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The Washington herald., 1922-02-08
Will Aid Disabled Veterans.

Three Washington hospitals, ac-
cording to statement issued by the
U. s. Veterans Bureau, will house
and maintain reconstruction centers,
where work of rehabilitating dis
abled veterans will be conducted un-
der supervision of the medical d.
vision. U. s. Veterans Bureau. The
three hospitals are Naval Hospital.
Twenty-third and B streets north
west. st. Elizabeth's Hospital and
U. s. Veterans Hospital No. %.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13
RECLAIMING
A LARGE AREA
DITCHING AND DIKING WORK IN
DRAINAGEG DISTRICT NO. 1
BEING DONE RAPIDLY
CONTROL WATERS THIS YEAR
Ditches VIII Tap Mirror and Fry
Lakes Soon.

The work Of reclaiming the 1900
acres of land included in Drainage
District No. l, is progressing nicely,
according to Frank Clapp, one of the
commissioners o. the drainage dis
trict.
He stated today that it is planned to
have all dyking work completed, with
the exception of the banks OF the Koo-
tenai river, before high water time
this spring. The owners of land
within the district believe that it will
be possible this year to control the
flood waters and a large part of the
land included in the district has been
plowed and seeded
The ditching and dykng work is
being done by Contractor Woldson, of
Spokane. A crew of some go men is
now employed and two draglines are
working night and day on the bitches
which will drain Mirror and Fry lakes.
Commissioner Clapp states that the
work on the Deep creep section will
be completed in about three weeks;
that the bitches are now tapping the
water tributary to Mirror lake and
that Fry lake will be tapped to it's
greatest depth in about two weeks.
Powerful gasoline engines will be
installed to pump out overflow waters
during the high water period and next
year it may be possible to operate the
pumps with electricity furnished from
the Bonners Ferry power plant at
Moyie falls.
The commissioners of the drainage
district have recently purchased a
large supply of Kentucky bluegrass
seed with which they will seed the
dikes of the district when the work
has been finally accepted from the
contractor.
If this drainage project is success
full, number of other districts will
be formed in this county to reclaim
many thousands of acres of over
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13

The board of directors of the Bon
ners Ferry baseball club will hold a
meeting at the courthouse tonight to
make final plans for the season of
1922.
The plan to have those claiming a
part of the reward money for the cap
ture of the robbers who held up the
First State Bank last summer, relin-
quish their claims in favor of the ball
club. has been abandoned, several of
the claimants refusing to give up their
claims.
w. G. Reid, who was manager of
the club last year, believes that about
$1,000 will finance the club this year
and enable it to join the Panhandle
baseball league, which includes clubs
from Standpoint, Newport, Spirit
Lake, Laclede, Priest River and other
nearby towns. He hopes to have ten
local men underwrite the club to the
extent of $50 each and believes that
with little boosting the gate receipts
should more than pay the expenses of
the season. A number of local busi-
ness men and baseball enthusiasts
have agreed to the underwriting plan
The permanent organization of the
Panhandle baseball league is to take
place at Standpoint Sunday, April l6
and Jack Gardi er, president of the
league, sent a telegram yesterday tC
the directors of the baseball club ol
Bonners Ferry. asking that repre-
sentative be sent to attend the meet
ing.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13

Upon receipt of the dispatch from
Boise yesterday, the county officials
and the members of the good roads
committee of the Kootenai Valley COM
mercial club, sent number of tele-
grams to Commissioner Hall, of the
department of public works, urging
that some provision be made for the
Bonners Ferry-Eastport road. Citi-
zens OF Eastport, Copeland and Port
hill were also asked to telegraph Mr..
Hall, urging consideration of the roads
in the north end OF the county.
Commissioners Welch, Rath and
Collins and County Auditor Brody
stated this morning that they were
confident that they would be able to
secure some federal money for the
roads of the north end of the county
and that in all likelihood the full
amount promised by the state authori-
ties would be forthcoming for use this
year.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13
HOWARD A. STONE PASSES AWAY
Funeral Services Held Sunday After
noon at the Methodist Church.

