Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-11-23

person" who has "a peculiar talent for
divining intentions" is perhaps with US
at this writing.
There are several talented men out
side the syndicate of Spokane boot
leggers, and the fact that they are
far from the maddening crowd is no
evidence that the syndicate has a mo-
nopoly of brains Be it understood
that should the immense profits made
continue for a definite period, the
diplomatic and well-dressed person is
expected to take controlling stock in
terest in cantonment to be built in
this beautiful Kootenai valley for the
use and purposes of the Spokane mil
lionaire syndicate of bootleggers. the
contract for the building to be let
on the Bakerion plan Of cost, plus;
the more cost, the more plus.
We follow you further in your pub
lication and state with all candor. that
the people have not refused to take
any strangers in; a reference to the
travelling men out of Spokane and 9TH
err cities will establish this fact. 1t is
simply on account of the stated tenn
porary closing OF the only Tooming
house and restaurant. Note that the
seven houses. two stores, one railway
depot and the large forest at Porthill
registered 118 voters and cast 105
votes. All these votes within radius
no larger than from Spokane to Hill
yard
The people "are easy going" saw
your staff of editors. but they yield
not as an easy-going proposition. but
on the theory that what cannot We
cured must be endured and are full
of hope that January 1921 will bring
the cure.
The people here have not made a
ruling not to take any of them in
the above explanation as to accommo7
ations being the valid and only rea-
son.
We take it that 1.-THE two members
of the Chronicle editorial staff are
citizens of the United States and repu-
table. else they would not be in your
service. When questioned at their
overnight stopping place as to what
their names were now and what their
business, they reluctantly gave names
and hesitatingly stated they were
newspaper men and photographers
May we be furnished with a photo of
the seven houses, two stores, l railway
depot, the Kootenai river and the large
forest? Had it been suggested by your
photographers the 35 citizens might
have assembled for a group picture.
I If the two members of your editor
ial staff are as they ought to be, Teput-
able citizens of this greatest Republic
and your grand commonwealth of
Washington, is it presumption on our
part to ask why they failed in their
duty as honest and honorable citizens
to notify the federal authorities of
conditions here, with the offer to fur
nish the evidence and produce the
diplomatic and well-dressed person
who furnished so much inside history
and statistical proof, seeing there were
no county officers within many miles
of Porthill? We are inclined to the be-
lief that their intimate contact with
those having Spirits" in both Porthin
and Creston, B. c., accounts for their
FLUID accents" in their attempt to i'm
peach the reputation of people who, in
the aggregate, are as law-abiding as
the people of Spokane.
If it takes 300 officials in Spokane
county 80 days to arrest 20 bootleggers
coming from B. c., how long will II
take officials at Porthill to arrest
800 members of the Spokane million
aire syndicate of bootleggers? Re-
spectfully referred to the sixth grade
pupils of Spokane county. Yours
very truly, WILL f. WHITAKER.