This Week In Bonners Ferry History

100 Years Ago

W.C.T.U. (Women’s Christian Temperance Union) for north Idaho held its annual meeting in B.F. last week. Resolutions adopted at the meeting were: “That we are thankful for the great temperance victories of the past year, both of state and nation.” 45 states have ratified the prohibition amendment and nation-wide prohibition is to take effect Jan. 16, 1920.

A large crowd attended the dance at the Northside schoolhouse given for the benefit of the canning club. It is proposed that next year the canning club will have a building and more and better equipment. This year over 500 quarts of fruits and vegetables were put up and they are still working on orders. They are canned for the customers at slightly more than the actual cost and tin cans are used unless the customer furnishes glass jars.

50 Years Ago

A $160,000 loan and a $90,000 grant have been approved by the FHA for a new Bee Line water system. The members of the association are contributing $25,800.

A record number of girls, 13, have entered Junior Miss competition.

The James Mudd home at Meadow Creek has been destroyed by fire.

15 Years Ago

An abandoned explosives cache has been found in the Copeland area.

Local artist, Ron Abraham, was chosen by the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho as the winner of the 2004 American Indian Heritage Poster Contest.

Eighty-five bicycling enthusiasts from all over the region gathered for the Second Annual Kootenai River Ride. The ride was a success!

— Submitted by the Boundary County Museum