Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-08-05

storage batteries charged and for
rent Amazon Electric Shop. II
Mrs. Burger. OF Spokane. is visit
ing with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sudwell, of the International hotel.
WANTED-Tiemaker and men to
ut cord wood. Inquire of Frank
Garris. City. IL
Miss Loretta Cole leaves today for
Samuels. Idaho. 10 spend couple
OF weeks visiting with her mother.
n. A. Turner, of the Sinclair dis
trict. is in town today to make final
proof on his homestead before L. S
Commissioners c. w. King.
Roland Clark and Jessie May Childs.
both of Porthill. were married yester-
day, Judge Henderson performing the I
ceremony. The groom is seventeen |
years old and the bride fifteen.
Miss Grace Farnsworth. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. C. Farnsworth, will
arrive here Friday to join her par
ents in their residence here. She
has been visiting at Edmonton, AL
berta. with a sister
William Doyle. one OF the pioneers
of this district, arrived here this week
to visit with old friends. In the early
days Mr.. Doyle was hunter and trap
per. OF late he has been making his
home in Alaska.
Mrs. b. f. Rediger, accompanied by
Mrs. c. Christopherson, both of Spo-
kane. recently came here to visit at
the home of Mrs Rodgers mother.
Mrs. ]. II. Lawless, and her sister,
Mrs. c. II. Goodman.
Mrs Nell f. Scheel, cook at the
Bethlehem Gold Mines. Ltd, left Sat
urday for Spokane for visit with
friends. She will return to Boomers
Ferry to accept employment in the
city. Her daughter, Miss Blendine,
plans to go to Sites, Idaho. soon,
where she will attend school this win
ter.
Word was received here the fore
part of the week of a very severe
hail storm in the district of Bassana,
Alberta, which destroyed large acer-
age of good crops of grain. Part of
J. W. Reids ranch was in the path of
the storm and he will lose his wheat
and oats. He will begin blowing at
once and intends to try out fall wheat.
FOR SALE-The best little dairy
ranch in Idaho, 70 acres right in the
town of Boomers Ferry. Only $3.50
per acre. S2500 cash will handle and
10 years in which to pay the balance
or will cut in two and sell either part
on terms. For full particulars adj
dress Mrs. ]. NJ DePuy, 1886 Lama
Drive, Los Angeles, Cali. Aug st
The county commissioners have all
the machinery of the county at work
today on the roads, grading them af-
ter the rains of Friday and Sunday
In addition to the road machinery be-
ing used a number of teams and
graders have been employed in order
TO get the road work done while the
4 roads are wet.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. o. Palmer, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Stevens and Miss Earline
| Palmer, motored here Saturday from
Hillyard, Wash, and spent Sunday as
| guests at the home of E. o. Palmer's
brother, E. l.. Palmer. Miss Earline
is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. e. l..
Palmer and will remain here with
| them.
| According to the records of County
Assessor w. C. Reid the amount of
auto licenses collected thus far this
year is nearly so percent more than
the total collected last year. In the
year 1917 the auto licenses amounted
to $1592.65; last year they were
S257249 and thus far this year the
total collected is $3726.42.
Mr. and Mrs. H. II. Howard are en-
l joying their annual vacation from theiI
| duties as telegraph operators at the
< Great Northern station and will motor
with their children, to points on the
Yakt river and in the vicinity of the
| Idaho Continental mine, on a camping
and fishing trip They may also mo
| tor to the coast upon their return from
the camping and fishing trip
One of the finest hay sheds in the
/ Kootenai Valley is the one on the
| Tom Montgomery ranch near Porthill
7 This shed was constructed a few years
ago by Mr.. Montgomery and all the
lumber was taken direct from the
L xun06G from the cillC the roof thf
latter being cedar shakes The barr
is over a hundred feet long and abou
go feet high and will house many tom
of hay
iii The Misses Ida and Jean Winterbot
tom returned last week from a visi
= with relatives at Wenatchee, Wash
: They were accompanied home by thei
- niece, Miss Florabelle Ludington, VIII
III will visit with them and with her aun
and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. George
ss Gray, for few days before leavin
for points in Canada to visit othe
relatives.
III Mrs. Clara d. Brown; matron of tn
Il State Industrial School. st. Anthem,
L Idaho, was in the city several day
L this week, in the interests of the in
Il stitution. She stated that nearly a.
i the pupils in the school from thi
1 county had made good records 70
l l themselves and had proven the valu
| of the instruction and discipline give
at the school
Ill One of the model ranch homes of tn
Ill county is that of Mr.. and Mrs. Cal
| Hickman, of Porthill. The comfor
II ably built home is supplied with hC
iii and cold water and gas lighting an
Ill from the house one gets view of III
III entire ranch. The barn is not an e.
fra large one but il is built for col
I'LL yenience and for the comfort of III