OLD TIMER'S COLUMN

From the Bonners Ferry Herald,

Jan. 24, 1913

To Push County Division Bill

W. P. Mahoney and A. J. Kent left Wednesday morning or Boise, Idaho, to act as representatives of the Kootenai Valley Commercial Club in an effort to secure the passage of the Bonner County division bill.

Messrs Mahoney and Kent will probably remain in Boise until the bill is either passed or rejected and will aid the Bonner County legislators in any way possible to secure its passage. The expenses of Mr. Mahoney and Mr. Kent will be paid by the businessmen of the Kootenai Valley, who have already subscribed No. 362 for that purpose.

The bill asking for the division of Bonner County was introduced in the house of representatives last Saturday by Rep. Elliott. The passage of the bill has been asked for by 1,025 residents in the north end of Bonner County, who signed petitions to that effect. A number of petitions are still being circulated, and it is estimated that the numbers of signers will reach the 1,400 or 1,500 mark.

The north end of Bonner County is a unit in its desire for county division, and there is no active opposition to the measure in the southern part of the county. The purposed new county will have an assessed valuation of $7 million. This will leave an assessed valuation of the old county of Bonner at $18 million, according to figures given by county assessor Von Cannon.

Appoint Road Overseers

The Board of County commissioners appointed road overseers for the road districts in Bonner County last Friday and fixed the pay for work on county roads as follows: road overseers, 30 cents per hour; common labor, 25 cents per hour; and teams, 30 cents per hour.

Copeland News

The Farmer’s Union will meet Saturday evening.

Postmaster Maul and his wife spent a few days of last week in Bonners Ferry.

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Chisholm have been entertaining eastern friends.

Oscar Kruse has purchased from Henry Guthrie a 10- acre tract in Copeland.

Fred W. Gumaer, district forester, was down from Porthill recently to move his station outfit to Porthill.

Copeland has a literary society under the leadership of Ernest Cooper, which meets in the school house bi-monthly. A good number have enrolled and much interest is manifested.

In Copeland, the old sawmill will soon be singing its long silent song and a real boom is in the process of launching. The new firm is busy contracting for logs and overhauling buildings and machinery, so as to be ready to fire up when the ice goes out in the spring.

The new enterprise cannot help, but bring renewed activity to this community, and the old patrons are extended best wishes to the new company.

Briefs

If you want to learn of the bargains of the merchants of Bonners Ferry week by week, you should read the ads in the Herald. Reading the ads may save you money.

Join the crowd that will spend several merry hours dancing at Moravia Dance Hall tomorrow evening. Best music. Good time assured.

Mrs. Spencer Lewis of Eastport was a visitor in the city on Wednesday.

Captain Higgins, one of the oldest pioneers of this section and now making his home in the Yaak River country, was in town yesterday, where he had been visiting last month.

Buy all your meats from the old reliable meat men, Nicholson and Zimmerman. The City Meat Market. The best of everything always on hand at the lowest market prices.