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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
A BIG DRAINAGE MEETING
PLANNED FOR AUGUST 4

At the meeting of the Kootenai
Valley Commercial Club which was
held Tuesday night plans were laid
for the holding of a big drainage
meeting in Boomers Ferry on August
4th. Letters have been written En-
gineer Jones, of the u. S. drainage
department, Washington, D. c., re-
questing that he be present on that
date in order that he may advise the
people of the Kootenai valley as to
the best manner in which to proceed
in the effort to secure drainage.
A special invitation will be extend
ed the Creston Board of Trade and
officials of the Canadian govern
ment who are interested in drainage
to be present. If possible the re-
port of the Canadian engineers will
be secured and read at the meet
ing and it is hoped that definite
plans for reclamation work may be
decided upon. Citizens of both the
American and Canadian sides of the
valley are urged to attend this meet
ing in order that all may have a
voice in the discussion and in formu-
lating some definite plan of action.
1t is possible that supplemental
meetings will be held at Porthill and
Copeland.
A committee composed of A. j.
Kent, w. z. Drake, w. t. James,
Henry Driscoll and Frank Clapp was
appointed to arrange for the drain
age meeting. This committee will
endeavor to have the boats on the
Kootenai river so arrange their
schedules that the people of the down
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
CITIZENS AGAIN
GIVE FREELY
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO Y. M. c. A.
FUND WILL EXCEED THE
APPORTIONMENT.
NAPLES HAS THE BEST LIST
Copeland and Eastport Districts Are
Also Generous.

With four districts in the county
to hear from-Leonia, Curley Creek,
Meadow Creek and Moravia-the
committee in charge of the work of
raising in Boundary county $500 for
the work of the Young Mems Christ
ian Association reports subscriptions
amounting to S391.21. 1t is fully
expected that when the four dis
tricts have made reports it will be
found that great deal more than
the quota has been subscribed. The
campaign for Y. M. c. A. money in
the United States closed Saturday
night and it is reported that all
counties and states raised more than
the amounts apportioned to them.
Naples was the banner district in
Boundary county and G.. E. Hon
singer who was in charge of the
subscription paper in that district
turned in subscriptions amounting
to $62.25. The amount apportioned
to Naples to raise was $500. East
port and Copeland also raised more
than their apportionment, subscrip-
tons amounting to $4,000 being Sc
cured at Eastport and 1921 being
raised at Copeland.
Following is the list of subscrip-
tons from the various districts thus
far heard from:
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
MIKE KEENAN, DROWNED IN
SMALL LAKE NEAR NAPLES

The body of Mike KEENAN,, a pio-
neer of this district who has re-
sided on his mountain ranch near
Naples for over 25 years, was found
in a little lake near Remnants cabin
yesterday afternoon.
The find was made by George
Moore, Charles Bond, and Allen Day
ton, young men Of Naples, who
had gone to the lake to swim. Upon
being notified of the find Coroner
Simonds, Prosecuting Attorney Will
son and Undertaken Stookey went
to Naples and brought the body in,
1t will be held at the Stookey
Undertaking parlors until Under
taker Stookey exhausts all efforts
of trying to locate relatives of the
dead man.
So far as is known KEENAN, has
no relatives in the United States
He is a native of Ireland and since
coming to this country lived alone
raising a few crops on his ranch
and spending most Of his time work.
ing in the woods.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
QUICK TRANSFER is SOLD
Frank Garris and John Leach Form
New Partnership.

A deal was closed yesterday which
brings about another change in the
ownership of the Boomers Ferry dray
and transfer lines, the business and
equipment of the Quick Transfer and
the Golden Rule Transfer lines hav-
ing been combined when Frank Gar
ris purchased the interest of Harry
Danforth in the Gold Rule Transfer
line and forming a partnership with
John Leach purchased of D. P
Hershman the business and equip
ment of the Quick Transfer. The
Quick Transfer is now in the hands
of Garris and Leach.
Both Messrs. Danforth and Hersh-
man plan to devote their time in
the future to various sorts of con
tract work. Mr.. Danforth has &
cedar contract and Mr.. Hershmar
will either start hauling or will de-
vote his time to ranch interests.
The partnership of Messrs. Garril
and Leach will be known as the
Golden Rule Transfer and for while
at least offices will be maintained
on Main street in the present loca
ton of the Quick Transfer.
For a few weeks Boomers Ferr!
enjoyed the services of four differ
ent dray and transfer lines. Nov
that the business is back to norma
with two lines handling it Their
is chance for those in the business
to operate without loss.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
NEW DRAINAGE BILL NOW UP
Congressman Smith Fathers Meas
ure Which May Help Locally.

