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Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-21
GROWS MORE EFFECTIVE
| EVERY DAY, SAYS CHIEF
Of SHOPMEN ON STRIKE
Carriers Will Yield as Soon as They Are on Their
Knees, Declares Jewell; Characterizes Senior
ity Matter as Camouflage Intended to Cover
Up Issue Of National Adjustment Board.

Chicago, July 20B NJ JEWELL president of the six fed
Grated shop crafts predicted Thursday that the railroads will
captulate and settle the strike within two weeks.
The strike is becoming effective daily, he sad land
the roads will yield bring them their knees
The railroad executives statement the seniority matter
characterized by Mr. Jewell camoufage designed to
cover up the real issue-a national adjustment board.
With all negotiations apparently standsti Thurs
day. attention directed Thursday night possibility
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-21
Says u. S. Trying
to Break Union of
American Miners

Abba, Ia, July 2.-Declaring the
governments plan to operate the coal
mines is an attempt to disrupt the Unit
ed Mine Workers Union of America,
Joe II. Morris, president of the Iowa
district. who has returned from the
Washington conference, in a statement
Thursday appealed to every member of
the union to refuse TO enter the mines
until the strike is settled.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-21
SENATORS FAIL
7 'ATSETTLEMENT
Of RAIL STRIKE
Big East Executives
Called in Conclave
by Senate Committee.
Men Attending Throw
Gloom Over Prospects
of Early Peace Pact.

Washington, July 2l.-By The
Associated Press) An effort to
settle the railroad strike at a sud-
denly arranged conference of heads
of leading railroads and members
of the senate interstate commerce
committee here Thursday night
was understood to have failed.
Those attending the conference
said It now appeared that a strike
settlement was much more distant
and expressed pessimism over the
immediate outlook, viewing the
coal and railroad strike together.
The railroad executives who at
tended the conference Included T.
Dewitt Cuyier of the Association
of Railway Executives and w. w.
Atterbury, of the Pennsylvania.
The conference was also ATTENDED
by Senator'S Watson of Indiana, ant
Kellogg of Minnesota. both members
of the senate interstate commerce
committee.
Main Points Taken Up
The principal points in dispute be
tween the executives, who were called
here more or less secretly late Thurs
day, and the union were gone over in
detail at the conference. together with
the possibility of legislation to meet
the situation. 1t was said that no
was practicable to deal with
the present strike.
The rail executives, it was stated.
were insistent upon three points
which the unions are demanding as a
recession to send the men back TO
work.
The conference began shortly after
y O'Clock and continued until after
midnight. The railroad executives re-
fused 10 discuss the subject under dis
cussion and the only iutimation was
given in formal statement issued by
senator Cummins after the meeting
had broken up.
Senator Cummins in his statement
said:
Sought Information
Senator Kellogg, Senator Watson,
and myself had conference with
some of the eastern railroad presi-
dents Thursday evening for the pur-
pose of talking over the strike and
iscertaining il possible the exact is
sues between the roads and the strik-
ars. We wanted to discover whether
hNi " was any ltSisldtiou lndI WOuiG
'emove the difficulty in the way of an
I'VE discussed the whole situation
Freely and frankly The views of the
'hopmen have already been fully dis
'losed at Chicago The object of the
conference was solely to secure in
'ormation upon this very vital sub
ect."
Senator Cummins said he would be
obliged to decline answering INQUIRIES
is to the details of the conference but
lid state, in expressing an opinion as
o the outlook for an adjustment of
he strike, that he was hopeful TO the
asst" He declared no conclusion had
'een reached as to what legislation was
leeded.
Among the railroad executives m
erstood to be in the conference were
=. W. Atterbury of the PENNSYLVANIA,
|. II. Smith of the New York Central
J. ]. Pearson of the New York. New
Iaven and Hartford. w. II. Truesdale
f the Delaw?~e. Lackawanna and
Western. Frank H. Alfred of the Pere
1arquette, and Alfred p. Thorn. gen
raj counsel of the Association of
Railway executives
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-21
DIES FROM FIRE WOUNns

Portland, Ore, July 2O.-J. ". HoI-
comb, 81, died at hospital here
Thursday as the result Of injuries
sustained Wednesday when a bHzing
limb fell from a tree upon hon while
he was helping to fight forest fire in
the Rock Greek district. His com
panions carried him six miles over
mountain trails TO put him within reach
Of medical treatment
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-21
HOOPER DOES NOT COMMENT