Howard A. Stone, aged so years,
passed away last Thursday at his
home on the south bench, death re-
sulting from complication of dis
eases.
The funeral services were held Sun
day afternoon at two o'clock at the
Methodist church and were conducted
by Rev. A. H. Morton. Many friends
and acquaintances of the deceased at
tended the funeral to pay their last
respects to one whom they had al
ways held in the highest esteem and
many beautiful flowers decorated the
bier and grave.
I The deceased was born March 6,
1872 at Cortland, N. Y. With his par
ents he went to Iowa when he was
four years old. He was married to
Miss Anna Castle in 1896 and with
his wife and family moved to Bonners
Ferry in 1908. He is survived by his
wife and five children: Leon, Kath-
crime, Helen, Earl and Mary; his
mother, a sister and two grandchild-
rem.
The deceased was a carpenter by
trade, conscientious and hard-work-
ing man, loving and kind to his fam
lily and true to his friends. He was a
friend of the church and a believer
in the Christian religion.
In their sad bereavement the mourn
ing relatives have the sincere SYM
pathy of the community.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13
COMMITTEEMAN MEET APRIL 20
Republicans win Plan for Campaign
10 Start Soon.

Boise, Idaho, April 12.-The first
meeting of the Republican state cen
trail committee will be held in Boise
Saturday. April 20.
The call for the meeting was an
nounced Thursday by David Burrell,
secretary of the committee. Selection
of place for the holding of the state
nominating convention is tho princi-
pal purpose of the meeting, but such
other business as may come before the
members Will be transacted, Mr.. Bur-
rell said
Just where the convention will go
this year is a prediction many politi-
clans do not care to make. Pocatello
has had one convention as had Coeur
d'Alene, but no one seems to want to
say whether the 1922 convention will
be in northern or southern Idaho. 1t
is admitted, however, that there is a
good deal of political science resorted
to in naming the place where a noini-
mating convention is to be held. Some
towns want it and are willing to make
quite bid for il.
The date of this years convention
is August %, Just one week after the
county conventions. All the principal
political functions leading up to the
general election in November. come In
August. The primary elections come
on the first day of August. August 12
the county central committees meet
and three days later, August 10, the
county conventions are held. The
state central committee will meet and
organize on the day of the state con-
vention.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13
IDAHO MINERALS BEING SHOWN
AT STATE CAPITOL AT BOISE

After being tucked away. almost un-
noticed and unknown, in the basement
of the capitol for several years, Ida
hos mining exhibit is being arranged
and displayed in conspicuous place
in the capitol and is now displayed
ON the main floor of the building, di-
rectly beneath the hollow dome, the
top of which is more than hundred
feet above.
The visitor at the capitol Is i'm
pressed with the metallic CLINT and
sparkle of the zinc and lead ores dug
from Idaho's mountains in the north
ern part of the state, the flash of col
ors, mostly shades of green, of the
copper ores, the various yellows and
browns peculiar to different forms of
iron in combination with the more val
liable metals.
Contrary to the popular conception
that gold ores flash and glitter with
the precious metal, the visitor unless
he were trained, could not pick these
out of the exhibit in the capitol. In
practically every instance the gold
ores on exhibition look like nothing
more than white or muddy-looking
stone. Yet the specimens of gold ore
in the exhibit are rich in the precious
metal.
In the background to the right and
left of the central exhibit can be seen
glass showcases containing the small
er and finer specimens. There are
eight of these cases, arranged around
the central exhibit in a circle. In one
are fine specimens of copper ores, an
other has a display of silver COM
pounds, another the non-metallic min
erals, such as asbestos, kaolin (clay)
gypsum, still another of the rare min
erals found in the state, and so on
around the circle.
The exhibit has been arranged un-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13
SWENDSEN IS
COMING SOON

