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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
ASSESSORS HOLD A CONVENTION
Met In Boise Last Week-Ask for a
State Tax Commission

w. c. Reid, county assessor, re-
turned Friday from Boise where he
ATTENDED the sessions of the associa-
tion of county assessors of the state.
One of the most important things
done by the assessors was the passing
of resolutions asking the governor to
recommend to the next legislature the
creation of state tax commission to
take over the duties of the state board
of equalization. The principal duty
of this commission, aside from those
now exercised by the board of equali-
cation, would be TO control the as
sessment of property TO assure uni
formity.
Mr.. Reid states that the valuation
Of all stock will remain the same this
year as last. 1t was voted to raise
the valuation on agricultural lands
ten percent, all the northern county
assessors voting against this proposal
and insisting that northern lands are
now assessed much higher than are
the lands of the southern and south
eastern counties.
Mr. Reid states that this year the
county assessors will be required to
collect dog tax from all owners in
all parts of the county and that they
will take statistics in regard to labor
and agricultural conditions in the
county.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
INSTALL NEW IS H. P. ENGINE
Bonner Tie Company OF Meadow Creek
Also Buys New Auto Truck

The sawmill Of the Bonner Tie Com.
pany, near Meadow Creek, was closed
down Wednesday night on account ot
the breaking OF the crank shaft of the
engine. The breakdown occurred inst
before quitting time
The company decided to replace the
broken engine with a new one and
a rs horsepower equipment is now he
ing installed. The new engine was
brought in from Spokane on new
three and half ton auto truck which
was purchased by Mr.. Treado las,
week.
The camp of the Bonner Tie Com.
pany is now quite a settlement and
between IS and 20 families have their
homes there and the population Of the
camp is over 100. A school honse
has been built and school is being held
regularly 1t is planned to make the
new school the center Of social activ-
tiles of the settlement
Mr.. Treado and Mr.. Cowart heads
of the company, were in town Thurs
day They state their companv has
enough timber to keep running for
two or three years yet and when this
is gone there is plenty more to be Sc
cured. The company. last summer
put in several miles of fume with
which to hume lumber and posts anc
poles from the camp to the Spokane
International Railway at Meadow
Greek.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
RECEIVE MANY NEW MEMBERS
Special Meeting OF X. p. Lodge on
Friday Evening

Members of the Knights of Pythias
lodge have taken new interest in lodge
work the past few weeks and as many
new members have been secured lately
there will be degree work each Thurs
day night.
Last Thursday night there was a
record attendance and on account of
the number of candidates waiting for
degree work the installation of Off
GERS was postponed After the de-
gree work was finished the lodge mem
bers repaired to the banquet room of
the international Hotel where they
were served with delicious banquet
w. t. James acting as toastmaster.
The following new members were
given the first degree: Loren Miller
Joe New, Frank White, j. l.. Leach
and Oscar Bangs. E. B. Stookey was
initiated in the second degree.
Next Thursday night there will be
several more candidates for the first
degree and some of the new members
will receive the second degree. On
Friday night there will be a special
meeting of the order when the grand
chancellor, grand keeper of records
and seal and grand master of the ex-
chequer will be guests of the lodge
Degree work will be put on and after
wards there will be another banquet
and social session.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13

Last Saturday evening the Farmers
Union installed the officers recently
elected to serve the ensuing term and
w. F. Dunning acted as installing off.
Ger, being assisted in the work by w
F. Brant.
Following are the new officers in
stalled:
President, A. G. DeLap.
Vice President, A. E. Aldridge.
Chaplain, NJ M. Fry.
Conductor, J. X. P. Graves.
Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. A. e
Aldridge
Doorkeeper, Mrs. Fannie DeLap.
Executive Board: H. j. Cave, Mrs
John Hamren, Mrs Ida Washburn.
Business Agent, o. H. Campbell.
Lecturer, J. H. Cave.
After the installation Of officers Z
lunch and hot coffee was served.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
RID DISTRICT
OF BEAVER

