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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-02
InVents Mower Attachment

Fred G. Chambers, of Copeland, was
in the city several days this week pre-
pairing final papers in connection with
a patent he is securing for an auto
mower attachment.
Mr.. Chambers states that the ma
chine for which he is securing a pat
ent will cut swath from five and a
half to "a feet wide and that a tract
from so to 100 acres may be cut in
l6 hour shift. The mower may be
attached to any auto, truck or tractor
and the cost will be lower than that
OF any standard make of moving ma
chimes. He claims that it will cut any
place That an ordinary mower will
work. The complete attachment has
three cutting blades. Any one, two or
all three blades can be operated at the
same time by means of foot levers.
The mower is quite simple in con-
struction and has only 81 parts.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-02

DR.. King had expressed himself as
being anxious to do something for the
Kootenai project.
Guy Constable, of Creston, spoke on
reclamation matters, saying that he
believed great strides had been made
in the past few years in reclamation
plans and that success would be real
lied by continued cooperation. He
commented upon the vast increase of
agricultural products which would be
insured by the drainage of the bottom
lands OF the Kootenai valley.
The main address of the evening
was made by w. j. Hindley, educa-
tional director for the Washington
State Retailers Association. Mr.. Hind
ley said that present business condi-
tions had been brought about largely
by lack of confidence in the busi-
ness system of the country. He en-
phasized the need of cooperation be-
tween the business man and the farm
er and told of the efforts being made
by the government at this time to
finance the agricultural interests and
put the farmers in position to make
money.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-02
MRS.C.W.FLOOD
is H0NORED

AS recently announced in these col
umns, Mrs. Caroline w. Flood, county
superintendent of schools, was one of
the two candidates nominated for the
office of president OF the Idaho State
Teachers Association, the other cfn-
didate being Miss Dora Davis, assist
ant superintendent of city chools of
Boise The election was conducted
through ballots printed in the Idaho
Teacher, the official organ of the as
sociation and through it distributed
to the four thousand teachers of the
state. The election closed February
25th. Yesterday Mrs. Flood received
the following telegram: "Congratu-
lations on your election as president
of association" Signed by the Misses
Redfield Plummer and Martin, these
being respectively state superintend-
ent, certification clerk and assistant
state superintendent. This indicates
that the honor of the presidency of
the association has fallen to north
Idaho and certainly speaks much for
the efficiency and popularity of our
county superintendent. The present
incumbent Of the office is Charles
Frazier, president of the Idaho Tech
nical Institute, at Pocatello.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-02
CUTTING DOWN LAND OFFICES
House Passes Bill Which VIII Make
Big Saving by Reductions.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-(SpeciaD
Friday the house passed the inter
ior department appropriation which
for several days has been under gen
eral debate
Representative Burton l.. French is
the ranking member of the committee
on appropriations that reported the
bill and so to him fell much of the
responsibility in plotting the measure.
One of the features of the bill that
has attracted much attention is that
which has to do with the general land
OFFICES in the western states.
The law provides that whenever the
land within a public land office dis
trict is diminished to less than 1OO.-
600 acres, the land office shall be
abolished. 1t also provides that when
ever the expense of maintaining a
land office shall exceed one-third of
the revenues of the office, the land
office may be abolished in the discre-
ton of the department.
AS result "A receivers and Is regis
ters will be abolished, and by the end
OF the present fiscal year, June 30.
II the bill shall pass the senate in the
form that it passed the house the net
saving to the government of this
course Will be more than $12S,SOO dur
ing the coming year.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-02

