This Day in Bonners Ferry History
100 Year
Porthill Notes – A four-ton truck ran off the ferry boat last Sunday into the river, the driver forgetting to put the brakes on. The truck was mostly loaded with lumber.
S.D. Taylor, of Boise, arrived in the city last evening and will spend several days here looking after his property interests in the city and visiting with friends. Mr. Taylor is a pioneer of this district and founded the Bonners Ferry Herald some 26 years ago.
The first day’s enrollment of the Northside school, District No. 14, was 97. Last year the first day’s enrollment was 114. New pupils are enrolling daily and it is expected the attendance this year will be even larger than that of last year.
Nine leading bonding houses filed bids last Wednesday morning with the board of county commissioners of Boundary county for the purchase of $40,000 worth of Boundary county’s $70,000 road bond issue. As soon as the money is at hand it is planned to start work on the construction of the state highway. The construction work will be done under the supervision of the engineers of the state highway commission and it is understood that these engineers will also have a voice in determining the most feasible route for the proposed roads through the county.
50 Year
Nineteen Boundary County 4-H girls Saturday traveled with their mothers and extension home agent Ruth Ann Tolman to Spokane, where the girls attended a modeling training session and participated in the 4-H style revue at the Spokane Interstate fair. The girls modeled outfits they had made in various projects this year.
Stan DeHart and Harold Buroker went salmon fishing out of Ilwaco, Wash. Last weekend and they came back with some nice salmon, alright, but they also brought along a winter’s supply of stories ranging from hooking onto some “whale birds” to catching a seven-foot blue shark.
Boundary County Sportsman Association President Harv Pedey this week announced that a fish plant will be conducted in the high lakes of Boundary and Bonner counties. He said local sportsmen will do the planting this Sunday, Sept. 24. The fish will be carried in lightweight cellophane sacks to the lakes by those participating. All fish are small Cutthroat. Numbers per lake will vary from 2,000 to 3,000 depending on the size of the lake.
The U.S. Border Patrol of the Immigration and Naturalization Service has an urgent need for a large number of physically fit young men desiring a career in federal law enforcement work. The entrance salary of an immigration patrol inspector is $6,451 a year. After satisfactorily completing a year of intensive training, a new officer’s salary is raised to $7,303.
15 Year
Fourteen year old Don Dinning, the son of Don & Mary Cay Dinning, was one happy fella as the BFHS freshman bagged a moose with a 42” rack at Zion Creek at 8 a.m. on opening day, Aug. 30.
A small local educational enterprise that it sponsors are calling Bonners Ferry University opened its doors this summer with an initial offering of 12 courses I history and literature. Paul Rawlings, who is the organizer and primary instructor, released an expanded set of classes and seminars for the fall quarter on Monday.
With the downtown revitalization project picking up steam, the Bonners Ferry City Council authorized its mayor to enter into a professional service agreement with a bond attorney for a proposed Local Improved District (LID) bond at a special meeting Sept. 13. Mayor Darrell Kerby said he estimates the bond attorney – who will prepare a resolution of intent which will be published – would cost in the neighborhood of $3,200. The fee will come from local business owners participating in the LID.
Beck’s Furniture on McCall Street is undergoing extensive remodeling, upgrading its 4,000 square foot store which opened six year ago by adding an L-shaped, 2,600 square foot addition. With business continually growing and feeling cramped for space, Rich Beck will be adding another showroom onto the store along with a 32x14 storage unit, which is expected to be completed by Oct. 10.