This Week in History - Nov. 3, 2022

100 Years Ago

Residents of the Paradise Valley, Cow Creek, and South Bench Districts have signed a petition circulated by Mrs. Ed Waddell and Frank Grignon, requesting the postal department to establish a rural free delivery which will serve between 250 to 300 people on the proposed route.

The city council of Bonners Ferry is advertising for bids for the construction of the proposed new city hall on property owned by the town at the north end of Main Street.

Members of Boy Scout Troop No. 6, of which Frank Edmonds is Scoutmaster, spent Monday and Tuesday of this week at Gilson’s Gulch, two and a half miles below Bonners Ferry where they are constructing a log cabin which will be used for camping quarters for the troop.

50 Years Ago

Due to the pressure of his private practice, Attorney Jim Lyons has resigned his elected post of Boundary County Prosecuting Attorney, effective yesterday and was quite vocal when asked about his decision. Lyons, in his resignation, noted since the new man for the job was here, he wished to terminate the office.

Main topic of discussion at the last School District 101 board meeting was the acceptance of a bid for a portable class room which will be located at Naples. The bid of $11,530 submitted by Don Crum was accepted by the board.

A great number of local persons were obviously relieved to learn late last Thursday afternoon that the man being sought in this area has been apprehended and placed in custody at Boundary County Jail. The alleged fugitive is thought to be Calvin Robinson from the Ukiah, Ca. area.

15 Years Ago

A Washington man who admitted to poaching a moose will pay nearly $2,400 in fines, penalties, and court costs and lose his hunting privileges for two years in more than 30 states.

Josh Hawks, a 2007 graduate of BFHS, has signed a letter of intent to play basketball for Grays Harbor College in Aberdeen, Wa.

The National Weather Service has chosen to maintain the current flood stage level on the Kootenai River in Bonners Ferry.

~Submitted by the Boundary County Museum