A. j. Kent, chairman of the drain
age and industrial committee of the
Kootenai Valley Commercial Club,
has been advised by State Commits
sioner of Reclamation, w. G. Swend-
sen, that he will go TO Victoria about
April IT, to meet with Canadian offic-
ials and hold final conference rela-
tive to Kootenai valley drainage plans.
While Mr.. Swendsen is in north Ida
no he will meet with the members of
the drainage committee and he has
suggested that one large district be
formed of all the land proposed to be
reclaimed in Boundary county in or
der that the project may be in shape
to secure benefits as proposed under
the Smith-McNary bill now pending
in congress.
Mr.. Swendsen writes in part:
81 have for some time been en-
deavoring to arrange conference
with Mr. Cleveland of Victoria, Comp
troller of Water Rights, British Co
lumbia, for the purpose of assembling
a report and making such recommen-
dations as conditions warrant to the
end that the two governments, Can
ada and the United States, may be
presented with some plan whereby
this PROJECT may be developed. Re-
Gently, l thought that a meeting
would be arranged for the week be-
ginning April 10, and it was my plan
to be in Victoria about that time.
am just in receipt of communica-
tion from the assistant Comptroller
of Water Rights indicating that Mr..
Cleveland is indisposed and asking
that the conference be delayed until
sometime after the 18th. According
ly / am changing my plans and un-
less they are upset by future delays
at Victoria, will go to Victoria on or
about the 18th, the exact date TO be
fixed later, for consideration of this
matter.
81 regret the delay in the final
consideration of this project, but as
you are undoubtedly aware, the mat
ter has been entirely outside my con-
troll. You may be assured, however
that it is my sincere hope and that
will do anything in my power to bring
the matter to a successful close"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13
PLAN COUNTY
ORGANIZATION
WILL INCREASE THE SCOPE OF
ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS WORK in
BOUNDARY COUNTY
EXCELLENT THREE YEAR RECORD
Boundary County In Fourth Place in
the State Last Year.

Mrs. Catherine r. Athey, executive
secretary of the Idaho Anti-Tubercu-
losis Association, was in Bonners Fer
ry last Saturday and Sunday to meet
with the committee representing the
state association in Boundary county.
The work of the committee is is fl
nanced by percentage of the money
raised by the sale of the Christmas
Seals.
Mrs. Athey congratulated the COM
mittee on the record made last De-
cember, Boundary county standing
fourth in the state in the pel capita
sale of seals. Payette county lead
with per capita of SO, Ada county
second with 81, Shoshone third with
rs, and Boundary fourth with 65.
The total amount raised in the state
was $15,33711. There are 18 counties
this year which are organized and fl
nanced and carrying on programs of
work.
All county associations are carry
ing on the program of the Health
Crusade in the school; are searching
out local tuberculosis cases and rem
oering assistance in every possible
way, supplying milk and eggs, tents
and equipment for patients. Three
counties are able to endow free beds
in general hospitals for early stage
cases.
Tho crusade nutrition program is
most popular with local associations
and many children are being brought
up to normal weight through proper
health habits and nourishing food.
The children are weighed each week,
the gain recorded, and stars awarded
for gain in weight, ten hours sleep
with windows open, for drinking milk,
eating vegetables, cereals, and carry
ing on the Crusade chores.
The Bonners Ferry committee will
invite a representative from each
town or district in the county to
, meeting to be held in the near future
and an organization will be formed
for the work throughout the county
This organization will cooperate with
! all other agencies so that there will
be no duplication. Direct coordina-
tion will be established with the Red
/ Cross Public Health Nurse, Miss
Carleton, and she will have the assist
ance at all times of the Boundary
County Public Health Association, .-
The Boundary County Public Health
! Association is not a new organization
With Mrs. Caroline w. Flood as coun-
ty chairman, it has sold seals for the
past three years. II has carried on
the Health Crusade in the schools for
three years, helping very materially
to win the magnificent silver crusade
cup for Idaho. 1t has supplied the
county nurse with travelling scales
Several little children have been given
expert care. Under its direction Miss
Ebbe Djupe, a public health nurse
inspected sever. ] of the rural schools
in 1920. DR.. E. e. Fry has represent
ed Boundary county on the state
), board of directors since 1917. e. L
Squirting, chairman, Mrs. B. N. Hawks
and D. @. Mcdonald, vice chairman
Mrs. Fl. j. Mccoy, secretary, and e
M. Flood, treasurer, are the officer.
of the local association.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13
CIVIC LEAGUE TEA APRIL %
All Ladies of the Community Asked
To Assist Worthy Movement.

