Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-05-11
INVESTIGATE
LAND COMPANY
COMMERCIAL CLUB URGED TO
SECURE WESTERN LAND co.
TO BRING SETTLERS HERE
INTERESTING MEETING MONDAY
May Provide Hitching Racks and Shell.
ter for Farmers Teams.

An interesting meeting Of the Koo-
tenai Valley Commercial club was held
Monday night and number of mat
ters of importance were discussed and
acted upon.
Tom Montgomery, of Porthill, sug-
gested that it would be a good plan
to interest the Western Land Co.. with
main offices at Washington, ID. c., in
exploiting the available agricultural
lands of this county. He said that he
had been watching the operations of
the concern in Montana for over a
year and that the company was bring
ing in many settlers from eastern
states to locate in sections of Mon
tana. He thought that the company
should be urged to operate in this
section, saying that it took care of it's
own advertising, had agents in all
parts of the east to interest home
seekers in western localities, brought
in the prospective settlers in special
excursion trains and looked after their
comforts on the trip west and until
they had finally secured a home to
their liking The company, he said
comes into a district and secures op-
tions on suitable farm lands which are
for sale paying as a rule an option
of ten cents per acre.
Club members seemed to be of the
opinion that it would be mighty fine
to secure hundred or more new fam
lilies in Boundary county but thought
it best to investigate thoroughly the
methods used by the Western Land
Co., in locating its prospective home
seekers, on the theory that it would
not be good policy to bring in mum
ber of new settlers here who might
become dissatisfied with the country
and so turn out to be knockers instead
of boosters 1t was decided to author
ize the members of the publicity com
mittee, of which d. G.. Mcdonald is
chairman, to investigate further before
the club makes an effort to interest
the Western Land Company in operat-
ing in this district and it is possible
that representative of the club will
be sent to Poison, Montana, to inter
view homeseekers who have been To-
Gated recently through the efforts O.
the land company.
w. G .Reeder, of Porthill, who has
large ranches in the Big Bend coun
try of Washington, gave short tall
at the invitation of presiding officer
E. II. Fry, and stated that the cror
conditions in the Big Bend country
look better this spring than they have
for some six years past.
A. B. Ashby one of the member,
of the school board of Independent
School District No. 4, told of the plans
for the new high school building ant
stated that while it had been necessar,
to cut the cost of the structure thi
was done without any sacrifice of siz
or equipment and that the buildin,
would be one that should serve th
community for many years to come
The matter of providing a bette
place for the accommodations of tn
teams of farmers coming to town OF
shopping trips was brought up.
committee composed of J. w. Reid
Byron N, Hawks and l.. N. Brown wa
appointed to find out what it woul,
cost to buy the lots owned by Mrs
Belle Bishop. Just west of the Inter
national hotel If these lots can b
purchased at small cost it may b
possible to purchase them and cree
suitable sheds, watering troughs an
place other conveniences for the farm
ers. This committee will report at tn
next meeting of the club.
A communication was read fror
President Griffith, of the Spokane In
terstate Fair Association, in which h
urged that an exhibit be sent to tn
fair this fall from Boundary county
The writer called attention to the fac
that larger prizes are offered this yea
for both county exhibits and for tn
best bands sent from the towns of tn