This Week In History - August 10, 2023

| August 10, 2023 1:00 AM

100 Years Ago

Governor C.C. Moore has issued a proclamation calling upon the people of the State of Idaho to observe Friday as a memorial day for the late president, Warren G. Harding. Both banking houses will close, Bonners Ferry Lumber Co. will open at 11 a.m., local businesses at noon, drug stores and pool rooms will reopen at 6 p.m.

Approximately ten thousand acres of idle peat soil in Boundary County can be made highly productive through proper soil treatment, according to G.R. McDole, soil technologist of the University of Idaho, who was here three days last week making examinations of local peat bogs.

Boyd Spring, merchant and postmaster of Meadow Creek, has leased the Archer sawmill at Meadow Creek and will start manufacturing lumber in the near future on a contract taken with a Spokane firm.

50 Years Ago

Regional Forester Steve Yurich said Tuesday due to the present extremely hazardous fire conditions, effective midnight Tuesday, Aug. 7, federal lands within the Idaho Panhandle National Forests are closed to entry.

Army Major William W. Witt, son of Mrs. Mildred E. Witt, Bonners Ferry, was graduated from the 1972-73 regular class at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.

City Police Chief Don Hamilton reported that vandalism of the VFW Hall at the fairgrounds was discovered Tuesday night, and had apparently happened sometime during the day Monday or Tuesday. The culprits had thrown several bottles of soft drink syrup and about 10 pounds of coffee, sugar, salt and pepper on the floor of the building.

15 Years Ago

Bonners Ferry City Council on Tuesday named deputy chief Rick Alonzo as the city’s new police chief. Alonzo was among 10 to apply for the job. Five of the applicants were from within the city police department. Mayor Dave Anderson recommended Alonzo for the job.

The recent merger of Riley Creek Lumber and Bennett Forest Industries has turned into 11 new jobs at Riley Creek’s Mill in Moyie Springs. In addition, on Monday a second shift was added to the local lumber mill to ramp up production by 25 percent.

Boundary County Community restorium’s 34 residents will pay 20 percent more a month to remain at the assisted living center in Bonners Ferry. Fees include laundry, meals and personal assistance.

— Submitted by the Boundary County Museum.