Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-05-13

an appraisal of the same had haen
made by a local committee He
suggested the budget system. advis-
ing the commercial club to decide
upon what activities it would a.
Ntempt for year or six months f;v
the approximate cost of such act;v;-
ties and then levy assessments nnon
the business men and citizens for tba
amount needed in proportion to their
ability to pay. ~ '''e'i
w. P. Romans Of the Snotare
chamber of commerce, smoke Of
length along general commercial clnb
lines. The real gist of his remarks
might. be expressed in urgine. the
Importance of the commercial club
standing behind the agricultural de-
velopment of the county, and in adj
vertlslng the agricultural resources
Oh this section and going after the
new settlers coming west He nroed
a careful reorganization of the clnh
along lines that had been proven
successful elsewhere.
Following Mr.. Romans. Mr. An
derson urged the commercial club to
get behind the movement to build
up the livestock industry of the
county, advocating shipping in pure
pred cattle and hogs, stating the
banks would be willing, he was GER
tam, to lend every financial assis-
lance they could to this industry.
During his remarks he spoke of the
success of boys and girls pig clubs
IN Washington. This brought out an
interesting discussion in which MANY
took part, all favoring the pig club
idea but stating that It should be
started on small scale. The pith
OF this discussion was aptly summar-
lied by Charles Gunther when he
said, Twenty-Five boys with a pig
each could make a big success of
pig raising, but one boy with % pigs
would go broke" the idea being
that there was not enough grain
and similar feed raised here to finish
the hogs profitably.
During this discussion several in
teresting pig stories were told. Jos.
Jacoby started them by telling how
he got his boy interested in raising
a pig last year. They paid $500
for the pig, fed it 5000 worth of
feed and sold it for $500, or a
profit of SIG. County Commissioner
James A. WEIGH followed with the
statement that he had bought three
pigs from o. c. Campbell paying
$500 for the three, raising them on
skim milk and pasture until ready
for finishing when he fed them not
to exceed $4,000 of grain In Janu-
airy he sold two of the pigs for
5000 and kept one for his own use.
County Club Leader Torpen hereupon
remarked that a pig club was al
ready organized in the county and
this work would be carried on.
Quite a-furore was aroused when
VIM. Warwick read extracts from a
bulletin issued for the guidance of
tourists and sent out from the Spo-
kane headquarters of the National
Parks Highway association, said but
letins to be posted in all garages
of the Inland Empire. The bulletin
stated that that portion of the high
Ferry was closed, but posted the
Thompson Falls or competing section
of the highway as being open. Mr.
Warwick said the statement was
absolutely false and that cars were
going over the kalispell-Bonners
Ferry road almost daily and that one
tourist had told him that he hac
attempted the southern route but
was forced to turn. back and come
over the road posted as CLOSED.
This bulletin aroused considerable
resentment as it was seen 1t would
result in the loss of lot of tourist
travel that would otherwise come
through here, and discussion was
rather heated for a time. 1t was
finally agreed headquarters nigh
have had difficulty in securing cor
rect information, and a committee
of three consisting of j. B. Brody
James A. Welch and Otto Mathiesel
was appointed to investigate mt
this matter of the closed road an'
! report at the next meeting.
Warwick urged the immediate
sending of a car over this road u
obtain detailed information to b.
!, sent in to Spokane, whereupon Coun
ty Commissioner Chambers offere'
the use of his car and to go along
as a passenger. The trip was final
ly cancelled however.
: o. C. Campbell moved the appoint
. lment of a committee to cooperat
? with Standpoint organization in erect
ing large boards at stragetic point
advertising the advantages OF IN
: northern branch of the Nationa
E Parks Highway. Chairman Jane
1. appointed DR.. Fry. 0: r. Stookey
Byron N. Hawks and Charles Gunth
er were appointed a committee t
! Investigate as TO providing ire
! camping grounds for tourists traav
cling through here. The char ais
announced a committee on reeorgan
, ization consisting of F. A. Shultls
E DIR. Fry and Chas. O'Callaghan t
devise a plan for reorganization an
to report at the next meeting.
Several committee reports wer
5 heard the forepart of the evening
7 B. Brody reporting that the CON
e mittee on roads had asked the stat
highway engineer and the state mgr
wav commission to pay the count
visit and that both would com
e within the next few weeks accordin
y to a letter received that day.,
George r. Causton, for the pan
committee, reported that 1t woui
n he necessary to furnish suits for IN n
s Walden Band at cost OF about 20,
e and that the expense OF the week
:, concerts during the summer monII