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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27
ORGANIZING
BOY SCOUTS
THREE TROOPS BEING PERFECT
ED TODAY BY SCOUT EXECU.
TIyE-CUB TROOP LATER
TROOP COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
Campaign To Raise S115O WIN Start
Tomorrow.

The organization Of the Boy Scout
movement in Boundary county was
perfected Tuesday night at a special
meeting of the Kootenai Valley Com
mercial Club.
Troop committees were selected as
follows: Troop No 5.J. F.. T.
Stamm, George Causton and j. A.
Jacoby Troop No. 6-J. B. Cowen.
n. W. Bliss and Frank Edmonds.
Troop No. 7-W. o. Rosebaugh, ]. r.
Wiley and o. F. Howe.
The members of these committees
met yesterday with Scout Executive
Dayton and decided upon plans for or
ganizing the troops and selecting
scout masters.
Boundary and Bonner counties are
cooperating in the Boy Scout move
ment with Scout Executive Dayton in
charge of the work in both counties.
The finance committee has prepared
budget of the estimated expenses for
a year. This budget amounts to about
$4,000 and of this sum Boundary coun-
tvs quota is $115O
A committee composed of ]. w.
Reid, j. p Mcnamara, John Hanson.
J A. Jacoby and j. F. T. Stamm, was
named to put on the drive to raise
Boundary county's portion of the bud
get and solicitation is to start tomor-
row.
lnasmuch as the Boy Scout move
ment is accomplishing great results in
all parts of the country and is a move
ment from which the boys of America
are deriving a great deal of good. it
is not believed that there will be any
trouble in raising the quota. Many
citizens have already expressed them
selves as being willing to support the
Boy Scouts in preference to all other
organizations which require financial
assistance.
After the Boy Scout troops are or
ganized Scout Executive Dayton plans
to organize a troop of Cubs, composed
OF boys too young to belong to the
Boy Scouts.
A. J. Kent has donated the use of
his building on Kootenai street to the
Boy Scouts.
Following the organization work
Tuesday night Scout Executive Day
ton gave a short talk in which he told
OF the beginning of the Scout move
ment in the United States and told
how the movement had grown until
now there are more Boy Scouts in uni
form than there are men in the u S.
army navy and marine corps, with
new troops being organized daily.
Yesterday Scout Executive Dayton
talked to the boys of the Bonners Fer
ry schools, telling them of the advan-
tages to be received by joining the
Boy Scouts. Troops are being organ
lied today and active work will be
started as soon as the troop commit
tees select scout masters. 1t is certain
that three troops will be organized and
possibly four.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27
Mcdonald Is New Commissioners

j. H. Mcdonald has been appointed
a commissioner of Drainage District
No. l to succeed A. j. Kent, who was
appointed October 21, 1920, for a term
of one year. The other commissioners
of the district are Frank Clapp and
Wyman Hoagland, who with Mr.. Kent
were appointed commissioners when
the district was first formed by Dis
trict Judge Flynn. Mr.. Kent had to
give up the work on account Of the
time it took and owing to the fact that
he is not now the owner Of land in
the district
Contractor Woldson has a crew Of
some 70 men at work on the dykes
and bitches being made to reclaim the
overflow lands of the district and
work will be rushed all through the
winter months. Two drag-line ditch
ers and steam shovel are being op-
Grated.
Wonderful progress has been made
in the work so far and there is every
reason to believe that it will be com
pleted early next spring.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27
Miss Ruth Buchanan Married

Announcements were received in
Bonners Ferry this week of the mar
rage of Miss Ruth Buchanan ard
Charles Wyngate. at Portland, Oregon,
on Monday, October IA. The couple
Will spend few weeks of their honey
moon visiting coast cities and will
make their home at Tensad, Wash /,
where the groom is the proprietor of
a garage.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Wyugate are
weiiknown in this district and have
scores of friends who wish then, mucb
happiness and prosperity. Miss Bu-
chanan taught school in Bonners Fer
ry for several years and was princinal
or the grade schools of Independant
School District No. 4, last year. Mr..
Wyngate lived here last year ana was
employed at the Schmidt Bros. logging
camp near Eileen.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27
STOCK FREE OF
TUBERCULOSIS

