This Week in History - Aug. 13, 2020

100 Years Ago

Chautaugua begins today. The program calls for six nights of the “highest class of entertainment.”

Owners of overflowed land near Mirror Lake will petition for the formation of a drainage district. The plan to drain the lake will reclaim over 4,000 acres. Dikes will be built and a good pumping system will be installed.

Sidney Smartwood moved his barber shop into the Herald block, which he leased from the Enterprise Building Association.

J.M. Schnatterly, the president and general manager of the Idaho Gold & Ruby Mining Co. of Leonia, is having a 28 feet steel launch built near the Kootenai River.

50 Years Ago

Hitchhikers beware! The sheriff’s office is cracking down on “thumbers.”

The School District has hired ten new teachers. Coming to the high school are: Donald Trueblood, Miss Jane McKay, Mrs. Terry Lopez, Lee Davis, and Mrs. Hazel Campbell.

Reports that the livestock inspection station at Eastport will be cut back to three days per week has drawn considerable attention and concern.

15 Years Ago

Recently local merchants were asked by Friends of the Fair to help create some excitement about the upcoming Boundary County Fair. Many did so by decorating their store windows.

Planning for the 25th annual Lions Club Demo Derby is underway.

Sixty horses from Idaho, Washington, Montana and British Columbia showed excellent sportsmanship on Aug. 6-7 during the Boundary County Open Horse Show.

— Submitted by the Boundary County Museum