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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
WOULD BUY
$4,000 ACRES
California Capitalists Here Figuring
On Buying and Retaining
Overlooked Lands
RECLAIM BY DYKING SYSTEM
Soil Here Better Than In California
Drainage Districts

A. C. McKinnon, of San Fran
cisco, was in this district several
days this week looking over various
parts of the Kootenai Valley in the
effort to find a suitable tract of
10000 to $4,000 acres which he and
his associates might reclaim and
place on the market or cultivate for
their own profit.
Mr.. MeKinnon, in company with
A. j. Kent, visited all parts of the
valley, and, it is claimed, has found
the land desired although it is cut
up by the winding course of the
Kootenai river which will increase
the cost of retaining under the
methods to be practiced by McKinon
and his associates.
The visitor here has been associ-
ated for many years with huge re-
clamation projects of California
along the ocean shore. In projects
in California lands have been re-
claimed by the building of dykes
$50 feet wide at the base and 25
feet wide at the top. The land had
to be assessed from $3.50 to 5000 per
acre to pay for retaining. Along
the sea shore the bikes were pro-
tected by rip-rapping of rock and
with every precaution having been
taken the spring floods have dam
aged the bikes thus built. Mr.. Nc
Kinnon figures that land in the
Kootenai valley can be reclaimed
for $50 per acre and that upon be-
ing reclaimed will be worth $500
per acre. He stated that the soil
here was vastly different from the
soil in the California districts where
he was interested, in that the soil
there was a peat and fire was
a dangerous thing to start on such
formation.
He was favorably impressed with
conditions here. Mr.. Kent sent to
the University of Idaho to secure
statistics showing results of soil an
alysis in this valley and when Mr..
McKinnon secures this information
he will at once take up with his
associates the matter of buying a
large tract in this district.
Mr.. Kent believes that there is
every chance to get the California
capitalists interested in this district
and that if they come to invest their
money it will prove a great boom to
the whole county.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE MEETING
National Organizer Has Been in
Boomers Ferry This Week.

A meeting of the national woman's
party was held in Bonners Ferry
last evening Mrs Albert C. Muhse
spoke on the difficulties of obtaining
equal suffrage in the eastern states
and told of the recent active work
carried on to secure the passage of
a federal suffrage amendment. She
compared the effort made last year
in the one state of Pennsylvania
as easily two hundred times as great
as that made in Idaho. Idaho wo-
men won, but the Pennsylvania women
lost and are not allowed to try again
for five years. The fact was also
brought out that in New York, where
the women have already worked six
ty-eight years and more for suf-
frage, they had to carry on their
recent campaign in seven different
languages appealing to foreign born
men to give American women the
vote.
"This state by state method" said
Mrs. Muhse," would still require that
more than 100000 men be yet
appealed to once or even many times,
and even then they cost a vote not
open to inspection. This method is
unjust and undignified and is prac-
ticed nowhere else in the world"
In contrast to this she spoke of the
federal method which has already
been used several times to enlarge
the franchise and modify it. Here
four or five thousand lawmakers
congressman and state legislators
settle the matter by casting vote
open to the inspection of those who
elect them. This, she said was the
reason for forming a party of women
voters pledged to withhold their sup
port from national candidates OPP
sposed to the federal suffrage amend
ment,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
Capt. Spoerry Will Return

Captain G. w. Spoerry, recruit
ing officer in the U. S. service and
stationed at Twin Falls, is expect
ed home tomorrow in time to take
up his duties as superintendent of
the Northside school. Capt. Spoerry
resigned his position with the army
several weeks ago but only recent
ly was advised that his resignation
could be accepted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spoerry recently re-
ceived word that a mining property
in Colorado in which they own stock
had recently been placed on a paying
basis by the finding of rich ore.
The stock was left to Mr.. Spoerry
by his father and heretofore had
been considered practically worthless.
1t is claimed that the first dividend
will be declared soon and Mr.. Spoer-
rvs share of the profits will be
81 900.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
Methodist Church Notes

