoyed a plea's ant social evening at the schoolhm?'» at Moravia last Friday evenZl the occasion being a Hallowe'en nnrfl arranged hv Mis" MUrod Hei, 7 ' Miss Ellen Hawkins, teacheS of the Moravia school, Games, dancing and singing SViTT""" U,e ei "'" e an<l "rvV OUr " lunch The building was artistically deenr ated with colors and symbols ^hZ acteristic of Hallowe'en' Ail wZ were present report a good time h and were was Want Clothing for Babies .. MlS8 . Carleton. county nurse, and tlm officers of the Boundary County Red Cross Chapter, are anxious to re ceive donations of infant's _ which can he distributed to the in this county. clothing needy . are several needy cases and good use of all do nations will be made. Clothing for infants and for children up to six years old will be acceptable. Dona tions should be left at the county courthouse. * There Drainage Meeting Saturday A telegram to C. W. King, re ceived last evening, announces that W. G. Swendsen, commis sioner of reclamation for Ida ho, and Mr. Cleveland, repre senting British Columbia, will arrive in Bonners Ferry on Sat urday, November 5, in connec tion with drainage problems of the Kootenai valley. This conference was arranged several months ago at the time Governor Davis and Commis sioner Swendsen came here to investigate reclamation matters and it was agreed that a final conference should be held by Canadian and Idaho engineers upon the completion of certain engineering work in Canada. This work was completed only a few weeks ago. Mr. Swendsen wrote the Her ald some time ago that he would endeavor to secure some federal aid also for the Kootenai val ley drainage project and he has already had the matter up with the secretary of the Interior. ^liiiimimiiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiniMiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiitiiiiiim: = E Boy Scout Oath and 12 Laws The Scout Oath. On my honor 1 wrill do my best: 1. To do ray duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout law; 2. To help other people at all times; 3. To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight. When taking this oath the scout will stand, holding up his right hand, palm to the front, thumb resting on the nail of the little finger and the other three fingers upright and together. The Scout Sight. The position of the hand just described, under the Scout oath, is the scout sign. The three fingers held up remind him of his three promises in the Scout oath. The Scout Salute. When the three fingers thus held are raised to the brim of the hat over the right temple, it is the Scout salute. The Scout always salutes a Scout officer. =3 The Scout Motto. The motto of the Boy Scouts is BE PREPARED, which means that the Scout is always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do his duty and meet any emergency. The Scout Law. There have always been certain written and unwritten laws regulating the conduct and directing the activities of men. All nations have such laws coming down from past ages The Japanese have their Bushido, or laws of the old Samurai warriors. During the Middle Ages, the Knights of King Arthur and various crusading orders, such as the Knights Templar developed in Europe and the Holy Land the laws of chivalry. In aboriginal America, the Red Indians had their code of honor; likewise the Zulus, Hindus and the later European nations have their ancient codes. The following laws, which relate to the Boy Scouts of Amer ica, are the laws a boy promises to obey when he takes his Scout oath : A Scout Is Trustworthy. A Scout's honor Is to be trusted. 1. If he were to violate his honor by telling a lie, or by cheating, or by not dong exactly a given task, when trusted on his honor, he mav be directed to hand over his Scout badge. 2. A Scout Is Loyal. He is loyal to all to whom loyalty i s due; his Scout leader his home and parents, and country. A Scout Is Helpful. He must be prepared at any time to save life, help injured persons, and share the home duties, good turn to somebody every day. 4. A Scout Is Friendly. He is a friend to all and a brother to every other Scout. 5. A Scout Is Courteous. He is polite to all, especially to women, children, old peo ple and the weak and helpless. He must not take pav for being helpful or courteous. 8 . He must do at least one A Scout Is Kind, .. . , He will not kill nor hurt any living creature needlessly, but will strive to save and protect all harmless life. 6. He is a friend to animals. = = = = = = = = = = iE — EE = = nililllllllllllilllllll. . .Ill. 111111111 i 1111111111 1 1 j 11 i 11 j I „ 111 „ j , j I . 