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The sun., 1919-10-26

desirable site on the main lin. =,
Erie Railroad and will be fayorss ne
water power and ample labor ~ ~
right calibre. We will have A nin,us s
production Of 1000 cord tires ma a,uun mum
a day and should dispose of this o',.o vsOt,
through our established lines OrI', IVW I
highest grade goods will leays onr A
tory, and we believe by specla,z,nAc Ac'
cord tires we can approximate tba "a
Of better grade fabric casings" wv
Associated with Mr.. Friedn.o
William Rusnak. Chicago. OWL. an
the Edison Tire and Rubber Comnann
vice-president; ]. T. Macdonald ca
land. formerly with the Ideal T,re M
Rubber Company. treasurer and rsr.10
manager; S. A. Thompson. CleyoI'arS
formerly with the Flrestone Comnauue
secretary, and T. w. Decker, ClevaIaans
president Hardman Rubber Comnsua
director. pa"y
The company has opened exc,r.,..
offices in the Stewart Bulldinv sSs
Broadway, and general Offices ara t' \.
Gated at the factory in Mddletown ~ w.
are offering to the public A Iir"aS "aS
amount of the preferred stock wl,h 'u
liberal bonus of the common
The sun., 1919-10-26
EMLEN S. HARE NOW
HEADS MERCER co.
Well Known Automobile Man
Begins at Once Building
Strong Organization.

Emlen 8. Hare has accepted the presi-
dency of the Mercer Motors Company. q
new corporation which has acquired all
the stock of the old Mercer Automobile
Company. a.
Since his resignation from the execu-
tive vice-presidency of the Packard
Motor Car Company the news of Mr.
Hare's next step has been awaited with
interest by automobile men all over the
country. The majority of them believe
that Mercer is now bound for a domi-
nant position, since Mr.. Hare's record
for years has been one Of decisive sue
cess in everything that he has set his
hand to.
Mr.. Hare's climb to the topmost rungs
OF the industry Is in accord with the
best American tradition When he left
the University of Pennsylvania fourteen
years ago he started in at the bottom Of
the business, namely. the tool room.
The sun., 1919-10-26
WHY'S Corporation
So Vanderbilt Avenue, New York

advertisements public
rotor wh the and
The sun., 1919-10-26
TRUCKS SAVE $1,000 1ST MONTH
Two Pierce-Arrows Wipe Out Big
Rental.

Two Pierce-Arrows Wipe Out Big
Rental.
To trim transportation expense. a cost
which ultimately is paid by the con-
sumer. the John Agar Company. meat
packers Of Chicago. in June, 1918, in
stalled two five-ton Pierce-Arrow trucks
During the first month Of operation. the
units hauled a tonnage which would have
cost the company $1,000 more had the
meat been hauled by the former method.
rented trucks.
The trucks maintained this record so
consistently that the firm in September
put into operation two moro Pierce
Arrows. A hfth was added this
month. The Ave trucks replace eight
teams Of horses and wipe out completely
the rental bill formerly paid to outside
truck owners
The trucks haul sides Of beef from
the packing plant to the Futon market
and shipping points, the average round
trip being twelve miles. Three trips a
day are made. Gasolene yields as much
as 5.s miles per gallon. Mileage Of as
high as 6sS miles Is travelled a month.
THE firm knows exactly from its rec
ords that the trucks are effecting eco
Monies possible only with Pierce-Ar-
row units says Robert o. Patten, truck
sales manager of the Pierce-Arrow
Motor Car Company. TN addition to
the actual savings earned through the
economical operation of Pierce-Arrow
trucks, the firm realizes further profits
because the speedy transportation re-
duces wastage. The meat Is in far
better condition. thus reducing spoilage
to a minimum"
The sun., 1919-10-26

the delivery dates for the new line of
King eights. which surpasses anything
the company has ever attempted before.
Agents for the Scandinavian countries
have already made appointments with
Mr.. Vogeler to take up the matter of
increased allotments of cars In their
territory.
Before his return Mr.. Vogeler will
visit agents in Holland, Belgium, France
and probably Spain and Portugal and
make a general study of automobile
conditions in these countries.
The 1920 King eight models will not
be shown In New York before the big
show in Grand Central Palace, which
opens on January s. Mr.. Vogeler says
they are bound to give New Workers
pleasant surprise.
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NEW TIRE co. ORGANIZED.
VIII Have Large Factory mt Mid
dIetown, N. Y.