The usual services will be held
at the Methodist church Sunday at
the regular hours. This will be
the last Sunday before the confer
ence.
Rev. B. E. Koontz, district super
intendent of the Occur d'Alene dis
trict, attended the business session
Monday evening.
The Columbia River Conference
will open the annual session at Lew
iston, Idaho, on Wednesday, Sep
TENDER 6, Bishop Matthew S. Hughs,
presiding.
The silver medal contest which
was held at the Methodist church
Wednesday evening was we'll at
tended and great interest was mani
tested by the audience in the efforts
of the various contestants. Miss
Louis Aldridge won the medal The
title Of her Grafton was mo. 25."
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
The Primary Election
A Privilege and Duty

A half dozen democrats could
nominate the whole democratic tick
ct as well as a thousand. There is
no contest on the democratic ticket
as far as Boundary county is con-
cerned except for the office of COM
missioner of the second district and
for county treasurer. 1t is quite
different with the republicans. There
was no Manipulating of candidates in
the republican ranks and there are
many substantial citizens for the vo-
tiers to choose from to represent the
republican party on the county ticket
in November. 1t is the privilege and
duty Of the republicans of Boundary
county to go to t he polls next
Tuesday and support and vote for
the candidates they consider best
fitted for the offices sought. The
matter is worthy of serious thought.
The primary is but a few days dis
tant and it is high time to plan for
the performance of this important
public duty.
before, the word has come direct to
the republicans that certain leaders
of the democratic party planned to
go into the republican primary cleo
ton and vote for the republicans
they considered the least fitted for
the office. The republicans have
nothing to fear from such tactics.
No republican candidate is in the
field who will not measure up with
the strongest democrat for the same
office.
But there is the principle of the
act contemplated which should be
considered. The republicans know
that many democrats will want to
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
Married Monday Evening

A quiet home wedding was cele-
brated Monday evening at the home
of the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
B. F. Payne, when their daughter,
Miss Ruth, became the bride of Per-
ry Ayers. Rev. J. V. Stanley Off
ciated. Mr.. Savage and his daugh-
ter, Miss Fay, were the only guests
with the exception Of the immediate
relatives of the contracting couple.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ayers have many
friends in Bonners Ferry who join
in wishing them happiness and sue
cess in life. Miss Payne come here
few months ago with her parents.
She is an accomplished young lady
of pleasing personality. Mr.. Ayers
has charge of the repair department
of the Crescent Garage. He is en-
terprising and progressive and has
built up a good business in the way
of auto repair work
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01

vote in the primary election for
their republican friends and welcome
these people in their primary cleo
ton. We have no fault to find with
the conscientious voter. We do claim
that there is a lack of principle,
that it is un-American, that it is a
type of poor citizenship for a mem
Der of one party to enter the pri-
mary election of the opposing party
and vote for those considered the
weakest candidates.
The democratic leaders think they
have reason to feel jubilant because
there are so many republican candi-
dates in the field. 1t is figured that
there will be hard feelings on the
part of defeated candidates after the
primary election.
This condition, we feel, will not
exist. Every candidate on the re-
publican party has given his word to
support earnestly and sincerely in
the general election the successful
nominee. There is no bitterness
among the republican candidates
Each and every one realizes that he
tiers at the primary election and that
such a decision will be made by the
majority.
Let us go into the primary election
then, to elect the man best fitted
for the office, the man whom each
voter believes will conduct his Of
flee in the most economical manner
for efficiency and economy will be
the watchword of the republican
party in the county, state and nation
in its administration the coming
term. And we believe such a pro-
gram will be a refreshing change.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
GOOD WORDS FOR PROPERTY
A. ]. Kent Believes Lenia Placer
has Big Future-Rich in Gold

