This Week In History - Jan. 28, 2021

100 Years Ago

There is a movement underway to create a new state out of Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington.

Sheriff Fisher and deputies captured a large shipment of liquor Sunday afternoon in a freight car which came in over the K.V. Line. The booze was in a car of wood being shipped to Spokane and comprised 24 cases and 18 sacks of high priced liquor. The car was loaded with wood at Harper’s Ferry near Copeland.

S.O. Watson, a progressive poultry raiser of the Kootenai Valley is having good success with white chickens. He reports that during 1920 his chickens returned a gross income of $8.00 per hen, which should leave a net profit of $3.00 or better.

50 Years Ago

Mrs. Glen Patterson is a co-winner of the Idaho 4-H alumni award for 1970.

The McArthur curve, south of Bonners Ferry about 15 miles, has claimed another accident, according to reports from a sheriff’s deputy this week. This is the third truck accident reported in the county in the past two weeks.

A sweeping policy change at the Rex Theatre was announced this week by the owners, Mr. And Mrs. Lewis Mace. Effective in “about two weeks,” all children 16 years and younger must be accompanied by a parent to see any weekend evening shows, regardless of the film rating.

15 Years Ago

The Bonners Ferry Children’s Choir is performing “Swingin’ on a Star” today (Thursday, Jan.26) for the Idaho State Music Educator’s Convention in Boise.

“While all the county roads have been officially renamed- approximately 200 of them- another large part of the process remains in assigning numbers to homes or businesses as one part of the full address,” said Boundary County Geographical Information Systems Technician Gary Falcon.

Although scores were tied at the end of the second quarter, the Badger boys blasted the Kellogg Wildcats 63-51 during Saturday’s Intermountain League basketball game, racking up points on free throws.