r. E. Thomas, of Kellogg, Idaho, as
sistant chief deputy game warden of
the state, was in the county several
days last week with Deputy Warden
w. II. Heathershaw, looking after the
interests of the department in this end
of the state.
Mr.. Thomas came here Wednesday
and brought with him one of the states
trappers who will trap beaver in the
Macarthur and Naples districts. In
speaking OF the trapping of beaver Mr.
Thomas said: Our department re-
ceived complaints from Mr. Dayton and
Smith, of the Naples district. that the
beaver on Fall creek were building
dams which caused the overflow of the
bottom lands. Mr.. Heathershaw and
found the conditions as represented
and the parties were justified in MAX
ing a complaint to our department and
we ordered E. L. Williams, an exper-
fenced trapper, to catch the beaver
1t is the policy of the game depart
ment Of Idaho to investigate all com
plants Of this kind and if found as
represented we order the beaver
trapped and the evil remedied. The
state law requires that all beaver be
caught through the order Of game war
dens and under the act the beaver be-
come the property of the state. The
skins are sold by the state game war
den and the proceeds are distributed
by giving the trapper half and turn
ing the other half into the funds of the
the department. The game DEPART
ment of Idaho has always recognized
the man who is developing the agri-
cultural lands of our state and all we
ask is to be notified of any damage
that beaver are doing on the streams
and it will have prompt attention.
AT this time | wish to thank the
people of Boundary county for the as
sistance they have given the game de-
partment in helping to enforce the
laws and in building up one of the best
game preserves in the state"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
Hear Armenian Lecturer

A meeting was held at the X. p. hall
on Thursday night in the interests of
the Near East Relief work and M. B.
Parounagion. of Salem, Oregon, a
native of Armenia, gave an address
in which he told of the sufferings of
his countrymen and urged local peo-
pie to assist in sending relief to the
starving Armenians and Syrians. The
meeting was not advertised but never
the-less, fair sized crowd was in at
tendance. Mr. Parounagion proved to
be forceful and interesting speaker
and made strong impression upon
his audience. He spoke to the chill
dren of the grade school and to the
high school students in the afternoon
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
Bethlehem Development Progressing

President Harry Dudman, accompan-
led by several stockholders from the
Palouse country, were in town Sunday
and visited the properties of the Beth
lehem Gold Mines, Ltd.
Three shifts are being worked at the
mines and Manager c. w. Beckley is
in hopes that he will be able to pick
up the big vein for which the crosscut
is being made. before the annual meet
ing of the stockholders which will be
held in Spokane on January 21.
Manager Beckley states that the ore
being encountered is increasing in
richness. He expects soon to let a
contract for the sinking of a shaft
near the entrance of the main tunnel
to the 100 foot level, where cross cuts
and drifts will be run
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
PLAN FARMERS
INSTITUTE SOON
TO BE HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES
OF LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL IN
FEBRUARY
BRING PROMINENT EDUCATORS
Executive Committee OF Boundary C0un-
ty Farm Bureau Met Saturday

In all probabilities q farmers insti-
tute will be held in this city the third
week of February. The holding of the
institute will depend entirely upon
whether or not the farmers of the
county want it and will attend
The matter was first talked of last
Saturday when T. S. Kerr, superin-
tendent of the schools of this city, APP
peared before the members of the exec
utive committee of the Boundary
County Farm Bureau, at a meeting
held at the courthouse, and discussed
with them the advisibility of holding
a three day institute for the farmers
and their wives. The members of the
executive committee passed resolutions
favoring the institute and the secre-
tary was instructed to send copies of
the resolution to each local of the
county. The institute, If held will
be under the auspices of the Bonners
Ferry high school,
Supt. Kerr stated at the meeting ON
Saturday that if the institute was held
here members of the faculty of the
University of Idaho would be brought
here to give talks and demonstrations
wives in regard to problems of farm
ing, stockraising, etc For the wo-
men there will be prominent lady
expert in domestic science and home
economics who will give practical sug-
gestions and demonstrations. Three
sessions would be held each day and
no doubt arrangements would be
made for some sort of social enter
tainment for the visiting farmers.
Supt. Kerr plans to send out num-
Der of inquiries this week to the farm
ers in different parts of the county.
asking them if they want an institute
this year and if they could attend if
one is held. 1t is figured that the
lnstitutue could be held here with lit
tie or no expense as the expenses of
the men and women who would come
to take part in the institute would be
cared for by the extension department
of the state university
The executive committee of the
Boundary County Farm Bureau is al
SO interested in securing cheap pow
der for the farmers of the county and
on Saturday the secretary was in
structed to get prices on powder in
carload lots.
The committee heard reports from
several local bureaus. AS yet it is
not known who will be the county
agent for the coming year.
The Boundary County Farm Bureau
now has 1O6 members and there are
several districts that have not yet re-
ported the number of members. 1t
is expected that the membership will
be increased several fold within the
next few weeks. There is only one
district in the county not represented
in the county farm bureau.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
Hold Annual Meeting Tomorrow

