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The Benson signal., 1916-11-25
Opinions Differ.

"Men are like wagons" remarked
the man who dispenses aphorisms'
.Tbey make the most noise when
empty"
"Your trolley is off the wire," re-
ioined the contrary person. "A man
makes the most noise when he is tull.
The Benson signal., 1916-11-25

There are $50 piano factories in the
United States.
The Benson signal., 1916-11-25

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of enjoyment"
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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
Miss Dawson a Candidate

This week Miss Mary F. w. Daw-
son made formal announcement of
her candidacy on the republican
ticket for nomination to the office of
county superintendent of schools.
Miss Dawson is a teacher of the
Boomers Ferry schools. She has lived
in this district for the past 10 years.
She took up the profession of teach
ing in 1902 and has had nine years
experience in rural and city schools.
She spent one year at Standpoint as
assistant county superintendent of
schools when Supt. j. w. Ramsey was
in Office in Bonner county. Miss Daw-
son holds a life certificate in Idaho
and feels that she will be well able to
give Boundary county a businesslike
and efficient administration if elected
to the office she seeks.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
Celebrate at Copeland

Thomas Maui, of the Copeland
Trading company, of Copeland, was
in the city looking after business
matters yesterday. Mr.. Maui states
that Copeland is going to have a
rousing Fourth of July celebration
this year. The men in charge of the
program of the day will arrange for
races and sports, probably a baseball
game in the afternoon and dancing in
the new hall in the afternoon and
evening. A patriotic program will
be rendered and if possible, arrange
ments will be made for the running
of an excursion from Bonners Ferry
either on the the Steamer Crescent
or on the Great Northern railway.
Definite announcements of the plans
for the celebration will be made later.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
No Sewer Service Yet

The Clifton-Applegate company,
contractors in charge of the construc-
ton of Bonners Ferry's sewer sys-
tenn, turned the system over to the
sewer commission last Saturday for
inspection. The committee found
flow of water which indicated a leak
in the main line and also found
what seemed to be defects in the
outfall line from the sceptic tank.
Representatives of the sewer con-
tracing company intimate that the
sewer system was tempered with
from the time the company's expert
engineer tested out the system and
found it o. k. and the time the sewer
commission began its inspection.
Repairs of the supposed defects
cannot be made now until after high
water. 1t is understood that the
sewer contractors, the town council
and the sewer commission will meet
next week to go over the situation
and decide what action shall be ia
ken
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
o. N Wreck at kaka
Two Lose Lives In
Wreck Near hatka
Great Northern Passenger Train Runs Into Rock
Slide--Engineer and Fireman Drowned
Engine Is In 20 Feet of Water

who later saw the wreck are of the
opinion that the slide came down
just as the engine passed by. Pas
sengers say that there was sudden
crash and jar and then everything
was quiet.
The Spokane offices were notified
of the wreck within a half hour of
its happening. The conductor walked
back to Kattka to call for help. A
special train was sent out from Troy
carrying doctors and nurses. The
wrecking train from Spokane reached
the scene of the disaster about $50
in the morning. 1t was nearly 6
o'clock in the evening before the
rock was cleared away and traffic re-
sumed.
The Great Northern now has a
diver at work preparing to raise the
engine and tender from the river
When the diver first found the en-
CINE he discovered that the cab was
torn off.
Engineer McGinn was wellknown
in Boomers Ferry. For several
months he had been the engineer on
the "dinkie" between this city and
Spokane. His home was at Hill
yard where he is survived by his
widow and five children, Richard, age
16; Arthur, age Is; Francis, age 10;
Marion, age q; and Margaret, ages.
Fireman Dempsey was unmarried.
Mail clerk Stumpf has twice been
in train holdups. Howell, mail rob-
Der now serving a life sentence,
bound Stumpf with a rope while he
rified the mail sacks. Another time
the express and mail cars were de-
tached from the train and Stumpf
hid in the bushes near the tracks
while the robbers blasted the safe
and made their escape.
Many local people visited the scene
of the wreck Saturday morning, sew
eral making the trip by auto and a
number going to Katka on No. 2 at
IL o'clock.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
Died From Woodtick Bite

Robert Gussner, son of Mrs. Edgar
Charles, of this city, died the evening
of May 31st at the Bismarck, N.
Oak, hospital, from blood poison
ing and fever due to a woodtick bite
which he received in Montana The
funeral and burial services were held
June 2.
The deceased recently spent several
weeks here visiting his mother On
his way home he stopped off in Mon
tana for few days recreation in the
hills. 1t was in Montana that he
was bitten with a woodtick. Spotted
fever set in soon after from the in
lection of the woodtick bite. A
number of prominent physicians were
called into consultation over the case
but medical science was of no avail
1t is generally known that in the
spring of the year in certain locali-
ties in Montana the bite of wood
tick is often fatal.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
Attend Grand Chapter Sessions

