This Week in History — April 6, 2023

100 Years Ago

A deal was closed this week whereby A.J. Kent sold his real estate and insurance business to O.S. Kanikeberg and H.J. Askevold, who will conduct the Land Co., in the quarters used for offices by Mr. Kent in the Casey Hotel building.

The Spokane International Railroad company is starting work this week on the season’s improvement and maintenance program.

A night crew was put to work at the sawmill of the Bonners Ferry Lumber Company last Monday night.

50 Years Ago

The unexpected death of Dayton M. Douglas age 60 yesterday at his home has shocked the community. The passing of Harold Zimmerman after surgery late last week has also brought sorrow to many.

Cook Battery and Electric became S S &H, Inc. effective April 1. The appliance, television, and repair store has been purchased by Bob and Frank Spalding and Cecil Holmes. Owner for the past 28 years, Winston Cook has retired.

Logging contractors Plumlee and Foust and Sims Implement, local John Deere dealer, made history recently. A new John Deere 740 skidder purchased by the logging company is the first of its kind bought in the 11 western states. The $40,000 skidder has only recently been added to the John Deere line.

Christie Sawyer has the big job of separating a multitude of patterns at her new “Christie’s Fabric Shop” now open at the back of the new Kelson Office Building.

15 Years Ago

As mayor of Moyie Springs, Joe Mesenbrink has performed weddings for his daughters Marie Byars and Laura Harmon. Mesenbrink in August hopes to do the same for his son, Jon, and- down the road- for his nine grandchildren. The 62-year-old cancer victim is counting on making it to all of their weddings now that he is undergoing cutting-edge treatment at the Cancer Care Center in Houston.

In as little as two weeks, Bonners Ferry’s new four-faced clock tower on the roof at City Hall could be operating. Funded with $21,000 in contributions, the clock tower is being developed on the former 50-foot cinder block hose tower built in the 1950s.

Submitted by the Boundary County Museum