The stockholders of the Kootenai
Valley Produce Company, limited, will
hold their annual meeting and election
of officers tomorrow at the Interna-
tional hotel. Lunch will be had in the
banquet room before the meeting is
called to order by President w. ~
Dunning.
AT this meeting an amendment to
the bylaws of the company will be
proposed calling for the increasing
of the capital stock from $4,000 to
$25,00O. It will also he voted upon
as TO whether or not the amendment
passed last year limiting the number
OF stockholders to 100. shall be re-
pealed.
According to the reports Just is
sued to the stockholders great gain
in business was made this year over
the preceding one and the total sales
for the year were 121,354.90.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
|NABS ESCAPED
CONVICT HERE
CAPTURE MADE ON SUNDAY AF
TFRSOON BY DEPUTY SHER-
IF OSCAR BANGS
ESCAPED FROM WYOMING PEN
Had Been Working Near P0rthill for
Several Weeks

w. Haines, an escaped convict
from the Wyoming penitentiary at
Bawlins. was taken into custody here
Sunday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff
oscar Bangs. A guard from the Wy
oning penitentiary will probably be
here today to take Haines back to
Rawlins to finish his time.
Haines escaped from the Rawlins
penitentiary on May 23, 1919 where he
had been sentenced to serve from two
and a half TO three and half years
for grand larcency. He had served
but six weeks of his sentence when
he effected his escape.
Haines was first seen by Deputy
Sheriff Bangs at the Amazon theater
on Saturday night Bangs thought he
recognized Haines and on returning
10 the county Jail looked up the Grim
inaI records and found Haine's picture
and description. The next day he set
out to find his man and at noon saw
him in the lobby of the Casey hotel.
He engaged in a conversation with
Haines and after a time made certain
that the man was the party wanted at
Rawlins Later on in the afternoon
he followed Haines as he was on his
way to the Mountain View hotel, and
calling him by name, placed him un-
der arrest. When Bangs called,
"Haines", the man turned around but
when informed he was under arrest
protested that mistake had been
made and that he had never been in
Wyoming At the Jail Haines was
closely examined and his description
tailed exactly with that of the es-
capped convict from Wyoming. He fl
nally admitted he was the man wanted
and agreed to return to Rawlins with
out extradition papers.
When arrested Haines had 3S cali
Der Colts revolver on his person and
rife was found in his room. He
had a room at the Casey hotel but
stayed most of the time at a room in
the Mountain View hotel.
Haines told that he had been in this
county for several weeks and that hS
had been working on the Reeder
ranch near Porthill up until few
days ago.
Deputy Bangs is entitled to a $500
reward from the state of Wyoming for
the capture of Haines
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
NJ. W. A. Install Officers Friday

The Modern Woodmen OF America
at their regular meeting on Friday
night, installed the following new Of
ficers of the lodge:
Consul, M. B. Sherman.
Advisor, Oscar Bangs.
Clerk, j. r. Wiley.
Banker, L. N. Brown.
Escort, w. F. Dunning.
Sentry, E. B. Luse.
Watchman, A. A. Mcintyre.
Trustees: H. G. Ferbrache and H. L
Shively.
A social session and banquet was
enjoyed after the installation cere-
monies and the Royal Neighbors and
wives and friends of the Woodmer
were invited guests.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
Elect New Officers

