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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
CHAUTAUQUA
COMES AUG. BIRD

According to letters received here
this week the Ellison White chautau-
qua will give its 1918 program in Bon
ners Ferry from August 3rd to Sth,
inclusive.
' The program for this season is the
best ever put on by the Ellison-White
people. Something of what the en-
tertainment will consist of is given in
the following letter which was sent
this week to the citizens of the COM
munity who pledged themselves to as
sist the success of the chautauqua.
Government officials recognize the
vital necessity of mobilizing our minds
as well as our men and have called
our lecturers to Washington for con-
sultation. Consequently many phas-
es of our national problems will be
discussed by competent leaders at the
chautauqua From Washington comes
Mrs A. c. Zehner, often termed "The
best woman lecturer. in America,
with a better citizenship lecture,
american Ideals, dealing in part
with messages personally received
from Hoover, Garfield and other ma
| tional leaders. Belgium sends us
one of her distinguished veterans and
noblemen, Count de Beaufort, author
of the popular war book, Behind the
German Veil" From Japan, Mino-
saku Toshi Yamamoto greets us with
a message of particular interest re-
garding relations between our coun-
try and the orient, and from the act
i've war, we have Henry Warren Poor
of Underwood & Underwood, photo
graphic headquarters of the Ameri-
can Press, with the strongest and most
effective patriotic lecture that we
could possibly secure. These soul
stirring and patriotic leaders will be
well supported by many other able
and purposeful lectures.
Secretary of War Baker sail not
long ago, "Sing-and with the spirit
of the songs we will fight our. way to
victory" This year chautauqua mus
ic headed by the famous New York
City Marine band, will be strongly pa
triotic and inspiring. In addition to
this famous band, five other master
musical organizations will contribute
their talents to this summer school
of patriotism.
Our men out yonder are making sac
= rifices for us. Our plain duty here
is to keep the home fires burning
to keep our ideals so high that this
country of ours will be kept worth
fighting for" Your 1918 chautauqua
program will engender among your
> people such a community and nation
al spirit as will best accomplish this
end
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
Write Letters To the Soldiers

Recently the members of the Home
Cheer committee of the defense coun-
Gil began campaign to get Boundary
county people to pledge themselves to
write to at least four different soldiers
or sailors, from this county at least
once a month. The committee will
arrange the letter-writing plans so
that each soldier from this county will
receive letters regularly and no one
will fail to receive any letters. The
members of the committee in charge
of this campaign are; Douglas Pal
mer. o. F. Howe, E. L. Little, Miss
Goldie Cave, ]. Bert Cowen, and Mrs.
Belle Bishop.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
new SUGAR
REGULATIONS
MAY ONLY BUY 20 POUNDS OF ST.
AR NOW FOR CANNING
PURPOSES
NOT OVER 10 DAYS SUPPLY
Supply OF Camps and Boarding>Houses
Is Decreased

Thursday, County Food Admins
traitor, c. w. King, received a tele-
graphic notice from State Food Ad-
ministrator r. F. Bicknell, of Boise,
relative to further changes in the
regulations governing the sale of SUI
gar. The new rules provide that only
% pounds of sugar may be purchased
at one time for canning and preserv-
ing. 1t was previously allowable to
purchase 100 pounds at one time for
this purpose.
A cut was made in the allowance of
hotels, restaurants, boarding houses
and camps. They formerly were al
lowed to purchase 80 day supply, but
under the rule promulgated Thursday
they may now purchase supply for
10 days only. Cook wagons for
threshing crews are to be considered
in the same class as camps or board
ing houses.
The purpose of this change is tc
spread the purchases over a longer
period of time, and thus secure a
more even distribution. These classes
which are changed by the new rule
may repurchase the 25 pounds or the
Today supply when the previous pur-
chase is exhausted.
Food Administrator King wired Mr.
Bicknell asking if there was any rul
ing whereby it would be possible fol
the larger families to buy their SUI
gar in larger quantities than two
pounds for town customers and five
for country customers. Mr.. Bick
nell replied that there is no provision
allowing large families to buy more
than smaller ones and that the mer
chant must determine how often su
gar is required in a family by allow
ing for the consumption of two pounds
per person per month. 1t has beef
made a ruling in this county unit
further notice that a person residini
within two miles of town shall b.
treated as a town customer.
Mr.. BickneutRlso advised the loca
administrator That all grocers shall
be required to sell three pounds
substitutes with every five pounds o
graham or whole-wheat flour.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
Defense Council In Session

