Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-06

ner called upon Mr. Hawkins Ia
propose the toast "Our Guests,
and from then until the conclusion
of the banquet all rtook of a
feast of oratory. reason, wit, proph-
ecy and best wishes for the Koot~
enai Valley, Bonner County and
North Idaho.
B. s. Bennett WAS called to re-
Spouse on the toast "Our Hosts" by
Mr.. Defenbach Mr.. Bennett stat
ed that be had attended a great
many occasions of this kind, but
never before had the get together
movement, booster and goodfellow-
ship spirit been so universally felt.
After expressing the appreciation
meet with so lively a club of boos-
ters. he spoke on needed Legislation
to- our drainage laws
TO the toast "Our Successes, and
Those Who Have Made Them" re-
sponses were made by Messrs.
Byron Defenbach, @. w. n. Heide-
man, [. j. Jones and Rev. Moore.
Mr.. Defen bach started with some
Numerous anecdotes of incidents
connected with the early days OF
the development of the Kootenai
VALLEY and concluded in a more
serious vein, urging land owners to
improve their land rather than
hold their land for speculative pur-
oees.
Mr. Heideman gave short talk
on his experiences as representative
OF the Kootenai Valley at the
Fourth National Apple Show and
GO pcluded with a recitation from
Ernest Thompson Seaton's descrip-
tive poem "Crag, the Kootenai
RAM" the scene of which was laid
lin the Kootenai Valley.
Mr.. Jones, our other representa-
tive at the National Apple Show,
paid tribute to Mr.. Heideinan on
his manner IN handling the exhibit
at the Apple Show, adding few
further remarks along pra etical
lines which would tend to continue
these successes.
Mr.. Moore who was one of the
commissioners of the Bonner Coun-
ty and Kootonai Valley exhibit at
the St. Paul Land Show devoted
most of his time TO a description of
what happened there. He told of
the i'm mense amount of benefit this
country derived from beir G there
-~125,O 900 people visited the show
he said. OF these, many were per-
sonally interviewed. A large
amount of literature was distrib-
ated to others, and addresses of
1000 more were taken, who wished
to get more information concerning
this section, Mr.. Moore urged that
preparation be Immediately begun
for future exhibits at this and other
land shows, and concluded with a
glowing tribute to the character
and work of his cocoon missioner at
the Land Show. Mr.. Geo. H Hipke
of Standpoint.
J.. ID. Farmin responding to "Our
Boosters" and the Legislature, sug-
gested the best methods of prepara-
ton of measures on which legisla-
ton desired and asserted that our
Legislators would be glad to present
them and work for them.
s. w. Foster, to the same toast,
told of the formation and purposes
of the Federation of Commercial
Clubs of the Inland Empire and of
the benefits resulting from working
together.
To the toast sect Together MIR.
Hindman, special agent of the N.
p. Ry, advocated united action be-
tween the community and the rail-
way, and stated that much might
be accomplished by them working
in unison. Mr.. Hindman said the
railway which ne represented would
gladly enter into this work.
w. F. Whitaker urged co-opera-
ton by all communities for the
hole of North Idaho, the onenino