This Week In Boundary County History

This Week In History

100 Years Ago

Robert Nelson of Naples, an officer and stockholder of the Boulder Creek Mining Co., with claims located some 10 miles east of Naples, reports that the company is now driving a tunnel in 130 feet on a vein of free milling gold ore.

W.G. Swendsen, Commissioner of Reclamation, finds physical and engineering problems more favorable than expected. He believes Kootenai drainage is feasible.

More births than deaths were recorded in Boundary County for 1921. Births total 114 and only 42 deaths were recorded. In the state, there were 11,437 births and a total of 3,878 deaths.

50 Years Ago

Chuck Malone of the newly established Malone Funeral Home this week encouraged all persons to stop by his South Hill facility and inspect the premises. The new business opens Saturday.

Teresa Burkholder, a junior at BFHS, was selected to represent Bonners Ferry in the Tenth Intermountain Junior Science and Humanities symposium at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

Four local BFHS students are scheduled to test their knowledge against a team from Palouse, Wash., on Spokane’s television KHQ High School Bowl this Sunday, Jan. 9, at 6 p.m. The Bonners Ferry team will consist of Mark Beatty, Mike Collyer, Chris Schauble, and Betsy Douglas. The coaches for the team are Mr. and Mrs. Dan VeNard.

15 Years Ago

A few days before Christmas, the Boundary County Sheriff’s Office made several kids' dreams come true with brand new bikes and safety equipment to place under their families’ Christmas trees.

The fundraising efforts of Jan Studer’s eighth grade class at Boundary Co. Middle School has been successful all year. The most recent effort was decorating and selling candy canes for $1 each to help raise money for the Boundary Co. Ministerial Association.

The Idaho Transportation Department is sticking by its decision to stop using sand on Panhandle highways during the winter.

— Submitted by the Boundary County Museum