Mrs. Barney Wooledge leaves today
for Spokane to visit her daughter.
She plans to go from Spokane the
first of next week to Kellogg, Idaho,
to attend the sessions of the Idaho
Grand Chapter of the Order of the
Eastern Star, Mrs. Wooledge being
the delegate of the local chapter.
Mrs. c. T. Laschinger will leave
Monday for Kellogg, she having been
specially honored by being named
the grand representative of New
Mexico at the sessions of the grand
chapter which will convene Tuesday,
June 18th and continue three days.
Mrs. Gale, who leaves today for a
visit with relatives at Harrison, will
also attend the grand chapter ses-
sions and at Harrison will join Mrs
Wooledge and Mrs. Laschinger.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
Meyers and Carlson Start Store

George Meyers and Herbert Carl
son have leased the c. d. Simonds
building on Main street formerly oc-
cupied by the Gilt Top Cigar store
and plan to open a cigar and con-
fectionery and soft drink business.
They expect to be ready to meet
their friends by next Tuesday. In
the meantime the building will be re-
modelled, papered and painted.
Messrs. Meyers and Carlson will
have pool tables and card rooms in
connection with their store. They
have purchased the Bert Alberts'
store fixtures. When completed they
expect to have one of the model stores
of Bonners Ferry where their patrons
may secure the best in tobaccos, soft
drinks and ice cream and spend so
cial hour when so inclined.
Both the new proprietors have been
residents of this city and been en-
gagged in business here many years.
They have a large circle of friends
who wish them well in their new ven
ture.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09

Eastbound Great Northern passen-
ger train No. ran into rock slide
Saturday morning about o'clock at
a point about a mile and half east
of Katka. The engine and tender
plunged into the Kootenai river and
lodged about 20 feet under the swift
swirling waters of the stream. En-
gineer McGinn, aged As, and Fireman
Dempsey were drowned and at the
present time their bodies have not
been recovered. The combination
mail and baggage coach was thrown
over the bank, the mail section dip
ping into the river about eight feet.
Mail Clerk Stumpf, Baggageman
Morrison and Mail Clerk Gerke re-
ceived severe shaking up but were
not seriously injured. The mail car
was derailed and torn from its trucks
but did not go into the river. Pas
sengers in the smoking car and day
coach were given quite jolt when
the engine parted from the train and
the air-brakes were automatically set.
Some of the passengers in the sleep
ing cars were. not even Weakened I'M
til the wreck was over.
The rockslide occurred at a curve
and there was no chance for the en-
gineer or fireman to see the danger
until they were within ten feet of it.
Perhaps 20 ton of rock slipped down
from the steep cliff onto the track
The engine and combination mail and
baggage car travelled almost COM
pletely over the rockslide. The en-
CINE must have hurdled Is or &c
feet in the air as three telegraph
wires were struck and torn dowr
and seemed to have been carried into
and held under the water by wreck
age.
The track was clear half hour be-
fore the wreck occurred according tc
the story told by the trackwalker or
duty Saturday morning. A number
of those who were on the train anC
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
Walking Around the World

H. ]. C. Baker, former sergeant
of the U. S. Army, passed through
Bonners Ferry Monday on his way
to Butte, Mont, where he will COM
plete an $500 mile walk around
the world. He started from Mont
real, Canada, with two other men,
both of whom have lost their lives.
Baker was a confirmed consumptive
when he started on his undertaking
but now holds certificates from lead
ing physicians of the country testify
ing that he is a physically perfect
man and that his limbs are almost
perfect in their development. Baker
is to receive a large sum of money
from the Hopkins Institute and from
other societies upon the completion
of his trip.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
Elliott Has Speaking Dates

Senator E. E. Elliott returned home
Friday after having spent the week
at Spokane, Occur d'Alene City and
points along the Great Northern rail-
way Mr.. Elliott had the honor of
delivering one of the Memorial Day
addresses at services held in Occur
d'Alene City last Tuesday The SEN
ator is receiving many calls all over
the state for addresses many of
which he will have to decline in order
to give his time to his campaign for
the nomination on the republican
ticket as congressman.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
Gubernatorial Candidate Here