Indians defeated Custer and his troops
In the Big Horn battle in Montana.
Mr.. Fry and family moved from their
nome for the summer, on account of
the danger of being murdered by the
indians in that locality. In the fall
OF the same year they returned and
continued their residence until last
June, when Mrs. Fry died, following
married life of 81 years.
Mr.. Fry found the country to be
fine country for fur-bearing animals
and did big business for many years.
His three sons still reside in that
part of Idaho.
Mr., Fry, in speaking of his expert
ence in Oregon, said he had visited
the cemetery here and found tomb
stones marking the names of most of
those he had known in his young DAYS
while living near Albany. He pictured
the Willamette valley as a wonderful
place in pioneer days, in many re-
spects.
Wild foul were numerous and there
was nobody to kill them or to keen
them from destroying the small acre
age OF grain that was planted. Dur
ing the first winter the Fry family
lived on the homestead at the present
Fry station, he said, bear were numer-
Gus along Oak creek and they killed
more than so hogs that winter in his
neighborhood. They also killed
number of deer The hogs were wild
and had drifted away from some of the
settlers.
"The Indians who meandered back
and forth along the trail from Knox
Butte south were daily callers at the
Fry home, travelling In punches OF 25
or 80 down to a smaller number.
Speaking Of elk, Mr.. Fry said this
country was never stocked with that
type of game, but in the Coast noun
tains they were plentiful when he was
boy here, and many were killed for
their hides. Mr.. Fry. old in years, is
young in body and spirit and will leave
Albany In a few days for San Jose,
California, to spend several weeks
visiting relatives and friends"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-02
DISTRICT COURT SUITS FILED
Two Actions for Divorce Teacher
Asks Damages ON Contract

Several new cases have been filed
in the district court the past few
days, two being divorce cases. Dora
Jones has started an action for di-
vorce against Loran ]. Jones, in which
she asks for $50 month alimony, the
custody of a child nine months old and
the restoration of her former name.
The couple were married in Bonners
Ferry on September 20, 1920. Deser-
ton is alleged as grounds for divorce.
). r.. Henry is attorney for the
plaintiff.
James A. Garten is plaintiff in a
suit for divorce from Mary M. Garten
and is represented by Attorney Il. M.
Flood. Desertion is alleged as grounds
Tor divorce. The couple were married
at Hinton, w. Va, in May, 1894.
Mrs. J. ID. DeGraw has filed suit
against School District No. 23, Port.
hill, on account of the cancellation of
her contract as teacher of the school
of the district. She alleges $3.50 due
her en- account of the cancelled con-
tract and claims the action of the
school trustees has resulted in dam
age to her reputation as a school
teacher and she asks $1,000 balm for
her damaged reputation. Myrvin
Davis, of Standpoint, is attorney for
Mrs. DeGraw
Ada Dalton has instituted foreclos-
use proceedings in district court to
collect on two promissory notes, each
in the sum of 5000 given May 8, 1921,
by Fred A. Gertz. Donavan & Grant.
of Spokane, and o. O. Wilson, of Bon,
ners Ferry, are attorneys for the
plaintiff.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-02
YOUTHFUL ''HELLO' GIRL SPEAKS
AT COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING

One of the features of the annual
meeting of the Kootenai Valley Com
mercial Club held Monday night at the
/. o. o. F. hall was the 20 minute talk
given by Miss Beulah Brown, a six
teen year old telephone operator of
st. Maries, in which she told of the
troubles the hello girls" have to con-
tend with daily in their dealings with
the public.
Miss Brown is graduate of the St
Maries high school. She has had no
special training as a public speaker
but possesses charming personality,
a most winsome smile and away of
getting right down to business that is
captivating. She has talked before
the Spokane Ad Club, the Spokane
Chamber of Commerce and before
commercial club gatherings at Wal
lace and Standpoint and in the few
weeks that she has been appearing
before public gatherings she has at
tracted so much attention that the
American and Sunset magazines are
preparing articles featuring the work
she is doing towards educating tele-
phone patrons in the interest of bet
ter service.
7IC NOlupd GU IlAt lcltpuOlc
with the business life of the commu-
nifty fixing 800 as the estimated num-
Der of people waited upon each day
in Bonners Ferry stores and showing
how the patrons of the mercantile es-
adjustments awaited their turn at the
counter, yet expected instant service
from the telephone exchange where,
she said, 300 calls were often ham
died In an hour. She then took up
the matter of calling subscribers by
number. saying operators were taught
to receive and handle calls that way
and not by names. and scoring those
patrons of the telephone who persist
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-02
M. M. FRY VISITS OLD HOME
in WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON

