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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
Ratified WITH BEAR AND CUB
PorthilI Man Attacked by Brown
Bear Thursday Afternoon.

PORTHILL, July 9th.-John Erick-
son. a wellknown resident OF this
district, had an exciting experience
with a brown bear and her cub
Thursday while on his way from
Porthill to Copeland.
Erickson tells that the .she,Dear
attacked him and that he Tough. It
with a club and rocks for fully III,
teen minutes. Finally Erickson found
chance to climb into a balsam
tree and the bear camped at the foot
of the tree awaiting his descent
The commotion of the battle De
tween bear and man attracted the at
tention of E. E. Minkley and his
sons, Joe and Alois. Upon the ar
rival of these three the bear took
to the woods. Alois returned home
for a gun and tracked the bear
short distance, getting a shot Du'
missing. -.
Erickson's clothes were torn into
tatters as a result of his battle anc
he sustained several bad scratche:
and bruises. He came on into Bon
ners Ferry to secure treatment FOL
his wounds.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
ASK FORESTERS
FOR FRANCE
GOVERNMENT ASKS RECRUITS
FOR NEW UNIT OF UNI
TED STATES ARMY.
PAY UP TO $4,000 A MONTH
French Foresters to Be Used in the
Trenches at the Front.

Forest supervisors at st. Maries,
Occur d'Alene, Standpoint, Idaho, and
Newport, Wash, have been instruct
ed by the government to receive
applications for the regiment of pick
ed woodsmen being recruited for
early army service in France This
regiment is Being made up to work
IN French forests close to the fight
ing line, logging and manufacturing
t ts, trench tinbers, bridge timbers
and simila" material needed for the
fighting armies While designed TO
act primarily as a mobile logging
and milling unit, the regiment viii
be armed ard drilled the same rs the
rest of the United States army and
will be ORGANIZED on military lines
i may be called to work within the
danger zone.
Men able 10 pass the regular army
physical requirements between the
ages of Is and DO who are ..perfs
ible
Men of selectlve draft age will dis
charge their draft obligation is ac-
cepted for this regiment.
Volunteers arc applying in consid-
cradle numbers and other qualifi-
cations being equal those applica-
tons received earliest will be given
prior consideration.
Applications should be sent to the
forest supervisors at any of the
above mentioned points.
! Already Supervisor Fitzwater has
enlisted Ia men for this branch of
service in the United States army
Recruiting for the battalion will be
continued until a wire is received
announcing that the battalion is at
full strength.
The enlistment is as follows:
! From Standpoint, William PIatt,
Arthur Pauley, Jack Murray; from
Naples, William Garvin, Wilbur Shoe
maker, Frank Bond, "Tod" Sloan,
from Hope, three Lindsey brothers,
James Wesley; from Clarksfork,
John Lauderdale, Eugene Ralph,
from Moravia, Harry Dunn; from
Cabinet, Samuel Mulvhill; from Bel
mont, Henry Ogston.
of the needs of the regiment, says:
at is desired to enlist fifty more
men from district No. L. Logging
teamsters, loggers and all-round
woodsmen are especially desired
However, applications for other lines
will be accepted.
I'm joining the forestry regiment,
one can do their part in the present
war, and at the same time benefit by
an opportunity to get experience
with work in French forests. The
work may fall within the danger
zone, but it is behind the trenches
1t consists of marking, cutting and
logging timber to portable mills. The
timber is then worked up into trench
material and transported to the
trenches. This offers an opportunity
} for anyone skilled in almost any
class of woods work. 1t is not
known just how long it will be be-
fore the regiment is transferred
: broadn
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
Would Organize Cavalry Company

H. B. Robertson, an employee of
the Spokane International Railway
company, who has been stationed at
Naples for a few weeks doing re-
lief work, was in the city Friday
talking over his plan of organizing
an Idaho cavalry troop with local
ifty to proceed with recruiting work
and states that he knows of so
men in Spokane who have agreed
to join while there are 80 recruits
at Standpoint, about Is at Naples
and some 80 here who have signi-
fled their intentions of joining such
an organization. Mr.. Robertson
states that the Spokane men would
have joined the Washington troop
but were dissatisfied with the man
ner in which officers of the troop
were selected, it being claimed that
the sons of rich men were favored
over the men who were laborers but
at the same time efficient and well
trained
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
PLANNING FOR $4,000 HOTEL
INVESTMENT in B0NNERS FERRY
LOCAL CAPITAL INTERESTED IN CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT
OF MODERN TWOSTORY HOTEL BUIlDNC-T0
FORM A CORPORATION
Proposed Building Will Occupy Site North Of the First National Bank Build
ing-Wil Have rs Feet Frontage Main Street and
Will Be 100 Feet Deep

