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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06
TAX CAPACITY
OF SCHOOLHOUSE
Local Public School Has 272 Pupils
First Day and Only 240 Seats
Large High School
WILL PASS THE 300 MARK
Look For Largest Attendance This
Year In History Of District

The fall term of the Bonners
Ferry public schools opened Tues
day morning with a total of 272
pupils in attendance, the largest
attendance on the opening day of
school year in the history of the
town and an increrse of 50 over the
opening attendance of last year.
The board of trustees of indie
pendent School District No 4, the
faculty of the schools and the
pupils all look forward to the 1912
Is term with the expectation of its
being the most successful one in
years. One great difficulty to be
faced in the local schools Is the
lack of room and at the present
time, in many of the grades, two
pupits are compelled to occupy one
seat for the school has seating cap
acity for only 240 There is no
doubt but that the daily attendance
will soon pass the 800 mark and
the school board will have to make
some further arrangements then to
take care of the pupils.
This year there are Al members
of the high school while on the
opening day last year there were
only 81 pupils in the high school.
This year there are high school and
eighth grade pupils from Naples,
Porthili. Copeland and other near
by districts attending the local
school.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06
ROAD MONEY
ALL SPENT
County Auditor Refuses to Draw More
Warrants on Bridge and
Road Fund
NOW OVER DRAWN ABOUT SIS, 900
County Commissioners Order Cessation
Of Road Work

Acting upon information given
them by County Auditor McCrea
to the effect that the road and
bridge funds of the county have
been exhausted and that he would
not draw any more warrants upon
these funds, the county commits
sioners have ordered all work on
road and bridge improvements to
be stopped.
Auditor McCrea's action in re-
fusing to draw deficiency warrants
came about as a result of advices
received from the state attorney
general in which it is stated that il
the auditor issues deficiency war
rants upon the road or bridge fund
his bondsmen may be held liable.
The lack of money in the bridge
fund leaves two or three bridge
contracts tied up although in some
instances it may be possible for the
commissioners to pay the amount
of the contracts out of the general
fund under an emergency provision
of the state law. The county now
owes some S., 900 for work vt
has been doue and for 1aateriA- >.
roads and bridges.
As the matter stands now there
win be no funds to do any county
road or bridge work until the new
taxes come in the first of the year
and the county wall tA,e to issu,
deficiency warrants for current Elk
penses until that time.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06
HAD A PLEASANT BOAT TRIP
MIR. and Mrs. Byron Walker Shown A
Royal Good Time by Nelson Friends

Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Walker
returned Sunday afternoon from a
two weeks motor boat trip down
the Kootenai river to Nelson, B. c..
and points on the Kootenay lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker stopped at
Nelson two days and while there
were shown a royal good time by
John Toye and the several mem
bers of the party who came to
this town some weeks ago in their
gasoline launches. Mr.. and Mrs.
Walker speak in the highest terms
of the many courtesies and the hos
pitality extended to them by their
Nelson friends.
The Nelson people who made
the recent trip to Boomers Ferry
told Mr.. Walker OF their apprecia-
alton of the attentions given
them by local citizens and seemed
to be anxious to return the cour-
tesies i'll any way possible
Several Nelson owners of gasoline
launches are planning to make
another trip on the Kootenai river
to Boomers Ferry in the near future.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06
CRESTON CELEBRATION A SUCCESS
Rainy Weather Prevents Local People
From Attendance Indian Killed

Deferred by the threatening
weather only IA Boomers Ferry
people took advantage of the ex-
cursion on the X. V. railway and
attended the Labor Day celebration
at Creston Monday. The celebra
ton was attended by some 70 Port
hill residents and the visitors re-
port that Creston turned itself
inside out" in its endeavors to
show the visitors a good time.
The program of the day started
at 9 O'Clock in the morning and
there was something doing all day
long. The athletic contests and
sports were all interesting and live
betting on the results of various
contests enlivened interest. The
baseball game between Creston
and Porthill was a good one and
was won by Creston by score OF
10 to IL. Up to the latter part oil
the game neither team had much
advantage over the other.
The only incident to mar the
enjoyment of the day was the
fatality which occurred when an
Indian bronco buster from Gran
brook was thrown from his mount
The horse rolled over on its rider
and crushed him so severely thai
he died last Tuesdsy evening.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06
Hoagland Anderson

