Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-07-23
ARGUE site FOR
COURT HOUSE
Seventeen Proposals Submitted, All at
Moderate Prices-Expect to
Decide Today
ACCOUNTANTS HAVE DIFFICULTY
Can't Agree on Division of Bonner
County Property


Boundary county. Besides sitting as
a board of equalization, as required by
law, the commissioners have had to
attend to other important business,
and consequently did not have chance
to make much Roadway in examining
the assessment books.
Today the commissioners expect to
come to a decision and select one of
the seventeen court house sites which
were offered Wednesday in response to
the invitation extended by the board.
The consideration of the sites offered
have taken up the greater part of
two days past during which time the
board has heard the opinions of vari-
GUS citizens on the site question. The
entire list of sites offered is given as
follows:
Joe H. Shave lear, tract sorth Of the
Great Northern track facing M a n
street, $500.
Charles O'Callaghan, lot 10, block
a, Bonnerport, with Is feet on Main
and 140 feet on Bonner street, $4,000.
Or; lots l to 4, block A, Bonnerport,
the Farnam property, $1400. Or, lots
3 to 6, block II, Eaton addition, $4,000,
known as the DIR. Ratz property. Or,
lots / to a, block 10, Eaton addition,
$1,000, known as the DIR. Roberts
property. Or, all of O'Callaghan's
island, 355 acres, $500. Or, for 81,
any two lots owned by Mr.. O'Calla-
CHAN, except those in blocks IL and
10, in Park addition, if accepted with
in 60 days.
DIR. E. E. Fry, tract adjoining Riv-
erside addition, known as ''The Point"
4.5c acres, $4,000 Or half acre adj
joining North Side school property,
$1,000.
w. o. Rosebaugh, lots 10 to "a, in
block IL, North Side, $1,000. Or, lots
10 to 10, block 10, North Side, $4,000,
and without buildings $500.
Kent G. Dore, lots to 6, block II,
$500; or, with lot IL added, $1,000.
j. w. Reid, lots 1 and 2, block 1,
first addition to Bonnerport, $1,000.
James Fitzpatrick, west 25 feet of
lot 6, block 6, Bonnerport, and lots l
to 4, block 6, first addition to Bonner
port, $4,000. Or, the above and lots 5
to 8, same block, $1,000.
F. r. Richardson, lots 10 to 16, in
block /, Eatonville, $4,000.
Merrill A. Wright of Berkeley, CAL,
offers choice of four sites on the North
Side free so long as used for court
house purposes.
James Egan, lots 5, 6, 7, block l.,
Bonnerport, $4,000.
Frank Clapp, lots 8, A, 5, block 1,
Bonnerport, $4,000.
w. B. Hawkins, lots on East side
of Main street, McNear's subdivision,
$1,000.
Gcorg, c. Wade, the S. D. Taylor
19-acre tract fronting the Kootenai
river, $4,000.
d. w. Parks, lots to 5, block 2,
first addition to Bonnerport, S3450.
Or lots 5 to 7, and to a, block 5, first
/ to and Z, $1,000, or lots and will
he leased by the village Of Boomers
Ferry to the county for a considera-
ton of rental and city administration
headquarters.
The first of the week the commits
sioners appointed w. c. Reid as jan
itor at salary Of $50 per month.
A number of bills have been pre-
scented to the board most Of which have
been tabled for the time being.
The commissioners granted the pc
tition Of Noah Lacrosse for a county
road from the northeast corner Of the
northwest quarter Of section 10 to tn,
northeast corner of the northwes
quarter Of the northeast quarter o.
section 10, township 81, north, rang
/ east, 3. M.
Accountants l. We'll, representing
Bonner County, and H. w. Pecken
paugh, representing Boundary county
are unable to agree on the division AM
equalization of county monies ant
property in connection with the divi
sion of old Bonner county and Gov
ernor Alexander has been notified t
appoint a third accountant in orde
that disagreements may be settled b
a majority opinion. The third part
will be a man selected from outsid
both Bonner and Boundary countie!
and until his appointment all work i
connection with the division of Bor