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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-26

The French soldiers requested that the
statue should be placed in a Greek
museum with the inscriptions:
Found b. the officers and soldiers Of
the Dardanelles Expeditionary Corps at
Palaipois. in Lemnos, in the campaign
against Germany, Observation-Disclosures and
Turkey. 1915
The contending armies in the Balkans
are lighting over territory that was sue.
cessivcly civilized by Alexander the
Great and the Roman Empire. and has
since fallen into more or less barbarism.
In Macedonia the allied armies have dug
up an amazing quantity OF antiquities be-
longing to the period of Alexander the
Great and earlier. This is an extremely
interesting field that has never been
thoroughly explored by archaeologists.
The eastern side of the Adriatic, for
which Italy is now fighting, was an i'm.
portant part of the Roman Empire, not
FAR removed from Rome itself In this
region the soldiers are recovering many
interesting relics OF the past, incidental
10 their military duties 1t is strange
that region that was central part of
the civilized world in ancient times
shouiu DC the most barbarOusS part of
Europe today. This is one of many
things that may be changed by the war
The Russian army has recovered many
interesting relics Of the past from the
trenches which it has constructed. Greek
civilization extended far into Russia in
ancient times, and many sites of buried
and forgotten cities lie there. Some of
these have been opened up by the
soldiers spades. Curious and beautiful
statues have been found there and coma
remarkable jewelry OF gold and precious
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-26
A Beautiful Statue of Eros, the
Greek God of Love, Worthy to
Rank with the Work of Praxiteles
Dug Up on the Island of Le1n1n0s,
and Other Finds at the Front

~ HE warning European armies.
which lave been eXcavating the
- soil OF the Old World upon
scale never before known. have un-
earthed a remarkable number of ancient
ar, treasures. statues and relics Of the
past Of various kinds.
The war is raging in regions which
were of the greatest importance during
the most interesting periods Of antiquity.
Ii is being wagcd. for instance. along the
shores Of the Davdanelles, where ancient
Troy was situated; in Greece itself in
MesOpotamia, where Babylon and Niniveh
stood. and in many other regions of SINH
lar interest.
Several thousand miles of trenches
have been dug in all. In France alone
they run all the way from the English
Channel to the Alps. In some cases these
trenches have been dug so deep that
thousands of tons OF ammunition can be
thousands OF men obtain shelter in the
whole system.
The soldiers, OF course, have not been
looking especially for art treasures ami
remains Of ancient cities, but they have
found many things of this kind all the
same. When the war is over and there is
time TO pay attention TO such matters. 1t
will probably be found that the soldiers
have dug up more antiquities than all the
professors Of archaeology before them
had ever done
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-26

eide Eros

This we took to be evidence Of the earth.
quake. 1t was not likely that the maraud-
ing Turks would have driven the animal
here in their destructive raid. They
would have eaten it, The animal had
evidently taken refuge here. terrified by
the earthquake and had been buried
among the ruins"
The French officer presented his find
TO the Greek authorities. hoping that 1t
would have. some effect in deciding the
attitude Of Greece in favor OF the Allies.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-26

ne leg was complete to the left knee
The greater part of the right leg was
missing. Tho statue was about two
birds Of natural size and weighed over
800 pounds. Upon the back were the re.
mains OF wings that had been broken off.
1t was Il statue of 4 young Greek god,
youth OF the most exquisite beauty, com
parable will! the Hermes Of PraYitcles.
We decided that 1t was statue of Eros,
the God OF Love
we were SO excited that we could not
stop to eat at the customary lunch hour
We were anxious to recover the rest Of
'he statue-thc arms. the legs. the wings
\ The end OF an hour we came upon an
'".cct that gave promise OF being one OF
.'h missing fragments. 1t proved 10 be
b right thigh. Soon we discovered the
'aif OF the same limb. The sun vas fear.
,niiy hot, and our men were growing OK
iaustcd and caked with dust We worked
on arduously until dark. but without find
ms any more OF the missing pieces of tue
statue.
we we're. however. able to obtain an
Interesting piece of evidence as 10 the
.a'Nre OF the disaster that put an end u
ne ancient city of IIephacstia Opinion
A'ons historians has been divided be.
VEGA the view that it was destroyed by
earthquake and that it was sacked by
ne turks when they first began 10 over
IN the Greek dominions. We decided
Aal II had been destroyed by an earth
iHake. We found the evidence of this in
,e hall III which the statue had stood.
rs hal'. by the way. was splendid
'partnent entirely constructed of white
fhi". III one corner we found a stair.
re 81 three STEPS. descending into what
"a aPhaF'H'.! been q swimming pool.
'A2 corner % th!s We found the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-26

