Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-07-13
COMMERCIAL
CLUB MEETS
MEMBERS FAVOR A PLAN TO or,
THE STREETS OF BONNERS
FERRY.
REPORT OF FOURTH COMMITTEE
Boy Scout Movement Needse support
OF All Citizens.

a plan to oil the streets of Bonners
Ferry was thoroughly discussed at the
meeting of the Kootenai Valley Com
mercial Club on Monday night and the
club endorsed street oiling, providing
some equitable means of financing the
plan could be devised
lhe plan was first proposed by l.. N
Brown who stated that the merchants
and homes of the city were suffering
from damage done by dust: that
street oiling had proven successful
In other towns of the state and that
1t would only cost about $14OO.
Arthur Velguth, who is now work.
ing on street oiling contract at 81.
Maries, Idaho, was present and told
OF the advantages of street oiling. He
SAID that the oiling of dirt roads kent
them smooth, prevented the dirt from
Deing swept away by winds into the
stores and houses and killed off the
weeds at the sides of the road where
the oil is sprinkled He stated that
the sprinkling could be done in Bon
ners Ferry for about 8 cents a square
yard that he could start the work i'm
medlately and that he would put up a
pohd guarantee that the oil would
keep down the dust for at least one
year.
Charles Ragland, l.. n. Brown and
otners told of the success of street
olling in other towns. At St Maries
the oiling has proven so successfuI
that the city officials have about
doubled the size of the section first
laid out for oil sprinkling. At Snirit
Lake the first street oiling was done
in 1918 and is being renewed This
year. In telephone message Monday
a Spirit Lake banker advised local
people that the oiling of the dirt roads
IN that section had been successful
Mr. Velguth stated that best results
were obtained from oiling once a wear
LOT three years. After three years
olilng the ground could not be made
to absorb any more oil.
Members of h e commercial club
were unanimous in the opinion that IL
sIreet oillng was to be tried out in
Bonners Ferry the money for the pur-
pose should be raised by the levying
OF an assessment in a special i'm
proyement district.
tuesday night the members of the
town council decided that il was too
iate this year to attempt street oil
ing. 1t is possible that the pIan will
be tried out next Spring if it seems
that the majority of the citizens want
oiled streets.
l.. n. Brown, chairman of the
Fourth of July finance committee re-
ported that after paying all prize
money and expenses for the Fourth OF
July this year the committee had a
balance in the fund of $36. On mo-
ton vote of thanks was extended to
the Fourth of July committee for the
excellent celebration put on this year
under their supervision
Scoutmaster Frank Edmonds re-
ported that large number of Bon
ners Ferry Boy Scouts left Sunday for
the Boy Scout Summer Camp at Gar
held Bay on Lake Pend dOreille; that
the boys are thoroughly ENJOYING
themselves and that the Scout camp
mas proven even more successful than
mad been hoped for in the first wear
Mr. Edmonds, Dr. p. e. Fry. j. II.
cave and others spoke of the appar-
ent lack of interest of parents and To-
cal citizens in the Boy Scout move
ment and stated that the scoutmasters
must have more loyal support and as
sistance if they are to keep up the
work they are doing and have planned
for the future