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Arizona republican., 1917-09-30

$62 thus counted to the railroad fare of s15075 they would have spent s212.75 for their vacation
 These figures would not have given them any money for incidentals or pleasure. In fact, the $1 day would not have paid their necessary living expenses
 The living expenses of their son on the return journey would have made the total much larger
 Make Good Average
 Three days were spent in Detroit. where the visitors saw the sturdy
Arizona republican., 1917-09-30
SCOTCHMAN FIRST
 TO CONCEIVE TIRE

Every man who owns an automobile, owes a debt of gratitude to this man. Yet, the chances are, no one man in a million ever heard of hin-and there is no a single picture of him in exist ence, according to information re- ceived by Manager c. A. Fish of the Central Auto Supply company.
 This forgotten benefactor was R. w. Thompson-a Scotchman who is given credit for having conceived the idea of the pneumatic tire over 70 years ago.
 Without the pneumatic tire the pleasure car of today is impossible Thompson developed the idea of a leather cover bolted to the wooden rim of the wheel, and within this rough cOntrivance, he inserted a rubber inner tube.
 In modern automobile tires cotton fabric and rubber take the place of leather And all the skill of the tire builder is lavished on the task of mak- ing of these materials unit that will stand the constant pounding and wear of daily use.
 Every tire must be vulcanized- which in effect is a curing or cooking process Too often the life of the cot ton and rubber is burned out in the vulcanizing pits. That's why so many tires fall down in service.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
LOCAL WOMEN ORGANIZED
Will Unite in the Work of the u. S.
Food Administration.

Between forty and fifty of the
women of Boomers Ferry attended
the meeting held yesterday afternoon
at Kent's hall for the purpose of or
ganizing to assist the national move
ment for the conservation of food.
Temporary Chairman, Mrs. ]. l..
Monks, addressed the assembly in an
interesting and instructive manner,
giving the various reasons why it
was deemed best to organize the
women of the United States in the
effort to conserve the food supply.
Her talk was followed by the cleo
ton of the following officers: Chair
man, Mrs. F. E. hurry; vice chair
man, Mrs. T. ]. Hollinger; secretary,
Mrs. Belle Bishop.
The officers of the organization
will start at once to distribute the
cards of the U. S. Food Administra-
ton in every household in the coun-
ty. When a person signs one of
these cards and forwards it to Wash
ington, d. c., she becomes a mem
Der of the food conservation move
ment There is no financial obliga-
ton attached to signing the card
1t merely shows that the signer is
interested and is anxious to assist
the government in every way posi-
hle
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
JOHN o. FALK is DEAD
Victim of a Complication of Diseases
Passed Away Saturday.

The funeral of John Oscar Falk
who died at his home in this city
Saturday night after several weeks
illness with asthma and bronchitis,
was held this afternoon at two o'clock
at the Lutheran church, Rev. Otter
stad. of Standpoint, conducting the
services.
The services were attended by a
large concourse of the friends of the
deceased and his family and many
beautiful wreaths and boquets be-
spoke the esteem and respect felt for
the deceased by all his acquaintance.
Interment was had in the Bonners
Ferry cemetery.
The deceased was born in Sweden
in 1870. He is survived by his wife
and nine children and a sister who
lives in Wisconsin. He was mem
Der of the Moose lodge. Mr.. Falk
had been resident of Boomers
Ferry for many years and during this
time he was employed by the Bon
ners Ferry Lumber Company. Of
recent wears he worked at the plan
ming mill as a lumber grader.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
ADVOCATES
LIBERALITY
STATE TREASURER JOHN w.
EAGLESON WOULD LOAN
FARMERS STATE CASH.
MUST ATTRACT new SETTLERS
State Can Afford to Give Farmers
5 Per Cent Money.

