Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-06-08
COMMERCIAL
CLUB MEETS
MAYOR FRY SUGGESTS PLAN FOR
PERMANENT CLUB QUARTERS
IN TOWN HALL BUILDING
MONEY FOR TOURIST HIGHWAYS
MesSrs Swendsen and Cleveland Com
ing Here Soon.

At the meeting of the Kootenai Val
ley Commercial Club held Monday
night Mayor E. f. Fry suggested a
plan whereby it may be possible for
the commercial club to secure perma-
nent and spacious quarters.
He stated that the town council
planned soon to construct the new
city hall building but that of the
$4,000 bond issue only about $4,000
was available for building purposes
as the city has used part of the bond
money with which to purchase a larger
site and part of the money had been
used in negotiating the bond sale; that
with the money available it would not
be possible to put up as large a build
ing as desired and there would not be
more than enough room to take care
of the needs of the city fire depart
ment water and light departments and
other needed office and storage rooms.
But he said that for approximately
$4,000 the commercial club could con-
struct third story to the town hall
building which would provide a space
sufficient for large hall, kitchen,
dining room and place where perma-
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ty could be exhibited. With such a
room the commercial club would have
a place to entertain visitors and event
ually the main room could be made
into comfortable club quarters
Mayor Fry stated that he did not
know just what steps could be taken
to finance such an undertaking but
thought it was an opportune time for
the commercial club to secure perma-
nent quarters and so suggested the
plan for the approval or rejection of
the club members. On motion a COM
mittee composed of e. e. Saunders.
c. G. Prell, o. r. Stookey, w. c. Reid
and 7. G. Neill was named to investi-
gate the matter, suggest ways and
means of raising money, and report on
the feasibility of the plan.
e. L. Squirting, chairman of the com
mittee appointed to secure data con
corning the resources of Boundary
county and to prepare a paper for
reading at the meeting Of the North
Idaho Chamber of Commerce. to be
held at Wallace, June and 9, reported
that the data had been secured and on
motion Mr.. Squirting was appointed to
represent the club at the Wallace
meeting.
Mr.. Squirting also reported that he
had had a conference last week at
Boise with w G. Swendsen, commits
sioner of reclamation, and that Mr..
Swendsen had just returned from Van
couver, B. G., where he had been in
conference with Canadian officials in
regard to the Kootenai Valley reclama-
tion project. Mr.. Swendsen and Mr..
Cleveland, representing the Canadian
government will meet either this week
or next in Bonners Ferry, to view the
kootenai river at its highest stage and
at this time will probably come to
some agreement as to the report to be
made to their various governments. as
the the feasibility of reclamation plans.
J. b. Brody, chairman of the good
roads committee, reported that Mr.
Whitbeck, representing the Park To
Park Highway Association, had visited
Bonners Ferry last Friday and in a
conference with local business men
had requested aid from Fonners Ferry
to carry on publicity campaign
among prospective eastern tourists to
secure their routing over the Park To
Park highway. Mr.. Brody O. c.. Will
son, George Causton and others spoke
in favor of support of highways rout-