DR.. A. II. Mahan, federal veterinar-
ian, who has been in Boundary county
Tor three weeks testing cattle for tu-
berculosis, states that the work is
progressing nicely and that if the
farmers and county officials continue
the cooperation of the past Boundary
county will more than likely be the
first tuberculosis free district in Ida
no. Recent advices from Boise state
that man will be detailed for the
testing as long as the present cooper
alton is continued.
DIR. Mahan says that "of total of SO
lots OF cattle, comprising 355 head.
tested in the vicinity of BOnners Ferry
the past two weeks, not a single re-
actor was found
This speaks well for this locality"
continued DR. Mahan. BY a recent
ruling of the Bureau of Animal IN
dustry OF Idaho, owners who cannot
comply with the regulations do not
have to sign the cooperative agree
ment unless they have a reactor in
their herd. If a reactor is in the herd
IL becomes necessary to sign the CO.
operative agreement in order to OBJ
tain federal indemnity money. This
should enable much more thorough
work and so benefit all.
1T is expected that the showing
for the remainder of the testing will
be better numerically as the county
commissioners of Boundary county
are furnishing an auto for the use of
the Inspector When the roads be-
come impossible the inspector will
make train trips, if necessary. Own
erS can helm ont nv organfzinU II,
their neighborhoods and arranging
ahead for inspections so that no one
will be missed and the work can be
done quickly and economically. The
service is free. No signing of agree
ments is necessary unless the owner
desires an accredited herd or wishes
to obtain federal aid in case of a re-
actor. The state and federal govern
ments Will pay partial losses on in
fected stock. All reactors must be
destroyed in accordance with reguIa-
tions of the U. S. Bureau of Animal
Industry.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27
MAY EXTEND
K. Y. RAILWAY
RECENT VISIT OF G. n. RY. OFFIC-
IALS CAUSES CONSIDERABLE
SPECULATION LOCALLY
EXTEND BRANCH LINE TO NELSON
Would Mean Savings In Time and
Also Freight Rates.

"A company OF prominent officials of
the Great Northern Railway Company
visited Bonners Ferry this week and
made an inspection trip over the right
of-way of the Kootenai Valley Rail-
way from Bonners Ferry to Porthill.
No announcement of the purpose of
the visit was made but it is believed
that it has to do with a proposal to
partially reconstruct the line between
Bonners Ferry and Porthill, putting
in several new bridges 1t is generally
known that the Kootenai Valley line
is in a rundown condition and that
considerable money must be spent at
once for repairs if service is to be
maintained
The branch road has never been a
paying proposition and on one or two
occasions the Great Northern has
sought permission from the utilities
commission to discontinue the service.
The visit of the Great Northern of
ficials gives rise again to a rumor
which has been circulated persistent
ly for some time that the Great Nor
thern Railway Company is planning to
extend the Kootenai Valley Railway
49, Pi S9NliI lCl DIT GOIIQ1ll
to Nelson, B. c. 1t is claimed that if
the Kootenai Valley line is extended
an all-rail service would be put in
Railway men state that it would not
require more than 40 miles of new
right-of-way to make the connections
from the present Kootenai Valley
railway terminal at Porthill to Nelson.
In this connection it is argued that
by extending the present Kootenai
valley Railway to Nelson the railway
could be made to pay where it is now
operated at a loss as eastern ship
ments from and to the Nelson districts
routed over the Great Northern, could
be handled at lower freight rate and
saving of from 80 to SO hours in
time could be made.
If the Great Northern Railway Of
ficials are actually considering the ex-
tending of the Kootenai Valley branch
to Nelson it is more than probable that
serious thought will again be given
TO making Bonners Ferry a division
point. Several years ago the Great
Northern planned division point here
and purchased a tract of over a hun
dred acres, just east of town, for a
site for a roundhouse, yards, etc.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27
Exhibit Silver Tronhr Cnn