State Treasurer John w. Eagleson
sent the Herald this week a copy of
the report recently made to Governor
Alexander showing the amount of
securities belonging to the various
endowment funds of the state. Since
these securities have been in the care
of Treasurer Eagleson he has made
report every six months in order
that the people of the state might
know something of the condition and
how much they have invested. In a
personal letter to the editor Treasurer
Eagleson writes:
at seems to me that with the great
demand there is for cheap money for
farm loans, this money could be lent
to the farmers, which would be an
advantage both to the farmer and
the state, and every school district
in the state would be benefited
thereby.
81 am still very much in favor of
the amortization plan of lending, and
on a per cent basis. If the state
is unable to put this money out at a
lower rate of interest than the pri-
vate concerns, what in the world are
they going to do when the govern
ment gets started lending under its
plan? AS you know, l had a bill
prepared along these lines, and gave
it to one of the senators to intro
duce in the senate during this last
session, but before it was introduced
they robbed the bill of every feature
except the amortization plan, and
then quietly killed that; but the time
is coming when some such law as
/ have been advocating will be passed
so that the people of the state will
derive some benefit from the resour-
ces Of the state.
"Our state is new and must be built
up by liberal laws which at the same
time will safeguard the future in
terests of the people. AS there are
about 10000 farmers in this state
and a great percentage of the tax
able property is in farm land, there
is no reason why they should no
be given every opportunity to i'm
prove and cultivate the lands no
already in cultivation, and every lie
gitimate inducement should be of
fered them.
"The state can afford to be liberia
in offering inducements in order t
get new settlers and get this land il
cultivation, and with the rapi,
growth of these funds, the state will
be in a position to virtually contro
the interest rates, which is one o
the hardest problems the farmer ha
to go up against"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
VOLUNTEERS
TO FIGHT FIRE

At a meeting attended by some
20 citizens and business men at the
commercial club rooms Thursday
night the preliminary steps towards
the organization of a volunteer fire
department were taken, ]. r. Meek
err being chosen chief and Oscar
Bangs assistant chief of the organi-
cation.
A. A. Mcintyre acted as chairman
of the meeting and c. w. Frantz was
secretary. A committee was appoint
ed to draft a constitution and by
laws and will report at the next
meeting to be held Thursday night
of this week. The members of the
volunteer fire department and those
who wish to become associated with
the organization will meet at the
fire hall Thursday evening at 700
o'clock. After the drill business
meeting will be had and reports
heard.
1t is believed that the organized
volunteer fire department will re-
ceive the hearty support of the bust,
ness men and property owners Of
the city. The men who have agreed
to Join the organization expect tt
work faithfully and they will have
excellent executive heads in Messrs
Meeker and Bangs.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
BIG DRAINAGE MEETING NEXT
SATURDAY, AUGUST nth

Valley Commercial Club Tuesday
night to succeed Frank Bottum, re-
signed. During the past week Mr..
Kent has mailed personal invitations
to all the residents of the valley and
to out-of-town owners of overlooked
lands, asking them to make it a point
to attend Saturdays meeting.
Special invitations have also been
sent to the people of Creston, B.
c., and the Creston Board of Trade
and the latter organization has been
urged to bring such Canadian offic-
ials as might be able to assist in
securing the cooperation of the
Canadian government.
1t is believed that practically every
resident of the valley will attend
the meeting Saturday. The commit
tee named above will arrange to have
the river boats so change their sched-
ules that attendance of the meet
ing will not require a very long
absence from home on the part OF
any individual.
The meeting Saturday will be held
at the Odd Fellows hall and will be
called at 1.30 o'clock.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31

1t is expected that the big drain
age meeting which is to be held in
this city Saturday, August 4th, will
be one of the most important in the
history of the valley. Engineer
Jones, of Washington, d. c., will be
in attendance and will advise with
the owners of overlooked lands and
those interested in the reclamation
of the valley on every question that
may be brought up. Engineer Jones
spent several months here each, sea-
son for several years and the recent
government report on the drainage
of the Kootenai valley was prepared
under his supervision. 1t is expected
that the result Of Saturdays meet
ing will be the working out of a
definite plan for the drainage of the
overlooked lands of the Kootenai val
ley.
The committee in charge of the ar.
rangements for the day is w. t
James, chairman, w. E. Drake, Henry
Driscoll, Frank Clapp and D. c: Nc
Donald. The committee is being
assisted by A. ]. Kent who was
elected secretary Of the kootena
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
Sheep Will Do Well Here