A million dollar rubber concern,
known as the Mlddletown Rubber Com
pany. Inc, has been organized by Chi
cago and Cleveland tire people and will
erect. a modern plant at Middletown,
Orange county, New York, to produce
high grade "Middletown Cord" castings,
inner tubes and all other rubber prod
ucts, a new charter having been granted
on application of its attorneys, Clarke
& Latham of New York city.
According to a statement by Myron
J. Friedman, president, who operates
several large tire companies In Chicago
and vicinity. the demand for tires far
exceeds the supply at present and prob
ably will for years hence. ut Is rather
discouraging," he said, ito be unable to
procure needs to supply the wants OF
dealers and consumers, therefore few
of us banded together to erect and OPP
crate our own plant and be independent.
THE company has obtained a most
The sun., 1919-10-26
KING 8 IN LONDON SHOW.
Cars Pass Through City for Ship
ment Abroad.

Four Of the new 1920 King eight
models and nickel plated chassis
passed through the city last week on
their way TO the Olympic show in Lon
don. which opens on November Z. They
will be exhibited there by Salmons
Sons. the big distributors who sell King
eights throughout the British Isles.
w. r. Vogeler, manager of the King
Car Corporation here and also manager
of the export department of the King
Motor Car Company of Detroit. will
attend the London show. Many Euro
pean agents will meet him and arrange
The sun., 1919-10-26
Cleaning the Mumer.

In cleaning the muffler, after the part
has been disaSembled and the parts
cleaned with kerosene It Is well to go
YER all the holes designed to break up
the gas with a sharp punch or fine taper
reamer, to make sure that these holes
have not been reduced In size by accum-
ulations of burned oil or carbon.
The sun., 1919-10-26

Job my business has increased remarka-
bly,. l have been able to sell people
that l never could approach before. be-
cause had real sales argument. Beth
lehem transportation has surely moved
my business over the mountain OF COM
petition"
The sun., 1919-10-26
Locking Nut.

1t is easy to lock nut securely by
having the bolt little longer than is
Ieeded and then rivet the projecting
end a little after the nut is screwed in
place. When the nut is to be removed it
is necessary to file off the riveted part.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-12-09
Mentanans Visits Here

J. G. Dement, and family arrived here
last Thursday for visit at the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Branom, Mr..
Dement, being brother OF Mrs. Bran
ON Mr.. Dement, and family are en-
route from Glentana, Mont, where
they have made their home for several
years, 10 Seattle. Wash. Mr.. Dement,
states that the farmers of the section
OF Montana where he has been located
are very greatly discouraged over the
loss OF crops in several dry seasons
and that some 80 families will come
to this county next spring to locate.
Most of these homeseekers have been
interested in this section by n. W. Ba-
ker who is establishing real estate Of
fees in this city.
Mr.. Dement, is a former resident of
this county and moved to Montana
some six years ago
He states that 1t was 80 degrees be-
low zero the day he left Glentana.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-12-09
Fire Destroys Home On Saturday

A fire which was discovered about
eleven o'clock Saturday morning, de-
stroyed the E. B. Moore six room house
two miles below town on the south
river road, and also household goods
and furnishings belonging to Frank
Gillard and u. G. Smith. The loss of
Gillard and Smith was not covered by
insurance.
The fire is believed to have started
from the kitchen stove. Mr.. Smith
was in the house 80 minutes before
the fire and saw no evidences OF a
blaze. Mrs. Gillard was working in
one of the barns nearby when the fire
was discovered and Mr.. Gillard was
taking care of the stock The Gil
lards saved most of their household
goods. The property of Mr.. Smith
had been packed and stored in the
rooms on the second floor and it was
not possible to save much OF it. He
estimates his loss at between $500 mad
$500.
Gillard recently bought the mill
route in this city from Mr.. Smith.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-12-09
BUTTON PLANS A NEW BUILDING
VIII Build New store at Naples Early
Next Spring

