Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09

Dan Miller, who has been working
for the Inland Paper company at
Addie for several months, returned
Wednesday to Boomers Ferry.
o. r. Stookey plans to move the
latter part of this week into his
new home which he recently pur-
chased of D. w. Parks.
A new shipment of fall and winter
millinery just received at the Mccoy
Hat Shop. The ladies of the city
and vicinity are cordially invited to
come and inspect the new line. adv
Claude O'Callaghan left September
25th for Seattle, Wash, where he
resumed his second year of study
in the commerce department of the
University of Washington.
Mrs. Ellen Kerr, a wellknown resi-
dent of the Copeland district, was
the guest of her friends, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Kinney, several days last
week, returning home Saturday.
The NJ. w. A. will hold a meeting
this evening in the X. P. hall. There
will be a referendum vote on the
Patriotic Fund assessment. Important
business will be transacted.
Lloyd Hinthorn passed through the
city yesterday on his way to his
home at Shiloh after having been
working in the haying fields near
Copeland.
Miss Ruth Buchanan, one of the
teachers of the Northside school, went
to Spokane Saturday to sign papers
connected with the settlement of her
mothers estate in London, Eng. Miss
Buchanan was left over $4,000 from
the estate.
FOR SALE-Three acres improved
land with new six room house con-
tanning pantry, large clothes clos
cts, storage room and attic. Small
barn, poultry house, woodhouse, gar
age and root cellars. City water. In
quire of l.. C. Bruce. 4toct30
Town Marshal Oscar Bangs gath
cred in a quantity of booze last Fri
day and Saturday Twenty-seven
quarts were taken Friday morning
and six pints Saturday morning from
west bound freight trains. Owner
ship of the booze has not been
claimed todate.
FOR SALE-Three ideally located
lots in Park Addition, (Nos. 8, 10
and ~ for only $3.50. Small pay
ment down and balance in payments
to suit at six per cent interest.
This is the best buy of building lots
in Boomers Ferry. Inquire at the
Herald office. oct30c
The members of the Readers Club
are holding the first meeting Of the
club year of 1917-18 at the home
of Mrs. Fred Gleed this afternoon
The program for the afternoon is as
follows: Roll Call; Presidents Ad-
dress; Geography of South America,
Mrs. Richardson's; Social Hour.
The grand lodge of the 1. o. o. F.
and Rebekah lodges of Idaho will
convene at Nampa on October 18th.
Sam Peterson was elected delegate
from the local Odd Fellow lodge but
will not be able to attend. George
McGlocklin is the alternate delegate
and will leave here Saturday for
Nampa. Mrs. McGlocklin is the dele
gat from the Rebekah lodge and she
will accompany here husband.
w. H. Berry, of Laclede, Idaho,
wasin town Friday, returning home
after a trip down the valley. Mr..
Berry will return here Saturday and
begin work on a contract of bal
ing some 300 tons of hay for F. E.
Davis. Mr.. Berry has a power hay
press and expects to secure a num-
Der of baling contracts in the valley
this fall.
P. w. Owen, a former resident
of Boomers Ferry, returned to the
city Friday to spend a few weeks
looking after business interests. Mr.
Owen and his son, Ernest, are de-
veloping copper claims near Globe
Ariz., where they have 102 claims
in one group and So in another where
the surface ores run from to 81
per cent copper. Ernest Owen is
now in Oregon and will join his
father on the return to Arizona.
A couple of hundred tons of rock
and dirt dropped from the cliff or
the south end of Main street Satur-
day morning where dirt is being
taken to fill the slough south of the
county Jail. Joe Meddock and Mike
Mirabelli were loading a wagon wher
the slide came and they escaped
being buried alive by jumping into
the wagon which was showed some
IS feet by the rocks. The wagon:
in the pit were badly smashed by the
falling rock and Driver Bangs, will
his team, had to do some tall scurry
ing to escape being caught.