The members of the Altar society
Of the Catholic church, met Thursday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. Dave
Dion and new officers to serve for the
ensuing term were elected as follows
President, Mrs. E. Boileau.
Vice President, Mrs D. NJ. Palmer.
Secretary, Mrs. Frank Edmonds.
Assistant Secretary, Mrs. G. w
Bush
Treasurer, Mrs. e. Wales.
Flower fund officers: President, Mrs
F. r. Murray; secretary and treasurer
Miss Agnes Callahan.
The members of the Altar society
will meet Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. j. A. Jacoby.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
James Whittig Buys Ranch

A deal was closed Thursday whereby
tract of land in section 10, township
81 north, range l east, B. NJ, was sold
to James Whittig, of Box Elder, Mont,
the deal being made by C. T. Kopseng.
OF Big Sandy, Mont, who is connected
with the real estate firm of Kent and
McGlocklin. This tract was formerly
owned by w. D. Baxter and Tom Mich
olson and is fine piece of agricultur
al land.
Mr.. Kopseng states that he has a
number of Montana friends interested
in this district and he hopes to locate
many new families here this spring.
Mr.. Whittig will take possession in
a short time and plans to make many
Improvements.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
In Honor Of Mrs. Irene Johnson

A company of friends gathered at
the home of. Mrs. Irene Johnson last
Saturday afternoon and gave her a
most agreeable surprise, the ocassion
being her birthday anniversary. She
received many beautiful gifts.
The afternoon was very pleasantly
spent after which most delicious
luncheon was served Those present
were: Mrs. E. r. Henderson, Mrs
Mary Stone, Mrs. Sheldon, Mrs. Malon-
ey, Mrs. Charles Bottcher, Mrs. Wal
ters and children, Mrs. Ed McDaniels
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Fran
clan and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Wright and son.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
Seniors Planning a Dance

Members of the senior class of the
Bonners Ferry high school are now
making arrangements for the annual
senior ball which will be given at the
X. P. hall on the evening of February
IA. This will be a program dance
and invitations to the event will be is.
sued by committee of which Miss
Mildred Reid is the chairman.
The hall will be prettily decorated
for this ball with the colors of the
senior class. Joe Burke is the chair.
man of the committee on decorations
Bush's four piece orchestra will fur.
nish the music of the evening.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
PoIzins Buy New Russell Engine

Theodore and Lawrence Polzin were
in Spokane Wednesday and purchased
a new Russell steam tractor which
will be used for their portable saw
mill and to operate their threshing ma
chine this fall. The new engine win
develop 13 to 25 horsepower and viii
replace a 8-16 horsepower Russell en-
gine which the Polzins have been US
ing.
The Polzin brothers have finished
their lumber saving at Fl. l.. Shiyely's
place on the Northside and will start
this week on a contract for Edison
Cave. They have work enough ahead
to keep them busy for the next two
years with their present equipment.
write for prices OF seed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
HUNTERS MAY
SHIP In ELK
COUNTY GAME ASSOCIATION Ar
MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT
TRANsACTS BUSINESS
WILL ASK FOR GAME PRESERVE
Intend To Replenish Game and Fish
In Boundary County