At, the meeting of the Boundary
county defense council held last night
l.. N. Brown, vice chairman, appoint
ed each member of the council on a
committee to attend a district war
conference to be held at Standpoint on
July End Four members of the state
defense council will attend the meet
ing and sessions will be held in the
forenoon, afternoon and evening.
The chairman appointed committees
who will solicit the various camps OF
the county this week in the interests
of the w. S. S. campaign.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25

The Boomers Ferry Lumber company
will begin the use, in the near future
OF an electric storage truck for haul
ing heavy loads of lumber from place
to place about the yards. The truck
is here and will be used as soon as
the lumber trucks can be remodeled
so that the motor can be automatic
ally attached and detached with the
use of a foot lever operated by the
driver.
The new truck is of type in gem
eral use in and about plants where
heavy loads have to be moved often
and quickly. Each night it is placed
in the storage room and is ready for the
days work next morning. This mo-
tor truck will do the work of several
teams of horses and is also saving OF
man-pOWer.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25

Last Wednesday the county draft
board received a call for man phys
ically fit and having at least gram
mar school education, to take course
81 instruction at the Idaho Technical
Institute at Pocatello, to qualify for
mechanics, chauffuer or radio work al
the front or behind the lines. The
board called for volunteers for this
opening and finally selected Archie
Ray Nestor, a former resident ano
now of Medical Lake, Wash. He is
required to report at Pocatello on
July LIST
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
PUMPS WATER
SAVES CROPS

With an expenditure of about $500
the Fitzpatrick brothers have saved
some 300 acres of their bottom land
in the Cow Creek district from the
overflow waters and seepage of the
KoOtenai river. The reclamation was
accomplished by placing a dam across
the mouth of Cow creek and Installing
ten inch centrifugal pump which is
working day and night.
James Fitzpatrick stated Saturday
that the reclamation system was work
ing up to all expectations except for
leakage in the dam which can be
overcome. With a larger pump Mr.
Fitzpatrick believes that it would be
possible to pump out the water great
deal faster than it comes in.
1t is figured that the returns upon
IA acres of the land saved from over
flowing will pay for the cost of the
Improvement and the crops from the
remaining 2S6 acres will be clear pro
| fit.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick states that there is
practically no seepage from the riv.
err.
The success of the Fitzpatrick ex
pertinent will undoubtedly be greai
incentive to further activities in the
effort to reclaim the whole of the
Kootenai valley. The question o.
seepage has always been a bugabot
and the feasibility of dyking has al
ways been questioned. The Fitzpat
rick experiment goes to show tina
the overflow water can be pumped
off the land faster than it will seel
through and that a small pump viii
handle any seepage water as well a
water from the creeks and that recla
nation can be accomplished at small
comparative cost.
If what has been done on the Fitz
patrick ranch is done on the man.
other overlooked ranches of this dis
trict, thousands of acres of land ma.
be sowed to grain each year with tn
assurance of heavy YIELDS at leas
four out of every five years. 1t /
hard to compute what this would meal
to the people of the Kootenai valley
in dollars and cents, but it is nov
proven that the cost will be more thai
repaid the first year in the crop
saved and harvested.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25

Glenn Gorsline, who has been with
the Continental company for a
good many years, has purchased the
store of A. B. Bennett, of Porthill and
will take charge Saturday. Mr.. Gors-
line is wellknown in the Porthill dis
trict and there is no question but that
he will enjoy a large business.
Mrs. Gorsline passed through the
city today on her way to Standpoint
where she will leave her two children
at the home of her parents while she
assists her husband in getting estab-
lished in their new home.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
Deer Hides Confiscated

