Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1921-05-19
EXHIBIT FOR
SPOKANE FAIR
C. w. III. HEIDEMAN MAKES PRO.
P0SAL TO TAKE BOUNDARY
PRODUCTS TO SPOKANE
NORTH IDAHO CLUBS WILL MEET
Local Boosters VIII Attend Sessions
at COenr d'Alene.

A well attended and interesting
meeting of the Kootenai Valley Com
mercial Club was held at the Inter-
national hotel banquet rooms Monday
night and considerable important busi-
ness was transacted.
A communication from C. w. H.
Heideman was read in which he stated
that the Spokane Interstate Fair as
sociation has written the Boundary
County Farm Bureau asking that ex-
hibits be sent from this county to the
Spokane fair to be held September 5 to
TO- Mr.. Heideman wrote that the
Farm Bureau would not be able to
stand all of the expense incident upon
gathering together an exhibit and TAX
ing it to Spokane and he suggested that
the commercial club assist financially
Mr.. Reideman proposed that he would
get together an exhibit of grains and
grasses, seeds, fruit, etc. box and ship
the exhibit and arrange it at the Spo-
kane fair if the commercial club was
willing to assist in the expense to the
extent of $100 and allow a bonus on
all first prizes secured. He wrote
that he would be willing to turn over
to the commercial club, after the fair,
all the exhibits, which could be used
in the club rooms and in the display
cases which it is planned to put up at
the Great Northern and Spokane In
ternational railway depots. The club
members seemed to favor the Heide-
man proposal and upon motion it was
decided to leave the final disposition
of the matter in the hands of the agri-
Of -r.I1i a1, A
Shultis is the chairman.
Mr. Shultis announced that A. w
Tracey, secretary of the Theodore
Roosevelt National Highway, with
headquarters at Duluth, Mimi, is MAX
ing a tour of western cities on the
route of the Roosevelt highway and
that it is possible Mr.. Tracey will come
to Bonners Ferry for the purpose of
completing a state organization of the
Roosevelt National highway.
A communication from the Chamber
of Commerce of Helena, Mont, asking
that the local club petition congress
for the immediate passage of the Nc
Fadden bill, a measure proposing to
encourage the gold mining industry
was laid on the table.
A communication was read from
Geo. F. Weeks, president of the North
Idaho Chamber of Commerce, in which
Mr. Weeks announced that two day
session of the organization would be
held in Coeur d'Alene on June / and
2, and asking that Bonners Ferry be
represented with large delegation
1t is probable that several auto loads
OF local boosters will attend the Coeur
mi ho n
meeting of the North Idaho Press As
sociation also on June 2, at Occur d.
Alene, according to announcement
made recently by George r. Barker
president.
A petition to the Spokane, Portland
and Seattle Railway Co., asking for
the resumption of service of the G. n
Steamship Co., between San Francisco
and Portland. Ore, was presented and
signed by commercial club members
Monday night when d. G. Mcdonald
suggested that promotion of boat SER
vice from coast to coast points might
result in increased competition be-
tween waterways and railway lines
and thereby bring about lower freight
rates.
l.. ~ Brown made a report of the
work done on Wednesday preceding at
the county fair grounds and suggested
that another half day be devoted to the
finishing of the ball diamond. tourist
park and picnic grounds ]. w. Reid
suggested that the stores all close
during the forenoon instead of the af-
ternOon. 1t was finally decided to ask
all citizens to come to the park on the
afternoon of Decoration Day, with
axes, shovels, rakes, hammers, etc.
with which to complete the work so
well done on May IL.
Supervising Engineer Holt, of Yak
mia. district engineer for the federal
reclamation service, and G. E. Moore
of Spokane, were out-of-town guests at
the club meeting and both were called
upon for short talks.