]. NJ. Umpleby, who is in Boun-
Diary county to make a geological
survey for the government. and A.
J. Kent, a well known mining man
of this district, returned the first
of the week from trip to the prop
erty of the Idaho Gold and Ruby
Mining company at Lenia.
Mr.. Kent states that he was great
ly surprised at the showing which
has been made with the money ex-
pended at the Lenia property.
The company owns 2540 acres of
placer land and 80 quartz claims.
All the employees are working for
stock in the company and are en-
thusiastic in their reports of what
the future is for the concern. The
work on the last leg of the big
ditch which will carry water for hy-
draulic purposes is being pushed and
the excavation is being done by a
huge steam shovel. This ditch is
four miles long. There are two
miles to dig yet. 600 feet of flume
is to be constructed and there will
be laid 1000 feet of pipe line from
the penstock to the placer grounds
which have been cleared for the first
operations. The huge volume of
water which will be carried in the
big ditch will have a fall of 420 feet
and furnish an immense amount of
power with which to wash away the
gold-bearing dirt.
Mr.. Kent satisfied himself of the
gold-bearing qualities of the placer
claims of the company. Superintend-
ent Pattison offered him a guide
but Kent refused and selected his
own ground. He states that he found
rich colors in every pan washed out
and that the gold shows that it has
been deposited in the district by
glacier action or volcanic eruptions
and has not been washed from higher
mountains by creeks or rivers. He
told that he knew that the ground
contained gold but that he was GER
tainly surprised at the showing
made. Mr.. Kent ond Mr. Umpleby
examined the quartz claims of the
company and satisfied themselves
that the claims carried rich deuosits
of ore running heavily to gold.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
Honor Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence

Wednesday evening the members
of the local Masonic lodge con-
ferred the second degree work, C.
H. leighton being the candidate.
After the initiatory work the Ma
sons and members of the o. E. S.
Joined in a farewell banquet given
in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Don Law
renee.
Mr.. Lawrence is the worshipful
master of Boomers Ferry Lodge No.
43, A. F. & A. NJ, and in token
of their esteem and respect for him
the lodge members presented him
with the past masters jewels, NJ. P.
De Wolf making the presentation
speech. On behalf of the o. f. S.,
Mrs. Barney Wooledge presented
Mrs. Lawrence with on o. E. S.
spoon as a memento of the admira-
ton and love felt for Mrs. Lawrence
by the members of the Eastern Star.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence responded
to the presentation speeches and ex-
pressed their regret at leaving this
locality and their many friends here.
After the banquet several pleasant
hours were spent at dancing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence left yes
terday for Spokane where they plan
to spend week or so visiting with
friends and attending to business
matters before leaving for their new
home at Minneapolis, Mimi, where
Mr.. Lawrence will be the sales man.
ager of the Idaho White Pine Man
ufacturer's Agency.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
GRAND LARCENY is CHARGED
Cyrus Edwards Accused of Stealing
John Washburn's Cow

Cyrus Edwards, aged 20 years,
was arrested Sunday morning by
Sheriff Morley and Deputy Tom Nc
Mahon on the charge of grand lar
ceny. Edwards waived a preliminary
hearing in probate court Monday
and was bound over to the district
court.
Young Edwards has admitted his
guilt to the county officials and has
asked to plead before the district
judge at once.
1t seems that some three weeks
ago Edwards took a three-year-old
heifer COW belonging to John Wash
burn, from near the Northside school
house, drove it across the bridge at
night and at a convenient time sold
it to the City Meat Market for $40.
Upon trying to locate the heifer Mr..
Washburn found it had been sold
and easily learned who had sold it..
Edwards has told that he took the
COW and sold it to get even with
Washburn, whom he claimed killed a
dog of his some time ago. He said
he did not realize the enormity of
his offense at the time. The mini
mum penalty for the crime of grand
larceny in Idaho is one year in the
state penitentiary.
Edwards was arrested at the home
of a relative near the box factory.
After disposing of the cow he had
gone on fishing trip. Sheriff Wor-
ley and Deputy Mcmahon do not
believe that Edwards made any at
tempt to evade the officers of the
law
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
Land Bought for Railway Shops