The members OF the Boundary
County Fish and Game Protective AS
sociation held a meeting in the /. O.
0. F. building Wednesday night that
was we'll attended and at which a great
deal of important business was taken
care of. Chief Deputy Game Warden
r. Z. Thomas, OF Kellogg, was pres
ent and advised the club members in
regard to various plans and in short
talk told of what the game department
has accomplished under the present
administration. He said that more
fish and game licenses had been sold
the past year than ever before and
that there had been more arrests and
convictions than ever before. In this
connection 1t is interesting to note that
Deputy W. III. Heathershaw has made
more arrests and secured more conr
victions than any other deputy in the
state. Last year the receipts of the
fish and game department were in all
about $4,000 while in II months of
this year the receipts amounted to ov-
er $110,00000.
The meeting Wednesday was pre-
sided over by President Joe New and
the first order of business was the
election of a secretary, Charles Woods
being chosen 1t was decided to re-
duce the monthly dues from so cents
to 70 cents and it was voted that an
oyster supper be given at the Inter-
national Hotel on Wednesday evening
January 21, to which the members
may bring their wives and lady friends.
George Causton and E. B. Stookey
were appointed on committee to-
make arrangements for this supper.
One of the most important matters
discussed was the creating of a game
preserve northwest of town to be
stocked with elk which can be shipped
from Montana or Wyoming. A. j..
Kent and w H. Heathershaw. game
warden, were appointed on commit
tee to look after the matter of Sc
curing the elk and also to see about
getting game birds with which to stock
the woods. It is proposed, if elk are
brought in here, to close the northern
part of Boundary and Bonner coun-
ties, taking in the territory west, of the
kootenai river and north of a line be-
ginning at Snow creek and running
westerly to the Washington state line
in angle to take in a part of the
Priest Lake district. Deputy Thomas
advised that the state game depart.
ment would assist in getting the elk
and would see to it that the game pre-
serve be kept clear of hunters.
George Causton and H. B. Kinnear
were named on a committee to attend
to securing fish from the state hatch
cries for the local streams. The mat
ter of planting wild rice and wild cell
cry in nearby lakes for feed for the
wild ducks and geese was approved
and the secretary was instructed to
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
Like Boundary County Apples

Mrs. Caroline w. Flood recently sent
box of apples from the orchard of O.
H. Campbell-Delicious-to relatives
in Syracuse, New York. The apples
went through in fine shape and won
the following praise from the recipi-
ents: I'VE have nothing here to COM
pare with them The Northern Spy
is considered our best eating apple
but they taste fiat in comparison. Ap-
Piles half the size of the Delicious are
selling in the stores here for five cents
each"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
Hay Burned Sunday Night

Fire, of an unknown origin, des-
troyed over forty tons of hay stored
in Frank Clapp's barn a mile or so be-
low town. Sunday night.
The hay was owned by Walter AL
drich, Bert Baden and Tom Gillard,
and was valued at about $500 per ton.
There was no insurance on either the
barn or the contents.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
EastIand Sells Ranch

Last week Martin Estlund sold his
eighty acre ranch in the Paradise VAL
ley district to Mr.. Davis, the consider
alton being $4,000.
Mr. Davis, who is now in possession,
is newcomer here from the Saslxat-
chewan country.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
sIamplre Club RIects 0nicers

The Slampire club met on Friday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Byron N.
Hawks. New officers were elected to
serve the coming year, Mrs. d. C. Nc
Donald being chosen president and
Mrs. Byron N. Hawks being elected
secretary and treasurer.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
Want Bids for New Ferry

The board of county commissioners
are in regular session this week and
yesterday was spent auditing and al
lowing bills against the county. The
board is calling for bids to be opened
on January "a, for the construction of
ferry boat which will be used at
Porthill. Plans and specifications are
on file in the office of County Clerk J.
B. Brody.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13

Rev. Farseth, of Spokane, will be
here on Thursday of this week and
will conduct services at the Lutheran
church at 1880 p. m. Everybody is
welcome to this service.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13

:, D simonds and c. w. Megquier
I've IN from Spokane Sunday with
new 1920 Overland automobiles
III u which Mr.. Megquier has the agency
- ehls county. One of the new ma
y "ines = was sold to ]. A. Worley and
~ =, =. simonds bought the other to use
porarlly. The new Overland is
nona, SaSssy looking car, equipped with a
l spring and owners claim it has
w. sonderful engine. Worley has not
b ~ mastered the intricacies OF driving
he lew ew car and yesterday, it is said
uIed II out on the sidewalks.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-01-13
AxeI johnson Crushes Foot

,,,i AAel Johnson, employed at A. G.
y = mites Camp No. 8, was brought to
@ @sne Bonners Ferry hospital Wednes-
Isay suffering with severely crushed
|.Oot which had been caught between
Iswo logs in chute. The foot was so
oadly crushed that Drs. Fry and F'auc-
|set found it necessary to amputate it
Iust above the ankle.