The British forces entrcnched on the
peninsula OF GaIlipoi. the European side
Of the Dardanelles. have discovered an
enormous quantity Of statuary. fragments
OF temples and relics Of the most inter
esing periods OF ancient Greek history
Among these Is Il winged statue of vic
tory in The finest Athenian style, which
probably commentaries a victory Of the
Athens in the Peloponncsian war
From kut-clAmarna, the base OF the
British expedition in Mcsopotania, comes
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-26

the news that the British soldiers have
found wonderfully carved series of
sculptures showing how the King Darius
conquered Babylon. the greatest city Of
that day, and other deeds performed by
him.
On the frontier OF France and Ger
many the trench operations have brought
TO light many remains OF the middle ages
and earlier periods. IT is said that the
confusion of war has given an oDDor.
tunity for unscrupulous persons TO make
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
New G. N. Train Service

Beginning Sunday, April 25th,
the Great Northern railway trains
will run on a new schedule and
put on two extra trains, the two
Oriental Limited trains which were
taken off last fall. The new sched-
ule will be as follows:
Westbound - No. l, Oriental
Limited, 3:55 a. m; No. 43, Kan
sas City train, 4:48 a. M; No. 3,
Oregonian, 3:52 p. NJ; No. 1868,
local, ZOO a. M; No. 27, fast mail
2:40 p. m.
Eastbound - No. 2, Oriental
Limited, 11:27 a. M; No. a., Kan
sas City train. Ais p. M; No. a,
Oregonian, 1:22 a. m; No. 264,
local, $50 p. M; No. %, express
train, 4:35 p. m.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
FIRST STATE INCREASES CAPITAL
Raises to $50, 900 to Meet Growing
Demands of Customers of Institution

In order to meet the demands
made upon the institution by its
steadily growing list of patrons.
the First State Bank of Boomers
Ferry has decided to increase its
capitalization to $50, 10000, the
change to be m ade as soon as re-
quired regulations governing such
a step can be complied with.
In increasing its capitalization
the officers and stockholders of the
First State Bank are assured that
they will be in the best possible
position to meet the banking needs
OF their patrons and the people of
the community generally.
The First State Bank was organ
lied in this city in 1906 and in
nine years of successful and con-
sentative business management it
has been brought to a position
where it is recognized as one of
the best and strongest banks in
Idaho.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
SURVEYORS COMPLETE WORK
Government Engineers Finish Survey
of Kootenai Overlooked Lands

Drainage Engineers Lewis A.
Jones and w. A. Kelly completed
the field work of the survey of the
overlooked lands of the Kootenai
Valley yesterday when their crew
OF assistants were discharged.
Messrs. Jones and Kelly will prob
ably remain here until about next
Wednesday working on their maps
and then they expect to go to Mel
son, B. c., to confer with Canad-
ian drainage authorities on pro-
posed reclamation plans.
A great deal of the future of the
Kootenai Valley depends upon the
favorabieness of the report of the
engineers. If the report is unfav-
orable it would probably result in
the dropping of all reclamation
plans now on foot. 1t will be some
time before the official report of
Engineers Jones and Kelly is given
to the public.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
Says Horse Was Stolen

S. o. Watson, rancher of the
Copeland district, lost a sorrell
mare Monday afternoon and being
unable to find any trace of the ami
NAL, has become convinced that
she was stolen.
The mare in question is IL years
old, has scraper scars on her hind
legs, white spot on back lett by
saddle bruises and weighs about
$50 pounds.
The mare disappeared within a
half hour after she was fed and
Mr.. Watson spent all day Monday
and part of Tuesday trying to find
some trace of her but was unable
to find anyone who had seen the
animal.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23

