Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-05-11
ACTIVITIES TO
BE- RENEWED
COMMERCIAL CLUB, FARM BUR-
EAU AND OTHER 0RGANIZA-
TIONS TO COOPERATE
FINANCIAL SITUATION RELIEVED
Farmers VIII Try the Raising of Ger
titled Seed Potatoes

Yesterday at the MONDAY luncheon
of the board of directors of the Koot-
enai Valley Commercial Club, the bill
of Robert ii. Elder, of Coeur d Alene,
for services rendered at the request of
the club in the Callahan timber con-
troversy, was presented, the amount
being over $1100, including profession
al services and expenses to Washing
ton, d. c., to Spokane and to Missoula,
Mont.
r. II. Mccoy, vice president and the
general manager of the Bonners Ferry
Lumber Company. was present and Of
fered to take care of the claim of Mr..
Elder in addition to the expenses of
the regular attorneys and representa-
tives of the company. The offer was
accepted with a vote of thanks.
Mr.. Mccoy stated that his company
was well pleased with the outcome of
the fight and that he believed fully 80
percent of the people of Bonners Fer
Try had been with the company and be-
lieved in the justness of it's claims to
the forestry department.
1t will be remembered that the CAL
lahan controversy started about the
time the commercial club was re-or-
ganized and just after a campaign had
started for the raising of funds with
which to carry on work for the bene-
fit of Boundary county. 1t appeared
to the board of directors of the club
that the action of the forestry depart
ment in resembling the sale of the CAL
lahan timber to the Bonners Ferry
Lumber Company was direct blow
to the largest industry of the county
and If the precedent were established
haf ho aftr1 mt ha he
right to dictate where government tim
ber should be milled, an untold injury
might result to this district and its
industries might have to go out of bus
mess. Therefore the directors and
many prominent citizens undertook a
campaign to secure an investigation
by the chief forester and the moral as
sistance and support of many CONNER
cial bodies of the Inland Empire was
secured.
The end of the controversy was
victory for the local club as far as the
fight against the establishment of the
precedent mentioned was concerned.
and local industry Is assured that in
the future it will be taken care of in
its need for government timber
However, although the need was i'm
perative and win or lose, the CONNER
cial club directors felt they were act
for the best interests of the majority
in spending money to carry on this
fight, the loss of over $1100 meant the
curtailment of over half of the activ
tiles planned for this year and, to an
extent, a damper was placed on inter-
est in commercial club work.
Knowing now that they will have
all the money expected for the years
campaign the chairmen of the various
committees have taken hold of their
work with renewed interest. j. w.
Reid, chairman of the finance commit
tee, will at once make campaign TO
collect apportionments made against
the various citizens and business con-
Germs of the county, about half of
which is already collected. The pub
licity committee was authorized to get
out at once some advertising matter
at a cost of about $500. The agricul-
tural committee will at once begin it's
plans for a county fair this fall and
all the other committees will start on
work mapped out
President Fry states that another
commercial club banquet will be held
soon for the purpose of advising the
: club members of the accomplishments
of the organization and to advise upon
proposed activities.
2 Yesterday a letter from George F..
: Weeks, of Occur d Alene, the president
of the North Idaho Chamber of Com
: merce, was read in which he stated
that a meeting of the executive board
would be held at Moscow on June 3
: and asking that this club be repre-
} sented. F. A. Shultis is the Boundary
county representative on the execu-
r tive board and if he does not go will
} delegate either J. Bert Cowen or J. M,
J Mcnamara to act for him.