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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09
lST LIEUT.. LAWRENCE MCCOY
LEAVES SOON FOR FRANCE

Lawrence Mccoy, sales manager
for the Rutledge Timber Company,
of Occur d'Alene City and formerly
sales manager for the Boomers Ferry
Lumber Company, has enlisted with
the U. S. goth Engineers and has
been commissioned 1st lieutenant. He
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. R. H.
Mccoy of this city.
In response to a telegram re-
cieved last Friday from the COM
mander of his battalion, Lieut.. Nc
Coy left Saturday for Washington,
D. C. where he will take his final
physical examination and proceed at
once with the first officers going to
France. The officers who proceed
their regiment to France have been
selected from among the most effic-
lent men to be found in the United
States.
Lieut.. Mccoy passed through Sand
point Saturday night on his way to
Washington. Mr.. and Mrs. r. H
Mccoy and Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Mccoy
motored to Standpoint to bid him
farewell. -.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09

The planning mill of the Boomers
Ferry Lumber Company was des-
troyed by fire early Sunday morning.
The loss is estimated at $40 900
which is practically covered by in
surance. The origin of the fire is
unknown.
The fire was first discovered by
Mr.. Butler, day engineer, who went
on duty at six o'clock. He noticed
the fire about five minutes after and
first attempted to put it out single
handed. When the flames gained
Roadway he blew the fire whistles
but by the time the crews of the
planer and sawmill could reach the
building it was a mass of flames
and all efforts were concentrated on
saving the lumber piles and the lum-
Der sheds adjoining and nearby.
Luckily there was no breeze stirring
and with a. dozen or more streams of
water feed from nearby fire hydrants
the crew of firefighters were able
to prevent the fire from spreading.
The fire started near the resaw ma
chine. One of the watchmen en-
ployed by the lumber company was
in the planning mill at $50 o'clock
but saw no signs of fire.
The stone engine and power house
and contents, adjoining the planning
mill, was but slightly damaged by
the fire.
The planning mill will be rebuilt
at once, according to a statement
made by R. H. Mccoy, vice president
and general manager of the Boomers
Ferry Lumber Company, to the Her.
aid representative Sunday morning,
but the new plant will have a site
south of the former location.
All the men employed in the planning
mill will be given work and the loss
of Sunday morning will in no way
= effect the payroll. Mr.. Mccoy an
ticipates considerable difficulty in
securing machinery for the new plant.
He hopes to operate the new planning
mill with electricity but, if it is i'm
possible to secure the\ machinery
needed steam power will be installed
temporarily.
This is the second fire the Bonners
Ferry Lumber Company has had.
The first occurred some eight years
ago when the sawmill burned.
The planning mill which burned
Sunday was built on a site which
had formerly been slough and which
had been filled in with sawdust to
a depth of twelve feet and over. 1t
will be some time before the fire
can be put out. A ditch will be con-
structed surrounding the fire and will
be kept full of water. Crews will
watch the place day and night to
see that the fire does not spread.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09
BOTTOM LANDS
INDICATE OIL

Edgar Charles, proprietor of the
Mission Hill Dairy, has been making
tests of the soil of the bottom lands
along the Kootenai river for indi-
cations of oil and he is convinced
that this country has oil deposits
but whether they lay in such a man.
ner and in quantities which would
pay to drill for is a question.
Mr.. Charles Investigations were
caused when he first noticed the
oily nature of the soil of the bottoms
This soil if packed hard and then
is left in the air will soon slack
and crumble into fine dust. 1t is
very similar to the soil found in the
oil regions of eastern Indiana, Okla
homa and Kansas which districts Mr.
Charles has visited frequently.
Another indication of oil deposits
is the deposits of limestone, shale
and sandstone in this vicinity.
Mr.. Charles states that the soil
surely contains oil although the oil
may be of vegetable formation. II
is being claimed, however, by many
scientists that the great oil fields
of the world are of vegetable forma-
ton
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09
ASKS FORMER NEIGHB0RS
TO LOCATE HERE

