Traveling back in time: This date in Bonners Ferry history
History for May 12th, 2016
100 Year
The home of Roger Rose on his ranch near McArthur was destroyed by fire last Wednesday, the fire starting from the chimney. Mrs. Rose and her baby were in the house at the time the fire started but by the time help could be obtained the house and furnishings were in ruins. There was no insurance and the Rose family lost everything they had.
Many of those whose residences are on the river bank are being obliged to move to the foothills on account of the water coming up.
For Sale – Relinquishment of 80 acres. Bench land, about 30 acres fairly level. Three acres cleared and two slashed; barn and out buildings; good water; about 300 cords dry timber. 2 ½ miles from G.N. and S.I railways. Also in-foal mare, weight about 950 pounds, buggy, etc. Owner burnt out and cannot afford to rebuild house. Address Roger Rose, McArthur, Idaho.
Fitzpatrick Bros. have sold their entire crop of hay to a Portland firm at prices ranging from $12 to $18 per ton.
They will dispose of about 130 tons. The redtop hay brings $12 and good timothy hay brings $18 per ton.
At a meeting held last evening at the county courthouse the citizens of Bonners Ferry decided to take steps toward the dyking of the south bank of the Kootenai river.
50 Year
A crop spraying plane owned by Bruce Coombs of Yakima and flown by Ron Willard was damaged in District 11 Wednesday when it side swiped a chemical tank truck after the pilot attempted to avoid hitting a car driven into the plane’s path as it was making a landing. The pilot had completed a spraying run and was landing on the road to the Kootenai mission when the car was driven into the plane’s path after it had touched down but was still moving at high speed. The pilot was able to pull the plane off the ground but lost power and dropped back to the ground, hitting the tank truck and knocking off the right wing of the plane. The pilot was not injured.
Porthill Paragraphs – Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Baker had word from their son Bill in Germany that he had injured his had quite seriously, but they had no particulars.
Ivar Wallen, one of the real old-timers in the Bonners Ferry area, renewed his subscription to the Herald last week and it was the 47th time he has done so. Ivar came here in 1910 and have been a regular Herald subscriber since 1919. He operated a tailor shop here for 30 years and is now retired.
Winds of tornado velocity early Wednesday destroyed the garage and caused extensive damage to the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hewett, in the Curley Creek area.
15 Year
A verbal complaint filed with officials at Bonners Ferry High School by the guardian of a former student has resulted in the resignation of Niccole Bayley, P.E./Health teacher.
Boundary county’s population has jumped 18.5 percent in the last decade, growing from 8,332 residents to 9,871 from April 1990 to April 2000, according to figures released in March from the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Tired of the high cost of gasoline, valve jobs and tractor engine repairs? Then try getting some horse sense and plowing up the back forty the old fashioned way with a team of horses the way Steve Henrick has been doing for years.
This year April 4-8, five Bonners Ferry F.F.A. members attended the Idaho State Convention in Twin Falls. Casey Gross and Ryan John both received their state degrees and the scrapbook prepared by Marie Fessler and Amy Wood placed with a silver.