NJ. M. Fry recently went to the
Oregon coast to spend few weeks
visiting with relatives and pioneer
friends. He spent an enjoyable time
at Albany, Greg, and the account of
his visit and some early history in
which Mr.. Fry figured is contained in
the following article published in the
Albany, Greg, newspaper in a recent
issue:
Martin M. Fry, son of Olney Fry,
who came to Oregon in 1849 and took
up donation land claim where Fry
station is now located, and the last Of
family of II children, who has made
his home at Bonners Ferry, Idaho,
for the last 46 years, was taking in
the scenes of Albany, his boyhood
village, yesterday afternoon. He was
accompanied by George Payne, whom
he had not seen before in 55 years.
"Mr. Payne is son of Martin Payne,
who also took up a claim near Fry
station in 1851.
"Mr. Fry and Mr.. Payne are now
enjoying the evening of life's day
They were boys together when Albany
was a village and the Willamette val
ley a paradise for game, which in
SAuhCu 6GSbt anu uuChbS QttIy COyOItb
and bear in countless numbers, and a
shiftless population of Indians who
migrated north and south through the
valley following the Indian trail that
led from Knox Butte south near the
home of the Fry family, at what was
then known as Oak Grove, and after
which Oak creek derives its name.
"Mr. Fry enjoys the distinction of
being the pioneer OF pioneers of Ore
gon and Idaho. In 1876 with his fam
lily he moved to Bonners Ferry in the
mountain and isolated districts of
Idaho and entered into the fur-trading
business, which he featured for 40
years. At the time of his locating, his
nearest neighbors were the people of
Spokane. more than $50 miles away
Here he and his wife and three sons
lived for nine years before they had
any nearer neighbors.
I'm the summer of 1876 when the
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-02
CENSUS STATISTICS GIVE DATAOF
OCCUPATIONS OF IDAHO CITIZENS

The department of commerce
through the bureau of census, has is
sued a statement presenting the re-
suits of further analysis of the oc-
cupation statistics for Idaho. The tot
al population of Idaho in 1920, 431, ,S66
included 135,950 males and 1869 fe-
males 10 years of age and over who
were reported as gainfully occupied
that is, working for salaries, wages,
profits or other form of pecuniary
compensation or it's equivalent
Of the males gainfully occupied, Al
3S1, or 30.4 per cent, were farmers
and stock raisers and 21,427, or 15.9
per cent, were farm laborers (either
working out or on the home farms, and
including stock herders, drovers and
feeders.) The number of farmers rep
resents an increase Of 3S.S per cent
as compared with 29,S24 in 1910, but
the farm laborers show a decrease
of z per cent from 21,781 in 1910. The
number of females gainfully occupied
included 937 farmers and stock rails
ers, as compared with 895 in 1870 and
23O farm laborers, as against 551 in
1910. The decrease in the number of
farm laborers of both sexes was due
in large part to the change in the
census date from April Is in 1910 to
January l in 1920.
The remaining occupational classes
for each of which at least 1900 persons
of both sexes were reported in 1920,
stated in the order of their numerical
importance, are as follows: Lumber
men, raftsmen and woodchoppers,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-02

emily refused to consult their direct
ories and tried to call by name. When
operators are working at a rate of $50
calls per hour, as they often do, she
said, calls given by name often held
up waiting patrons and delayed the
service.
Miss Brown scored those who call
by numbers-wrong numbers at which
they guess-and then blame the op-
orators for delays, as we'll as those
who remove the transmitter and then
carry on a conversation in the office
after their number is asked She
then demonstrated the futility of beat
ing the receiver against the instru-
ment in attempts to "hear better"
and showed by the phonetic similarity
of many numbers, how numbers often
confuse calls over the telephone.
Who waits upon as many customers
day as the operator" she asked,
and never makes mistake"
Foolish questions, she maintained,
were asked operators in almost un-
believable numbers, citing several in
stances chief among which was that
OF lady who wanted to know who
drove a bakery wagon drawn by a
gray horse named Club" She then
cited instances OF operators aiding
subscribers in emergency cases.
Among other things, she claimed the
telephone girl was grossly misrepre-
sented, mainly by writers of fiction
who sketched her as a gum-chewing.
chattering young lady who gossiped
with bell-hops and exchanged conf
dences with strangers, took candy
from travelling men and theatre tickets
from anyone. She scored men who
swore at the operators and explained
that short, curt phrases used in the
exchanges were not meant to "snub"
subscribers but to hasten service.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-02

