This Week in Bonners Ferry History
100 Years Ago
The State Board of Health will lift influenza ban on Nov. 24. The ban has been in force since Oct. 10 for public gatherings and Oct. 21 for the public schools. During the past week there have been many new cases and 2 more deaths resulting from the disease. Mrs. E. Boileau and Miss Edmire Boileau are confined to their beds. Miss Dolly Bruce is seriously ill. Virginia Worley, age 19, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.B. Worley of the Cow Creek district died on Monday.
Mr. Moeser, timekeeper for the Inland Paper Co. camps, announced that the company sawmill has been moved to a point near the railway at Addie. The company recently finished construction of a flume which will be used in getting out paper pulp wood. The sawmill has a capacity of 20,000 feet daily and is used for cutting timber to be used as ties and match stock.
President Woodrow Wilson says American people have a moving cause to be grateful for - the end of the war - and designates next Thurs., Nov. 28 as a day of thanksgiving and invites the people to cease upon that day from their ordinary occupations.
B.F. Meat Co. will be opening on Thurs., Nov 21 next to the John McGlocklin Real Estate office. The proprietors, Glad and Palmer will provide the high degree of service usually provided by a modern meat market.
A.J Kent has sold his 380 acre ranch at Moyie Springs to State Brothers from Montana. They plan to improve it and will raise stock.
50 Years Ago
The annual campaign to raise funds for the Girl Scout program in Boundary County is now in progress, according to Don Barton, Chairman of this year’s fund drive. Barton, Assistant Manager of the local Safeway store, is being helped by Mrs. Mary McNearney, Co-Chairman.
Bob Schnuerle killed a large royal bull elk last Friday on the west side of Dawson Ridge. The animal which field dressed at about 550 pounds was dropped by Schnuerle at a distant of some 500 yards with an open sight rifle.
Members of the American Legion Boundary Post 55 participated in observance of Veteran’s Day Monday by visiting schools. Speakers included Peter B. Wilson, John Sims, Bob Fitch, Ken Mendenhall, Dayton Douglas, Jim Burkholder, John Leonard, J.B. Wages, A.J. Ryals, Irvin Dinning, Dr. John Ghigleri, Charlie Plum, Don Chessman, Dan Morse, and Chuck Whittaker.
15 Years Ago
Two Bonners Ferry city employees have become two of Idaho’s latest “Roads Scholars”! City Street Superintendent John Youngwirth and City Street Foreman Stephen Galbraith were publically recognized on Nov. 4 for completing the Idaho Technology Transfer Center Road Scholar Program.
Join the Fry Healthcare Foundation’s eighth annual Festival of Trees “Windows to Wonderland” as we kick off the holiday season with a four day extravaganza for the entire family.
Since 130 workers lost their jobs from the closure of Louisiana-Pacific’s mill April 25, Boundary County has taken a downward slide. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October in Boundary County reached double-digits, jumping from 8.3 percent to 10.3 percent, making it the second largest increase in all of Idaho’s 44 counties.
— Submitted by the Boundary County Museum