Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-06-01
News From Leonia District


that side A solid rock cliff at this /
end of the bridge made it imperative
that the rock be removed before poles
could be hauled across the bridge, as
a consequence those mostly affected
consented to donate work and funds |
sufficient to have the rock cleared. !
and with the assistance of the county. /
$500 was raised. Mr.. Stonechest
agreed to do the work, donating a
portion in labor, together with Ewing
d Co., Hitchner & Hitchner, Stone
chest 4 Coats, all of whom have
number of poles and ties, which could
not be hauled to the railroad until
the approach was fixed sufficiently
to clear the poles at the turn. The
work has been under way for the past
few days and is progressing smoothly
with the exception of one slight acct
dent TO a laborer, who received
smashed toe from the falling of
rock. The toe was treated by ply
sicians, and was found to be only
slightly injured although quite pain
full.
j. Nj. Schnatterly returned to Spo-
kane, after spending few days at the
Idaho Gold & Ruby mine personally |
supervising the installation of new
Jugs for the flume. Some little diff
Guilty has been experienced by a steel
firm in Spokane regarding these
Jugs, they being too soft and yet too
hard. The Spokane firm has placed
its reputation behind the installing
of these Jugs, and in order to get
something that will hold it has been
necessary that the steel company in
stall one set of Jugs, and watch their
behavior and which Mr.. Schnatterly
hoped would be a success, as it would
mean thousands of dollars saved to
the stockholders. They proved too
hard, however, and it was necessary
to replace them with a steel of some
what different composition, or ap-
proximately the same material as is
in the ball of our modern railroad
rails. The new lug is being shipped
In by express and is being installed
rapidly.
The mine is now working a IL hour :
day, the result of a meeting, at which
Mr. Schnatterly put the matter to a
vote, and as the employees were, with
the exception of one, unanimous for :
IL hour day, they are now working :
II hours, hoping to get the CONSTRUCT
ton work completed that much earl
Ter and hoping to make it possible to
clean up before fall. :
An agreement has been entered :
into by and between the Idaho Gold
and Ruby mine and the county COM
missioners whereby the county com
missioners help defray the expense of
trestle, and the Idaho Gold and
Ruby will move the rock from the
tunnel now being dug at Leonia into
the holes parallel with the railroad
and caused by the removal of dirt at
the time of building the Great North
ern. The residents of Leonia are very
highly pleased over the prospects of
getting these holes filled as they have
been an incubator for mosquitoes for
years and are unsightly in appear
ance.
The Great Northern Railroad has ,
an extra gang building a dyke at
Boulder creek and near the Great
Northern bridge crossing this stream.
just west of Leonia. There will be
about six weeks work for the gang
The last couple of years the high
water has had a tendency to change
the course of Boulder creek and with !
out the dyke the stream would event
ually follow a course west and paral-
lei with the tracks With the dyke
being built where it is, however the
creek must follow the present course
The Great Northern agents boss,
Mrs. A. II. Nelson, arrived this week
and is stopping at the Leonia hotel
until Mr. Nelson can arrange for the
remodeling of the living quarters in
the depot Mrs. Nelson is proving
herself practicable and is fast becom-
ing accustomed to the inconvenience
of the small town
Harry Danforth, of Hitchner &
Kitchener Lumber Co., is moving his
family to Leonia this week, where
he has made quite extensive improve
ments to his residence. Mr.. Danforth
informs us that his company will ship
in the neighborhood of 100 cars out
OF Leonia within the year.
The Boomers Ferry lumber camps.
which have been operated by J. p.
Wilson for the past three years. have
finished shooting the last of the logs
and it is understood that this month
will complete the operations in this
section for a while. Everyone is
sorry to see this camp closed as it :
has helped to make plenty of life
around Leonia and cessation of oper-
atoms will naturally be felt.
The Boundary Mercantile store is
expecting the arrival of soda foun-
tain this week and hope to have it
installed and ready for business by
the coming week. That means ice
cream and soda and cold drinks for :
the people of Leonia and surrounding .
country. pool table has been pur- :
chased and by winter we expect to see
Leonia supporting pool hall and bar
Der chair.