7. A Scout Is Obedient. He obeys his parents, scoutmaster, patrol leader and all other duly constituted authorities. 8. A Scout Is Cheerful. He smiles whenever he , , He is obedient to orders, is prompt and cheery. He never shirks nor grumbles at hardships. A Scout Is Thrift. He does not wantonly destroy property. He works faith fully, wastes nothing, and makes the best use of his opportunities He saves his money so that he may pay his own way, be generous to those in need, and helpful to worthy objects. He may work for pay, but must not receive tips for courtesies or good turns. can. 9. A Scout Is Brave. He has the courage to face danger in spite of fear and to stand up for the right against the coaxing of friends or the jeers or threats of enemies; defeat does not down him. II. A Scout Is Clean. He keeps clean In body and thought, stands for clean speech clean sport, clean habits, and travels with a clean crowd. The Scout Is Reverent. 10. 12 . He is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties, and respects the convictions of others in matters of cus tom and religion. Gov. Davis Flans To Watch AH State Twen.y-two state lepart».«. „.a 'a. legislature up toAugustM1921 üirsrÏBvrS «TM» accoramg to a report nlea ihursday rrSr° r , B D ' W '^' by WI Hiim finer d ' f state bud ^ e t of er ' The governor says the report is the most comprehensive analysis of the condition of the various departments that has ever been made and it also is the first of its kind to be attempted i in the history of the state. It con-1 tains 33 pages of solid figures and I four supplemental index pages. Up to August 31, each of the various departments should have expended one-third of the appropriation that date being the end Z the Dm elghî months of the administration. Cover nor Davis says he expects to have a similar report at the end of 13 months so that there will be eight months re mainlng of the biennium in which any department may be brought to task for excessive expenditures and made to economize so that no deficiencies may be brought before the 1923 legis 5 » The total money appropriated for KEEP CHECK ON EXPENSE FUNDS DEPARTMENTS MANY STATE HAVE SPENT LARGE PORTION OF APPORTIONMENTS SAYS MUST BE NO DEFICIENCIES Expenditures. _ |^550 I 709 i 59 tiOn d and dapartments wa8 172,164.08'lmd & beeB > speht up*toAu^ît ^ 31, or slightly less than one-third of, the total amount. This, of course, i takes into account all funds which have not been touched and this fact | helps, in the total, the showing of all departments which have spent more than one-third of their appropriation, i Names of departments listed as be- ! ing deficient as of August 31 do not in- ! elude all those which have spent more 1 than one-third In some of their sub divisions. For instance, "educational ' institutions and departments" do not i j show in the list, yet there is not one I ?* the educational institutions from the university to the industrial train mg school which does not in some one of its subdivisions show a per »w-l.« ». mo™ thaa 3 . '-3 Governor Dart, „plained many o. tbe . overdrafts of the departments by »»"'saws «ab the term. Consequently he said that particular department wnî show an overdraft but not through any lack of its administration. -For inatnnno" I auditor's office shows 'other* exrr Lh ® c e ntsnent Th? 0 ®Lv. Pen8e8 fnew set of Zks h i u u i and the exulnd^nre hfn v l b ?, U ? h i in the < 0 ther exZn«^ d i 1 it® B ? te ^ I „ . other expense classification" , Most of the "sins" of overdraft have Zion TttÂdJîfknîL th6 RU , b K di ' expenses'^ TWs Hem i=" 88 h ,? r Z !' . rbI . 8 ltem !S apparently cefves'more dZits^thsTp ° f ^ T ThZrc deblts than 11 can stand, iJZl tZ' fc ho * ev « r * severa l depart Zîî tS wklcb sb °w overdrafts in the .® ther salane8 account. These are: , su P rem ® court, public utlli bZan bllre&U ° f in8urance - vestments Zd caMto?"™^' i?, Ubl,c in ' S capitol maintenance, fhPtZ'i ln the re P° r t are sanitarium are "over" in maintenance The Soldiers' home ^ maintenance. excess of ; celebrates 70TH BIRTHDAY Rebekah Lodge Members Lire Party in Honor of Mrs, I. Uuustun. A large company of the members of the Rebekah lodge enjoyed a surprise party Tuesday night given in honor of the 70th birthday of Mrs, I. Causton. A delicious supper was served and afterwards the company enjoyed pleasant social evening. The lodge members presented Mrs Causton with 8 beautiful brooch in token of their ! friendship. I The banquet table was prettily dec 1 orated and a huge birthday cake cupied a place of honor. The table was decorated with seven candles. I each candle representing ten years of I Mrs. Causton's life. There were also , three pink candles, each representing ten years of the thirty years more that Mrs. Couston's friends hopes she I will enjoy. 