The civic league will give a oommu-
nifty tea at the X. P. hall Saturday af-
ternoon, April 20, from two till five
o'clock.
1t is planned to make the tea a COM
bination kensington and card party
and every lady of Bonners Ferry is
urged to be present. The committee
in charge, will arrange to have tables
for bridge, five hundred, pinochle OF
other games. There will also be COM
Portable chairs provided for those
who prefer to bring sewing, and to
spend the afternoon visiting.
An interesting speaker has been in
vited to give a short talk and the
committee plans to have several musi-
cal numbers.
1t is hoped that everyone will at
tend, and help make this meeting a
success. Further plans will be an
nounced later.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13

tiOnal cost.
Just as soon as practical the work
of replacing the water mains in the
city will be started The water de-
partment is now negotiating for the
purchase of wood water pipe. The
pipes now being used are continually
breaking and the water department
has thus far been unable to show any
profit on account of the great upkeep
expense.
The city council propose TO sell the
remainder of the city light, water and
city hall bonds, in the near future, and
1t is planned to construct a city hall
on site owned by the city, opposite
the Crescent Garage, on Main street,
at a cost of about $4,000. M
The new city hall will be used for
offices for the water and light depart
ment, quarters for the city fire de-
partment, the public library, council
chambers, etc.
The council and the management of
the water and light department have
given great deal of attention to the
problem of reducing the present water
and light rates in Bonners Ferry and
believe that a substantial reduction
can be made as soon as the new sys-
TENS are constructed. 1t will be the
policy of the council to furnish water
and light at cost, plus upkeep and
sinking fund and interest charges
necessary to pay off the bonded debt
for the two systems, in period OF 20
years.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13
WORK ON CITY WATER And
LIGHT SYSTEM IS PROGRESSING

G. H. Dunlap, of Chewelah, Wash,
arrived here last evening, coming TO
eccept the foremanship of the con-
struction crew which will begin soon
the building of the power line from
Bonners Ferry to the new power plant
at Moyie falls, and the rebuilding of
the power and light wiring systems of
the city.
Manager Hughes, of the city water
and light systems, states that the
poles, wire and other equipment for
the power line and city system are on
hand. The power line from the city
limits to the new power line will be
eight miles long.
Mr.. Hughes states that when the
new plant is completed the city will
be able to furnish cheap electricity
for heating purposes and that Bonners
Ferry people will have the benefit oil
as low rates as are given in Spokane
With cheap electricity for heating pur-
poses he figures that a number oil
electrical ranges will be installed in
Bonners Ferry homes.
Work at the new power plant is pro.
pressing nicely and there is every rea.
son 70 believe that the plant will be
in readiness to furnish electricity tc
city patrons early this fall. The plant
will generate $50 horsepower and
Manager Hughes believes he will be
able to sell the plants capacity load
If necessary another unit can be
added at a comparatively small addi-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13

