The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-04-01
The Importance of a Port of
Entry to the City.
JAMES <. DoLAN, COLLECTOR
Rufus L. Cheney, Assistant--A Bill in
Congress to Make This Per-
manent Port of Entry.

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tom house that is located here. The
business of the office is already
quite important, but by reason of
the growing Importance Of the
country across the international
line it is destined to assume far
greater Importance.
By the present arrangement we
have custom office by the courtesy
of the chief officer of the district,
but a bill has been introduced into
congress to make it a permanent
and official port of entry. This bill
passed the senate at the last session
but was introduced so late that con-
gress adjourned before the bill
reached the house. Senator Du-
boise, who is the father of the bill,
says that there is, and will be, no
opposition to the bill, and that it
will pass congress in the early days
of the next session.
The government will make wise
selection in locating a port of entry
at Bonner's Ferry. Three-fourths
of the passenger. and freight traffic
for Kaslo and the SLOGAN, or return,
must pass through Bonner's Ferry,
for the reason that the Kootenai
river affords the cheapest and quick
est transportation.
The ores of British Columbia
must pass through our custom
offices. America is their only mar
ket for leadbearing ores, of which
nine-tenths Of their mineral pro-
duct will be. AS it will come over
into this country it will naturally
take the route over which it can be
transported at least expense, which
is by way Of the Kootenai and Bon
ner's Ferry. Here it will have to
be placed in a bonded warehouse
and sampled to ascertain the duty.
Then when the duty is paid it will
be shipped to the smelters for treat
ment, or it may eb first placed upon
the market and bought up by the
smelling men.
By any method the ultimate re-
suit will be the establishment of a
, sampling works at this place, which
, will make Bonner's Ferry an ore
, market, as the value of the ore will
be determined here. 1t will lead
to the establishment of a bonded
) warehouse. We will eventually gel
9 public building, and the govern
t ment service will require the loca-
r ton at this place Of a number O.
5 well paid government officers.
5 All of the above will tend to cen
t tralize mining interests at Bonner''
c Ferry. 1t should tend to make thu
! place a sort of headquarters fol
f miners, mining operators, ore buy
e ers, ETC., and will prove a stront
E lever towards securing commercial
r supremacy for Bonner's Ferry.
: The chief officer at this place i
e Hon. James e. Dolan. Mr.. Dollar
) has been employed in the seryic
3 for the past two years and is wei
: versed in the customs regulations
He was located at this place abou
e year ago, and has since filled tn
Q position in a courteous and etficien
4 manner. He is also thorough
J. patriotic in the discharge of hi
duties, always standing out firml
: for the rights of American shi
) owners. Mr.. Dolan's earlier train
o ing was such as to make him pai
if ticularly we'll fitted for his position
He was at one time connected wit
r. the wholesale business which give
Ig him a good knowledge Of the good
n. entered for duty. Later he was ell