Last Saturday the Great Northern
Railway company took up its OPP
lions on 124 acres of land east of
Boomers Ferry which is to be used
for a site for freight division yards,
and paid over the money to the
owners of the land, Fitzpatrick Bro
theirs, NJ. L. Rowe and the Bonners
Ferry Lumber company. The deal
here was closed through Major An
derson, of Spokane, right-of- way
agent for the western district for
the Great Northern Railway COM
pany.
While here Major Anderson init
mated that the work of preparing
the ground for the freight yards
would begin within the next thirty
days. 1t is generally conceded in
railway circles that the Great North
ern is anxious to get its new build
ings constructed here and begin the
use of them.
AS has been stated before in the
Herald the coming here of a freight
division point of the Great Northern
Railway means a great thing for
Boomers Ferry and Boundary county.
1t means a payroll each month of
several thousand dollars and that
many new families will reside here.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
ENFORCE SANITARY LAW HERE
Pure Food and Sanitary Inspector A
H. Wilson In Town This Week

A. H. Wilson, state sanitary and
pure food inspector arrived here Sun
day and spent several days in this
city visiting the various business
houses and residences in the interest
of the pure food department and
the sanitary welfare of the city.
Mr.. Wilson states that he found
the business houses in first class
shape and he complimented several
restaurant and hotel keepers upon
the tidy and clean appearances of
their places of business. Several i'm
provements were ordered in the Bon
ner hotel.
Mr.. Wilson met with members of
the city council Monday night and
informed them that Rule 35 of the
state board of health must be strict
ly enforced in this city as we'll as all
other cities of the state. In COM
pany with Town Marshal Sawyer
Mr.. Wilson inspected the outhouses
of the business portion of town and
the residence district. He ordered
all property owners in the business
district to connect with the city
sewer before October LIST.
Where the cesspools in the res
idence district were not strictly san
itary the property owner was ordered
to connect with the sewers and was
given until October 1st to comply.
Mr.. Wilson states that he wants to
be fair but that he will certainly
prosecute if the orders given are
not complied with.
That part of Rule 35 affecting the
business and resident district of Bon
ners Ferry is given in full as fol-
lows:
All privies, toilets and outhouses
used for depositing human excreta
must be made fly-proof and pro-
tected as follows::
l. The roof shall be water tight.
2. The house shall be without
cracks through which flies may en-
ter
8. The door shall fit closely and be
elf-closing.
A. The openings on seats shall have
hinged coverings.
5. The vault, whether pit. box or
tank, tub, pail or other receptacle,
shall be securely protected against
flies.
6. All openings for ventilation,
etc, shall be screened with wire net
ting.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
WOMAN LECTURER is COMING
Florence ID. Richard To Speak at
Union Church September 10.

Florence d. Richard national lee
turer and organizer for the Women's
Christian Temperance Union will be
in Boomers Ferry a week from Sun
day, September 10, and will de-
liver a lecture at the Union church
that evening. Mrs. Richard is the
president of the Ohio w. C. T. U.
She is reputed to be the best wo-
man lecturer of the United States
and for many years lectured from
eastern chautauqua platforms.
Her years of service as a lecturer
together with many miles of travel
over the Old World and the New;
her experiences of travel and adven-
ture from the aristocratic parts to
the very slums of our large cities
have all combined to make her q
successful platform entertainer.
Mrs. Richards lectures are so full
of humor that she might we'll be
announced as a Humorous Lecturer
and Eentertainer but beneath all
her wit and humor are lessons of
supreme Importance, that uplift and
inspire her audience.
Never has a woman caused great
er enthusiasm, or was more often
wanted for a return date. Before
all classes of people, in cities large
and small, on occasions of all kinds
Mrs. Richard meets the highest ex-
pectations, and sends the people
away with wiser heads, lighter
hearts and more hope for the future
The people of Bonners Ferry who
attend the lecture on September II
are promised a treat and a large
attendance is urged.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
CONTRACTS ARE LET BY BOARD
Teachers Hired for New Departments
of the Local High School.