Mrs. G. w. Flood, county superin-
tendent of public instruction, has re-
ceived word from Mrs. c. r. Athey,
state crusade director, that the silver
cup won by the school children of
Idaho In competition will all the
school children of the United States,
in the national crusade tournament,
will be in Boundary county this week.
Mrs. Flood will try to have as many of
the children of the county see it as
possible in the short time the cup will
be here. 1t goes from Boundary coun-
ty to the joint teachers institute that
will be held in Lewiston, October a.
4.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27
ROBBERS GET
$l25 SATURDAY

Two masked men held up Perry
Wilson's camp, in the Leonia district,
Saturday night, obtaining about S125.
The robbery occurred about nine
o'clock.
The robbers entered the bunkhouse
through rear door entering into a
room partitioned off from the Sleep
ing quarters. Several men were
seated at a table playing poker and
these were ordered to stick 'em up. {"
The silver and currency laying on the
table was quickly secured and the
ROBBERS made their getaway without
molestatiOn. No attempt was made to
ROD the men in the sleeping quarters.
Shorty" flunkey. employed at the
camp, was one of the players in the
great American game" but he man
aged to save his roll" When the rob-
bers entered the door he caught sight
of the masks, swept his roll of bills
onto the floor and covered them with
his foot when he, with the rest, obeyed
the order to stand back against the
wall.
The haul made by the robbers would
probably have been larger but for the
fact that one of the players had ouit
the game some five minutes pre-
viously.
Men at the came claim they recog-
nlzed the robbers as two fellows who
had worked at the camp as sawyers
and who had not been able to make
wages in the woods at contract work.
Both these men were seen at Leonia
the day of the robbery, having come
IN from Troy on a freight. Both had
played, while working at the camp.
In the camp game and had lost small
sums OF money, one having remarked.
while cleaning up his revolver that
he would beat that game yet"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27
OWE UNCLE SAM ss4a.OoO.oO
Many Niolators OF Liquor and Drug
Laws Escape Fines.

Idaho bootleggers and manufacture
ers OF amateur stills and sellers of
narcotics are owing Uncle Sam at
present S242,000, according to the Of
lice OF the internal revenue collector
for Idaho. The government is privi-
legged to confiscate anything of market
value, from an automobile or horse to
a sewing machine or piano, to pay this
money
1T is not generally known" said
one of the deputies, that when a con-
viction is had, either state or federal.
IN case involving a violation of the
prohibition act, either the narcotic
laws or the liquor laws, that the con
Vlcted person is then subject to fed
eral fines.
For having been found guilty Of
maintaining a distillery, the culprit
must pay, on top of the fine imposed
by the court in which the case wav
filed, $4,000 tax, $1,000 special penal
ty and $100 license. If the guilty
party has simply been dispensing in
toxicating liquor, his payment will be
a $1,000 tax, $500 penalty and $25 Ii
cense.
THE trouble is" said the deputy.
that the people who are usually
found guilty of these offenses have so
little to levy upon that probably not
more than one-quarter of the money
due the government on this bill will
be collected"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27

INCORPORATE

Articles OF incorporation for the AS
soclated Democratic Clubs, were filed
at the office of the secretary of state
saturday. There is no capital stock.
inc flllng or these articles is the cul-
mlnatlon of a meeting of the demo-
cratic state central committee last
FEBRUARY when the plans for the or
ganization were formulated.
Lewis Williams, former collector Of
internal revenue for Idaho, one of the
offlcers of the association, said Satur-
day:
"A complete and thorough-going or
sanlzatlon of Woodrow Wilson demo-
Gratis, committed to a program of re-
affirmation of the principles of the di-
rect primary, pledged to stand square
ly IN favor of a platform demanding
sweeping reductions in state taxation.
and Tor candidates who are by training
and temperament qualified to give
such platform practical application.
Is the aim and object of those of rs
VINO are active in the organization of
the Associated Democratic Clubs.
The plan is not original with nv
self, but is the result of a general
feeling among the democrats of the
state that the Idaho democracy must
not remain content with taking a def
mite stand for progressive legislation.
The party must go further and perfect
an organization which will be capable
OF making it possible to write its pro-
gram upon the statute books of the
state
i may say in passing that this
movement does not spring from the
personal ambition of any individual or
group of individuals within the party
IL has the backing of the democratic
leadership in all parts of the state.
and the success or failure of the move
ment is as vital to the average tax
payer as 1t is to the members of the
party who are acting as it's sponsors.
In perfecting the organization we
propose to work in entire harmony
with the local organizations in each
county. The first club will be organ
lied In Boise, after which similar or
ganization will be perfected in all
parts of the state"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27
Observe "Better Package month";