According to advices received this
week by A. ]. Kent a bill has
been introduced in the national house
of representatives by Congressman
Addison T. Smith, providing for an
increased production of foodstuffs
by the reclamation of arid and swamp
lands in the United States. The bill
was referred to the committee on
irrigation of arid lands and was
ordered printed.
If this bill becomes a law it will
aid considerably in securing the
drainage of the overlooked lands
of the Kootenai valley.
The bill provides that the secre-
tary of the interior shall approve
all drainage or reclamation plans
which may come under the govern
ment supervision; that when pro-
posed districts have been duly voted
and have issued bonds bearing in
terest at not to exceed four per cent
(the rate to be fixed by the secre-
tary of the interior) in a sufficierS
sum to cover the cost of the recla-
nation project, and the legality of
the bond issue has been approved
by the courts and upon the COM
pletion of a contract between the dis
trict and the Secretary of the Inter
Tor, he is authorized to accept such
district bonds and to deposit them
with the Secretary of the Treasury
who shall collect the principal and
interest payments. The bill provides
that no single drainage district shall
expend more than S25,000,000 on any
project.
The bill also provides that all I'M
entered lands included in any drain
age or reclamation district under the
supervision of the government shall
be divided into farm units, be APP
praised and sold at public auction to
the highest bidders, not more thar
one unit to be sold to any one per-
son. Certain rules and regulations
are provided governing the sale OF
such lands.
The bill which Mr.. Smith intro
duced embodies an idea of A. j
Kents' and under it's provisions he
hopes to see the Kootenai valley pro
ject financed. Mr.. Smith writes that
he will endeavor to secure action or
the proposed new bill at this term
| of congress.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
In Honor of Militiamen

The members of the junior Red
Cross gave a dance Saturday evening
at Kent's hall in honor of the mem
bers of Company H and Company c,
Idaho National Guard, who have
been stationed here for several weeks
doing guard duty on the Great
Northern railway and who leave
soon for the National Guard mobil-
ization point at Palo AFRO, Cal. The
dance was attended by a good sized
crowd and the evening passed ncst
enjoyably.
Punch and cake were served dur
ing the evening in a booth which
was presided over by Miss Brown
The feature dance of the evening
was the flag dance. Ea:h dancer
was given a small U. S. flag on
which a number had been printed
and the couple having corresponding
numbers were partners for the dance
The hall wa sprettily decorated
with flags and bunting and two coy
corners were fitted up in one end
of the hall. Music was provided
by Miss Laurel Gleed and Frank
Bottum
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
MANY LOCAL BOYS ENLIST
Recruiting Officers From Fort
Wright Spend Four Days Here.

Corporal Charles Herman and
Private A. S. O'Neill, stationed at
Fort Wright, Spokane, were in the
city from Wednesday until Sunday
in the effort to secure recruits for
the army.
Room of the Commercial hotel
was the office of Messrs. Herman
and O'Neill and during their stay
here they interested a number of
local young men, seven of whom
signed up.
Charles A. Sargent, an employee
of the Boomers Ferry Lumber COM
pany, went to Spokane Friday to
take a physical examination. He
enlisted with the medical corps as
did also ]. E. Lavery. Howard E.
Frink enlisted with the infantry and
also H. j. Hermison, of Naples.
Chester Simonds and E. B. Stookey
signed up and Mr.. Simonds went
to Spokane Saturday to take the ex-
animation. He was accompanied by
Fred Causton who was another re-
cruit here. Both young men were
turned down on account of slight
physical defects.
Many other young men of the city
have determined to enlist in one OF
another department in the near flu
ture. Alvin Bush has applied to
, enlist with the aviation corps and
while in Spokane last week took
two examinations covering five diff
ferent subjects. His third and final
examination will be taken either in
Portland or Seattle but his enlist
ment will not be acted upon until
after the government draft has been
completed.
Quite number of the young mer
of Boundary county are also plan
ming to enlist with the Idaho Ma
tional Guard figuring that if they
enlist with this division of the gov
eminent forces they will be among
friends and acquaintance when mo-
| bilized.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17