Charles G. Reeder, of Spokane, was
business visitor in the city yester-
day. Mr.. Reeder states that he has
recently satisfied himself that the
sheep raising business in this country
is profitable. On a recent trip to the
Upper Kootenai valley he spent some
time investigating the sheep business
and talked to both the herders and
the owners where the sheep were
being grazed on land identical with
that of the benches around Boomers
Ferry-cutover land. Thousands OF
sheep were being grazed in the local
| ity-the land is owned by Mr.. Reeder
and are doing well. The herders
have lost no sheep by reason of coy
otes or from the sheep scattering
or breaking their legs in the under
brush. The herders move the sheep
often and figure on regrazing at
least three or four times in a year
The sheep which are now on Mr.
Reeder's land were shipped many
miles from further inland. Mr.
Reeder firmly believes that it will
pay Boundary county farmers to keer
sheep either on "a small or large
scale.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
Would Curb Spokane /. w. w.

SPOKANE, Wash, July 31.-While
the business men of Spokane are
actively engaged in efforts to wipe
out the l. w. w. menace at mills,
logging camps and farms, the city's
has refused to curb the agi-
tators who nightly harangue street
crowds and covertly encourage vio-
lence. The mayor has also declined
to close the l. w. w. district head
quarters in the Lindelle block. A
situation is thus created which is
giving citizens much concern, partic-
ularly as the city is being severely
censured in several Inland Empire
towns.
The Spokane Chamber of Com
merce has appointed a committee to
confer with the mayor in the hope of
inducing him to take a stand along
with other executives in crushing the
/. w. w. movement. At the same
time attention is called to the fact
that it was Spokane men who first
took up the attempt to suppress the
agitators by urging the governor to
action and initiating the state defense
council which is now handling the
situation generally.
On the other hand Mayor Fleming
insists that the l. w. w. are violat-
ing no laws in Spokane and that he
is not to be held blamable for trou-
BILE in the Idaho panhandle, even
though Spokane is used as a head
quarters for the agitators. The cham
Der of commerce committee is hope
full of showing the executive that
his attitude is seriously injuring the
standing of the city in its relations
with neiPhbOrinP communities
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
ACCIDENTAL DEATH AT NAPLES
Elaine Knight Killed Under Wheels
of utomobile-Buried Friday.

Two and half year old Elaine
knight, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
I. S. Knight, of Naples, was acct
dentally killed at Naples Wednesday
evening when she fell out of an auto.
the hind wheel of the car passing
over her head.
Mrs: Knight and three children
had visited Wednesday at the home
OF Frank Bond and in the evening
Mr.. Bond took them home in his
auto. In some manner Elaine's dress
caught in the latch of the door of
the car and lurch caused the door
to spring open. The child was thrown
out head foremost and under the
running boards, the wheel passing
over its head and killing it instantly.
The funeral was held at the Knight
home Friday and interment was had
at the Macarthur cemetery.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
VOTE ON ROAD
BONDS TO-DAY
ARE ASKED TO RATIFY
BONDING COUNTY FOR s7O,-
600 FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
REQUIRES A TWO-THIRDS VOTE
Lose State Appropriation If Bonds
Fail to Carry.

The voters of Boundary county
will decide today whether or not the
county shall be bonded in the sum of
$4,000 for the purpose of building
and improving roads in all parts of
the county.
Considerable interest has been
nj snifest in arguments for and
against the bond issue.
If the bond issue carries at least
two-thirds of the qualified voters of
the county must vote in favor of it.
The proposition of bonding the
county was decided upon when the
county commissioners found that the
funds available for road and bridge
work were not sufficient to keep
the roads Of the county IN repair and
at the same time construct new roads
and bridges. Then it was learned
that the state would spend at least
$4,000 on the highway from the
Montana to the Bonner county line
providing the county would spend
at least $4,000 on this road. The
commissioners were also advised that
the government will have available
about the first of January some $751;
900 which will be spent on roads in
this county if the county spends a
like sum.
By bonding the county the COM
missioners figured that they would
be able to secure 100000 of money
otherwise unattainable and they
would be able to put in such con-
dition the National Parks Highway
between Montana and Bonner county
that it would be taken over by the
state which would mean that the
county would never again be called
upon to maintain the road and that
in future years the regular road anc
bridge budget could be all expended
for roads in other parts of the coun
ty. If the bond issue carries it j.
expected that the commissioners will
only sell enough bonds to enable
them to meet the terms of the state
and secure the state money. TIT
remainder of the bonds will be SOLE
when it is determined what othe
main thoroughfares are the mos
needed in the county and the none!
would most likely be used for road
between Bonners Ferry and Port
hill and from Addie to Copeland.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
is "a LONG WAY FROM HOME"
James Farr Experiences Seaman's
Life on u. S. S. Frederick.