Fred 7. Hoagland, a wellklown
and popular ycunE man Of this
city, and Miss Alice NJ. Alberson.
an accomplished young lady of
Rosalia, Wash. were united in
marriage at Sandpoint Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoagland returned
to this city Tuesday evening and
left Wednesday for Rosalia, Wash.
where they will spend few days
of their honeymoon. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hoagland will take up their
permanent residence in this city.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06

Residents of Boomers Ferry and
vicinity who are in sympathy with
the principles of the new progress
sive party have arranged for q
meeting tonight at Kent's hall
when local bull moose" organ
ization will be formed. B, S,
Bennett, acting national com
mitteeman and famed for his short
talks, G.. H. Martin and o. J,
Bandelin, all of Standpoint, are
among those who will address the
audience.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06
To Display u Varieties

Spokane, Aug. 29:-Seventy-two
varieties of grasses will form the
major portion of a unique display
which c. w. Heideman, of Bon
ners Ferry is going to bring TO the
Spokane Interstate Fair. Mr..
Heideman has selected the grasses
from Northern Idaho and with
each bunch of grass has jar full
of the seed which produces the
varieties in question. He will also
have II different kinds of potatoe,
which are grown in the Kootenai
valley. His grass display is the
best ever collected in the Inlanc
Empire.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06
Laselle johnson Nuptials

Ole Laselle, one of the we'll
known aud prosperous ranchers of
the Moravia district and Miss Mary
Johnson. were united in marriage
at the home of the officiating min
lister, lRev. A. NJ. Skindlov last
Friday. Mr.. and Mrs. Laselle
returned home Sunday night and
were given a pleasing reception by
their friends.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06
Elect Mahoney and GIeed

AT the school election held Tues
day for the purpose of electing
two trustees of Independent School
District No. 4 for terms of three
years each, w. p. Mahoney and
Fred Gleed were unanimously
elected to succeed themselves.
Mr.. Gleed received 80 votes, Mr..
Mahoney received 81 votes and
Mrs. w. P. Mahoney received one
vote.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06
BOOSTERS HAVE
JOINT MEETING
Bonner County Development League
Seeking Cooperation Of Peopls
of the kootenai Valley
PLAN A PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN
Officials Tell Of Plans for County and,
Spokane Fairs

The officers of the Bonner
County Development League and
the directors of the Bonner County
Fair association were the guests.
of the Kootenai Valley CONNER
cial club at joint meeting held
at l. o. o. +. hall last evening
when plans for a publicity cam
paign to be carried out this fall
were discussed. At the close of
the evening light refreshments
were served. +
The meeting was presided over
by Major Walker. George H.
Hipke of Standpoint and president
of the Bonner County Develop
ment League explained that the
object of the meeting was to Sc
cure the cooperation of the local
commercial club and to advise with
its members in regard to the b.
ways and means of advertising
Bonner county and its resources
at the fall fairs and land shows.
The Standpoint visitors told that
fine, large booth could be Sc
cured at the Minneapolis Land
Show and that arrangements had
already been made for a booth at
the Spokane fair. Fine displays
will be gathered for both the land
show and the Spokane fair. One
of the features of the Bonner
county display at the land show
as planned by Mr.. Hipke will be
an imitation cobblestone fireplace
made of potatoes and he plans TO
give baked specimens of the
county's potato products to all vis-
itors at the booth in hopes of not
only advertising the many resour-
ces of the district but with a view
8 establishing wide market for
151aer county potatoes.
J. M. Prater, secretary of the
Bonner County Fair association.
told that the county fair thb yeax
would be held at Recrestion park
just outside the city limits OF Sand
point. He called attention to the
fact that a livestock department
had been added this year and that
Hon. Paul Clagstone had offered a
fine Hereford bull, registered stock,
for the first prize for the best gen
eral farm exhibit.
Mr.. Prater also told of the fair
associations plans of taking the
best exhibits from the county fair
to the Spokane Interstate fair and
said that the officials of the county
association expected to have bet
ter exhibit and take more prizes
this year than last. he asked tor
the hearty cooperation of the res
idents of the Kootenai Valley in
making the county fair a grand
success this year.
A number of prominent local
business men spoke of their inter
est in the county fair and ext
pressed themselves as being willing
to help and cooperate with the
county fair association and the Bon
ner County Development League
in grand publicity campaign this
fall.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06
Made a Record Run