5126 males and one female; retail
dealers, 465S males and 159 females /:
servants and walters, 1870 males and
2469 females; statesmen and sales
women, 1886 males and 1899 females /:
school teachers, GIL males and 3133
females; carpenters, 1861, all males /;
general laborers, laborers employed
on buildings and laborers for whom
the line of work was not specified,
1901 males and 80 females; lead and
zinc operatives, 230S, all males; book
keepers, of work was not specified,
3201 males and 9S5 females: laborers
on steam railroads 1922 males and -
females; laborers in sawmills and
planning mills, 1902 males and 32 fe-
males; clerks, except in stores, 1928
males and 433 females; gold and silver
mine operatives, 1881 males and one
female; dairymen, teamsters and ex-
pressmen, 1912 males and four fe-
males
The numbers engaged in certain i'm
portant professions were as follows
Lawyers, judges and justices, CAT men
and six women; physicians and sur
geons, 453 men and 81 women; clergy
men, 440 men and 10 women; trained
nurses, IL men and Ats women.
Pronounced increases for females
are shown for the following occupa-
tional classes: School teachers, from
1900 in 1910 to 3133 in 1920; stenog-
raphers and tvpewriters, from 511 to
1857; saleswomen, from 545 to 1899:
bookkeepers, cashiers and account
ants, from 346 to 9S5.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-02
MANY ATTEND
CLUB MEETING
LARGE CROWD HEARS INTEREST
ING TALKS AT ANNUAL MEET
ING OF COMMERCIAL CLUB
new DIRECTORS ARE ELECTED
Representatives Attend From 0rgani-
zations of Neighboring Towns.

The second annual meeting of the
Kooterai Valley Commercial Club was
held at the l. o. o. F. hall Monday
night, over a hundred members and
citizens interested in the work of the
organization attending. Several of the
neighboring towns were represented
at the meeting, Messrs. Hagie and
Farmin attending from the Standpoint
Chamber of Commerce, Alan De Wolf
being a delegate from the Cranbrook
Board of Trade and Guy Constable
being a delegate from the Creston
Board of Trade. Delegations from
Porthill and Copeland were also pres
ent.
The meeting was a most enthusias-
tic one, the remarks of the several
speakers were appropriate and were
enlivened with apt stories and when
the gathering was dismissed there was
a general feeling that the evening
had been spent in a profitable man
ner. The gathering joined enthus-
iastically, at the suggestion of e. M.
Flood, in extending a vote of thanks
to the retiring officers of the Koo-
tenai Valley commercial club for their
faithful and efficient services of the
past two years.
The supper was served by w. w.
Ferbrache and the repast consisted of
roast beef, mashed potatoes, salad,
bread and butter, hot rolls, baked
macal oni and cheese, and pie.
President e. e. Fry presided Dur
ing the meal a number of selections
were rendered by the Bush orchestra
and during the evening community
singing was lead by James c. Bush.
A number ON the program of the
evening that was we'll received was
two selections rendered by a male
quartette composed of Messrs. Hawks,
Bush Kannikeberg and King. The
address of welcome was made by
2. M. Flood. President Fry told brief
ly of the work which the club had
undertaken and accomplished the past
year and mentioned number of ac-
tivities which should be taken up the
coming year A more detailed report
of the activities of the club for the
year was given in the annual report of
Secretary d. M. Palmer and this was
supplemented by financial statement
of Treasurer ]. w. Reid in which it
was shown that receipts amounted to
over $1,000 of which some $1,000 had
been expended.
The board of directors who will
serve during 1922 were elected in ac-
cordance with the report of the nomi-
mating committee as follows: w. T.
James, A. H. White, c. w. King, o. F.
Howe, Charles Ragland, D. c. Nc
Donald and George r. Causton.
Short talks were made by Charles
O'Callaghan, T. S. Kerr, Miss Brown,
representing the Interstate Utilities
company, and F. o. Hagie, secretary
of the Standpoint chamber of COM
merce.
Alan De Wolf, of Cranbrook, said
that he believed that the time was
now ripe to interest the Canadian
government in the Kootenai Flats rec
lamation project inasmuch as new Of
ficials had been recently elected who
were in sympathy with reclamation
plans. He stated that Dr. King, of
Cranbrook had been offered the minis
ter of public works portfolio and that
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-02