Mrs. J. H. Jacoby received letter
Saturday from her brother, James
Farr, who enlisted here this spring
and who is now aboard the U. S. S.
Frederick. The letter is dated June
Both at "a long ways from home''
and reads as follows:
ut takes a letter a long time to
reach the States. You will notice
that / always put gu. S. A." on all
my envelopes but you will have to
guess where l am. 1t would mean
two years in prison if I should give
you any information as to our where
abouts.
81 sure had an awful time getting
into the navy but l am sticking
mighty close to the Red, White and
Blue. These battleships are lonely
places but you can always find some
thing to do. If it isn't work you can
busy yourself washing clothes and of
course l am handy at that"
Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart have not
heard from their son, John, since
May 10Th. Mr.. Stewart believes that
John is aboard a cruiser which left
the Pacific coast for New York City
John is seeing service off the Euro
pean coast.
The sailors are not allowed to
tell ofthe sights on these trips
through fear that information of the
whereabouts of United States ships
might come accidentally into the
hands of the enemy. All letters
written by the boys are subjected to
censorship before they leave the ship.
S. E. Henry gets a weekly letter
from his son, Patrick, who is sta
toned at Goat Island, San Francisco,
and who has been promoted twice
since he enlisted with the medical
corps. "Pat" is now sergeant of
pharmacy.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
Car Load of Fords Here

The Crescent Garage received it's
long expected car load of Ford autos
Thursday and special crew has been
busy since that day setting up the
new machines. Two of the cars were
taken by w. E. Jaeger, of Standpoint,
Saturday. A runabout was purchased
by w. C. Bowling of the Bonner Bak-
cry, a five passenger car was pur-
chased by Henry Driscoll, of the
Commercial hotel and another five
passenger car was purchased by Geo
Gregory of Macarthur. Saturday one
of the five passenger Fords was
bought by Mr.. Bernard, of this city
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
Best Scenery Here

Mr.. and Mrs. Julian liter, of New
York City, passed through the city
yesterday enroute to coast points on
their third transcontinental auto trip.
They left New York City May 25th.
Mr.. liter is an artist of inter
national repute and is an enthusiastic
advocate of "See America First.
The past week he had his first OPP
portunity of seeing the beauties of
the Kootenai valley and he was so
impressed with this country as a
beauty spot of America that he plans
to return home by the northern route
of the National Parks Highway and
may stop off in Bonners Ferry and
make several side trips to nearby
mountains
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31

regular votes. Also a bonus vote
will be given each day to the con-
testant who turns in the most sub
scriptions for the day. The daily
bonus vote starts Thursday, August
End. The contestant who turns in
the most money for subscriptions
will be given 100000 extra votes. The
contestant who turns in the next
largest amount of money for SUBJ
scriptions will be given $4,000 bonus
votes; the one who turns in the third
largest amount of subscription money
will receive 10000 bonus votes, the
fourth and fifth will receive $4,000
bonus votes each. The contestant
who turns in the most subscription
money for the week will receive
bonus of 100000 votes, the second
will receive 100000 bonus votes; the
third will receive 100000 bonus votes;
the fourth, fifth and sixth will each
receive 100000 bouns votes.
Contestants must bear in mind
that there will only be two more
weeks Of the contest after this week.
No contestant can afford to lose a
moment of his or her spare time.
Now is the time to see all your
friends who have promised to help
you. Urge them to pay their sub
scriptions to you at once. The bonus
vote offer of this week affords
good chance for any contestant to
obtain the lead. Write your out-of-
town friends today as you will have
Just about time now in which to
hear from them before the contest
closes. With the end of the contest
so close now every contestant should
make up his or her mind to work
every minute of each day in the effort
to win the grand reward.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
PROFIT SHARING CIRCULATION
CAMPAIGN SOON TO END

