Traveling back in time: this day in Bonners Ferry history
History for January 12th, 2017
100 year
Sheriff Worley turned over the reins of his office to his successor, Sheriff-elect Sawyer, yesterday and this morning left for the Queen mountain district where he has several promising mining claims. The company has a crew of men doing development work on the mines during the winter.
Two trunks stored in the Fitzpatrick Bros.’ barn near the Great Northern depot, were broken into last Thursday night and the contents scattered promiscuously over the floor. It is not known whether anything of value was taken. The barn is used as storage quarters by the McPherson Dray Line.
For Sale - Good winter varieties of apples delivered to any part of the city for $.80 the sack. Phone F.W. Bruce.
County Recorder Stanley reports there has been more instruments filed in his office during the past 30 days than at any like period since the organization of the county. He also reports that delinquent taxes, collection of which is made by his office, are being paid up quite rapidly.
While at Naples last Wednesday J.W. O’Connor, roadmaster for the Great Northern, fell from the top of the snow dozer and received a broken rib on the right side and a badly bruised arm. While the injuries are painful, Mr. O’Connor expects to be about in a few days.
50 Year
Construction is nearly complete on a 30x40-foot pumice block building at the rear of the Bargain Giant store on the South Hill which will house a new automatic laundry. It is expected that the installation will be ready to go within a few weeks. The new Laundromat will have 20 regular washers, one Big Boy washer for rugs and other heavy loads, and six dryers.
A second reading of the bylaws and constitution of the forthcoming Boundary County Historical Society occupied most of the time of the 18 persons present at the regular January meeting of the group. The first annual meeting will be held in April.
The Boundary County Sportsmen’s association held a regular meeting Tuesday night and reaffirmed without dissent a repeat resolution calling for removal of Frank Cullen, Coeur d’Alene, from the Idaho Fish and Game commission. A second resolution approved without dissent called for the removal of Assistant Director Robert Salter from office. A club spokesman said that friction between Idaho people and the state Fish and Game department will be resolved until department administrators acquaint themselves with the fact they are servants to and not masters of the people of this state.
It was announced this week that the Boundary county nursing home has received official notification that it has been certified as an approved medical facility for Medicare patients. As of the end of December, the local nursing home was one of only five nursing homes in the entire State of Idaho to be certified for Medicare.
15 Year
Slick roads were partly to blame for a two-car accident between a Chevy pickup and a Sandpoint Furniture truck north of Three Mile at the intersection of County Road 32 on U.S. 95 sending one person to Boundary Community Hospital. According to sheriff’s report, the driver of the furniture truck made a left turn from the southbound lane of Hwy. 95 directly into the path of the pickup which was northbound.
Although Boundary County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped slightly from last month’s record high 9.7 percent, it still hovered close to double digits as Idaho’s jobless percentage soared to the highest rate in five years.
Terry Johnson was given the gift of flight for his birthday from his wife, Lori. He was at the controls for the majority of the flight and flew wonderfully. His sons, Casey and Jacob, joined him on the flight.
Off to their best start in years, the Bonners Ferry Badgers (9-3, 2-0) kicked off the Intermountain League season with back-to-back wins last weekend as they try to make a run for the league title. They stormed past St. Maries 51-33 on Friday and knocked off Timberlake 47-39.