1 Mrs. Causton is one of the oldest j pioneers of this district a oc one of the oldest members of the Re lb ekah lodge. She came to Bonners I Ferry in 1894 with her husband and j children and joined the Rebekah lodge I soon after it was organized, j Mrs. Causton came to I States some 30 years ago from Eng i land. They landed in this country i with $30. By hard work and careful I saving they have managed to accumu : late enough of wealth to insure all the comforts they desire in their old Mr. and the United _age. And they also take a great deal of j pride and comfort in the fact that they ! have raised a large family of children who respected and honored in are I every community in which they known. are SAYS GAME IS DISAPPEARING Leaving Logged-off Lands Denuded Is Menace To Wild Life I Game is rapidly disappearing as r. j result of logging is a claim in a peti I Hon presented by Lincoln county resi ! dents to the Montana legislature last ! winter, praying for the establishment of a game preserve on Wolf creek and j Fisher river, according to a statement ' 88 «ed to the Herald by Forest Super visor J. A. Fitzw'ater of the Pend d Oreille National Forest reserve. In the petition it was stated that lum bering had encroached upon the for ests in that region to such that the game ing and that an extent rapidly diaappear a game preserve in this virgin country wherein game would have complete protection was an abso lute necessity to perpetuate the sup- ' ply and stock the adjacent areas. seems to be the opinion of most "old timers" that logging operation menace to wild life. Glen A. was It h are a Smith, assistant district forester of the United States Forest Service, says: roust "My observations in Montana cov e, in K » period of some 20 rears i. ,d 8 " lp to Believe that the method of s lash Burning and leaving the logged areas I in 8 denuded condition which is fol- 1 lowed by a majority of lumber opérât I ors, is a real menace to wild life I I firmly convinced, and can cite con-1 vincing examples .that it a method of ' logging and brush disposal that would leave the young growth in a condition 1 to insure a future forest, were adopt- i ed, wildlife would be benefited in that ! through logging operations the dense 1 cover would he opened up. allowing I the sun's warm rays, and the dew and 1 ram to penetrate to Mother Earth r, ) bountiful supply of vegetation would result. Anyone who has traversed a logged-over area that has not been ' ■ muled by fire will recall the added 1 supply of timothy, red top, clover, wi)-i L°™ 8 ' raspberries, strawberries. Ore-(■ ^ZL h gm 1 p , es - 8er ''ice berries, all of ^ h,cbaddt o fhe natural food of wild JEs.w.., shelter in the form of, Sly Wlld0 " ,e and^nml-, to me that if this he true. 1 J"J eonvinced that it it. it is | a "°ther strong reason for a campaign a K a >nst the denuding of the nation's I ^ re8tad a, ; ea8 by Present methods of 8lasb burning and destructive logging, Bp " r n t8 f len f shou,d be interested in our, ca mpaign for a national forest policy." „ 1 bGSP ° bservat i° n s are in direct ac tho f e r f corded in the Lake ' ï ere '" EK1 " g occurred 40 and | Ll.» in 5 t) , See ,, G , eor! ' e Shlra's third | t th î Nat, onal Geographic Ma K azi ne for August, 1921. clc „ » rinurinns A isit Here . Dr - w - A - Sullivan, inspector in c ^ ar & e * U. S. Bureau of Animal In (lust **y tubercular inspection work Î . «r."wï ?" in T J h ® c ' ty Saturday, conferring ™ themse lves as being well pleased with the cooperation being accorded Dr AIahan ln hls 'U'ork here by both the farmers and the county officials, and both stated that from all present in d ,! cation8 Boundary, county would be the first county in the state to be cre,U Ued With freedom from tuberculosis -- In Honor of Mrs. Gay J Mrs. H. B. Kinnear entertained a company of friends . . . . . . last Thursday night at her home in Park addition at an auction bridge party given in honor of Mrs. A. C. Gay who left Tuesdav with her young son, for Spokane where she will join her husband and make her future home. The prizes for the high scores at the card games were won by Mrs D C. McDonald and Miss Williams. A pretty guest prize was presented Mrs Gay. After the games a dainty lunch was served. one-third