Last month the Bonners Ferry
Lumber company made a record
run when it turned out over 8, 900. q
900 feet of lumber. No other
plant in the country of the same
size of the local plant has ever
equaled this record.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06
WOULD HOLD
l9l3FAIR HERE
Officials Of County Fair and Develops
meat League Promise to
Support Proposition
TO WIPE AWAY ANTAGONIST
Standpoint and Bonners Ferry Tire Of
Petty Scrapping

Will the 1913 Bonner County
Fair be held in Boomers Ferry?
The above is question which
may safely be answered in the atir-
native for when the subject was
brought up at the joint meeting of
the Bonner County Development
League and the directors of the
Bonner County Fair Association
which was held at the /. O. o. F.
hall last evening, the leading offi-
Gals of both organizations pr ON
. Used their hearty support and
assured Boomers Ferry people that
they would work forthis end.
The idea was given voice by A.
]: Kent and he suggested that if
the feeling of antagonism between
Standpoint and Boomers Ferry was
to be effectually eradicated about
the first move to make would be to
hold the county fair in Standpoint
one year and in Boomers Ferry the
next. The idea met with instant
and hearty approval of both Sand
point and Boomers Ferry people.
O. ]. Bandelin was the first to
second the suggestion offered by
Mr. Kent and spoke in favor OF
holding the fair next year in Bon
pers Ferry which he said was the
center of a district in which SO
per cent of the developed agricpl-
tural land of the county lay, J.
NJ. Prater, of Standpoint and secre-
tary of the fair association. prom
ised his personal support towards
securing the fair for this town.
b. S. Defenbach said that the fair
ought to be brought here next year
and the cause would have all the
assistance he could give it. George
II. Hipke. president of the Bonner
county Development League. said
tkAt nothing would would please
him better than to come to Boomers
Ferry with his potatoes and onioos
and akin the Kootenai Valley pro-
ducts. E. H. Edgerton, secretary
of the Standpoint Club. told that he
would do all in his power TO have
the fair held here next year
Andrew Christensen, director OF
the fair association, promised to
give the project under discussion
his support.
Many Others seemed to think
the idea a good one and from all
present indications there will be
no difficulty in securing the Bon
ner County fair of 1913 for this
town. And if the fair does come
to Boomers Ferry there is one
thing certain-there will be 9
greater number of displays, 9
larger attendance and the most
successful fair ever held in Bon
ner county.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06

Charles Smith of Porthill was
visiting in town yesterday.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06

The board of county commits
sioners will meet Tuesday for the
purpose of fixing the county tax
levy
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-09-06

The Altar society will meet
next Thursday at the home of Mrs,
John Muhlfeld.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-19
STATE OF TRADE.I

Bradstreet's State Of Trade says: De-
spite cross-currents In trade. rejecting the|
advance of the year toward its close, bust
ness as whole is still active and in
dustries are so in a high degree. In pure
ly wholesale lines there Is less doins|
as the time for stocktaking approaches,
but while there Is some talk of tariff
unsettlement, the situation in most lines|
is one of light stocks and insistent de-
mand. Jobbing trade reflects more andI
more the influence of holiday trade, and|
orders from statesmen are smaller. whila|
mai business is larger, especially In re-
orders to fill broken stocks
I'm Industrial lines there is no apparent
let-up in the general activity heretofore
noted. Iron and steel. coal, coke, lumber
and cotton goods concerns are full of bust.
ness. and the chief complaint is lack Of
help and car congestion. but statistlcally
the latter situation has eased Commodity
prices have tended to ease this week.
Government crop reports this week
have been of gratifying character.
Winter wheat area is slightly smaller
but condition is well above the average.
Copper is quiet, consumers continue to
take supplies in very small quantities,
and prices tend downward,
Bank clearinss for the week ending
with December 10 aggregate s36S7.6l+,.
coo, an increase of 143 per cent. over the
like week OF 1911. Among the more I'm
portant cities outside of New York, Bos-
ton shows decrease of 10 per cent.
Business failures for the week ending De-
cember l. were 279, against 300 in the
like week of 1911. 200 in 1910, 27S in
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-19
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-19
PROMOTE VERMONTS SHEEP IN.
DJrSTRN.

