Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-07-16
new BUSINESS
CLOSING HOURS
FOOD ADMINISTRATION OF IDAHO
ASKS BUSINESS MEN TO con-
SERVE HUMAN ENERGY
WENT INTO EFFECT YESTERDAY
Leniency Asked In Some Cases BY the
County Food Administrator

nell was received Thursday morning
by the county food administrator, C.
W. King: ION and after July 18th all
merchants and storekeepers are di-
rected to observe the following open
ing and closing hours. With the ex-
ception of drug store, soda fountains
and soft drink stands, all stores will
, open for business at eight o'clock a.
m, and close at six daily except Sat
urday when they may remain open I'M
til nine o'clock p. m. Drug stores,
soda fountains and other soft drink
stands will all open at eight o'clock
and close at nine o'clock, daily, except
Sundays when their hours of doing
business will be confined between the
hours of one o'clock p. m. and nine
o'clock p. m.
"All restaurants, hotels and others
serving meals or lunches of any des-
cription, shall be required to keep
their places of business closed from
nine o'clock D. m. until five o'clock, a.
IN. and they must serve no meals ex
cept between the hours of five o'clock
a. m. and nine o'clock p. m.
"All county food administrators are
directed to see to it that these rules
governing the hours of doing business
for the various classes named are
strictly complied with and are to re-
quest the cooperation of their citi
zens in helping to police these regu
lations. Get in touch with the Off
GERS of the local defense councils with
the view of enlisting their co-opera-
lions in the enforcing of these regu-
lations. The purpose of this order
is not only to conserve food but to
conserve human energy thereby secur-
ing greater efficiency in the man and
women power of Idaho"
Inasmuch as there are many train
crews who stop off in Boomers Ferry
every night the above order affecting
the closing of the restaurants will
work quite a hardship and county
Food Administrator King has granted
permission to the restaurants to re-
main open as usual until the matter
can be passed upon by the state ad-
ministrator. The following is part
of the letter sent to Federal Food Ad-
ministrator Bicknell by Mr.. King,
in regard to various phases of the re-
cent order:
1.-The recent order in regard to the
closing of restaurants and soft drink
places will work serious hardship in
this county. Boomers Ferry is sort
of a terminal for the freight crews of
the Great Northern and Spokane In
ternational railway companies and
these crews come off work and go to
work about midnight and must be fed.
We have only two eating houses that
remain open at night and only one of
these stays open all night. l hope
you can see your way clear to allow
these eating houses to remain open as
heretofore
"In regard to the soft drink parlors
will say that the recent order will be
of no effect practically, in the con-
serving of human energy inasmuch as
only one or two places hire any help,
the proprietors doing all their own
work and in one instance a single
man, one-armed, is doing all his own
work and is at his place from early
morning until late at night in the eff
fort to be self-supporting. AS far as
l can learn. these places are respect
able and law-abiding and there is very
little if any lettering about the soft
drink parlors. There are many camps
in this vicinity and the men without
families will leave the district and
put the employer up against it for la
Dor if they have no place to spend the
evening. Few if any retire as early
as nine o'clock and eleven o'clock is
about the general average. For the
best interests of all l would recon-
mend that the soft drink places be al
lowed to remain open until eleven
o'clock.
This is a numbering district and it
has always been customary for the
stores to remain open after six o'clock
on payday nights, the fifteenth of ev-
cry month; this is a convenience for
the laborer and is also essential for
the merchants and l would like to
know if the stores may remain open
until nine o'clock on the fifteenth of
each month.
"Our merchants and citizens have
been trying to live up to the food reg
ulations most strictly and our county
has ALWAYS been the first to comply
with the requirements of the admins
tration and there have been but few
if any complaints. In the above in
stances | believe the requests are
justified and I hope you will allow us
this much leeway."
A change of the above ruling was
made in telegram which was receiv-
ed yesterday and which reads as fol-
lows: "Have decided to change clos
ing hours for drug stores, soda foun-
tains, soft drink stands, restaurants
hotels and others serving meals, to
ten o'clock p. m. instead of nine as
named in the original order. The
reason is that we understood the gov
eminent would by July 18th, put on
the Pacific coast time. We have now
been advised that action will not be
taken before another 80 days. Other
wise the closing rules remain the
same Give the new closing order
wide publicity.