The lake in which Remnants body
was found covers several acres, has
no visible outlet and is very deep.
1t is claimed that a plumb was
sunk 80 feet in this lake but did
not touch bottom. The lake has
practically no shore and few feet
from the edge of the shore pitches
into Is or 20 feet of water.
When found the body was lying
face downward in the water. Ken
mans hat was found on the opposite
shore from his body. The body had
evidently been in the water for
more than a week and was badly
bloated while the face was eaten
with maggots. Blood stains were
found on Remnants shirt front. He
was fully dressed with the exception
Of wearing house slippers.
In making preliminary examina-
ton this morning DR.. Fry came to
the conclusion that KEENAN, had prob
ably had the nose bleed and wher
he bent over the water to wash his
face he had toppled in and drowned
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
CARR IN RUG STEALING CASE
Says Brakeman Severns Is Also
Guilty-District Court Case.

A man by the name of James Carr
who was arrested last week at AL
mira, Wash, is at the county Jail
CHARGED with completely in the theft
of three rugs from a Great Northern
freight car at Moravia a few months
ago.
The theft came to public notice
when E. E. Severns, a Great North
ern brakeman, was arrested here on
the complaint of Special Agent Bres-
nan. Severns was tried before JUS
tice King and bound over to the
district court under $3.50 bonds which
were furnished.
Carr has confessed to Sheriff Saw
yer and claims that Severns was
the principal in the crime. He waived
preliminary hearing before Probate
Judge Henderson Tuesday and was
bound over to the district court.
The arrest of Carr came about
through Investigations carried on
here by the local county officers and
Special Agent Bresnan.
The rugs are being held at the
county Jail and will be used as evil
dence against Severns and Carr. The
two men are alleged to have thrown
the rugs off at Moravia and accord
ing to the story told by the two
Simmons boys the men gave them
35 cents and told them to take the
rugs to the Moravia station and bill
them to Newport. Acting on the
advise of Postmaster D. c. McColl
the Simmons boys notified Station
Agent Ashby of the circumstances
and then Special Agent Bresnan in
vestigated the matter.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17

The executive committee in charge
of the Y. NJ. C. A. campaign wish
to express their hearty thanks to
the various district chairmen in the
communities outside of Bonners Fer
ry and to the ladies of the w. c.
T. U. for the work done in securing
subscriptions to the Y. NJ. c. A. fund.
The district chairman and the ladies
gave their time freely and deserve
great credit for the success of the
campaign.
Last Friday afternoon at the regu-
lar meeting of the w. c. T. u, DR..
Fry addressed the members concern
ing the work the Y. M. C. A. is
doing in the United States and fol-
lowing his talk the ladies agreed to
make canvas among the employees
of the Boomers Ferry Lumber Com
pany for subscriptions for the Y. M.
c. A. fund. The ladies raised over
$40 on the trip to the mill.
E. B. Schlette, district chairman
for the Curley Creek district, adj
vised the Herald by telephone last
evening that $3.50 had been raised
and that he expected to get enough
more subscriptions to bring this sum
to $1,000.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
|. W. W. CAMP
IS SCATTERED
WERE GIVEN ORDERS TO GO TIC
WORK OR LEAVE TOWN
BY SHERIFF SAWYER.
CAMPS ARE AT WORK AGAIN
Review Tells of Situation
in Bonner County.