Chicago. July 21.-Ben w. Hooper
chairman of the railroad labor board
refused to comment early Friday when
informed by The Associated Press of
the senatorial-rail head conference at
Washington.
II know of no statement that could
be made. or ought to be made. on the
part of the board, now" he said.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-21
HECLA DECLARES DIVIDEND

Boston. July 2O-The Calumet &
Hecia Mining company Thursday de-
clared a dividend of S. share. The
last dividend was declared on june
30, 1920.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-21
WILL HAVE INVESTIGATION

WILL HAVE INVESTIGATION
Washington, July 20.-Appoint-
ment of a commission to 90 into
the coal mining situation, not
Withstanding the refusal of mine
workers and of minority of
operators to accept such arbitra-
tion, will be made "in due time"
1t became known at the White
House Thursday night when teIe.
graphic correspondence between
President Harding and Governor
SprouI of Pennsylvania on the
subject was made public.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-21
COAL SUPPLY SHORT
THIS WINTER SURE.
DAUGHERTY THINKS
Within Day or Two Supply Will Be Diverted to
Essential transportation Lines Some Is
Being Brought From Europe
PENNSYLVANIA MEN IN FIELD

quate to insure order in that terri
tory.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-21

Harrisburg, Pa, July 2O.-Troops
were ordered out by Governor William
c. Sproul Thursday night for duty in
the southwestern Pennsylvania btu
minous coal fields. A regiment of
cavalry, machine gun squadron and
motor truck company of the national
guard were ordered to proceed Friday
to points in the bituminous region of
Pennsylvania to cooperate with the
president of the United States in the
effort to produce coal and avert ma
tional peril and to preserve law and
order.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-09
LeonIa Club Elects Officers

The Leonia Improvement Club, OF
Leonia, Idaho, held its annual election
of officers recently, the following be-
ing chosen to serve the ensuing year:
President, w. A Guhr: vice presi-
dent, Floyd Coats; secretary, G. o.
Hoisington; treasurer, James Stone
chest; trustees, Clyde Eberhart, t. b.
Farris and f. w. Ryder.
1t was largely through the efforts
of the Leonia improvement Club that
forestry officials were interested in
the matter of making an appropriation
for the construction Of a steel bridge
across the Kootenai river at Leonia
Aid for the bridge was secured from
Montana and Idaho legislatures and
from Boundary county, Idaho, and
Lincoln county, Montana the bridge
crossing the river at the Idaho Mon.
tana line. The bridge is now prac'
tically completed at cost of some
$65, 600.
This year the club members hope
to bring about the construction anC
improvement of roads in the Leonii
district, according to d. l.. Coats ant
ID. Il. Crissey, two Leonia citizens
who were business visitors in Bonner
Ferry Monday.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-09
WARREN 0. soPER PASSES AWAY
Died Saturday of PneumonIa-Funeral
Services Held Monday Afternoon.

Warren Oscar Soper, the only son of
Mr. and Mrs. ]. T. Sopher, died Sat
urday. March 4, of pneumonia, con-
tracted from influenza, after having
been sick for a week.
The funeral services, which were
held Monday afternoon at the Metho-
dist church, were conducted by Rev.
Morton and were attended by large
company of the friends of the de-
ceased and his family There were
many beautiful floral tributes brought
to grace the coffin and grave of the
deceased. The members of the Mod
ern Woodmen lodge, of which the de-
ceased was a member, and the mem
bers of the Royal Neighbors lodge
attended the funeral services in a
body and the Modern Woodmen had
charge of the services at the grave.
Warren Oscar Soper was born al
Shipman, ILL.,, on May 4, 1882. With
his parents he moved to Nebraska
where he was married on December
26, 1912, to Julia Leisunberg, daughter
of Mrs. Maggie NicnoIs. With his
wife he moved to Bonners Ferry in
1913. For the past six years he has
been employed as a section man on
He was a member of the Methodist
church, joining the Progress Broth.
ers when he moved to locality where
there was no Methodist church.
He is survived by his wife, sor
two years old and his father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Soper.
The deceased was industrious, 9
faithful worker, a kind husband ant
father, loving and dutiful son. He
was highly esteemed by his acquaint
ances and the members of his church
and lodges. All join in mourning his
loss and in extending heartfelt sym
pathies to the bereaved family
The wife of the deceased was sicl
with influenza at the time of her hus
bands death and was not able to at
tend the funeral. At last reports sh'
was improving in health.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-09
TO ADVERTISE
A BOND SALE
CITY FATHERS PLAN TO BUILD A
TOWN HALL WITHIN NEXT
FEW MONTHS
WILL NOT SACRIFICE CITY BONDS
Routine Business Transacted at Tues
day Evening Meeting