CLUB OFFICERS

The new board of directors of the
Kootenai Valley commercial club
elected at the annual meeting Mon.
day. night to serve the ensuing year
met Tuesday night and organized, c
w. King, being elected president; d
G. Mcdonald, vice president; A. H
White, treasurer and A NJ Palmer
secretary.
Chairmen of the permanent commit
tees of the commercial club were
named at the Tuesday meeting as fol-
lows: Agricultural committee, w. T
James; mining committee, George r
Caustcn; membership committee
Charles Ragland publicity committee
ID. c. Mcdonald; good roads commit
tee, j. B. Brody; industrial and drain
age committee, A. j. Kent; finance
committee, o. F. Howe; entertain
ment committee, d. NJ Palmer. The
chairmen will select those who will
be asked to serve on the various COM
mittees during the year.
The finance committee will be COM
posed of the members of the board
of directors and it is planned to raise
at least $4,000 this year for CONNER
cial club work.
An active membership campaign will
be started at once and it will be the
aim of the new board of directors to
secure at least $50 commercial club
members within the next few weeks.
The new directors of the CONNER
cial club realize that the retiring di-
rectors have set an example in the
past two years that will be hard to
measure up to but have entered upon
their duties with a vim and enthu-
siasm that augurs we'll for the success
of the organization in the year 1922.
In addition to the regular activities
that are necessary in commercial club
organizations a number of special
problems await solution by the Koo-
tenai Valley club the coming year
These include the securing of a fed
eral building for Bonners Ferry; re
establishment of an immigration Off
Ger in Bonners Ferry; construction of
a swimming pool and ice skating rink
cold storage plant for farm products
pulp and paper mill; box factory
Standardization of farm products; city
beautiful campaign and a good roads
program that will bring about the con-
struction of hard-surfaced roads from
Bonners Ferry to Porthill and from
Bonners Ferry to Eastport.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-02
REPORT OF new
ROADS BUILT
STATE DIRECTOR OF HIGHWAYS
SAYS 517 MILES OF HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTED IN 1921
AVERAGE MILE COST WAS SIS sos
Over S3,000,000 Spent In Idaho Last
Year for New Roads.

ldaho's state highway department
built 516.7 miles of new roads in 1921
at a contract cost estimated at ap-
proXimately three million dollars. il
vas recently announced at the Boise
oftlce OF ID. p. Olsen, state director
or highways. The department paid
out during the year $406S,000 but the
estimated contract cost of the new
work Is placed at about three million.
In report to w. j. Hall, state COM
missioner of public works, listing the
various highways and the number of
miles of each built, Mr.. Olson points
out that due to the inability of the
state to dispose of It's two million dol
lar highway bond issue some worn
was let in 1921 which was not COM
pleted in that year. Road mileage ag-
gregating 424 miles was let TO con-
tractors under this condition. the di-
rector says.
In addition to the more than 900
miles of highway constructed several
large bridges and many small ones
were built on the various highways of
the state Four bridges totaling in
length 2520 feet were built over the
Snake river and one 70-foot spau
foot river. Many other bridges rang
ing in span from 30 to 60 feet were
also built during 1921.
Maintenance in the state was car
ried on during 1921 at cost of ap-
proximately one hundred eighty-seven
thousand dollars. The mileage of
highways maintained was 1882 and the
cost per mile was about $16.
The cost per mile of new highways
constructed, based on the three mil
hon dollar estimate, was about $56O5.
or the 516.7 miles of new roads con
structed 31.5 miles was of paving eth
er concrete or bitulithic. This work
was let to contractors for approxi-
mately $4,000 a mile.
Following is a list of the designated
state highways in the state showing
the mileage built on each during 1921.