For many months past C. H. Blk
Ter, proprietor of the Grill restau-
rant, has been working on a plan
to finance the construction in Bon
ners Ferry of a modern and exclu-
sive hotel building and today these
plans have been so far worked out
and so large a part of the necessary
cooperation has been secured that
it seems safe to say that such a
building will soon be erected in this
city on a site adjoining the First
National bank building. The site
now being owned by Charles O'Cal-
laghan and B. P. Bothel.
The hotel is to be built and fur
nished by a stock company and the
organization of the corporation has
proceeded to such an extent that
promises of subscriptions amounting
to nearly the amount needed have
been made. Among the men who
have subscribed to stock are c. H.
Bixler, c.. d. Simonds, F. A. Shultis,
M. P. DeWolf, The Crescent Garage
and Plumbing Co., w. L. Kinnear,
Charles O'Callaghan, Charles Wood,
o. R. Stookey. Others have agreed
to take stock but have subscribed
no definite amount.
The proposed new hotel will be
built and equipped entirely by local
capital 1t is estimated that the
building will cost $4,000 and that
the equipment will cost $4,000 more.
The proposed building will be q
brick, two stories high, with full
basement. 1t will have so feet
ground frontage on Main street and
it is planned to build a second story
over the present First National bank
building and thus provide 10 feet
Main street and 100 feet frontage
on Kootenai street. The entire build
ing will have a depth of 100 feet
Most of the rooms will have
frontage on Main or Kootenai street
and every room is to be equipped
with hot and cold water and will
he steam heated. Several suites viii
be equipped with private baths ano
lavatories.
The hotel lobby, the Grill restau
rant and a lunch counter will occupy
the ground frontage on Main street
On the ground floor Of the building
there will be provided a banoue'
hall large enough to accommodate
100 people and a large sample room
also the kitchen, pantry, laundry
store rooms, etc. The entire build
ing will be fitted out with elegan
furniture.
Mr.. Bixler stated to the Herald
this morning that there was no ques
ton but that the plans for the new
hotel would materialize. He feel
that an exclusive building is great
lv needed in Bonners Ferry and tina
it can be made to pay from the be
ginning. If the plans for the note
are carried out Mr.. Bixler Will en-
deavor to secure a lease OF the en-
tire building from the directors O
the corporation.
1t has been arranged to consume
a party wall on the north side OF IN
building. Charles Wood paying nal
of the cost of CONSTRUCTION.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
FUNERAL HELD THIS MORNING
Mrs. Thomas Nicholson Dies Sunday
Evening at Hospital.

The passing away of one of Bon
ners Ferry's most esteemed and re-
spected matrons, Mrs. Thomas Mich
olson, occurred Sunday afternoon at
AIS o'clock, death resulting from
blood poisoning and a weak heart
The funeral services were held this
morning at 10 o'clock and were con-
Quoted by the Rev. Burleson, pastor
of the local Episcopal church of
which the deceased had been a
member ever since coming here. The
funeral was attended by a large
crowd and the floral tributes were
many and beautiful. Interment was
had in the Bonners Ferry cemetery.
Mrs. Nicholson had been seriously
sick only a short time before her
death. She underwent an operation
last Friday for an abcess.
The. deceased is survived by her
husband, a daughter, aged fifteen,
Miss Irene, and a mother and two
sisters, who live in England. She
in the British army in France.
The deceased was AZ years old.
She was born in England and in
1897 at Harrogat, England, she mar
ried Thomas Nicholson. After her
husband had been in the United
States three years, Mrs. Nicholson
and her daughter Joined him and the
family have made their home in
Boomers Ferry for about ten years.
Mrs. Nicholson was a model wife,
mother and citizen. She had a
kind word for everyone, she worked
hard for her church and assisted
in every charitable cause. She was
quiet and unassuming but was thor
ough in everything she did and her
loss in Boomers Ferry will be felt
deeply and for many a year. Her
family have the deepest sympathy
of the entire community.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
WEDNESDAY
A GREAT DAY
BONNERS FERRY'S PATRIOTIC
DEMONSTRATION ENJOYED
BY HUNDREDS.
FULL DAYS ENTERTAINMENT
Red Cross Auxiliary Booth Well
Patronized-Clear S114.

