History for March 23, 2017
100 Year
Last Wednesday Deputy sheriff McMahon brought in Herbert Kennison from Burns Spur and an inquiry was held before Probate Judge Henderson as to Kennison’s sanity.
He was adjudged insane and taken to the asylum at Orofino.
Charles Neumeyer, of Porthill, underwent an operation at the City Hospital last week for empyena. Drs. Fry and Faucett found it necessary to remove part of a rib in order to make an incision in the pleural cavity from which a gallon of foreign matter was removed. The patient is recovering nicely from the operation.
Miss Natalie Viley had her collar bone broken Saturday afternoon when she fell out of the rear seat in a hack in which she was riding. Miss Viley had been visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher at the Indian Mission.
The Fishers were bringing her home and Miss Viley was riding in the back seat with Mrs. Edgar Charles.
The seat was not securely fastened or became loosened from its fastenings and as the team started up a sharp grade in the road, the seat tipped and Miss Viley and Mrs. Charles fell to the ground. Mrs. Charles was severely bruised and sprained her back but no bones were broken.
Work was started this week on the foundations for a modern ten-room home which Malcom Bruce will build this month adjoining the site of his present home. The building will be a two-story frame structure and have a full basement. The dimensions are to be 26 feet by 36 feet. Sam Peterson has the contract for the building.
50 Year
The proposed Kootenai river bridge near Copeland took a big step toward reality this week when accord was reached by the State and Boundary county on a control agreement for construction of approaches for the bridge.
The proposed bridge will replace the vehicle ferry which crosses the Kootenai near Copeland.
The bridge will have an overall length of 660 feet and will have three fixed spans.
Mr. and Mrs. S.S. “Slim” Allured Wednesday announced they have sold the sporting goods business they have operated in Bonners Ferry the past 21 years – Allured’s Sport Shop – to Mr. and Mrs. Chet Glauner.
Mr. and Mrs. Glauner also own and operate Glauner Marine Supply, and they state they will combine both businesses downtown.
Two juvenile boys from Spokane area, charged with grand larceny in the theft of five vehicles and handled as juvenile case – ordered to pay approximately $400 restitution, returned to Spokane and placed on probation one year, subject to further court action if 6:00 p.m. curfew or other terms of probation violated.
Mr. and Mrs. William “Bill” Morford, formerly of Libby, have opened an adult-supervised youth recreation center in the former Gambles store building in Bonners Ferry. The center is to have fountain and grill service and will serve ice cream and soft drinks.
The center is equipped with pool tables, as well as bowling, sharpshooting, and other amusement machines. Dances for teen-agers will be held Saturday night, and possibly Friday also. There will be live music, featuring name bands from surrounding areas.
15 Years
A complaint to void the Feb. 5 plant facilities levy was submitted I district Court here Friday with just 33 minutes left on the 40-day deadline to submit an objection.
The complaint for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief was filed by the law officers of Richard A. Hearn and Scott J. Smith in Pocatello on behalf of Terry and Lorlene Johnson and Richard and Emmy Lou Fairfield against Boundary County school District 101, Boundary County commissioners and County Treasurer Wilma Devore.
Bonners Ferry High School scholars returned Sunday from the Academic Decathlon state Competition bearing the third place trophy in the middle schools division. When their placing was announced at the awards banquet on Saturday, the audience of 400 was silent for several minutes as southern Idaho realized this new team was a force to consider.
In an effort to tighten security measures stemming from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Spokane Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol will beef up its Bonners Ferry Border Patrol Station assigning 10 additional agents to the northern border by Sept. 30.
The Bonners Ferry border Patrol Station patrols about 62 miles of international border from the Washington/Idaho border into northwestern Montana.
Construction of a new Border Patrol facility near the airport is scheduled to begin next month, and officials said it should provide a much-needed resource to accommodate the increase in manpower.