Lieutenant Governor H. H. Taylor,
of Standpoint, one of the republican
candidates for nomination for gov
ernor at the September primaries,
was in town Saturday, making the
trip in his new REQ auto from Sand
point. He was accompanied by his
friends, Charles R. Foss and Mr..
Foss' father, and o. L. Peavey and
his son, Richard.
Mr.. Taylor is confident of his nom
nation. He has been in the political
field too long not to know what he
is talking about and there is no dis
paraging his astuteness, consequently
if he doesn't win out this fall it is
certain that his opponents will know
that they have been in some kind OF
a battle.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
WEDDING NEXT MONDAY EVE
Miss Eunice Chambers Will Become
the Bride of Edward c. Maxwell

tue Drlue OF EuWard =. Maxwell
Invitations were issued this week
by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Chambers
for the wedding of their daughter,
Miss Eunice J. Chambers, on Monday
evening, June 18th, at $50 p. m. to
Edward c. Maxwell. The wedding
will take place at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Chambers on the south
bench.
Miss Chambers is we'll known in
this vicinity where she has lived for
several years and she has host of
friends who will vie with each other
in trying to make the approaching
event one of many dear memories.
Mr.. Maxwell recently purchased a
well improved ranch on the bench.
He has made his home for many
years at Copeland, where he is well
known and respected citizen.
Saturday evening a number of
the friends of Miss Chambers gath
cred at her home to surprise her
with a Shower" AS it happened
Miss Chambers had been visiting at
Copeland, and while she had planned
to return home Saturday she missed
the train. Although their plans were
upset Miss Chambers friends en-
joyed pleasant evening and left be-
hind a host of handsome and usefu
presents
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09

it has already made good progress,
there is still vast room for improve
ment.
In Bonner county at the present
time there have been built four cot
tages by the school districts for the
use of the teachers. The first one
was built at Elmira, Idaho, three
years ago at a cost of about 1900.
1t is concrete building, having three
rooms with a good sized basement
beneath. The school building and
cottage is in a natural grove of pine
and fir trees which has been sowed
so that now they have a nice park
of blue grass and white clover. The
teacher and her sister have occupied
the cottage for the last three terms,
or ever since it was built. The
teacher, Miss O'Brien, of Boomers
Ferry, does the regular school work
and the sister, Miss Carrie O'Brien,
gives music lessons on the piano to
the school children, and takes care of
the school lunches which are served
every noon free by the district to
the children. Before the cottage
was built the district had never en-
ployed the same teacher for two cons
secutive years. The present teacher
will be there as long as she stays in
the school work.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
Start Big Lumber Drive

Logging Superintendent j. W..
Stewart, of the Boomers Ferry Lum-
Der company, left Wednesday evening
with crew of some 40 men for
Stonehill, Mont, where the big an
nual drive will be started. Mr.. Stew
art expects to have the drive at the
mill here in two weeks time provid-
ing the Kootenai river remains high
enough for floating the logs over the
sandbars. About seven million feet
of logs viii be brought down in the
drive.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
WANT FOREST
RESERVE MONEY
Boundary County Entitled to Large
Share Of Money From Timber
Sales-Ask Settlement
WILL INSIST ON ACREAGE BASIS
Under Federal Law Boundary Will
Receive Nearly $4,000

On July 80, 1915, the county of
Bonner received the sum of S20,O64.06
from the United States government,
this sum being the counties share of
the proceeds of sales of timber in
the forest reserve within the county
boundaries.
Boundary county has never re-
ceived any part of this money and
the county commissioners, auditor
and treasurer are now seeking to
come to some agreement with the
officers of Bonner county towards Sc
curing pro rata.
When the matter of securing Boun-
dairy county's share of the money
first came up the Bonner county Off
Gals were willing to give up a pro-
portion of the money which had been
received from the sale of timber off
lands now included in Boundary
county. Boundary county officials
were willing to settle on basis of
271a per cent, the ratio which was
determined upon in the division of
county property when Boundary
county was cut off from Bonner
county.
County Attorney leighton and
Auditor Stanley looked up the federal
laws governing such transactions and
found that it was provided that the
money should be divided on basis
of acreage. 1t is said that the fed
eral law on this point is very clear.
Under the provision of the federal
law Boundary county would be enti-
tied to nearly half of the $20,064.06
as Boundary county contains some
100000 acres and Bonner county
some 433,000 acres. 1t is understood
that since the Bonner county officials
have been appraised of the federal
regulation they have offered to set
tie on the 271a per cent basis which
was first suggested by Boundary
county.
Boundary county people feel that
they did not get all that was COM
ing to them in the division of Bonner
county property last July and public
sentiment will certainly favor move
on the part of county officials to COL
lect from Bonner county on the acre
age basis in the present dispute.
Auditor Stanley stated today that he
was also in favor of forcing Bonner
county to pay Boundary county in
terest at 21a per cent on that part of
Boundary county's money which has
been held up by Bonner county since
last July and on which Bonner county
has been drawing interest.
1t is understood that the Boundary
county board of commissioners;
Messrs Shively, McColl and Deyoe,
: will go to Standpoint next week to
confer with the Bonner county off
Gals in the matter and to see whether
D or not a settlement can be made
t without going into the courts with
/. the matter.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09