of its appropriation in both salaries and maintenance and Lava Hot Springs has spent all its main tenance. ORGANIZE FOUR SCOUT TROOPS MEETING TO BE HELD TONIGHT AT GYMNASIUM OF THE HIGH SCHOOL NAME NEW TROOP COMMITTEE Interest of the Boys Greater Than Anticipated. was Every boy of Bonners Ferry vicinity who wishes to become a Boy Scout should attend and a meeting to bo held tonight at the high school naslum when the Bonner-Boundary Boy Scout Executive, A. Dayton, will organize four troops. Mr. Dayton finished the preliminary organization work last week, leaving Thursday for Sandpoint to continue scout work there He talked to the hoys of the Bonners Ferry schools Ihursday afternoon and signed up enough Scouts for two troops from the grade school and one troop from the high school. The response to the invi tation to join the Boy Scouts was greater than he anticipated as he had only planned for the organization of three troops in this county at this time. Owing to lack of time he was not able to visit the Northside school last week but will do so this week, , is ex Pected that a large troop will be organized from Northside boys. Not over 32 boys ran be Included in a troop and generally the troop is ganized with only 16 members. A troop committee for the proposed fourth Boy Scout troop was named Tuesday night at the meeting of the Kootenai Valley Commercial Club, as follows; C. W. Megqufer, J. H Cave and Charles Ragland. George R. Causton resigned as a member of troop committee No. 5 and W. T. James was appointed in his stead. Mr. Causton will act as Scoutmaster of Troop , ", J:'- lv Saunders will be Scoutmast ? t i7\ OOP o K ° 6 ' and p Macnamara vull be Scoutmaster of Troop No 7 The scoutmaster for the will be selected at the evening, which will gym or No. ■ I „.„wir K ' new troop meeting this convene at 7:30 The regular meetings of the Boy S" °° P8 win bp bp '<l at Kent's hall, the use of the building having ÎV"., " y A ' J - Kent. nf g bp of a barracks. „ O ^ oun,lary C0,ln,y ' a quo,a ° r the f 'ind 8ary / or the Parry ing on of the iWnorZ"* T ,rk ln Boundary and for the comln K year . * 1150 and it is proposed to rame „ mon ? y by Popular subscription to , 8tart tomorrow. The win w ? f the cam Palgn at W ' Reid ' Jobn Hanson, j. t ^f cnamara . J A. Jacoby and J. P. Scou 'movement*T"' h 88 the Boy has P roven to he in S nine of ,°h, co . mm,lnitip8 in the VkIh ! , tbp naming generation. It ! bp Boundary countv Xa nf ZZZ ra i sed ' A général if!!, 7 h P the Boy Scout movement t ,° r 18 contained in the Scout 8nd , creed which is Printed in ° ther ° oIumn <)f < bi8 The converted into a sort in an paper. 1 The funeral of Ruth Marv the seven vear old daughter of and Mrs. Alfred S. Leevfr, was held at the Grandview cemetery at i>-ân Meth ÏS S 'Z | having died of a contagious^disease The deceased was only sick two I days. She complained of not well Friday morning and wL* riven medical attention. Drs Frv g Bowell diagnosed her ailment'as in fantile paralysis and made fort to save the child's life passed away Saturday afternoon | The deceased was born in Montana, | She was seven years, two months and two days old. She was a bright obedient and loving child and her parents are grief-stricken over their I sudden loss In their sad bereave j ment they have the deepest sympathy entire community, Lltlle Rufli Leever Dead every ef She Married in Spokane Saturday , Anderson, who is connected with the Enterprise Lumber Co of Copeland, and Miss Rosaline A Ready, of Brooklyn, N. Y., ried in Spokane Saturday, pie passed through Bonners Tuesday on their J. w'ere mar The cou Ferrv ww way to Copeland where they will make their home Mr. Anderson met his bride as a re sult of an injury he received while the TT navy during the late Morld War. He was injured by a falling piece of Iron and was taken to a naval hospital at San Francisco. Here he met Miss Ready, who was a nurse and who had served as a Red Cross nurse, overseas, for 18 months. It was In the hospital the romance started which culminated in the wed ding of Saturday. Celebrates Birthday Anniversary Mrs. Edw. Mlley entertained a com pany of friends of Mr. Mlley Monday night at a six o'clock dinner given in honor of her husband's birthday anni versary. The hostess was assisted in serving a sumptuous and most appetizing re past by her sisters, the Misses Agrua and Katherine Callahan. The decora tions were yellow and black, Hallo we'en symbols playing an important part in the decorations. After the dinner the guests enjoyed several pleasant hours playing cards.