Governor Alexander campaign
claim that he would save the state
81 900, 900 is far from established
and the saving" which he has
made by actual figures will have to
be made up in the next administra-
ton, especially where the saving"
has been in the manner of the re-
pudiation of state obligations. His
statement has been spread broad
cast and has received credence in
many papers which took his word
for it and have not gone back of
the figures as Governor Alexander
has presumed them.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23

William Warwick, former res
ident here and son-in-law of Mr..
and Mrs. Lyons. left Spokane last
week in his Metz roadster on trip
to Chicago. am going to Chi
cago over the new trail and posi-
bly, on through to New York. F"
stated Mr.. Warwick before leaving
~ have no doubt but that 1 will
get through in good time and, if
negotiate the journey alone in q
small car. it will demonstrate tc
fasteners the fact that any one
may make the trip in a larger cal
without trouble"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
NAPLES.

VIM. Garven had the misfortune
to have his left foot badly crushed
by rolling pole while working
last week in the pole yard of the
Macarthur camp. He was taken
to the Standpoint hospital.
The Farmers Union gave a very
entertaining program at the school
house Saturday evening which was
followed by basket supper.
Mrs. H. B. Gumaer returned to
her home at Priest River last Fri
day after a weeks visit at her home
at Shiloh.
Mrs. Curren was a visitor at
Boomers Ferry Monday.
The Gibson vaudeville company
is here for a weeks stand at the
Bond hall.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
ONE TRAIN
A WEEK NOW
Kootenai Valley Ceis Poor Train and
Mail Service Under a New
Schedule
MAY HAVE STAGE LINE SOON
Postal Authorities Arranging for New
Mail Service

The twice-a-week service on the
Kootenai Valley railway, running
from Boomers Ferry to Porthill,
was discontinued with the Satur-
day run last week and the new
schedule now in effect calls for but
one freight and passenger train a
week which will run on Sunday,
leaving Boomers at 800 a. m. and
returning about o'clock p. m.
The station at Porthill will be
discontinued and Mrs. Young has
been engaged to take care of ex-
press and telephone business of the
K. V. line at Porthill.
The discontinuance of the K. V.
trains will work a great hardship
on Porthill and Copeland and the
ranchers of the surrounding vicin-
tiles. New mail service will now
have to be established, and postal
inspector was here the first of the
week and went over the ground
with a view of formulating some
plan whereby adequate mail serv-
ice could be secured for the resi-
dents of the Kootenai Valley be-
tween this city and Porthill.
The matter of securing the re-
sumption of the old train service
on the K. V. railway has been pre-
scented to the Public Utilities Com
mission of Idaho and will be taken
up by that commission at once.
If the K. V. service is not re-
stunned it is more than probable
that an automobile stage between
Boomers Ferry and Porthill will be
established and a number of local
auto owners are now considering
the project favorably and several
have said they would start the serv-
ice if they could secure the govern
ment contract for the carrying of
mail. This contract alone would
mean quite a large sum and the
passenger and freight business
which an auto stage would secure
would probably mean lucrative
business during the summer time.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
COMMISSION WILL VISIT BONNERS
Public Utilities Commission Will Inves-
t;gate Water and Light Conditions

The public utilities commission
of Idaho will pay an official visit
to Boomers Ferry on or about
May 18th, for the purpose of max
ing a thorough investigation into
the question of the purity of the
city's water supply, and also to in
quire into the reasonableness or
unreasonableness of the water and
light rates. The village board of
trustees has been so notified by a
letter to its chairman, Mayor Fry.
In consequence of this proposed
action by the utilities commission,
the village board at its meeting
Tuesday night appointed two COM
mittees to gather data 20 lay before
the commission. J w. Reid was
authorized to correspond with
towns in Idaho, Washington and
Montana of about the same size as
Boomers Ferry and secure their
water and light rates if possible.
The remainder of the board, Mes
srs. A. c. Moore, R. braves and
L. N. Brown, was appointed a
committee to gather all pertinent
information relative to an improve
ment of the city's water. This will
include valuation of the present
plant, and the probable earning ca
pacity of the same; cost of install
ling new system, either by piping
water from some nearby mountain
stream, or by some other means
that would prove satisfactory.
While the present board of trus-
tees realize that their successors
will be the ones to confer with the
commission, yet the present officials
are gathering the desired informa-
ton inasmuch as the newly elected
board would not have time to do
so before the commissioners visit.
While the commission has made
no announcement to that effect,
yet it is probable that it will also
look into the question of better
service on the Kootenai Valley
railroad while here.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
Fern Wheeler Married