AT the meeting of the Kootenai VAL
ley Commercial Club held Tuesday
night, A. B. Ashby, agent for the Great
Northern Railway company, announced
that the American Railway Express
Company and the Associated Rail-
ways have instituted what is to be
known as Better Package Month";" to
start November / and continuing until
December l. He stated that the OBJ
Ject OF the Better Package Month"
was to educate and interest shippers
In proper marking, packing and bill
ing OF articles for shipment and so to
reduce the amount Of losses. Mr..
Ashby stated that the movement was
nationwide and that reports would be
sent into headquarters from each town
and that an effort would be made to
have each town and community strive
Tor a perfect score during the month.
he requested that the commercial
club act as a sort of a clearing house
for the reports of local railway agents
during the month and President FRY
instructed the secretary to make prop
er returns of the reports to be given
him during November.
F. A. Shuitis made report to the
,lub of progress being made towards
the construction of the new power
plant on the Moyie river He stated
that part of the equipment had been
at a saving of some $4,000
and that while the first figures on the
cost of the proposed plant were S55.-
900 1t now seems that the plant can be
for about S35 900.
Owing to the fact that the banquet
room OF the International hotel will
be IN use next Monday night the com
merclal club meeting will he held
Tuesday evening next week.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27
Elect Red Cross Officers

The annual business meeting of the
boundary County Chapter of the
American Red Cross was held last
evening at the courthouse. A report
OF the accomplishments of the year
was made by the secretary of the
chapter, Mrs. G. G. Hopkins. This re-
port will be published in the next is
sue of the Herald.
The following officers were nomi-
mated and elected to serve for the en-
suing year and will be installed at a
meeting to be held Tuesday night. No
vember 1, at eight O'Clock at the court
house:
Chairman, T. S. Kerr.
Vice Chairman, Mrs. George r. Gray.
Secretary, Mrs. Oscar Bangs.
Treasurer, John A. Hanson.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27

the day of general farming in Idaho is
rapidly passing and in its stead, COM
mercialized and intensified production
is taking its place. The trouble with
the poultry business is generally the
lack of knowledge on the part of those
engaged in the business. To succeed
in any line of business one must know
his business. This applies today more
than any time in the past. To con-
centrate on the poultry business in the
state of Idaho affords the man Of intel
ligence and industry promising op-
portunity to acquire financial inde-
pendence."
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27
Let Tunnel Contract

The members of the city council
met last Friday night to open bids
for the construction of a 200 foot tun-
mel at the city power site on the Moyie
river The contract was let to the
Cynide Gold Mining Co., the company
agreeing to accept city bonds in pay
ment for the work.
Work on the tunnel will be started
at once and is to be completed inside
of three months.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27

Work On the new steel bridge across
tne kootenai river at Leonia is pro-
crossing nicely. and the contractors
nope TO have all the concrete piers In
this week. The bridge will be sup
ported on five concrete piers. The
steel work will be started soon.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27

The Readers Club has recently
added 20 books of fiction to the Bon
ners Ferry public library. The past
week the following volumes have been
added to the list; "The Dominion of
canada, THE Labrador Doctor"
Queen Victoria" Twenty Years at
Hull House," Mystic Isles of the
South Sea-" Main Street, and "The
Flaming Forest"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27
ATHENIAN LITERARY PROGRAM
Two High School Societies Alternate
In Giving Friday Entertainments.