With the end of the Heralds big
profit sharing circulation campaign
in sight, only a few weeks away,
the contestants are working harder
than ever for renewal and new sub
scriptions and the ones who are put
ting in the most time and who have
a faithful group of friends helping
them are the ones who are in the
running. At the present time any
one of at least five contestants has
good chance to win the grand re-
ward, $400 in gold or a five passen-
ger 1917 model Ford auto. This
contest is a test of perseverance, of
stick-to-itiveness. The contestants
who are now the leaders are all de-
termined to win and the ones who
do not win are certainly going to
give the winner a race for his or
her goal.
The contestants at this stage of
the game are not voting all their
subscriptions. They are saving some
for the last week. However the vote
standing which follows gives good
idea of the closeness of the race and
shows that there is but little use in
trying to pick out the winner at
this stage of the game: Miss Bee
bennington, 1,384,000 votes; Miss
Helen Murphy, 1,34S,600 votes; Mrs
Ella McGlocklin, 1,340,S00 votes;
= Claude Benner, 1,098,700 votes; Miss
Rath, 1,024,300 votes; Miss Veona
Johnston, ISL 900 votes; Miss Phoebe
Welch, $4,000 votes; Mrs. Fritterer
$500 votes.
This week the same bonus votes
will be given as last week. $4,000
votes will be given for each club Of
$1,000 worth of subscriptions. Thi!
$4,000 votes is in addition to the
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
AFTER BOUNDARY MINES DATA
Associations Secretary to Learn
Extent of Development Work.


Ravenel Macbeth, secretary of the
Idaho Mining association, will visit
boundary county the latter part of
August or early in September for
the purpose of gathering data rela-
tive to the mining operations in this
district. His visit will be in accord
ance with a plan of the association
to gather data throughout the state
showing the expenditures already
made and to be made by Idaho's
mining industry during the current
year. The chief purpose of collect
ing this data will be to bring to the
attention of the probable investor the
Importance of Idaho as a mining
state, thereby attracting additional
capital for prospecting and develop
ment purposes. 1t is also believed
that the vast amount of money now
being expended on dividend and non
dividend paying properties will be a
revelation to many Idaho people and
will make them realize the prominent
place mining occupies in the indus
trial and financial affairs of the
state. 1t has been ascertained by the
mining association that 81 counties
of Idaho have more or less mining
and in a number of these large ex-
penditures are being made this year
on prospects and in the further ex.
ploration of old properties.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-31
SHOULD RAISE SEED "SPUDSv
Moscow Horticultural Sees Profits
in New Industry in Boundary

Considerable business was trans
acted Tuesday night at the meeting
OF the commercial club. A. ]. Kent
was elected secretary to succeed
FRANK Bottum, resigned. A commit
tee composed of Messrs. Flood, Will
son and O'Callaghan was appointed
10 draft new constitution and by
laws. A. j. Kent resigned as chair
man OF the committee on arrange
ments for the drainage meeting, Au-
gust 4th, and w. T. James was ap-
pointed as chairman and d. C. Nc
Donald was appointed a member of
the committee. The secretary was
instructed to draw a check for $40
IN favor of the Boomers Ferry Band
for its services in giving concerts
during the month of July.
Horticulturist E. R. Bennett. of
the University Extension bureau
Moscow, Idaho, addressed the club
IN an effort to interest members in
his plan of getting Northern Idaho
farmers to grow certified seed pota-
toes.
He told that he would be glad to
come here at any time to take
the matter up with the farmers
he is anxious to get enough farmers
interested to assure the use of a car.
load of Inspected seed. He will come
here at seeding time and at harvest.
ing time and advise how to plant
to protect against disease, care dur
ing the growing period and at har
vest time the potatoes will be in
Spected and state certificates issued
he stated that certified northern
grown seed potatoes will bring so PEE
cent more profit to the grower thar
the potatoes raised for the ordinar,
market.