CT. Daufau, a wellknown rancher
of the Porthill district, drove to town
Friday in his Overland car, bringing
with him a prime three-year-old
steer, one of the finest which has
been marketed at the City Meat
Market for some time. Mr.. Daufau
is a booster for Boundary county
and is now corresponding with a
number of former neighbors, telling
them of the opportunities offered
here and trying to get them to locate
here. He has subscribed for several
copies of the Herald which he is
having sent to prospective home
seekers. If every resident of Bound
airy county would follow Mr.. Dau-
fau's example we would soon have a
we'll developed and rich agricultural
district.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09
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Bonners Ferry Will Urge
Liberty Bond Sales

An energetic campaign will
be waged in Boundary county
to secure the placing of the
second issue of Liberty Loan
bonds, with f. A. Shultis in
charge as county chairman,
and assisted by a committee
composed of j. Bert Cowen,
w. T. James, G. H. Wilbur, A.
A. Mcintyre, j. r. Wiley and
o. C. Wilson.
Chairman Shultis has just
received a quantity of printed
matter concerning the second
Liberty Loan bond issue and
this will be mailed to all parts
of the county at once. He
will appoint precinct workers
for all parts of the county
this week. The sale of the
Liberty Loan bonds will end
October 9th.
A telegram received last
week from d. w. Davis, state
chairman, announced that
Boundary county was the first
in the state to announce the
sale of Liberty Loan bonds,
outside of Ada county where
Boise is located.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09
ORDERED new
EQUIPM

General Superintendent Lee and
District Superintendent Baker, of the
Interstate Utilities Company, were
in the city Wednesday making an
inspection of the equipment of the
local telephone exchange.
Messrs. Lee and Baker came here
in response to word sent them advis-
ing that the service in Boomers Ferry
was not all that could be expected.
AS is generally known the equip
ment of the Bonners Ferry office is
old and antiquated and although the
company is employing here opera
tors who are considered the best in
the employ of the Interstate COM
pany, the service is not always up
to the usual standard.
Messrs. Lee and Baker informed
the Herald that new equipment has
been ordered for over a year for
the Boomers Ferry office but that
there is little hope of having the
order filled for several months on ac-
count of the fact that the govern
ment is taking over the entire output
of the plants of manufacturers of
telephone supplies and equipment.
Just now it is even impossible to
get any kind of equipment for pri-
vate branch lines.
The officers of the Interstate Utili-
ties Company stated that they hoped
and expected to give Boomers Ferry
as good if not better equipment than
lis had in any town served by them
as soon as such equipment was avail
able.
AS a matter of fact Boomers Ferry
has but little reason for complaint
over the telephone service given even
under the present conditions. Resi-
dents of Spokane and other large
cities wait longer for their calls thar
those of Bonners Ferry do and it is
certain that complaints do not re-
ceive the same courteous attention
Their that they do in this city. II
Uncle Sam needs the telephone equip
ment now being manufactured the
citizens of Boomers Ferry will wait
for the new equipment without &
murmur
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09
u. s. ENGINEER MCRORY SAYS DRAINAGE IS FEASIBLE

the United States and British Column
bia will be asked to enter into a
treaty which will enable co-opera-
ton in the Kootenai valley drainage
project.
While in the city Mr.. McCrory was
asked whether or not he still con-
sidered the Kootenai valley project
a feasible one. He stated that there
was no question but that the valley
could be drained and that the work
could be done at very little compare
tive expense. He does not believe,
after examining reports of Canadian
engineers, that the diversion of the
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09
ChancetOGet Teachers Institute