Game Warden for North Idaho. VIM
Stark, of Standpoint, was here Saturday
to investigate the shipping OF five deer
hides to this city from Priest River,
Idaho. 1t is against the law for one
man to have so many hides in his pos
session unless he can show that the
man he secured them from had a law
full right to them. 1t is also viola.
ton of the law to ship deer hides with
out a license and so Warden Stark
has confiscated the hides shipped here
Saturday and they will remain in the
possession of Sheriff Dunning until
the matter can be investigated.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
Visits Sons at Camp Lewis

Marion D. Atkins returned last Tues
day from Camp Lewis, Wash, where
he had been called by the serious
illness of his son, James Atkins. At
the cantonment Mr.. Atkins found that
James had been i'll with pneumonia
but was getting better as fast as
could be expected. Mr.. Atkins states
that he had no idea of the size of the
camp or what was being done with the
bows there until he had seen it with
his own eyes. He saw number of
Boomers Ferry boys at the camp who
asked to be remembered to their many
friends here.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
Order Pump for the Sewer

At the meeting of the town council
held Tuesday evening the routine bus
mess of the board was handled and
the usual bills allowed.
u. S. Crowder, reporting for the
sewer committee, told that a centri-
fugal pump had been ordered with
which to pump out the lower end of
the sewerage system. The sewer
inspector was instructed to have the
Kootenai hotel property properly con-
nected with the sewer system, other
wise the building on the property
would be closed for public use.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
PULLED GUN ON TOWN MARSHALL
c. II. Knight Arrests Man with Five
Quarts of Whiskey

Lew Edwards was arraigned before
Probate Judge Henderson this morning
on the charge of violation of the state
prohibitions laws and was bound over
to the district court
Edwards was arrested Sunday night
by c. R. Knight, town marshall, as
he was getting off a Great Northern
freight car. Knight found five
quarts of whiskey in Edwards pack.
Edwards resisted arrest and pulled a
gun on Knight. The marshall grab
bed the gun, Edwards trying to snap
it three times. Knight had to hit
him with his own gun over the side
of the head before he would submit
to arrest.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
Profit In the Sheep Business

Last week a number of the ranch
ers of the north bench pooled their
wool clippings and had A. l.. Fry
make a shipment to a Spokane firm
There was about 800 pounds in the
shipment and the owners expect to
receive either 81 or So cents per pound
for it. The sheep owners of the val
ley also made a shipment of their
shearings last week, sending about
400 pounds of wool to the Spokane
market
Little by little the sheep industry
is making Roadway in this county and
those who have sheep are making good
money. Mr.. Fry states that the
sheep business in this district is more
profitable than cattle raising. This
wear he had his first setback in the
sheep business when he lost Is lambs
the loss being due to raids of the coy
OteS
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
Tormey Timber Company Plans

The Tormey Timber company, of
Copeland, recently closed a deal with
AL Gudbaur for the lease of his ranch
on Mission creek for a long term of
years and for the purchase of the tim
Der on the place which with that on
nearby acreage amounts to about
thirteen million feet. The Gudbaur
ranch is about four miles from Cope
land.
The Tormey Timber company's
plans for the building of new saw
mill at Copeland were chronicled in
the Herald several weeks ago. The
company now has crew at work get
ing out logs for the construction Of
the new plant which will have ca
pacity of 10000 feet daily.
In addition to leasing the Gudbaur
ranch the Tormey Timber company
has leased a part of the Chisholm
ranch for yardage and landing. OPP
lions have been taken on all availa-
BILE timber in the vicinity
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
Moved Hospital Yesterday

The location of the Boomers Ferry
hospital was changed yesterday from
the Fry building on the Northside to
the Mary Dawson property which DR..
Fry. has leased for a term of years.
The new home of the hospital has
been thoroughly remodeled and is now
both modern and convenient and as
up-to-date as one will find in towns
much larger than Boomers Ferry. The
location is also one of the most desir-
able in the district.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
Have Adopted an Armenian Orphan