Thanks to the efforts of an en-
ergetic and enthusiastic executive
committee Boomers Ferry's patriotic
demonstration on Wednesday was a
huge success and many hundred
townspeople and residents of nearby
communities passed a day replete
with pleasure and enjoyment.
The arrangements committee COM
posed of Messrs. Mcintyre, Driscoll
and Meddock saw to it that the work
of the subcommittee was completed
and ready for the celebration Tues
day night. This committee is de-
serving of special commentator for
the manner in which they arranged
and carried out as unique a Fourth
celebration as was ever held in
Boomers Ferry. And the days pleas
ure was provided at about one-fourth
the sum Boomers Ferry has spent in
years past.
Nearly all the events occurred on
schedule time. The crowds began
to gather at nine o'clock in the
morning and listened with pleasure
to the opening concert of Prof. VIM.
Maughan's Marine band. This band
and the Bonners Ferry band gave
several concerts during the day and
in the evening and helped greatly
to make the day one which will not
soon be forgotten.
! The slow auto race was won by
County Commissioner Louis Lunden
of Macarthur. County Auditor Stan
ley and j. w. O'Brien divided honors
for second place. The Indian pony
race was a real attraction and was
pulled off on Bonner street.
The Lingering Sisters Circus pa.
rade was a great event for young
and old. The circus band was com.
posed of members of the Boomers
Ferry band who were made up t.
impersonate Happy Hooligan, Mother
Hubbard, Sousa, Niger Jim, dago
blind man. A real mountain burro
a bear, a cage of dogs, a company
of children in a van imitation o.
the cold woman's SHOE" the young
girls "Sausa's Band" and "Ted" tn,
big Newfoundland canine which il
familiar sight on the streets, anC
Machelle, one of the we'll know
Indians of the Mission, representing
the "wild man." were all attraction
in the parade.
The grand parade started at TIL
Red Cross headquarters. The Re,
Cross first aid car provided by MI
and Mrs. j. /. Monks and driver
by Howard Monks, and the Re-
Cross ambulance decorated and driv
en- by VIM. Warwick, deserve specia
mention. These were followed b,
Red Cross members in uniform car
! rying a huge red cross float. Othe
, members of the Red Cross followe
in automobiles and the parade t
Maughan's park was fully a mil
long. During the day VIM .Warwic
, made regular trips from town t
the park charging five cents a rid
and this money was turned over t
the Red Cross fund.
/. The Boy Scouts made a good az
ipearance in the parade and wer
followed by the young ladies VIII
took part in the patriotic program q
, the park.
5 The grand prize for the best dee
! Grated vehicle in the parade wa
awarded to ]. P. Dunn. The frs
Continued on page s.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
Guards Elect Howard 1. Monks

The Home Guards are drilling
twice week now-Monday and Fri
day nights-on the tennis court in
Park addition. Howard Monks, who
was recently elected captain to sue
coed H. A. Gale, resigned, is in
active charge of the drilling and is
being assisted by Lieutenants Vosh-
mix and King. Next Friday eve
ming Captain Monks will announce
the appointments of the sergeants
and corporals.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
CATTLE FROM BONNERS FERRY
H. w. Bush Buys Shorthorn Herd at
Sprague, Wash.
Horace W. Bush of Bon