The many friends of Fern
Wheeler, a former resident of this
city and nov located at Harrison,
Ida, were pleased to hear this
week of his marriage on April 10,
at the home of the brides grand
mother in Spokane, to Miss Mary
Louise Murray. The couple have
taken up their residence in Spo-
kane.
The bride lived here part OF
last winter with her uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Tor
renee. She is a charming young
lady of many accomplishments and
made friends of all those she met
in this vicinity. The groom is a
member of one of the Oldest and
most respected families of Harri-
son, Ida. During the time he was
in business here he made many
friends both in business and social
ways, all of whom are confident
that he will succeed in any venture
he undertakes. Here's wishing
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler lifetime
of happiness aud prosperity.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23

The home talent entertainment
given at Kent's hall last Friday
evening under the auspices of the
Altar society was a very successful
performance and was well patron
lied. The Altar society cleared in
the neighborhood of SIS.
The three plays presented were
full OF witty situations and the
characters were all we'll handled
by the various members of the cast.
Miss Edna Moore was decided
hit in two we'll rendered readings
and Alf May, in comedy negro i'm
presentations, was better than ever
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OPENS
Conversion to National System Took
Place Monday

The First National Bank OF
Boomers Ferry opened for business
on Monday morning, April 10Th,
1915, having received instructions
from the Comptroller of the Cur
rency at Washington, d. c., to
commence business as national
bank upon receipt of his wire ad-
vising that a charter had been is
sued on the 18th inst.
The new national bank succeeds
the Farmers & Lumbermens State
Bank, the latter having been con-
verified to the national system. The
First National Bank will become a
member of the federal reserve
banking system, taking stock in
the Federal Reserve Bank of the
18th district, located at San Fran
cisco, and will also issue circulat-
ing currency as soon as the neces-
sary work of engraving and print
ing can be done by the treasury
department at Washington, D. c.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the newly organized bank was held
at the banking rooms on the 10th,
at which time the following officers
and directors were chosen for the
ensuing year: Directors: M. p.
DeWolf, H. J. Mccoy, c. H.
Stein, w. L. Kinnear, F. A.
Shuts. Officers: w. L. Kin
near, president; M. P. DeWolf,
vice-president; F. A. Shultis, cash
ier; H. E. Storm, assistant cashier.
All the directors of the bank are
we'll known throughout this entire
district, with the possible excep-
ton of c. H. Stein of North Yak
ina, Wash, who is known. to
most of the older residents of Bon
ners Ferry and vicinity, and who
is the man who first organized the
Boomers Ferry Lumber Company,
and who was manager of same dur
ing the first year or two of its oper-
alton here.
The stockholders and directors
of the bank are men of extensive
property interests in this part of
the country, and will insure to the
new organization the maximum of
conservatism and stability.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
Crescent Garage Opened

The new Crescent Garage, locat-
ed in J L. Nave's new tile build
ing to the rear of the Club Billiard
Parlors, was opened the first of the
week with Claude Hydorn IN
charge of the supplies and repair
work. The proprietors are J. L.
Nave and c. w. Megquier. In
addition to carrying a supply of
auto parts, doing repair work,
handling gasoline and oil, the new
firm will run an auto livery service.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
Union Church Reception

A social reception will be given
at the Union church Thurs ay
evening, April 10Th. The hosts
and hostesses will be Mr.. and Mrs.
E. L. Little, Mrs. A. J. Kent,
Mrs. Minnie Jarvis and Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Drake. A short pro-
gram will be rendered and a pleas
ant evening is promised. You are
cordially invited to come and en-
10y it with us.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
Damage Suit Settled