One of the best entertainments ever
given in Bonners Ferry by students OF
the public schools, was presented at
the Amazon theatre Monday night in
the comedy. when Feller Needs a
Friend" by members of the senior
class of the high school, under the di-
rection of Miss Brackin and Miss
WenZ
The attendance was greater than
had been anticipated and many were
disappointed in not seeing the show
because of lack of seats and even
standing room.
Each member of the cast showed
real ability in depicting the characters
they represented. The acting of Miss
Carol Aldridge as Liz" was particu.
larly worthy.
The Freshmen Girls chorus, assist.
ed by Carl Walden and the male quar-.
tette selections, were heartily ap-
pfauded.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13

der the direction of w. j. Hall, state
commissioner of public works, who
was formerly engaged in mining in
the state. Until Mr.. Hall decided to
display the exhibits, which are SYM
bolic of the varieties of wealth taken
from the mines of the state, the speci-
mems lay in the basement, where they
were placed following their return
from the Panama-Pacific exposition in
San Francisco.
Other stands are now being placed
near the four sets of stairs leading
remainder of the exhibit will be dis
played. On the top of the central
stand, instead of the glass Jars now
shown, will be placed a granite
cbelisk, nearly five feet TALL and COM
posed of the five kinds of granite in
which most of the minerals OF north
ern Idaho are found. This obelisk
will not be placed for two or three
months yet. as the rock from which il
is to be made is still under several
feet of snow
All the exhibits are tagged. The
card contains the mineralogical name
of the specimen, what other minerals
are in combination with it, the name
of the mine from where it was taken
the county in which the mine is To-
Gated, and the name of the company
owning the mine.
Mr.. Hall is endeayoring to collect
as much mining information as posi-
BILE to put in the display. He expects
to hang several large pictures show
ing how tunneling work in mine is
carried on, the drilling of holes for
the placing of dynamite, geological
maps and other pictorial Information
which will give the thousands of visit
ors who come and go vivid idea OF
where Idaho stands In the production
OF minerals.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13
Start Night Shift at sawmiII

A night shift was started last night
at the sawmill of the Bonners Ferry
Lumber Co. II. j. Mccoy, assistant
general manager of the company,
stated this morning that it would be
impossible to say just how long the
night shift would be continued as lum-
bering operations in this district will
depend largely upon market condi-
tons.
r. H. Mccoy, vice president and
general manager of the Bonners Ferry
Lumber company, and his son. H. ].
Mccoy, assistant general manager OF
the company, returned today from
Spokane where they attended a con-
ference of the officers and trustees OF
the Weyerhaeuser Sales Co. At this
conference a small increase in the
price of common lumber was decided
upon.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13
Cemetery Association To Meet

The Grandview Cemetery Associa-
tion will hold its first monthly meet
ing for 1922 at the courthouse at eight
o'clock the evening of April 81.
Anyone who knows the condition of
the local cemetery in 1920 and visits
it now will naturally say, "The citf-
zens of Bonners Ferry have accom-
plished something worth while" and
rightly so, for during the year 1921
when the association was OF eanized
the members went to work with q will
to improve the cemetery grounds.
Members of the association feel that
the upkeep of the cemetery grounds is
matter that should not be neglected
1t is planned to secure water sup
ply this year so that the grass and
plants may be kept green.
All persons Interested in the move.
ment to improve the Bonners Ferry
cemetery are requested to attend the
meeting Friday night
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13
Hughes Buys Residence Lots

A deal was concluded this week
whereby H. H. Hughes, manager of
the city water and light systems, pur-
chased five lots in a tract east OF the
I. s. Kerr residence, in Park addition,
of o. S. Davis. The consideration was
not made public
Mr.. Hughes plans to build a six or
seven room residence on the lots In
the near future.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13
Ask For Bids on New School

The board of trustees of Independ-
ent School District No. 4, have issued
a call for bids for the construction OF
new high school building in accord
ance with plans and Specifications as
prepared by the firm of Whitehouse
& Price, of Spokane. Bids will be re-
ceived up until three o'clock the after
noon of May1 by Clerk II. s. Kerr
At least one local contractor and
several Spokane contractors will sub
NIT bids.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13

The Delphian society will meet next
Tuesday afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. W. s. Severns. Mrs. T. S. Kerr
will be the leader. Heretofore the
meetings of the society have been
held on Monday afternoons.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-04-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Smith are the
happy parents OF baby boy born to
them last Thursday at the home of
Mrs. Smiths brother. Charles Dunn.