Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-12-07
COMMERCIAL
CLUB MEETS
MEMBERS DISCUSS PROPOSED
REDUCTION OF POWER RATES
IN B0NNERS FERRY
NEW ROAD SIGNS ARE RECEIVED
Delegates To Attend the North Idaho
Chamber OF Commerce Meeting.

members OF the hOOIendl valley COM
mercial club and the first meeting
was held there Monday evening, Pres
ident C. w. King presiding. Nearly
everyone present had been visitor az
the Moyie power plant the past week
and the longest discussion of the eve
ming was over the possibilities for
increased light and power and the
future policy of the city in making
rates 10 consumers. Practically every
one present was in favor of holding
power and light rates up, rather than
whatever profit was made from the
city's power plant would tighten the
general tax burden. DR.. z. E. Fry,
chaiGHaan 81. the town board of trus-
tees, was present and stated that the
plant, if the rates were kept where a
reasonable profit could be made,
should pay for itself in ten years.
b. Brody, chairman OF the clubs
good roads committee, announced that
he had ordered and received "a road
signs TO be posted at crossroads in the
county for the guidance of tourists.
The signs are of baked enamel and
should, according to Mr.. Brody, last
for 20 years if taken care of.
Several members spoke of the re-
ported destruction of road signs in the
county, which brought immediate ac-
tion from the club members in the
form OF a motion authorizing a $50
reward for information leading to the
arrest and conviction of anyone de-
stroying or defacing the new signs.
The county will be asked to meet this
amount, making total reward of $100
for the apprehension of anyone dis
turbing any road sign in the county.
Deputy Game Warden VIM Heather
shaw reported that at the recent meet
ing of sportsmen resolutions had been
adopted favoring a change in the deer
season to November instead of 0cto-
ber, as at present No change was sug-
gested for the bird law, nor for the
fishing laws, except that the north
Idaho sportsmen favor license ex-
emption for women and a S1.00 day
tourist license such as the British
Columbia law
A communication was read from
Immigration Commissioner G IT, Bar
hour regarding the Wisconsin land
law, recently adopted in that state to
encourage and aid settlers on logged
over land. The new law will he in
vestigated by the club
County Agent Alexander said that
he had investigated the stump burner
which was under discussion at the
club meetings some time ago an 4
found the burner very efficient on
stumps two feet or more in diameter.
but too expensive to operate on the
smaller ones He reported that one
unit of the burner cost 500 He said
he favored the use of blasting powder
on the smaller stumps as the most &c
onomical and quickest method.
Roy Voshmik, as chairman OF a
special committee appointed to investi-
gate the Kiwanis club with view 20
organizing a Kiwanis club here. re-
ported that from all information he
could gather the aims and purposes
of the club were the same AS that
now fostered by the commercial club.
He recommended that no effort be
made at present to form Kiwanis
club. His report was accepted and
the committee ordered discharged.
There was no opposition 10 the XII
wanians ampng the club members, but
the opinion seems to prevail that one
civic organization of the nature of
the present club is abou all the city
can at present support.
The matter of sendins a delegation
from the club to the meeting of the
North Idaho Chamber of Commerce to
be held at Lewiston Dec. 11-12 was
brought up, and while it was impos-
sible for the president to find anyone
who would promise to go, it is eX-
pected that several members of the
club will make arrangements to at
tend.
e. Northug made report of the
success of visitors day at the new
municipal power plant on the Moyie
river, last Thursday. He stated that
all citizens of Bonners Ferry should
be and are proud of the new plant
and that all credit should be given the
town council and Mr.. Hughes for the
work they have done in planning and
carrying out the construction of the
plant
Mr.. Northug also spoke of the bene-
fit the commercial club is to the COM
munity and suggested that all mem
hers see to it that newcomers and
strangers be invited to attend the
weekly Monday night meetings. cit
would be good thing for all citizens
to attend these commercial. club meet
ings," said Mr.. Northug. "for a per-
son can learn more of what is going
on in the county and city at one of
these meetings than he could find out
any other way and ne has an oppor-
tunity to express his opinions and
help put over plans for the welfare of
the entire county"
The secretary wa authorized TO
purchase 200 Christmas seals for the
club.
Tho club will meet next Monday
evening at o'clock at the Grill.