Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-01-19
COMMERCIAL
CLUB SESSION
MEMBERS DISCUSS PLANS OF AS
SISTING THE PRODUCERS OF
BOUNDARY COUNTY
HOME MARKET FOR ALL PRODUCE
w. Il. James Says Feed Mill Would
Help Keep Money at Home.

An enthusiastic and largely attended
meeting of the Kootenai Valley Com
mercial club was held Monday night at
the international hotel banquet rooms.
Plans for the annual meeting of the
club on February IA and for the Boy
Scout father and son" banquet were
discussed.
Attention was called to the invita-
tion of the Northwest Mining Congress
to attend the annual meeting to be
held in Spokane February IA to IS.
1t was decided that there was not
enough time in which to prepare an
exhibit for the convention but the
mining committee of the commercial
club, A. j. Kent chairman, was en-
powered to arrange for representatives
of the club to attend the sessions.
Speaking of county road matters,
County Auditor j. B. Brody stated that
he had talked over the telephone that
day with Forest Supervisor Fitzwater,
of the Pend d'0reille National Forest,
and that Mr.. Fitzwater was highly
gratified to know that the county
planned to improve the Moyie river
road. Mr.. Fitzwater thought it pos
sible that the county might secure
$4,000 to $4,000 from the federal gov
ernment road appropriations and
agreed to make endeavors to secure
as large an appropriation as possible
Mr. Brody also stated that O. II.
Barber, state commissioner of immi-
grafton, has requested photographs of
farm lands and points of interest in
Boundary county, planning to use
these photographs in the near future
while in eastern states to interest
homeseekers in coming to Idaho. Mr.
Brody sent photos of SO scenes and
will send more as they are available.
j. Bert Cowen, cashier of the First
State Bank, told of recent trip to
coast points, saying that the business
men of coast points were optimistic
over business prospects for 1922; that
lumber mills which have been shut
down for many months have resumed
operations with three shifts and that
all are looking forward to good times
Rev. Geo. Fowler, who leaves Janu-
airy 80, for his former home at Nampa,
after serving as pastor OF the Union
church here for year. told of his ap-
probation of the courtesies accorded
him by the commercial club and that
he would be glad to boost for this dis
trict in his new home where he would
probably be in position to assist in
the marketing of Boundary county pro-
duce in the shape of seed potatoes.
A unanimous vote of thanks was ex-
tended to Rev. Fowler for the interest
he has displayed in the work of the
commercial club and the services he
rendered during his residence here.
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the need in Boundary county of some
enterprise to handle local produce and
prepare it for the market He said
that there was a sufficient demand
for everything that could be raised in
4 Boundary county in the home market
1 if this produce was put up in the prop
er manner and if proper storage fa-
cilities were provided. He emphasized
the need of feed mill in the county,
saying that many producers were ship
ping whole oats out to the mills and
these same mills were furnishing the
local markets with rolled oats and in
this transaction the buyers who in
sisted upon rolled oats were paying
the railway companies freight on two
! hauls.
Mr.. James stated that the producers
must pay more attention to standard
ization if they are to keep a market
for their products and in this he was
i seconded by Harley Cave, who is pres.
ident of the Bonner-Boundary County
! Farmers Union. Mr.. Cave stated that
the farmers are rapidly coming to a
realization Of the need of atandardiza
tion and cooperation. He told of ar
order for Is carloads Of seed potatoes
which would have been forwarded t.
, this district had the producers beer
able to meet the requirements. Mr.
Cave also took up the subject of feet
and flour mill and stated that it would
be an easy matter to get such a mil
here if the producers and business