Horace w. Bush of Boomers Ferry,
returned Sunday from Sprague,
Wash, where he completed the pur-
chase of a herd of Shorthorn cattle
to be taken to his ranch. He con-
templates establishing a herd of pure
bred animals.
Mr.. Bush bought a yearling roam
bull from the Hercules stock farm,
Gay Lad, considered by the herdsmen
there a fine animal. He visited the
Meadow Lake herd of j. H. McCros-
key & Sons, and bought five cows
Three are two-year-old heifers and
the others are three years old. The
animals will be shipped from Sprague
this week.
az think we have a good stock
country" Mr.. Bush said. "We in
tend to build up good herd Of the
best blood. Our country is not much
for grain, but the forage is fine"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
MANY GIRLS WORKING FOR
THE HERALD FORD AUTOMOBILE
CONTESTANTS In PROFIT SHARING SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST MUST
SECURE AID OF THEIR FRIENDS IN ORDER TO
REACH GOAL OF AMBITIONS
Special Offer This Week Of 600 Every Of $40 oo
Worth of Subscriptions to the Boomers Ferry Herald-Now
Is the Time o Work Hard

The opportunity for thousands of
extra votes in the Herald's big prof
it sharing contest, as well as the
chance to insure final success, starts
today and comes to a close July
Ia. This offer has an important
bearing on the finish and means
much to every cndidate for it is
grand opportunity for every candi-
date to secure the votes necessary
to win her the reward she seeks.
The offer will not hold good indefi-
nitely but will be open only until
July Ia. The time is short and it
behooves each worker to get busy
and secure the votes which will in
sure final success. Remember, Miss
Candidate, that others are hustling
and that you must not wait until
the last for your most effective
work.
The contest started with a rush
and is going fast. There is just
one week of this special offer. The
time is short and as each day passes
the remaining time will be shorter
On not lose a moment but get their
votes. Soon it will be too late.
Make the weeks and days count and
make your efforts fruitful in votes
This offer is an avenue of success
to those who take advantage of it..
The only way that any candidate
can possibly succeed in this campaign
is to work earnestly from the pres
ent moment until the finish. The
same kind of earnest work will be
needed every day. You cannot hope
to win without consistent and per-
sistent effort. While this big extra
vote offer opens the way to success,
the sincere and earnest worker will
be the ones to claim the prizes from
top to bottom of the list. Notice
that each $40 turned in counts for
100000 votes and direct your eff
forts to securing this amount as
many times as possible. If you
want to succeed the way is open
but do not put off your best efforts
until the special offer expires. Re-
member, again, that the rewards
will go to the real workers. The
only way to succeed is to work earn
estly and preseveringly from now
until the close of the offer, July Ia.
Every andidate-whether you have
not yet registered your name or
whether you have begun to secure
subscriptions, whether you have done
little work or none at all-now has
chance to build up, her vote total
to big proportions and make certain
of success at the finish.
If you want to start today, phone
to this office for instruction and you
can soon be well on the way to a
big reward.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
Terms of the Big Special Vote Offer

For each end every club of $40 in
subscriptions either old or new or
both, turned in during this offer
which expires July Ia, at p. M, we
will give 100000 extra votes in adj
dition to the regular votes as pub
lished in the vote scale.
1t is not necessary to turn in an
entire club of $40 at one time during
this offer but the subscriptions should
be turned in as they are secured and
an accurate record of each candi-
dates account will be kept by this
department. The regular votes will
be issued as they are turned in and
the extra votes will be issued in
one ballot at the close of this offer.
Remember, next offer $4,000 votes
for $1,000.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
Had u Quarts of Whiskey

Town Marshall Bangs arrested
Peter Matlock and John Bohuenke
Sunday on a charge of having in
their possession intoxicating liquor.
Each man had - quarts of whiskey.
They were arraigned before Probate
Judge Henderson yesterday afternoon
and waived preliminary examina-
ton. They We're placed under cash
bonds of $500 each to warrant their
appearance in the district court.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10

The committee in charge Of the
task of raising $500 in Boundary
county for the national Y. M. c. A.
is receiving most encouraging re-
ports from all parts of the county.
In two districts the men appointed
of the district has already been sub
scribed.
The committee has left subscrip-
ton lists in nearly all the stores
of Boomers Ferry and free will sub
scriptions are coming in nicely. The
campaign will close on July 14th and
this week the members of the execu-
tive committee plan to make a per-
sonal canvas in town.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
How They Stand

paign is just starting and there is
plenting of room for more entrants.
A six or seven year subscription
will give each contestant over 100000
votes in addition to the regular
votes
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10