Yesterday afternoon the jury in
the S., 900 damage suit brought by
County Commissioner D. c. McColl
against the Northern Idaho News
and Denver P. Dayton, brought in
a verdict of 81 damages for the
plaintiff, the plaintiff and defend
ants to pay their own costs. The
trial has occupied about six days
Tins.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23

According to word received this
week from the Ellison White Chau-
tauqua System, of Portland. Greg. +,
the dates for the Bonners Ferry
chautauqua have been set for July
10th and 31st inclusive.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
SOON Be READY
TO RECLAIM
Engineers and Attorneys Finishing As
sessment Roll of Drainage Dis
trict No. S
WOULD BE A GREAT BENEFIT
Success Would Encourage Reclamation
of Entire Valley

The commissioners of Drainage
District No. S and their lawyers
and engineers are making every
effort to have ready for submission
to the district court for approval in
the next few weeks the assessment
roll which shows the amount to be
taxed to property included in the
district, to be used in the reclaim
ing of the district.
The retaining of District No. S
is urged through reason that it will
require but little expenditure, COM
paratively speaking, and the work
will have to be done even if the
area was included in a single dis
trict composed of the whole valley.
Then, if the work is successful, it
will inspire confidence in the prop
osition of draining the whole val
ley and have a great deal to do in
the fastening of the day when the
Kootenai Valley will be absolutely
reclaimed.
Drainage Commissioner w. B.
Hawkins is tireless in his efforts to
secure the drainage of the Kootenai
Valley, and is confident his ambi-
tons along these lines will soon be
realized and that the whole coun-
try will be benefited as a result to
a far greater extent than the major
ity of the people of this district
realize. In speaking of the prop
osition to begin work at once in
District No. S, Mr.. Hawkins had
the following to say:
We are trying to demonstrate,
with our engineers advice, that
Drainage District No. can be re-
claimed in the way we have mapped
out after months of careful study,
that is by system of dykes and
bitches and pumping station to
take care of the hill water and
seepage. Some have advised to
wait for the cooperation of the
Canadian and United States gov
ernments and do the work by wild
ening and deepening the Kootenai
Narrows. II this should be done
it would only partially relieve the
situation as far as District No. 5 is
concerned. No matter what
amount of work is done at the out
let of the Kootenai lakes, we OF
District No. S will have extra work
to do. There are four gaps in the
banks of the Kootenai river that
will have to be filled and our
bitches will have to be dug to car
ny off the seepage water and q
pumping station will have to be
constructed to pump this water ov-
er the dyke banks and into the riv.
er for few weeks in the spring
The only point at issue is whether
or not it is advisable to build the
dykes at this time. But when yot
take into consideration that t.
keep the banks of the Kootena
river at uniform level of 80 fee
requires only about six miles o
dyking and that this dyking woule
require only on the average abou
two and half feet, we claim tina
the cost of dyking is mere baga
telle in comparison to the other BIZ
work that will absolutely be nee
essary for the reclamation of tn
, entire valley. The reclamation O
the Kootenai Flats means more +
Boomers Ferry and Boundary coun
ty than any other project whic
has ever been considered. -
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23

Members of Company E, N. G..
l., will have extra work on hand
Sunday afternoon when the com
pany will practice guard mounting
and tent pitching on Capt. Spoer-
rvs Eagle Park grounds.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23

Some forty cars of log passed
through Boomers Ferry tn first of
the week bound for France. The
logs were of extra quality lumber
and extra large size. They were
gotten out by the Standpoint Lum-
Der & Pole Co., at the camp of the
compauy at Macarthur.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23

Wtle house-cleaning Tuesday
afternoon, Mrs. F. S. Stoos fell
from a chair, struck bed nearby
as she was falling and broke two
left ribs. Mrs. Stoos is recovering
from her injury as rapidly as could
be expected.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-04-23
Second Ticket Filed

The ticket of FIVE candidates for
village trustees which was nomi-
mated at meeting held Wednes-
day evening a week ago, was filed
with Clerk Richardson Friday
noon. 1t is called the Business
Mems Ticket.