Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13
TELLS OF TRIP
TO EUROPE
A. kL0CkMANN GIVES INTEREST
ING TALK AT COMMERCIAL
CLUB MEETING MONDAY
TOLL RATE HEARING IN JUNE
Meeting OF North Idaho Chamber of
Commerce June 50.

A most interesting meeting of the
Kootenai Valley Comercial Club was
held Monday night A. Hickman,
president and general manager of
the Idaho-Continental Mining Co.,
OF Klockmann, Idaho, telling of his OBJ
servations in France and Germany
during a recent three months So
journ in Europe. His talk followed
the regular business session of the
club,
Mr.. Kleckmann told of the laxity
of French authorities in regard to
sanitation and of the lack of modesty
Of the women in the larger cities
who furnish amusement for the pop
ulace in the first-class theatres, con-
trasting conditions as he saw them in
large European cities with customs
and regulations of the United States.
He gave most interesting sketch of
the changed conditions in Germany
and said that the German people to-
day are as loyal to the new liberal
government as they had been to the
monarchy system and that only a
small percentage of the Germans
were in sympathy with the former
government.
Mr.. Hickman investigated indus
trial conditions thoroughly while in
Germany The government there as
sumes the responsibility of seeing to it
that no one lacks for work and if
there is no work to be had, certain
sum of money is given each week to
the heads of families without work.
with which to buy food The govern
ment also elect officials to see to it
fhaf nf t. - ~.
best possible use Mr.. Klockmann
economy and judicious management
would Germany be able to ray war
reparations but that when the war
debts were finally paid Germany as
nation would be in position to
lead in commercial activities of the
world
j. Bert Cowen. who represented
Boundary County at the Couer
d'Alene telephone toll rate meeting
held 'ast Thursday, gave detailed re-
port. He said that hearing before
the state utilities commission would
not be had until some time in June.
This hearing is for the purpose of
securing a reduction of the toll rates
of the Interstate Utilities Co. At the
Couer d'Alene meeting an organiza-
tion was effected for the purpose of
securing data 20 be presented to the
state utilities commission to be held
soon.
! A letter was read from George F.
| Weeks, of Coeur d'Alene, secretary of
the North Idaho Chamber of Com
merce, in which he wrote that the
semi-annual meeting of the organiza-
tion would be held in Wallace, June
Sth and 9Th; that the Wallace Board
OF Trade was making plans for the
entertainment of delegates which
would include trip to the larger
mines of the district and a banquet.
AS part of the program a paper is to
be read by representative of each
county of North Idaho, on the re-
sources of the county. These papers
are to be published in book form.
On motion committe of three was
appointed by President King ia
secure the data and prepare the paper
asked by Mr.. Weeks, the members OF
the committee being E. L. Squirting, t
S. Kerr and A. j. Kent.
Mayor K. e. Fry suggested that a
permanent committee be named tc
have in charge civic improvement
work and to cooperate with the Civic
League of Bonners Ferry in efforts tc
cleanup, paint-up and beautify the
city On motion the president was
empowered to rpme a chairman of the
} proposed committee, the chairman tc
select four club members to serve
with him during the coming year. E
NJ. Flood has been named the chair.
man of this committee.
letter was read from Congress.
man French in which he wrote that
he had had the matter of a federal
building for Bonners Ferry up with
both the Department of Labor and the
Treasury and he'd been advised that il
would not be practical to consolidate
the activities OF the customs and i'm.
migration offices at Bonners Ferry.