Sheriff Remer, of Bonner county,
and Mrs. Remer, motored here this
morning to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Thomas Nicholson. They left
this afternoon for their ranch near
Copeland.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10
Wayne McGlockIin Badly Injured

Mister Wayne McGlocklin, the six
McGlOcklin y nearly S'i lost ' his right eye
fire-cracker. The little boy was
trying to light a "sissers" and when
the fire-cracker didn't burn prompt
ly he started to blow It. Just at
this time the powder blazed and
burned the eye frightfully. At first
it was thought that the boy would
lose his eye but today DIR. Fry re-
ports that the eye will be saved.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10

Larue Mcpherson left Tuesday for
a few days visiting with friends
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10

About twenty of the friends Of
Mrs. L. C. Bruce, who lives on the
south bench, gave her a pleasant
surprise party a week ago Saturday
in honor of her birthday anniver-
sary. The afternoon passed most
pleasantly and at the conclusion OF
several social hours delicious lunch
con WIS provided and Mrs: Bruce
was presented with a beautiful silk
dress as a token of the friendship and
esteem felt for her by her many
friends.
w. F. Fewkes, of st. Maries, ar
rived here yesterday to visit at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Lee Fewkes. The visitor has beer
east for several months and few
months ago underwent an operation
for appendicitis.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10

Eric DeWolf, a former resident
here and now employed at Troy,
Mont, arrived here Sunday to spend
a few days visiting with friends.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10

The directors of the Boundary
County Abstract company held their
regular annual meeting last eve
ming. Myrvin Davis, of Standpoint,
was here to attend the meeting.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-10

Continued on page 81
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-01-11
GOV. GARDENERS MESSAGE.
- 49,

Gov arner inaugural General Assembly yesterday
css message of successful matter of busl-
ness was gieing gnerailes pirate
the hmen OF one party OF the failures Oh oh
The people confronted with deficit Of almost SOOOO
caused b politics business Gov Gardner told the
would this shortage
be done without the hearty cooperation
both branches of the General Assembly.
He proposes complete reorganization of the States business for 0no-
recommended to supervise taxes ana
deficit Public expenditure should De
limited to necessity should measured by the same rules OF
business the Governor ana
proceeds Of which would aggregate
approximately $4JCo000 year.
Gov Gardner places the greatest stress
the condition He offers sound business poy 1or
out of debt and more money 10
the Institutions whc desperately in need Of It,
HI recommendation that the governing penal and eeenIosy-
of three members to onto
These institutions have only pecn mis-
aged the system today.
He would use the improve roads thus emnatnf
the obnoxious SYSTEM tho time render general
scrvic 0 the whole State
Gardeners number of respects pu the ap
ce partisan politics particularly interesting and adds to It's
sincerity.
noc what in and If his advice
properly believe the miserable conditions OF
today will be relieved
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-01-11
CAPE GIRARDEAU AND THE ARMOR PLANT.

Chairman the Plant
the Commission would favor site IN close
proximity Cape Gradeau
located the States of Michigan Minnesota and
Wisconsin but close the Canadian border to become the oca
~ for the or of the law creating the nstu
ton This bill specified plant could not be located within 200 miles
of the Canadian border
the
might be the fields of and
coal producing State the Union but
is nota State
The steel mills PbuI their almost exclusively from the iron
% of Ontario could get the quality of ore from Ten
East thant of Tennessee
Tennessee River,
BY linking this city with the rail-
this city, would place Cape Glrardeau
coal lands of Illinois and the iron belt OF
railroad facilities the plant would
could bring and here sufh-
lies supply the plant
haD in campaign the plant in Missouri is but united
of As Senator Stone wisely said there IS
only city considered and that IS Cape Gaeau mus
of Msourans for Missouri will ultimately
delegation will be soy for Cape Gr-
lrteau. %fTT@FSeeRix~' -
that had been refused every other town
Mr. Oliver permitted to appear before the
commissions and ure Cape Gfrardeau
Cape Gareau holding flush with nothing better than two pairs
Of c 100000 plant and to throw down no"
xoudbr pikcr