The annual fall teachers institute of Boundary and Bonner
will be held Boomers October 22nd 26th
inclusive providing sleeping accommodations be secured
the homes of the city for at least 165 of the teach
of the two counties who will be present.
1t planned hold the sessions of the institute in the
high school auditorium number of prominent
lecturers will attend the institute.
County Superintendent of Schools Miss S
gagged trying to find sleeping quarters for the teachers who
will here institute If the institute
Boomers Ferry at least fifty must be promised
The opportunity the BoundayBonner county teach
ers institute should be welcomed Bonners Ferry The
the should be willing sacrifice
certain this meeting. The visiting
teachers and will for in houses. No
will be asked donate The accommodations
will be paid for regular the teachers will
be entertained by the families where they spend the
night
If the teachers institute to Boomers Ferry
that 165 visitors will spend in this city from $500
$500 day for at least five days That at least
$4,000 1t isn't much but Bonners Ferry could have
venon gathering held every weeks would
of the weahiest towns of the Northwest
Here is chance to boost the town, get a little
money spent and paid your effort Every
of who will be able provide
for the visiting should
notify Miss Moore the courthouse telephone 1871
must know Immediately whether not it will be possible to
bring the teachers institute here
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09
County and School LeYies

fixed the state and county tax levy
for Eth the current year as follows I,sst
pense, 5 mills; bond, interest and
S 24 mills general era school, f 275 nils nils
general bridge, / mill. Total IA
mills.
The levy for special school pur-
poses in various districts was fixet
as follows:
No. 2, .OOO1; No. 8, .OO15; No. 4
.O0S5; No. 5, .OO2; No., 6, .0O8S; No
n, .OO5; No. 8, .008; No. 9, .0061; No
10, OOPS; No. II, .OO16; No. IL, .0O4
No. 10, .003; No. ID, .010; No. Is
.OO3; No. II, .0O18; No. Is, .003; No
10, .0042; No. 20, .0026.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09

U. S. Engineer McCrory, depart
ment of drainage Investigations,
passed through the city Thursday
on his way to Sandnoint after having
attended a conference of British Co.
lumbia engineers in regard to the
Kootenai valley drainag project. The
conference was held at Nelson the
first of last week.
The outcome of the conference
was that the British Columbia engi-
ners have agreed to go ahead and
finish the preliminary work on the
Canadian side. When this work is
completed the legislative bodies of
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09
Henry LaFlOur Sells Ranch

A deal was closed last week where
by Henry LaFlour sold the south so
acres of his homestead in the Katka
district to Charles Prell, of Keisling,
Wash, the consideration being 81 900.
Mr.. LaFlour and family left Sun
day for their former home at AL
pena, Mich, where they will spend
the winter. Mr.. LaFlour has been a
resident here over nine years and
when he returns he plans to develope
some promising mining claims he
owns in the Katka district.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09

Kootenai river is a practical plan
on account of the damage which would
be done to lands in other districts.
He believes in the practicibility of
widening and deepening the West
Arm of Kootenai lake.
The preliminary work to be done
in Canada will cost not over $780,
900. 1t is planned now to make sur
veys of all the overflowed land in the
Kootenai valley in British Columbia
connecting with the U. S. surveys
at the boundary line at Porthill
When this is done a map of the
entire district will be made.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09
Mrs. Gale is New Chairman

At a special business meeting of
the Red Cross auxiliary held Wednes-
day night, Mrs. ]. I. Monks, chair
man, and Mrs. w. F. Yahne, first
vice chairman, resigned their offices
owing to their plans of leaving the
city for the winter. Mrs. H. A. Gale
was elected chairman to succeed Mrs.
Monks and Mrs. L. N. Brown was
elected first vice chairman. Mrs. Gale
has made a number of new COM
mittee appointments.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09
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Snyder Man Tells of
Road Conditions