The Boomers Ferry baseball club
will play the Troy aggregation on
the home grounds Sunday, June 18th.
This will be the first game of the sea-
son on the home grounds and the
baseball boys are hoping for liberal
support from local fans. The grounds
will be put in good shape for the
game and the fans are assured of a
firstclass exhibition of ball playing.
Come out and root.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
Thirty.seyen Receive Diplomas

The following is the list of the pu-
pills of the eighth grade in the vari-
Gus districts of the county who sue
cessfully passed the recent examina-
tons and are entitled to diplomas:
District No. Myrtle Graham,
Eustace Rose; District No. 2-Ed-
ward Wells; District No. LILLIAN
Bangs, Francis Berger, Catherine
Callahan, Lee Cuddy, Fife Dunn,
Claude Fry, Patrick Henry, Hazel
Jones, Edwin Lozier, Thomas Moore,
Eva Reding, John Reding, Bernice
Spaulding; District No. Edith
Danquist; District No. S-Jennie
Smith; District No. civilian
Gieszleman; District No. 12-Marion
Bennett, Anna Olden; District No. IA
-Thelma Bruce, Gertrude Bunting,
Ruby CARAT, Thelma Keith, Mildred
Reid, Phoebe Welch, Howard Fer
brache; District No. 16-Elsie
Montgomery, Corinne Woodland; Dis
trict No. 17-Cora Knowles, Leonard
Knowles; District No. 18-Norvil
Mayfeld, Virginia Worley.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
Commercial Club Meeting

President Wiley has called meet
ing of the Kootenai Valley CONNER
cial Club for this evening at the
county court house. Plans will be
perfected for the holding of Good
Roads Day. Reports from number
of committees win be heard and plans
laid for further work of the organi-
cation. An interesting meeting is as
sured and everybody is invited to at
tend.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09

Suit was started Wednesday in the
probate court by H. c. Hoffman, ed
itor of the Daily Critic, against W.
H. DeCamp, owner of the Critic, to
recover sum amounting to about
S170 alleged to be due for wages.
The Critic Office is closed Temporal
rily, it is understood, under attach
ment proceedings.
The time of answer in the case was
set for this morning at o'clock. AT
this time the time of trial was set
for 10 o'clock Wednesday morning,
June 18th.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
Br0okside Sales

This week the Brookside Stock
company sold yearling Holstein bull
for $3.50 to w. E. Root, of Green
acres; thoroughbred Collie dog to
Charles Bull, of Mabton, Wash; a
registered Spotted Poland China boar
to c. ]. Shindler, of Rosalia.
The Brookside people also sold
three registered Herefords for f. B.
Squirting, of Copeland, to Charles
Bull, of Mabton, Wash.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09
Urge Senator FuIler's Candidacy

Word comes to Boomers Ferry this
week that Senator H. G. Fuller, of
Ashton, Idaho, is considering becom-
ing a candidate on the republican
ticket for state auditor. 1t is said
many political leaders are urging Mr..
Fuller's candidacy and that he has
been promised unanimous support of
many localities if he declares himself.
Senator Fuller has many friends in
Boundary and Bonner counties who
would like to see him become a can
didate for the Office of state auditor.
The st. Mary's Guild will meet
next Thursday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Frank Bottum.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-06-09

Harley Cave and A. D. WEIGH plan
to leave Monday for Occur d'Alene
City to attend the meeting of North
ern Idaho farmers which has been
called by Mr.. Scholtz, state director
of farm markets.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1916-02-03

The Woodmen of the World OF the
Jerome Camp will give their first
annual ball at the Amusement Hall
on tomorrow friday evening. This
promises to be a most enjoyable af-
fair as the committee In charge will
spare no pains to make the affair a
success. A fve-piece orchestra will
furnish the music for dancing, and
the tickets which are placed at 81
include lunch as we'll. All are cor
daily invited.