At the meeting of the town council
held Tuesday evening the trustees
went ON record as favoring the imme-
date construction of city hall build
ing for which bonds in the sum of
$4,000 were voted about a year ago,
at par or an arrangement be made to
dispose of the bonds to the successful
bidding contractor. 1t was voted to
proceed with the advertising of the
sale of the balance of the water and
light system bonds as well as the city
hall bonds and it was decided to call
for plans and specifications for the
proposed city hall. A Spokane archi-
tect recently advised the council that
a two story brick building, with di-
mensions of SO by go feet, could be
constructed for about $4,000.
The council tabled an offer of S,
w. Biggar to sell to the city for $65
two inch water pipe line from the
Clyde and Perry place on the south
bench to the ]. B. Brody ranch, form
erly the Biggar ranch.
An offer was made to the city by
Prof. Bonman, of the manual training
department of the Bonners Ferry high
school, to make street signs for the
city if the city would furnish the ma
terial, the boys of the manual training
class to make the signs. 1t was de-
cided to find out the cost of the mater
ial which would be needed before ac-
cepting or rejecting the offer.
The council decided that George
Ladley should be notified to move
within 80 days building occupied as
a photograph gallery and located or
city property north of the Crescent
Garage.
Charles O'Callaghan, chairman oi
the sewer committee was requested tC
ascertain the cost of repairing some
800 feet of sewer pipe between the
septic tank and the Kootenai river, il
being planned to complete this repair
work before the spring high waters
come
H. III. Hughes, manager of the city
water and light department, stated
that the tunnel at the city power site
on the Moyie river was in 115 fee
and that he proposed to start con
structing headgates for the power
plant within the next 80 days. Worl
on the construction of the new power
plant proper will start within a month
or six weeks
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-09
To Operate at LeonIa Property

"In less than 80 days from date
the equipment will be installed in the
reduction plant" says a letter to the
stockholders of the Idaho Gold and
Ruby Mining company issued recently.
"The fully equipped hydraulic giants
are in place and ready to produce at
full capacity"
In the letter, which is signed by
]. M. Schnatterly, president and man
ager, 1t Is stated that funds for pre-
pairing the property for operation.
asked for on January 10, have been
supplied by the stockholders.
The company proposes to install St
high lift steam shovel for use In pro-
tecting the banks of the canal against
possible break. and other emergency
equipment, but operations will proceed
in the meantime, 1t is stated.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-09
VIII Rnild Sanitarinms

DR.. E. E. Fry went to Standpoint
Sunday to attend a meeting of the
state tuberculosis commission, of
which he is member. The commits
sion has decided to proceed with the
building of tuberculosis sanitariums
at both Standpoint and Payette, Idaho.
The plans adopted provide for mod
ern pavilion type of construction at
both Payette and Sunnyside, which the
commission has determined can be
built within the amount remaining in
the fund, approximately equally di-
vided between the two sites.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-09
Odd Fellows Plan Celebration

At the annual election held Mon
day night members of Utopia lodge
No. SO, 1. o. o. F., elected the follow
ing to serve on the board of directors
for the ensuing year:
]. r. Meeker, George r. Causton,
Albert Hende, o. c. Wilson and j. W.
Reid
Members of the odd Fellows lodge
are jubilant over the fact that the
mortgage on the lodge building has
just been paid in full and it is planned
to hold a mortgage burning celebra-
ton the latter part of this month.
The Odd Fellow lodge building, q
two story brick structure on Main
street, was constructed in 1915 at q
cost of approximately $4,000 and al
the time the lodge undertook TO fl
nance the building it had only $15C
in its treasury.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-09
MAKE PLANS
FOR BASEBALL