The people of Vermont are willing
measures to increase the productivity
of our soil and In the introduction Of
improved methods of farming ana get
we are permitting one of the states
great industries to fall into decay be-
cause Of the destruction of sheep by
| dogs to an extent which makes it very
risky to keep a flock of sheep.
! In short, Vermont now seems to pre-
fer the protection of dogs rather than
of sheep.
We are not prepared to say just
how n remedy should be provided. hu;
shame for Vermont to allow her pres
| tise as a great sheep producing state
| to be dissipated
Time was when the whole world
talked about Vermont sheep, Just as
| 1T now talks about Vermont marble
| and Vermont granite and Vermont
| maple sugar.
In late years. however, our sheep
| industry has become a luxury, to be
undertaken only by those who can
afford to go to great expense to pro .
tect their nocks from the ravages Of
| dogs.
This not only deprives the Vermont
| farmer of fruitful source of income.
but it makes it practically impossible
for him to get the full benefit of por-
tions of his farm that are not adapted
to the use of cattle.
Many of our hills would support
| nocks of sheep. and this is one of the
| best means Of diversified farming tina t
can he devise l. Wool and lambs are
| always in demand at good prices IN
! this age, and in view of the high price
| of living. it is safe to say that one
| year with another a flock of sheep
| will he found to be as reliable a
source of income as can he found. So
| long as Vermont rather raise and
protect dogs than sheep. we must ex-
! pect this in lustry to lag. and in many
cases even to stop altogether.
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-19

Will be at least step in the direction
- plainly indicated by constituents
in every State political gathering Held
the present year as we'll as by devel-
opments OF years Immediately pre-
teding.
No man, neither branch Of the Leg
islature can get precisely the KIND
of law that is wanted but the man
who stubbornly says ne will not per-
NIT anything to be done because he
can not get all he wants in the way
of tax legislation, will not have a
pleasant time living hereafter In YER
mont
The thing to do Is to put In one
measure the provisions that Will rep
resent both senate and mouse to the
greatest possible extent and then
pass II.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-19

which would sum up all that 10 hos.
IN the way OF tax legislation.
Under all the circumstances II wouId
probably not be wise to go too far n
this time in revolutionizing tax condi .
tons in Vermont
Inc people have right 10 expect.
however that the two branches of the
Legislature will carefully consider the
whole problem in connection With
'N'st'hs conditions, and when all is
said and done pass legislation which
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-19
WHAT Our PRESENT LEGiSLA-
TIRE CAN DO.

A number of things must be done in
Vermont. They are coming if they
are not done to-day, they will be done
tomorrow. And If they are put off
until some political Tomorrow, the
chance of their being done In
easty and Incorporate spirit will be
lastly increased.
These are things to which the polit-
,cal experience AMI talent Of the state
must be applied sincerely and with
will. If the men who embody the
oest political wisdom OF Vermont re-
use to set themselves seriously to
hese tasks. the work will be done by
,thers who are neither experienced |
aor talented. who will approach their
ask recklessly and accomplish II
hastily with more thought of the prob
ability Of creating an immediate sem
sation of the possibilities of causing |
II future disaster.
This is not a complaint but rather |
warning. The republican Legislature
now sitting at Montpelier. has shown
sense of the situation, courage !
ana the will to accomplish But as a J
session advances tae temptation be-
ONES greater and greater TO forget
he outside atmosphere Of public senti-
ment, to look at measures as abstract
and isolated propositions and judge Of
them so. AS session goes on the
agents of obstruction seek to bring
about their end by setting against each
other different means to the same good
end and trusting that a deadlock will
ensue In state craft no measure may
associated with 1t in public mind. The |
primary fact, the thing always to be
looked to. Is the state of public opin-
ton. the second consideration is the
the wise shaping of legislation to ex-
press or guide, improve that pri-
mary fact And almost equally impor.
able as Cavour called 1t. the ability
to accept half loaf in lieu of none,
the penetration to keep the big goals
in View and now and again concedo
a detail.
Let the present Legislature succeed |
m passing number of measures
which accord with the spirit of the |
lime. direct primary bill for in
stance an act for the publication Of |
elections and the publicity Of campaign |
expenses, and some reasonably up tc
GATE laws for dealing with social con-
aitions such the bill for the sterili
cation Of degenerates, and the propos-
ed acts limiting hours of employment
Tor women ana children and providing
factory inspection: let it do this and
also contrive some rational change in |
ne tax laws, and give some liberal |
featment to the educational problems |
# the state. and the people will call |
t blessed without regard even to the |
lumber of days it was in session. Let
1t do these things ami the foundations
Tor reasonable good government viii! |
be kept stable
Let the present legislator. become
lhipwrecked on Il chop-sea of little
'air-splitting objections, personal ~
erests, and local desires, and we may
lave conglomerate of untried and
intalented fre-eaters to make our
avs for us next time.
SUGGESTION TO MAKERS OF