Old Timer's ColumnThe Bonners Ferry HeraldMay 1, 1914
Much Good Road Work Done
In a statement issued recently, Forest Supervisor Fitzwater reports that the county and Forest Service have expended $3,498 on the Addie Eastport Road, which resulted in greatly improving the highway.
A balance of $5,000 is on hand for use on the road from Addie to Meadow Creek, a distance of about 10 miles.
It is expected that work on this stretch will begin next month. By connecting this road to Meadow Creek, there will be a through road from Bonners Ferry to the Canadian line, and travelers will not then have to go into Montana to get to Canada.
The county meets the Forest Service half way. In all road work, and Supervisor Fitzwater reports that the service has asked the commissioners for $1,500 for the road from Meadow Creek to Bonners Ferry, which if granted, will make $3,000 available.
This will be sufficient to improve the worst part of the road. A request for $2,500 for the Addie-Copeland Road has been made, which will give $5,000 for the work. Supervisor Fitzwater states that next to the Moyie Road, this is the most needed improvement north of Bonners Ferry. No survey has been made of this road and it is not known how far the $5,000 will go.
Suspect Foul Play
Neighbors of Sam Floaten, the Great Northern trackwalker was recently killed by a passing train. They suspected that the man killed might have met with foul play last week asked Sheriff Remer to investigate the matter, their suspicious having been aroused by the fact that the man was known to have had between $25 and $40 on him before he was killed and only a few cents in his pockets was found.
Several men had been near the body before the coroner removed it and while the sheriff was satisfied the dead man’s pockets had been rifled, he could not fasten the guilt on anyone. There is no doubt, however, that Floaten was struck and killed by a train.
Briefs
The county division committee appointed by Kootenai Valley Commercial Club in receipt of a letter from the Sandpoint club stating that a committee had been appointed to meet with the local committee.
Remer was in town yesterday serving papers in the Aldrich murder case.
G.W. Meyers is showing a handsome cougar skin in the window of the Peerless, which he had recently made into a rug. It has the “full” mount and makes a very handsome rug.
Jake Kindschuh and Charlie Guthrie have bought the tin shop from the Bonner Hardware Co. and will do complete tin, sheet metal, plumbing and heating business. The boys have had some 25 years experience in the trade and understand their business.
The Bonners Ferry baseball team will play a return game with Priest River Sunday in Priest River.
Herb Dale lost his motorcycle Tuesday night by fire, while the machine was standing in front of the post office. Something went wrong worth the light, the gasoline was ignited and the machine destroyed. It was an Indian and was not covered by insurance.
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