Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-19

Andrews made a trip to Porthill
on Wednesday.
commissioner J. P. Dunn is
in the Ferry on business. He has
been at Rathdrum for about week |
transacting county business and
states that the ether commissioners
are very companionahle gentlemen,
max ing the session a pleasant one.
The water and light company
are establishing telephone from
their power plant at Myrtle creek
to the Ferry and the work will be
rushed. The water wheel is ex-
peoted any day and then the COM
pany will render first class light
service.
"Wednesday was the first time
for many day that through trains
on the Great Northern came from
the east The roads are having
greater hardships this winter than
at any time since their construc-
ton.
b "A surprise party was given in
honor of Rhuben Boileau by mis-
school friends Saturday light Jan.
II. A pleasant evening was
passed and many new games in
troduced. At eleven o'clock a very
delicious lunch was served by Mrs.
Boileau. Mrs Sawyer assisted
Mrs. Boileau in entertaining the
young folks.
The Spokane International has
supplied more coal to tn city of
pokane this wirter than both the
Great Northern and N.rthern
Pac hc railr ads. oar genial d pot
agent uedke informs us that the
read is also hipplag considerable
cord wood from this place and sur
rou ding communities to Spokane
The departm Mt OF the interior
has issued an order to the Effect
that any person or persons, associ-
alton or corporation wpo maintain
an unlawful enclosure on public
domain will be prosecuted and in
such cases it is the duty of special
agents to take the initiative them.
selves and not wait until s formal
complaint has been filed with them.
Any violation of the above order
will be rigidly enforced on and
after April /, 1907.
The cold snap of which we
have just pass d through is, accord
ing to Wm. Eaton one of our oldest
residents, the coolest experienced
in the last 19 years. 1t is usually
considered commonplace to talk
or write about the weather but
this instance one could write a
volume with rro'iety. 1t caused
considerable annoyance among
the residents OF Wisconsin hill,
putting their water pipes temper
lily out Of commission and it is re-
ported that several New Years
resolutions were broken as con-
sequence. 1t is considered justifi-
able however to say many things
when the thermometer registers &c
below
The enrolment of our schoo
: this year is Isl. and the averag,
attendance is about 1913. 1t il
! gratifying to note the splendid in,
crease in our schools each year
! The school gives the pupils the ad
, vantage of two years high schoo
4 course and it will not be many
y mure years before we have a schoo
[ giving the children the advantag,
of four years course. The schoo
is conducted in a very able an,
efficient manner under the direc
ton and supervision of Prof. Harr
Hayden The Misses Moore. PEI
kins, Dawson and Nye are a yer
competent co ps and instrumental
=, in bringing the school up to tn
high standard it now holds.
-Rosebaugh and Farnam, tn
real estate men, are very bus,
II these days putting up ice for nan
/ of the people of Bonners Ferry
g Rore Mcpherson is also busy a
e the -ame occupation. The tw
i concerns have about ten team
lie working for them and have abor
Ie % men employed 1t is estimate
that they will put up about on