f. e Dutton, the wellknown mer-
chant of Naples, was business yisi-
tor in town Thursday and in an inter
view with the Herald stated that he
plans to build fine new store building
at Naples early next spring.
The new building will have dimen-
sions of "a by 20 with a warehouse ad-
dition OF IL by 40 feet.
The building will be frame one,
one story. II will be fitted out with
new fixtures and will be one of the
most modern country stores of the
county. A cold storage department
will be built in order that fresh meats
may be kept on hand the year round
and when the new building is ready
for occupancy Mr.. Duttor plans to
keep on hand flour and feed in car
load lots.
Mr.. Dutton states that he will buy
an auto truck in the spring in order
TO make deliveries for his customers
and to handle his freight shipments
He says he has every confidence II
the future of Boundary county ant
that he believes that Naples will con
tinue to lead as farming center.
A number of new families have al
ready taken up land and homes in tn
Naples district and many other fami
lies plan to locate there in the sprint
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-12-09
WILL HAVE A
COUNTY AGENT
,oREEMENT TO THIS EFFECT WAS
MADE YESTERDAY BY BOARD
NJ COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ANNUAL MEETING ON SATURDAY
farmers from All Parts OF the County
In Attendance Saturday

The annual meeting of the Boundary
county Farm Bureau held last Satur-
day was well attended by representa-
ives from all parts of the county and
&c one of the results of the meeting
an agreement was signed yesterday
hetween the State Extension Depart
uent. the Board of County Commits
souers of Boundary County and the
boundary County Farm Bureau, for
the employment of a county agricul-
mral agent the coming year. T. ].
Iones, president of the Boundary
county Farm Bureau presented the
agreement.
Saturday forenoon committee of
the community chairmen took up the
matter of a constitution and program
If work. One of the additions to the
reneral bureau constitution which this
committee outlined, was an article
stating the generally accepted idea
that all the meetings of the organiza-
ton must be entirely non-political and
nom sectarian.
At the afternoon session the county
chairmen reported on the number of
members in their respective communi-
ties and the general sentiment regard
ing the movement. Objection to the
organization and the work proposed
was heard by only few persons and
each community reported very strong
sentiment in favor as shown by the
membership. Each community has
lined behind it the best farmers of the
section.
Mr.. Kjosness, assistant state county
agent leader. outlined the policy of the
state extension department in regard
to county agent work and farm bureau
work He also pointed out the con.
dtions under which the state would
be willing to put its share of the fl.
nances into the farm bureau work.
The board of county commissioners
vas present and explained their atti
tude towards the work which was il
general, favorable They desired al
oppression from the large holders o
farm land in regard to the matter
Mr.. Carl Hickman. of Porthill, ant
many other large farm owners. salt
that they were heartily in favor o
farm bureau work for this county.
After the election of officers brie
|session of the executive committee an
IA meeting OF the powder committe
vas held The officers elected and tn
Projects adopted are as follows:
Executive committee-T. ]. Jones
president, organization; II. L. Shively
|,ice president. potato Improvement
IM l.. Rowe, secretary; Fred G. Cham
| bers, treasurer, railroad rates; N. r
| Selover. rodent control; c. A. Early
| livestock improvement: o. w. Chand
Ter, weed control; W. L. Kinneai
land clearing; o. H. Campbell. Sr
huitgrowin 6 and marketing; f. "
Newton. hay growers association
0. H. Campbell, Jr., soils and crops
J. NJ. Billings, poultry.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-12-09
Troy Matron Dies Here Sunday

Daisy G. Kingsley. of Troy, Mont,
died at the Boomers Ferry hospital on
Sunday evening after an illness with
anemia dating back for five or six
years. The funeral will be held here
tomorrow, according to present ar
rangements and the services will be
conducted by either FIR. Kelly, of Sand
point or the priest of the Catholic
church of Libby, Mont.
The deceased is survived by her hus-
band, F. c. Kingsley and her son, W. j.
Shadwell. The latter has been work
ing for the Idaho-Continental Mining
Company at Hickman. The de-
ceased and her husband have lived at
Troy about four months and Mrs.
Kingsley came to the Boomers Ferry
hospital several weeks ago to receive
treatment.
She was 81 years old and was born
at Eldorado, Kansas. She was a
member of the Maccabees of the World
at Hamilton, Mont.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-12-09
BASKET BALL
SEASON OPENS
ATHENIANS ADD ANOTHER VIC
TORY TO THEIR LIST
OF FOUR
PLAY NEWPORT ON FRIDAY
Many Games Scheduled With Teams OF
Nearby Towns