interesting programs are rendered
on Friday afternoons at the auditor
ium of the high school by members of
the Athenian and Olympian literary
societies. These entertainments are
worth while attending and are open
to the patrons of the school and the
general public. Following is the pro-
gram to be rendered tomorrow after
noon by the members of the Athenian
society:
Song-"The Orange and the Black"
................... Assembly
Origin of Hallowe' en-
.................. Erma Washburn
When the Frost Is On
lhe vine ............ Phyllis Welch
Debate Resolved That Halloween
Customs Should Be Abolished"
Affirmative, Walter Twitchell; neg
ative. Allen Shultis.
Musical Skit-"M Mary.
....... Kathleen Egan and Chorus
Ghost Scene From Hamlet
............ Glen Jacoby, Jim Burke
Recitation-''Lit.le Orphan Annie.
....... .............. Roma Witwer
song America .......... Assembly
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27

Mr.. and Mrs. 0. A. Phillips plan to
leave next week for Portland and
Southern Oregon coast towns where
they will look about for new loca-
tion. They recently sold their ranch
here.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-10-27

e. w. Megquier, proprietor of the
crescent Garage, left yesterday for
Spokane to attend to business matters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-04

CONTINUED TOMORROW
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-31
WORLDS c. f. CONVENTION.
Clubs Forming Throughout Country 10
Invade New York in July.

Christian Endeavor activities in prep
aratiOn for the great convention to be
held in New York city July Gil indicate
an attendance of delegates far in ex-
cess of record breaking New York con-
vention in 1892.
The city of "bl9ness" in all things,
whether religious or secular, is the mag
net that is drawing the attention of
nationwide and world-wi Christian
Endeayor. In every section of the com-
try today there may be found New
York convention clubs planning an in
vasion of the convention city in such
magnitude that will startle even the
natives Of Manhattan. accustomed rs
they are to real big events.
Past events in the history Of Chris
tian Endeavor conventions point to the
fact that registrations outside of the
home convention city have always been
increasingly large each year. but if pres
emit indications are a criterion. then
New York 1927 will prove the banner
wear for delegates from a distance.
This, together with the thousands from
New York. will no doubt nrove the larg-
est convention in the life of a move
ment that will never die.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-31
SPEAKER PRIZES
HISTORICAL GAVEL
Will Take With Him from MOntpeliei
Gift Made from Old Constitution
House ut Windsor.

One of the treasure keepsakes which
Speaker Frederick 5. Billings will take
with him on leaving the state house at
Montpelier is gavel presented to him
for the house of representatives by Rep,,
resentativcs \. i. Clark of Readsboro and
l.. T.. Billiard of Windsor.
The gavel bears across the front side
of the head a silver plate engraved.
Franklin =. Billings, from the Vermont
House of Representatives. 1921 The
gavel is made from wood which was a
part of the old Constitution House at
Windsor. In that building the first Yer,
mont constitutional convention was held
July .. 1777, TO form n constitution toi
the new state of Vermont, when the con
stiution of Pennsylvania, then recently
amended. was presented to the convention
as a model and was adopted with few
changes.
At that time a committee of safety was
chosen to conduct affairs until the new
state government should be organized
which was done in the same building II
| March. 177S.
| Speaker Billings prizes the gavel highly
| because of the spirit which prompted it
giving and because of its historical asso
| Citations.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-31
CADETS CLOSE
SEASON TONIGHT
Opponents to BE Junior White SOx of
keene-Fast Travelling Cadets Have
Lost but One Game.

The ST Michaers Cadets will close to-
night what has proved to be a fairly
successful season, when the fast travel
ing first team plays the Junior White
SOx of Keene. The local Cadets have
recently been in the slumps. but al
though defeated by the Non-Skids Tues
day night they show that they are now
hack in form and ready TO show the fans
some real basketball.
In addition TO this big game there
will be two preliminary games, the Cadet
second team playing the high school
sophomores. The Cadet second team
has suffered only one defeat this season,
having played a remarkably clever game
at all times, and is out tonight to finish
the season with win.
The second preliminary should prove
n live wire event as this is between the
AIidgets and the Cadets fourth team.
While these youngsters are. striving to
play the game according to HOyle they
make many moves and plays that are
decidedly humorous and furnish much
amusement for the fans.
The Cadets need support Better come
up and give them lift.