N. H. Turner, a wellknown
citizen of Snyder, writes the
Herald this week complaining
of the roads and bridges in his
district as follows: "The Sim
clair bridge crossing the
Moyie river at that point is
a dangerous one and is almost
impossible with a heavy load.
There is a culvert opposite
mile post No. 131 near Knob
locks place which has two bad
holes in the south side. My
horses stepped into them
and nearly broke their legs.
The wagon bridge near the
Spokane International railway
bridge is also in bad shape.
One bent near the south end
has been about washed away
and the bridge springs danger
g. Gus when vehicles travel it.
The road from Meadow Creek
to Eastport is not fit to drive
over. Everybody here is COM
planning about the condition
of the roads. 1t is a shame
that we cannot have a road
fit to travel over. They are
too rough for motors or horse
drawn vehicles. l believe in
good roads,"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09
Try Wright at Standpoint

John ]. Wright, who was secretary
of the l. w. w. organization in Bon
ners Ferry until the local was broken
up by Sheriff Sawyer and his depu-
ties ard who then took UP the secre-
tarial work at Standpoint where he
was arrested a few weeks ago, was
tried before a district court jury at
Standpoint last Tuesday.
The jury failed to agree and new
trial will be had October 18th.
Wright was charged with a violation
of the criminal syndicalism law
which was passed at the last session
of the Idaho legislature. The bill
was introduced by Senator Walker
of this county.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09

Inc Herald SuDScrlDc1S VIII De
interested in reading the following
letter of Stanley Jarvis to his moth
err, descriptive of the trip the Idaho
soldier boys recently took from Boise
to the national army training camp
at Charlotte, N. c..
Charlotte, N. c., Oct. 1,1917.
My Dear Mother:
Well, mother dear, we are in our
home at last and believe me | am
glad of it. We had eight long,
sure got sick of it. We left Boise
last Monday and just arrived here
and mother it sure is a mad house.
There are over fifty thousand
soldiers here. The camp is about
five miles square so you see it is
some camp. We are not the Second
Idaho any more; they have split us
up, that is our regiment. and we are
now G Battery, 141st Division Artil-
lery.
We all get horses and pistols; don't
have the rifles or bayonets any more
so you see we won't have to walk
now. But l am awfully afraid that
will have to put a pillow in my
pants until l get used to riding. Ha!
Hal
Believe me mother, I am an awful
long way from home. On our trip
out here we passed through the
states of Wyoming, Kansas, Nebras-
ka, Missouri, Kentucky, Colorado. We
stopped off at st. Louis, Mo-, for
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09
DAIRYMAN BUYS
BOTTOM LANDS

Another important real estate deal
was consumated last Thursday when
Edgar Charles, proprietor of the Mis-
sion Hill dairy, purchased a 312-acre
tract of bottom land of Charles G..
Reeder, of Spokane, at a price of
$50 per acre. Part of the acreage
purchased includes the old Malcolm
Bruce place.
With the newly acquired ground
Mr.. Charles now owns 512 acres of
finest bottom land on which he will
be able to produce sufficient hay to
feed his large herd % dairy stock.
Mr.. Charles expects to keep in
creasing his herd. He is still deliv-
ering milk to a few customers in
Boomers Ferry but may discontinue
delivering any milk in the near
future as he is now sending most:
of it to Spokane where he gets nearly
as good a price as the retail market
brings here and he does not have to
bottle or deliver it.
Eleventh Wedding Anniversary
A large company of the friends of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Miley enjoyed a
pleasant time Saturday evening at
the Miley home in the celebration of
their 18th wedding anniversary. Five
hundred was played and Miss Marie
Muhlfeld and Alvin Bush took first
prizes. Miss Laurel Gleed won the
consolation prize. Dainty refresh
ments were served after the card
games.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miley were presented
with handsome silver cake tray by
their friends in honor Of the occa-
! sion.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-10-09
$4,000 CONFEDERATION DESTROYS
BONNERS FERRY PLANNING MILL

Fire Discovered Shortly After Six O'clock Sunday
Morning = New Planning Mill Plant Will Be
Rebuilt at Once on New She-Men Will Be
Kept Employed Equipment May Be Hard to
Get
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-02-13
TO STOP FREE
SEED ABUSE

