This Week In History - Dec. 12, 2024

100 Years Ago 

Among the many who believe there is a great future for agriculture and dairying in the Kootenai Valley is John Davidson, owner of one of the largest farms in Drainage District No.1. Mr. Davidson has traveled extensively and says he never has seen a country offering better opportunities to the farmers. 

H.J. McCoy, assistant general manager of the Bonners Ferry Lumber Company, who is in Spokane today on a business, announced yesterday that the sawmill will close down the latter part of the week.  The Bonners Ferry Lumber Company is just closing one of the longest sawing seasons of several years past.  Plans have been made for the usual winter logging in this country and at points in Montana along the Kootenai River. 

The new dance hall in the Myers and Strom building is now finished and will be formally opened to the public at a dance to be given on Christmas Eve.  The hall is steam heated, is well ventilated and provides the longest space for dancing of any hall in the county. 

50 Years Ago

Morrison-Knudsen Co. of Bonners Ferry revealed this week that it will be moving the administration end of its business soon to Butte, Montana.  At the height of its work here, 130-140 men were employed by them and the company provided a buffer for persons laid off in the logging industry. 

Boundary County Airport again has lights. The lights will make the airport usable for night operations. 

In an election held for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County committee, Tom Copeland was elected to a three-year term; Wally Davidson and Maynard Peterson were elected to 1st and 2nd alternates. 

15 Years Ago

Austin Tanner, 17, has passed his test to become a private pilot. 

A Christmas square dance party will be held at 2 pm Sunday, Dec. 20, at Copeland Hall on Highway 1, seventeen miles north of Bonners Ferry.  

The day after Thanksgiving, Cale Chouinard and his wife, Stacy, hoped to fill their freezer by killing at least one deer.  With their children- ages 3, 6, and 10- along for the ride, the Chouinards got lucky as both took decent size 5 by 5 bucks. 

On Nov. 19, Bud Larsen released his new book "Fishing With Uncle Bud."  

~Submitted by the Boundary County Museum