The basketball game-the first one
of the season-played Friday evening
at the high school gymnasium between
picked teams of the Olympian and the
Athenian literary societies, came up to-
the expectations of the fans and was
we'll played and closely contested
game resulting in a victory for the
Athenians by a score of 90 to rs.
In the first half the Olympians had
the best of the score by IL to 7. In
the second half however, the Athen-
ians strengthened their team by re-
placing Biggar with Mud" Myers and
the Olympians lost Burke, who had
sprained knee. Doty played in the
place of Burke The game was refer
eed by Campbell Supt Kerr was UNI
pire and Allen Shultis scorer.
This was the sixth annual game be-
tween the two societies and the Athen-
ians have won five of the games.
The basketball squad of the high
school is now practicing regularly in
preparation for the season which OPP
ened Friday night and Coach Campbell
has a likely looking bunch of basket
tossers from which to select winning
team this year.
A number of games have already
been scheduled as follows:
Newport, here, December II.
Standpoint, here, December 80.
Libby, there, January 3.
Eureka, there, January 2.
Libby, here, January Z.
Standpoint, there, January 10.
Newport, there, January IT.
Eureka, here, January 81.
The Boomers Ferry team plans Il
participate in the North Idaho tour
nament which will be held this yea
at Occur d Alene on February 10, q
and 81.
The game scheduled for Friday ev
i ening will be good one for the New
port team is stronger than 1t was las
year and the bunch will come here de
termined to retrieve past defeats.
The student body of the high schoo
will all be on hand to give their team
7 encouragement and arrangements vii
be made to take. care of the larg
crowds of townspeople who will at
tend
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-12-09
FIFTEEN CENT
STORE IS SOLD
HELMER AND VAN GUNDY MAKE
DEAL WITH OWNER AND ARE
VOW IN POSSESSION
ESTABLISHED FOUR YEARS AGO
New Owners Plan To Add Line OF
Women's and Children's Furnishings

A deal has been negotiated and is
practically closed, that provides for
the sale of the Fifteen Cent Store,
owned by Mrs. b. f. Payne, to Messrs.
Helmer and Van Gundy, Invoice OF
the stock of the Fifteen Cent Store has
been made and the consideration in
volved in the deal is said to be in the
neighborhood of 100000.
Messrs. Van Gundy and Helmer are
experienced business men. Mr.. Van
Gundy is wellknown in Standpoint as
a business man and conducted store
in that city for many years. Mr.. Hell
mer is his brother-in-law and recently
came to this country from Colorado.
He will have the active management
OF the business here while Mr.. Van
Gundy attends to the interests OF an
other store at Oakesdale, Wash.
Mr.. Helmer stated to the Herald rep
resentative yesterday that for time
the business would be run under the
name of the Fifteen Cent Store with
Helmer and Van Gundy as proprietors
but Il Is the intention OF the firm TO
add new stocks and to eventually put
in a complete line of ladies and chill
Qren6 1urn1SnlnBS. MT. tttiinci soy .
that he and his partner have long been
impressed with the future that seems
certain for this county and town and
they feel certain that they have made
no mistaken investing here anc that
they will be accorded liberal patron
!, age.
{. Mr.. Helmer expects to send for his
wife and two children. who are now
. with relatives in Colorado. as soon
as he can find house which may be
rented.
! The Fifteen Cent Store was estab-
lished in this city about four years
| ago by b. F. Payne and his son, Amos
I The business prospered and the loca-
} ton was changed from the O'Callaghar
, building to the present location. Mrs
, Payne has been conducting the bust
) ness since the sudden death of her hus
e band few months ago but her health
! has been such that she thought 1t bes
/ to sell and take a rest. She has no
: made any definite plans for the future
8 and may continue to make this cit,
n her home as she has many clos
t friends here.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-12-09
BUYS Home on the Island