Senator George w. Norris of Ne
braska has started a movement 10
stop the annual waste in the free
distribution of government seeds. An
amendment which he has proposed to
the agricultural appropriation bill
would cut the appropriation for that
purpose from over $4,000 to $4,000
and provide that the seeds shall be
sent only to those who make appli-
cation for them. The Senator claims
that where the seeds are sent broad
cast over the country, without re-
gard to whether they are desired OF
not, many of them are wilfully de-
stroyed, and but few are eve planted
and grow. Senator Norris is an in
huential member of the committee on
agriculture, and it is safe to say that
when the bill is taken up his propo-
sition will be very carefully consid-
cred.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-02-13
FAVORS MORE
LOCAL COOPERATION

Congressman Charles +. Curry OF
California believes that if there were
closer cooperation between the Fed
eral government and local and State
governments in the matter of the inn
provement of rivers and harbors,
greater efficiency would result and
much OF the criticism now leveled at
the prevailing system of appropri-
ating for that purpose would be 81
fenced. Mr.. Curry presented his
views to the house committee, with
the result that his plan received their
Endorsement and was incorporated in
the rivers and harbors bill. The need
for the legislation was emphasized in
Mr.. Curry's district, where the State
authorities attempted to cooperate
with the Federal government in the
improvement of the mouth of the
Sacramento river, but it was ruled
that it could not be done under exist
ing law. Representative Curry claims
that his amendment will be a dis
tinct benefit in every State where
river and harbor work is in progress.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-02-13
HOW'S THIS?

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The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-02-13
WOULD PROVIDE
FOR LEPERS

Senator Warren G. Harding of OhiC
is an earnest advocate of the bill pro.
posing the establishment of a ma
tional ~leprosarium. The utter inabil-
ity of local communities to care for
lepers has been brought forcibly to
the Senator's attention by a case IN
his own State. A soldier was sent
home who had contracted the disease
in the service of the government. No
place could be found in the State
where he could receive proper atten-
ton, and it was only after Senator
Harding's persistent application at
the public health service that consent
was given for the man to enter a hos
pital in the canal zone at Panama.
"The Senate could well afford" said
Senator Harding, TO take up this
matter and, without discussion, pro-
vide a national leprosarium."
Due largely to Senator Harding's
plea, the bill received the unanimous
approval of the Senate.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-02-13
AMERICAN MARKET
IN CHINA

Congressman L. c. Dyer of Missouri
believes the future foreign commerce
of the United States will be more
with the Orient than with Europe.
An economic alliance of European
powers viii be put into effect as soon
as the war is over" declares Mr.
Dyer. The United States will not be
a party to that alliance, which Yirtu-
ally means that there will be no OPP
portunity for our manufacturers tc
find markets in Europe
Representative Dyer contends thai
the logical way to meet the situation
is il the development of trade wit
China, and in bringing that abou
e a bright future for his home cit,
of st. Louis, which will send her pre-
ducts down the Mississippi anc
through the Panama canal. Among
other things, Mr.. Dyer calls attention
to the fact that there are 400, 600, 00t
pairs of feet in China, all of which
ought to be shod with St Louis shoes.
and he proposes to do what he can to
bring that about.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-02-13
MeDermitt-Nationa Line

Leaves Winnemucca land opposite
points, daily. except Sunday, at Z a.
m, for McDermitt, National and way
stations.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-02-13
NEVADA LEGISLATION FROM
AN EASTERN VIEWPOINT

Nevada, which has not always led
in proposing and enaeting advanced
legislation, comes into the front rank
now with a bill which, if passed, will
remove the judges of all courts, all
county officers, and all State and dis
trict school officers. including the re-
gents of the State University. from the
realm of politics. The I'M of the
candidates are to appear on the bal
lots without party designation, and
the election is to be by a process of
elimination. Better government prob
ably awaits any State that will adopt
such a plan.-[Christian Science Mon
itor.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-02-13
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