The headquarters of the Industrial
Workers of the World in the old
creamery building west of town, was
closed up Thursday and the men,
bers of the |. w. w. organization
were given their choice of going to
work or moving out of the county
by Sheriff Sawyer.
The "Wobblies" were given mott
fication Thursday night and were
given until Friday noon to comply.
At nooon Friday Sheriff Sawyer and
his deputies, Mcmahon and Callahan,
assisted by Prosecuting Attorney
Wilson, made the rounds of the town
and gathered up all the /. w. WIS
marched them to the Spokane Inter
national tracks and told them to
keep on moving until out of the
county and that if they returned
there would be trouble awaiting
them. A visit was paid to the /.
w. w. headquarters and various lit
erature and posters found there were
taken in charge, and will be used
as evidence in case it is necessary
to start criminal actions against the
members of the /. w. w. organiza-
ton or those who have been re-
sponsible for renting them ground or
buildings.
Sheriff Sawyer and Prosecuting
Attorney Wilson on Thursday swore
in some 30 special deputies who will
serve at the call of Sheriff Sawyer
Sheriff Sawyer states that the
"wobblies" will be allowed to stay
in this district if they tear up their
cards and go to work. Men who
wish to work will be protected and
any attempt at intimidation will be
handled promptly and effectively.
The camps of the Inland Paper
Company at Addie will be opened
this week and w. J. Greenway, who
was a business visitor in town Fri
day and Saturday stated that the
company would pay $3.50 per day
and would provide it's men with
the best food, first class beds, ten
to a clubhouse, with electric lights
and running water in each bunk
house. The l. w. WIS will not be
employed at this camp.
1t is understood that the A. c.
White camp, on the south bench,
will be opened again soon and work
will be started at once at j. P. Will
sons camp and the other camps of
logging contractors in the county.
The camps of the Bonners Ferry
Lumber Company were not closed
down when the l. w. w. strike
was declared.
In Bonner county the Dover and
Humbird Lumber Company camps
are shut down yet and the other
camps of the county are running with
about half crew each.
Speaking of the l. w. w. strike
situation in Bonner county the Pend
d'Oreille Review of Friday says:
Local lumbermen are not slow in
criticizing Governor Alexander for
his attitude in relation to the strike
and point out that both Governor
Lister of Washington and Witty
comb of Oregon take opposite views
to those held by Idaho's chief exec
utive."
B. H. Horribly of the Dover Lumber
company, in speaking of the stu
alton, said: eve have logs enough
to run our mill until September, and
when the supply is exhausted we
shall simply blow the whistle and
shut the mill up tight. There is nc
other way. These fellows who are
striking will not be satisfied with
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17

river districts may come to attend
the meeting and return to their
homes without losing much time or
being put to any serious inconveni-
ence.
The members of the local COM
mercial club hope for great results
from the meeting to be held August
4th. 1t is figured that if the rep
.resentatives of the two governments
can be brought together on the
Roadway can be made at once. The
every property owner in the county
as the drainage of the Kootenai
valley would result in Boundary
county being one of the richest agri-
cultural districts in the world.
o. R. Stookey and d. c. Macdonald
were appointed a committee to look
into the matter of building a band
stand for the Boomers Ferry band
The commercial club has on hand
$3.50 which it is proposed to pay
over to the band so that it can buy
new music and buy other supplies
needed.
Some improvements will be made
at once in the club rooms prepara-
tory to the installment of the Bon
ners Ferry public library by the
Readers Club. Landlord O'Callaghan
agreed to donate one months rent,
SIS, toward the requested improve
ment which will be handled under
the direction Of committee COM
posed of Messrs. Kent and Frank
iClapp.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
MUST WORK
NOW IN EARNEST
CONTESTANTS OF CIRCULATION
CAMPAIGN HAVE ENTERED
INTO LIVELY CONTEST.
HELEN MURPHY LEADS NOW
But Little Difference in Standing of
Contestants.