At the meeting of the school board
of Independent School District No.
4, which was held Tuesday night, the
bids for the hauling of the school
wagons were opened and the con-
tracts awarded as follows:
Deep Creek route to George Irv-
ing for S62.50 per month.
Moravia route to James Deyoe for
S54.75 per month.
Paradise Valley route to Noah La
Brosse for SIS per month. This
route has been changed so that Mr..
La Brosse will haul children along
the road into the Paradise Valley
district past the A. C. Hess place.
Contracts were also let for wood
for the coming year, Plato Brothers
securing a contract for $50 cords of
wood at 1925 per cord and Noah La
Brosse a contract for 100 cords at
$3.50 per cord.
The board appointed Mesdames
Gleed and Preston as judges of the
school election which will be held
next Tuesday, and Mrs. George r.
Gray was appointed clerk of the
election.
No teacher has been hired yet for
the commercial department. Clerk
ShultlS expects two applicants for
the position to be here tomorrow and
some action may then be taken. The
board has hired Miss Mary Maclin
of Spokane, for the position of teach
err of domestic science, and Prof
Plummer, of Oshkosh, Wis, as
teacher of the manual training de-
partment.
during the past week Chairman
Kent has had carpenters, plummers
and plasterers at work preparing the
basement of the high school build
ing for quarters suitable for the
domestic science and manual train
| ing departments.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
Samnle-HarmOn

Clyde Sample and Miss Helen Har-
mon were united in marriage Mon
day by Probate Judge O'Callaghan.
The couple will make their home at
Troy, Mont, where the groom is
employed at the B. & B. mine.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. F. E. Harmon, and with
her husband has many friends here
who join in extending to them best
wishes for happy and prosper
Gus married life.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
Funeral Services Held Sunday

The funeral services of Mrs. Hes
ter A. Remer, who died last Thurs
day morning at the home of her
son, Sheriff Remer, of Standpoint,
were held at the Methodist church
Sunday afternoon and were con-
Quoted by Rev. E. R. Henderson.
The funeral was attended by a
large crowd of the friends of the
deceased and her family. The church
was too small to accommodate the
crowds.
The floral tributes were beautiful
and were piled high around the bier.
They were highly expressive of the
esteem and respect felt for the de-
cased by her acquaintance here and
at Standpoint.
Interment was made at the Bon
ners Ferry cemetery the deceased
having expressed a desire to be bur-
led near her mother.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01

Today Contractor o. H. Campbell
will start the work of driving the
piling for the new brick home of
Nicholson & Zimmerman. Mr. Camp
bell has constructed a new pile driv-
err for the purpose. The work will
be rushed to completion and as soon
as the piling is driven Contractor
Rowell will be on the ground and
ready to start the foundations and
brick work.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
Flampire Club Meets

The members of the Flampires
club held a regular meeting Wednes-
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
D. c. Mcdonald. Mrs. Don Law
renee is a member of the club and
at the close of the meeting We'd
nesday the club members presented
her with a beautiful bud vase as a
memento of the pleasant times they
had enjoyed together.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01

Jack Dearth left Tuesday for Big
Timber, Mont, where he has accept
ed a position with a large mercan-
tile establishment. Mr.. Dearth was
formerly employed as a clerk for
j. w. Reid's department store and
for the past two weeks was clerk
ing at Moore Bros. clothing store.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01

Mrs. R. S. Matthews of Spokane,
accompanied by her son, John, ar
rived here Wednesday to spend the
week visiting at the home of her
cousin, Mrs. ]. /. Monks. Mr.. Matth-
ews expects to join his family here
Saturday.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01
For Davis and Barker

The Herald is anxious that Boun-
Diary county give D. w. Davis and
George R. Barker loyal support in
their respective candidates. for gov
ernor and for secretary of state. Mr.
Davis is, in our judgment, the man
best qualified to fill the office. Mr.,
Barker has served one term in a
manner above reproach and he de-
serves to be returned to office.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01

Mrs. Jerry Dore returned last eve
ming from a combined business and
pleasure trip to Rathdrum, Ida.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-09-01

THE Herald prints full
= reports of the commits
sioners' proceedings.