The members of the W. c. T. U.
have undertaken the support of an
Armenian orphan and in order to raise
the money required for this purpose
will hold monthly teas at the homes
of the members and ten cents will be
collected for each one served. The
first of these meetings will be held
at the home of Mrs. U. S. Crowder on
Friday afternoon and everyone is in
Yited to come.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
10. O. T. Benefit Dance ON Fourth

The social committee of the Odd
Fellows lodge have arranged to give a
dance at the l. o. O.. F. hall the even
ing of the Fourth of July. The floor
will be in good shape and the best
music has been engaged.
Last evening the members OF the
Odd Fellows lodge decided that they
would turn all of the proceeds of the
dance, after poying expenses, over
to the Red Cross.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
Services AFT Paradise valley

One of those old-fashioned basket
dinner meetings will be held at the
Paradise Valley school-house next
Sunday, the preaching services to be-
gin at the usual hour, Rev. e. r.
Henderson conducting the meeting.
Mr.. Henderson has also accepted an
invitation to give the address 70 the
day at Copeland on the Fourth OF
July. ?
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
Red Cross Dance at Naples on Fourtl

The members of the Red Cross aux
iliary of Naples have arranged to give
a dance at the Naples school house
on the Fourth of July for the benefit
of the Red Cross Plans are being
made to show good time to large
crowd Special music has been en-
gagged and a bountiful supper will be
served at midnight. Tickets, includ-
ing supper, will be sold at $3.50.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
MUST HAVE BIG
SUBSCRIPTIONS
TO MAKE QUOTA MANY MUST BUY
SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS
WORTH OF w. s. $.
PATRIOT SETS AN EXAMPLE
This Weeks Campaign Is Now Fully
Organized

The comparison of our quota of
SSO,O0O.OO for the War Savings Stamps
subscription for Boundary County
with our quota for the last Liberty
loan bond issue, will show plainly
that we must get pledges in large sums
from as many as possible, even though
it may require sacrifice and strict
economy for them to reach it.
Our Liberty Loan quota was about
$50 100000 and our subscription some
thing over $S1 100000. To make up
this amount there was something over
500 subscribers, $4,000 was the lowest
unit for subscription and there was
no limit as to the amount that could
be taken There was at least one
very large subscription and several
that ran into the hundreds.
The unit for the War Savings
Stamps is $500 with a limit to any
one purchaser of 100000. But there
is a happy medium along in the hun
dreds which many of our citizens can
no doubt reach, which will put il
over" if the necessity is appreciated
1t is for this reason that we are at
tempting to show the magnitude OF
effort we are called upon to make
An incident related by County Di-
rector T. j. Jones illustrates the spir-
it which should prevail.
One of our patriotic citizens who
owns Liberty bonds, has two boys in
active service at the front, and a
younger son at home who already
has $4,000 worth of the w. S. s.. came
voluntarily to Mr.. Jones and handing
him two checks for $4,000 each, re
marked: Here. get $4,000 of the w
S. S. for me and $4,000 for my wife
now there are hundreds of men il
this county who can come across as
we'll as l can. Get after them"
If 200 more men will subscribe foi
an aggregate of $4,000 for the famil.
it will make up three-fourths of on
quota and they can have six months
in which to make the payments.
w. s. S. is an ideal investment
available at any time, in case of ne
cessity and a patriotic duty to he'll
win the war.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25

George Andrews. of Copeland, suf-
fered a broken collarbone Friday ev-
ening when the horse he was riding
stumbled and Mr.. Adrews was thrown
to the ground. He came to town Sat
urday morning with NJ F. McAnelly
in the latter's car, TO receive the care
of DR.. Keller.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25
Married Last Evening