Preliminary steps towards the or
ganization of what is to be known as
the Panhandle baseball league, were
taken at a meeting held in Standpoint
Sunday and there is every probability
that Bonners Ferry will become
member of the league. The members
of the board of directors of the Bon
ners Ferry baseball club, Byron ~
Hawks, j. b. Brody A. J. Kent l..
N. Brown, Lee Williams and W. c..
Reid, will hold a meeting Saturday
night at the courthouse at 1880 o'clock
which all Bonners Ferry baseball fans
are invited to attend and at this meet
it will be definitely determined wheth-
er or not Bonners Ferry will join the
league and plans will be made for the
reorganization and financing OF the
baseball club.
w. c. Reid, manager of the Bonners
Ferry baseball team of last year,
states that it will probably be neces-
sary this year to secure two salaried
members of the baseball club, pitch
er and a catcher. Last year Bonners
Ferry had one of the best teams in
the history of baseball in this dis
trict. Many of the players will be
available for the team this year, in
Guiding Hydorn, catcher; Earl Heath
ershaw, shortstop; Ray Heathershaw,
field; Chamberlain, third base; John
son, second base; Rohlf, field Rough
corn, first base; Mcnamara, pitcher.
The baseball league meeting at
Standpoint was attended by delegates
from Coeur d'Alene, Priest River
Spirit Lake, Laclede, Newport, Wash
Troy, Mont, Bonners Ferry and Sand
point. Officers were elected as fol-
lows: President, j. B. Gardner, of
Standpoint; vice president, c. w. Petty
of Troy Mont; secretary and treas
urer, Earl l.. Schultz, of Standpoint.
A constitution and bylaws were
adopted and copies have been sent
to the various towns proposed for the
league for the endorsement of the
clubs. Playing season will open May
z and will close the latter part OF
July. Each club is to be required tc
put up deposit of 5000 as forfeit
for failure to adhere to the playing
schedule and league regulations and tC
contribute $40 each towards admins.
trative expenses. The various clubs
will not be allowed to bring in out
side players for single games. 1t is
planned to arrange the playing sched
ule as soon as the organization worl
has been completed.
Local baseball fans figure that tn,
Bonners Ferry team could be financed
for the season by subscription funC
of $1,000 and an effort will be mad,
to raise this amount in the neal
future
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-09
RUMORS OF A
K. Y. RY. LEASE
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS MAY
MEAN NEW X. V. RAILWAY
ACTIVITIES
REBUILD K. V. RY...T0 CRESTON7
May Mean New Route for Canadian
Pacific Railway Co.

Persistent rumors eminating from
railway circles have it that the old
Great Northern railway from Porthill,
Idaho, to Creston, b. c., connecting
with the Canadian Pacific Railway, is
to be rebuilt and credence is being
given the gossip by reason OF the fact
that Diling and bridge material is now
being assembled at bridge locations
along what was the Great Northern
right-of-way in British Columbia.
1t is further rumored that Creston
people recently petitioned their gov
ernment to allow them to use the old
Great Northern right-of-way for high
way purposes and that the request was
refused and the Creston people were
informed that If they did use the right
of-way for road purposes they must
be prepared to abandon 1t on "a hours
notice. The present bridges on the
abandoned Great Northern rights-of-
way in British Columbia are deemed
sufficiently strong to carry all road
traffic and it is not possible that the
bridges are to be reconstructed for or
dinary road traffic.
The Great Northern company aban-
doned its rights-of-way from Porthill
ago, removing the rails. A little over
year ago it was persistently ru-
mored that the Great Northern would
attempt to abandon its branch line
from Bonners Ferry to Porthll but no
formal request was ever made to the
state utilities commission.
Within the past few months the
Great Northern Railway Company has
expended about $4,000 in renewing
its bridges on the Kootenai Valley
branch to Porthill. This work will
be completed in couple of months,
it is said.
At the time of the abandonment of
the Great Northern right-of-way in
British Columbia the material in the
bridges was sold. Porthill citizens
claim that the purchasers of this
bridge material have been recently
notified to remove it from the right
of-way
Local railway men and citizens Of
Porthill and Creston can only surmise
what recent developments may mean.
1t is understood that officials of the
Canadian Pacific Railway inspected
the Kootenai Valley branch about a
year ago with a view of leasing or
buying IT. IL was said at the time
that the project had been dropped by
the Canadian railway company, be-
cause the railway was in poor condi-
ton. 1t is therefore now believed that
the Great Northern company has ex-
pended a large sum in repairing the
branch road on the understanding that
the Canadian Pacific company will
lease it.
Railroad men who have been study
ing the recent developments believe
that it is quite probable that the Cana
dian Pacific company could operate
the Kootenai Valley branch at a profit
especially If the line was extended
some 40 miles to connect with the Mel
son, B. c., district. Such an exten-
sion would mean cheaper freight and
saving of time from the Nelson dis
trict to eastern markets of the United
States.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-09
EIGHTEEN in
CLASS OF 1922

