Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-09
SELECTIONS OF
COMMITTEES
NEW PERMANENT COMMITTEES
OF COMMERCIAL CLUB NAMED
MONDAY NIGHT
PLAN TO RAISE $4,000 FOR YEAR
Membership Committee WIN Try for
$50 New Members

A largely attended and enthusiasts
tic meeting of the Kootenai Vale!
Commercial club was held at the
International hotel banquet rooms
Monday night. The newly elected
members of the board of trustees an
nouneed that it is planned to raise
$4,000 this year for commercial club
purposes and that a determined eff
fort will be made to bring the mem
bership to the $50 mark. Thirty-one
attending the meeting renewed their
memberships for the coming year.
President G. w. King announced the
following permanent committee ap-
pointments:
Agriculture-W T. James, chair
man; F. A. Shultis, o. H. Campbell,
F. A. Davis, r. A. Alexander and w.
w. Ferbrachc.
Mining-George r. Causton, chair
man; ]. W. Reid, G. b. Ellis, H. A
Hinkle, II. B. Kinnear and f. G.
Chambers.
Membership - Charles Ragland,
chairman; l. Causton, Jos. A. Jacoby,
Lee Williams, Jack Mcnamara, Her
peit NaA iSohI w. - NSio anu - ~
Wiley.
Publicity-D. c. Mcdonald, chair
man; o. C. Wilson, Charles G. Prell,
Good Roads,. B. Brody, chair
man; l. B. Neill, l.. N. Brown, H. w
Bliss, j. B. Cowen, ]. II. Cave, Charles
McGlocklin.
Finance-O. F. Howe, chairman; d.
C. Mcdonald, C. w. King, A II. White
Charles Ragland w. T. James, George
r. Causton.
Industrial and Drainage-A. j.
Kent, chairman; e l.. Squirting, E. Des
Voignes, K. e. Fry, ]. II. Cave.
Entertainment-D. M. Palmer, chair
man; Byron N. Hawks, Roy Voshmik
r. A. Mason, Gene Campbell and
James c. Bush
Members Of the tourist park and
other committees will be named at the
next meeting of the club.
! j. W. Reid, chairman of a commit
tee appointed for the purpose of Sc
/ curing free express deliveries in the
business section of Bonners Ferry, re-
ported that a petition had been cir
culated and generally signed, request
/ ing a free delivery service of the
American Express Co.. and Secretary
Palmer was requested to forward the
petition to the proper officials of the
company.
A communication was read from
Fred A. Adams, executive secretary oil
the National Parks Highway Associa.
ton, of Spokane, in which he re-
quested that the club appropriate $15(
as its share of the expenses of the
highway association. The club de
cided to take no action pending a pro
posed visit of Mr. Adams in the neal
future.
A letter was read from w G.. Swend
sen, state commissioner of reclama
ton, in which he gave notice of tn,
public hearing to be held March q
at Spokane in connection with Colum
bia River Board. He asked that al
data available from this section b,
forwarded to him and A. ]. Kent wal
delegated to look after this matter.
A letter was read from p. n. Ber
nard. secretary of the Kalispell Cham
ber of Commerce, in which he stated
that forestry officials had promised
an appropriation of 100000, for tn,
Belton-Glacier road in Montana whicl
connects with the Roosevelt highwa,
in Boundary county.
A petition which is being circulate,
among residents of Meadow Creek
was brought to the attention of tn
club and later the club will be aske,
to take steps to interest the fedora
), government in forming governmen
townsite at Meadow Creek. meadow
Creek is located in the forest reserv
and residents there have not yet beel
able to acquire title to the groun,
occupied by their homes and bushes
buildings.
The Du Pont Powder Company ad
vised the commercial club that ar
rangements had been made for
stump blasting demonstration to b
held in Bonners Ferry on March 81
A detailed announcement of this dem
onstration will be made later.