The past week proved the mettle
of the contestants who are working
for the Ford auto in the Herald's
big profit sharing circulation cam
paign. All the contestants worked
hard and with the help of their
friends piled up a good many thou
sand votes to their credit. There
is no great difference in the standing
of any of the candidates and those
who are last in the contest this week
may, with a little extra hard work,
come out winners at the end of the
contest.
The person who wins this contest
will surely have been highly paid
for a few weeks work. The prizes
being offered by the Herald are
surely worth working hard for. And
the contestant who wins will be the
one who gets out every day and
solicits new and renewal subscrip-
lions, making a systematic campaign
and asking every one in the county
to assist her or him.
21, an extra $4,000 votes will be
given for each club of $1,000 worth
of subscriptions. Last week 100000
ID
club.
In addition to the extra $4,000
votes which will be given this week
for every $1,000 club of subscrip-
tons an extra special prize of $40
in cash will be awarded the contes-
tant who turns in the most sub
seriptions by 5 o'clock Saturday
night, July 21st. This is your chance
MI 70
number of votes as well as to earn
little extra money.
Get busy at once and make out a
list of all your friends. Call on
each one and urge them to subscribe
to the Herald and also get them to
urge their friends to help you and
to save their votes for you.
Remember the second prize in this
campaign is to be a handsome oak
/ Grafonola, a SIS machine which was
purchased at Simond's Drug Store
Mr.. Simonds has the agency for this
machine and also the agency for
all other Columbia monographs and
records and he will be glad to show
you the machine which is to be one
of the Herald prizes. The other
prizes which will be given in connec-
ton with the contest will be an
nounced later.
Contestants must remember that
they cannot afford to be idle. They
must make every minute of every
day count. The reward is ample
1t is certainly worth the work The
campaign manager at the Herald
office will help you in every way
possible although no partially will
be shown any single contestant.
The real contest in the Herald's
profit sharing circulation campaign
has just started. There is but little
difference in the standings of the
various contestants and the vote:
which they may have held out OF
which they have promised might
put any one in first place. Any
one of the contestants could gel
into first place if she wished tt
next week by a little extra work
Here is how the contestants stand
If your favorite is not in the leaC
get busy and give her some help
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
Save Your Postage Stamps

According to word which
Roy Voshmik, cashier of the
Bonners Ferry Lumber Com
pany, received the last week,
one thousand red or green
stamps saved from used let
lers, if forwarded to the Bel
GUM Commission, may be sold
for enough money to pay for
the food of a Belgium child
for one month.
The dye used in making red
or green stamps is practically
off the market and what is
obtainable is very expensive.
There is a method of saving
the dye in the red and green
stamps and this dye is worth
enough money to buy food for
a child for a month.
Many local business houses
have started to save the
stamps they get on letters
and the practice is quite COM
mon in the larger cities also.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
Grand Master Coming

John d. Bloomfield, grand master
of the Idaho Masons, will be here
Saturday night on his annual official
visit to the local Masonic lodge. Mr..
Bloonfield's home is at Nampa.
The lodge members will meet with
Grand Master Bloomfield at the Odd
Fellows hall and after the business
session will enjoy an hour or SO
around the banquet boards.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
New Home Guard Officers

The Home Guards to the number
of 40 drilled industriously Friday
night under the direction of Captain
Monks and Lieut.. Voshmik. Captain
Monks announced the appointments
of Ward Duvall as 1st sergeant;
Orville Eichner, End sergeant; o. A.
Phillips, quartermaster sergeant; j.
A.. Jacoby, Charles Roessler and
Claude O'Callaghan, corporals.
Captain Monks announces that Of
ficers' school will begin this week
on Wednesday night and will be
held regularly each week. The Home
Guard will soon be given instruction
in extended order drill.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17
Bank Directors Meet

The directors of the First State
bank held their semi-annual meeting
Wednesday, F. w. Anderson, of
Spokane, president of the institution,
being present. The directors report
a most pleasing increase of business
and bright prospects ahead. Exten-
sive improvements Of the bank build
ing have been arranged and Contract
or Bliss is now at work painting
and vanishing the exterior and in
terror.
Mrs. H. ]. Peterson and children,
of Addie, arrived Sunday and are
visiting this week at the home of
Mrs. Peterson's uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Northrup. Mrs.
Peterson states that the camp Of
the Inland Paper company at Addie
resumed work last Friday. About
so men are working at the camp
now. Mr.. Peterson is in charge OF
the Camps commissary department.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17

Martin Harrington and R. N. Rue,
prisoners at the county Jail held on a
bottlegging charge, were brought
before Judge Flynn Wednesday and
pleaded guilty. They were fined
$4,000 each and sentenced to 80 days
each in iail.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-07-17

Yesterday the board of county
commissioners let a contract to Mar
tin Peterson for the construction of
what is known as the Sam Murphy
road in the VI ,ravia district. The
contract price was $685..