The graduating class of the Bon
ners Ferry high school is the largest
this year in the history of the school
and at the commencement exercises
to be held May 19 eighteen seniors
will be given their diplomas.
The members of the senior class re-
Gently elected officers as follows
President, Walter Twitchell.
Vive President, Gertrude Jacoby.
Secretary and treasurer, Irene An
drews.
Class Advisor, Miss Ethel Brackin.
The class colors are purple and gold
and the class flower is the yellow rose
Members of the class of 1922 are
now rehearsing for the class play
which will be given at the Amazon
theatre the evening of April 6. The
senior class ball will be given at the
K. P. hall the evening of April %
Glass Day exercises will be held at the
high school auditorium on May IS and
the commencement exercises will be
held at the auditorium the evening
of May 10. Arrangements for the
holding of the baccalaureate services
have not been made and it is not vel
known who will deliver the commence.
ment address.
Following are the names of the mem.
bers of the graduating class of 1922:
Carol Aldridge, Irene Andrews, Am.
brose Boileau, VIM. Bradley, Ethe
Danquist, Albert Davis, Fred Durose
Emma Gines, Gertrude Jacoby, TeC
Kent, Robert Lee, Russell Melin, Mer,
ritt Macarthur, Fred Plato, Lima Ripat
ii, Allen Shultis, Walter Twitchell
Homer Welch.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-09
Basket Bali Game Saturday

Arrangements have been made for
basketball game for Saturday night,
March II, to be played at the high
school gymnasium between teams of
Bonners Ferry Boy Scout troop No. s
and Standpoint Boy Scout Troop No
1. The game will be called at p. m.
This will be the first Boy Scout
basketball game ever played in Bon
ners Ferry and if the attendance war
rants other games will be arranged
The boys of both teams are firstclass
players. There is keen rivalry be-
tween the two teams and an interest
ing, exciting and close game is as.
sured.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-03-09
ARE UNDER WRONG IMPRESSION
No Discrimination Attempted Against
Eastport in County Road Program.

At the meeting of the Kootenai VAL
ley Commercial Club held Monday
night it was brought out that citizens
of Eastport had gained the impression
that commercial club members and
county officials had undertaken to
have the route of the North and South
highway changed to Porthill instead
of connecting with Canadian highways
through Eastport.
To the best recollection of the Off
GERS and members of the commercial
club such a change has never been
discussed in any commercial club
meeting and ]. B. Brody, of the good
roads committee, was requested to
write residents of Eastport to this eff
feet County officials have also stated
that there has never been at any time
any inclination on their part to sacri-
flee the Eastport road in favor of
the Porthill road. AS a matter of
fact County Commissioner Welch,
County Attorney Wilson and County
Auditor Brody, together with c. w.
King, the latter representing the COM
mercial club, recently made a trip to
Boise to interest federal authorities
in expending federal money on Bound
airy county roads. Promises were Sc
cured that some $4,000 would be ap-
propriated for the Roosevelt highway
while the sum of $4,000 was promised
for the road between Bonners Ferry
and Eastport by way of Copeland,
Round Prairie and Eastport 1t is
figured that local appropriations of
forestry money will be secured to care
for road construction work between
Copeland and Porthill and on the
Meadow Creek road Thus far there
has not been even hint of any dis
elimination in road matters in Bound
airy county.
Eastport citizens have been invited
to meet with the county officers and
the commercial club members at the
regular meeting of the club next Mon
day night to discuss road matters.
At the last Monday night meeting
F. G. Chambers stated that he thought
the report of discrimination against
the Eastport road eminated from ac-
tivities of the Creston good roads en-
thusiasts who have been working to
secure the routing of Canadian auto
traffic through Creston.
The state highway department has
designated the North and South high
way route through Eastport after care
full surveys and studies and II is moi
likely that the department could bs
induced to make a change.