A deal was closed last week where
by Tom Graft sold his home on the Is
land to C. A. Kjos, newcomer here
from Grandview, Mont The consid-
Grafton was 100000.
Mr.. Kjos is employed by the Bon
ners Ferry Lumber company and will
take possession of his new home as
soon as it can be vacated by Mr.. Graf
who plans to move to Oregon The
property consists of a six room house
and about a half acre of ground.
Mr.. Kjos has been here most Of the
summer and went to Montana week
or so ago to get his family and house
hold goods He returned with his
wife and children on Wednesday and
this week they have been the guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. ole Rudd. Mr.. Kjos
says that the day he left Montana the
thermometer registered 35 degrees be
low zero.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-12-09
REPORT THRIFT
STAMP SALE

Mrs. Caroline w. Flood. who is the
chairman of Boundary county for the
Red Cross Christmas seal sale, states
that the sale of the seals is progress
ing splendidly in all parts of the coun-
ty and Mrs. S. T. Faucet, who is in
charge of the sale in the business part
of town, reports great success.
The Christmas booth which arrived
yesterday, has been placed in the post
office and each day some lady will be
in charge to sell seals to patrons of
the postoffice. The booth is made OF
heavy paper board and represents a
life-size st. Nicholas.
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Flood and
Mrs Faucet addressed the students
of the high school in the interests of
the seal sale and all of the young Ia
dies of the school volunteered to as
sist. Mrs. Flood and Mrs. Faucet
express themselves as being very graf
flied by the response made to their re-
quests.
Mrs. Flood said today: "It is very
/ gratifying to know that the boys ano
girls of the rural schools who are en-
gagged in selling Red Cross Xmas seals
are finding such a ready response tc
their appeals to help promote the
cause of good health in our state
Many of the schools have sent in th'
second time for seals and the Naples
I school has made a third requisition
!, One little fellow in the primary de
partment in Naples sold 300 seals OF
his own initiative, to men working OF
the railroad These CHEEKY littl
seals on letters and packages. carr.
the true Christmas message of good
will and helpfulness to all others"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-12-09
Entertain Entire Mons CIub

The members of the Entire Nous club
and their husbands and invited guests,
were delightfully."- entertained on Fri
day night at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. B. Brody.
The evening was spent playing auc-
ton bridge and when the final scores
were counted it was found that Mrs.
T. S. Kerr had won the ladies' prize
and c. w. King the gentlemen's prize
A delicious lunch was served, Mrs
Brody being assisted in serving by
several members of the club The
evening was concluded with several
instrumental and vocal numbers.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1919-12-09

Just recently Q. t. Parker, prom
inent stockman of the Copeland dis
trict, added to his herd of pure-bred
Holstein cattle ten registered heifers
brought from Tyler Hill, Penn.
This stock is the finest ever brought
IN Boundary county, according to re-
ports from excellent judges OF stock,
and nothing in Spokane or any part oil
HE northwest can beat them.
These ten Holstein heifers were
nred by King Pontiac Alcartra wee
nan no. 158143, who held the grand
championship over and above all clas-
les at the Pennsylvania state fair TINS
year, scoring SO points. He Is the
son Of King Segis Pontiac Alcartra'
No. 1862, the $4,000 bull who had two
IONS that sold for S31 10000.
he combines also the blood OF THY
Aleartra, the worlds champion Tor a
Yearly milk production, 33424.S pds
a ten years of age and also world
hampton for six years milk and put
YET Production, 156776.1 pounds MILF
sna 6l4136 pounds of butter.
other famous COWS from which NJ
a descendant are: Jewel Pontiac
segls, butter one year, HILLS pounds
alik 2706.S5 pounds, worlds record To-
~ree year old: Beauty Beets Segls
ssSf.SS pounds milk and 1040.6S POS
utter at two years old, worlds recor'
y, TWO year old: Mabel Segis korn
Sse, at four years old, 1892 pounds O
sster in seven days, worlds recor'
.aen made; butter 80 days 1922 pds
orids record when made: 8. V. h
slsy 36.41 pds butter seven days
+. Acartra. who held the world
aay butter record At three and