A prominent and wellknown couple
of the Addie district. Mrs. Sarah
Guyles and j. e. Martell, were mar
ried last evening at the courthouse
Rev. U. S. Crowder, officiating. The
groom has we'll improved ranch in
the Addie district to which he will
take his bride. Mr.. and Mrs. Martell
have hosts of friends who join in ex-
tending best wishes for a long and
happy married life.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25

The members of the local Red Cross
auxiliary gave a dance at the K. p. hall
Monday evening in honor of the Boun-
Diary county draft boys who went to
Camp Lewis today. The dance was
well attended and everyone had a
good time.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25

The county draft board is prepar-
ing to send out the questionaires to
the men who registered on June 5th,
on Wednesday of this week. These
questionaires, under the former regu-
lations. had to be returned to the
board-within a weeks time.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25

Joseph Barto left last week for
Krupp and Odessa, Wash, to spend a
few days looking after business inter-
ests. He made the trip in his new
Ford and on the return was accom-
panied from Spokane by his daughter
Miss Hazel, who has been attending
school in Spokane.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25

The clerks or school districts out
side of Boomers Ferry are canvass
ing for the War Savings Stamps, and
the canvassing in the city will begin
Wednesday morning and be pushed
with vigor in an endeavor to complete
it by the evening of Friday, June %.
which has been designated as War
Savings day. In addition to the sol
letting the pledge cards will be on
hand at the following agencies
where the stamps may be purchased
also: The postoffice, First National
Bank First State Bank, Simonds
Drug Store, Brodys Drug Store
Causton Bros, E. l.. Little, Richard
son & Monks, Reids Store, X. V
Produce Co., Browns Store, Great
Northern Depot, S. |. Depot.
The city has been divided into can
wasting districts and a committee ap-
pointed for each district as follows
SOUTH SIDE
Dist. The Island: Mrs. Gus
Strom, Mrs. Gus Broten.
Dist. Between G. n railway ant
the river and east from K. of p. hall
Mrs. e. Wales, Mrs. H. l. Monks
Mrs. NJ. w. Norton, Mrs. Belle Bishop
Dist 3-South of the G. n. railway
and east of Main street: Mrs. Agnes
.
Myrtle Palmer.
Dist Each side of Main stree
the two depots and court house
The executive committee. l..
Brown, J. r. Wiley, t. j. Jones.
Dist 5-West part of city from In
ternational hotel west to the city linn
it's. Mrs. A. B. Wilson, Mrs. Ella
Hooker, Mrs. Ray DeWolfe.
Dist. 6-South Bench from G. N
railway to James Deyoe ranch.
Miss Dollie Bruce, Miss Agnes Muhl
field, Miss Ruth Bigger.
NORTHSIDE
Dist. East from school house
Mrs. c. d. Simonds, Mrs. S. c. Witwer
w. b. Hawkins.
Dist. central part from school
house to Kinney and Hamren corner
Mrs Bert Baden, o. II. Campbell, J
F. Myers.
Dist. 3-Mrs. A. E. Aldridge, J. A
Morley, Mrs. j. w. Kinney.
Dist AIRS. S. E. Wamsley, Mrs.
r. Wiley, ]. w. Kinney.
Dist. 5-Mrs. F. A. Davis, Mrs. j.
Hamren, H. L. Shively.
, Dist 6-Mrs M. S. Fisher.
If the solicitors do not find you, loo
them up. This is everybody's affai
and the workers should be given ey
cry assistance possible. County ID
rector Jones has just received the TO
l lowing telegram from Frank A. Var
a derlip, National Chairman of the Wa
Savings Committee:
r Washington, D. c., June 22nd, 19l
I AS county chairman w. S. s., yo
are expected to win success in Jun
e campaign, just as we expect our boy
in France to win victory in this wa
e period One hundred percent Anne
r icanism in your county should mea
nothing less than one hundred percei
pledges War Savings. l am conhdel
you will succeed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-06-25

w. NJ. Miller received letter from
his son, Waverly, last week in which
Waverly said that he had enlisted IN
the Naval Reserve as second class
electrician and that-for the present he
was stationed at Lake Washington
Wash.