This Week In History - Feb. 22, 2024

100 Years Ago

Tom Nicholson is having the frame building on the lots at the corner of Main and Railroad streets, removed preparatory to the construction of a one story brick which will cost approximately $20,000. The Seattle Cafe building and the Draves Harness Shop building are being moved to face on Railroad Avenue.

The Bonners Ferry Canning Company recently purchased a plot of ground near the S.I. Depot and will begin the construction of a cannery building there about March 1, say officials of the company. The land was purchased from Chas. McGlocklin, and lies between the S.I. and G.N. railroad tracks.

Members of the local Moose Lodge are preparing to entertain a large number of Moose from Troy, Sandpoint and Spokane on Saturday evening, February 23, when a class of about 20 candidates will be given first-degree work and a class of about 40 will be given second-degree work by the Spokane Degree team.

50 Years Ago

During a regular Council meeting on Feb. 13, the Kootenai Tribe discussed the issue of naming a new Chief. Basil White had been Acting-Chief since the passing of the late Chief Eneas Abraham last Spring. Moses Joseph, age 71, who resides at the Kootenai Indian Mission was unanimously elected and will be officially seated in the near future.

Leroy Kelson notified other members of the City Council Tuesday evening that he will resign soon as he is in the process of moving from the city and no longer able, according to law, to hold his council position.

Provisions for federal funds to build a new bridge at the mouth of Deep Creek and for pumping cost and related compensation due to damages resulting from the construction of Libby Dam were included in the House and Senate Conference report which passed Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

15 Years Ago

Weston Baines was fairly sure the snow that slid off his two-story shed during the early January thaw had buried his 13 year old red heeler. "It's great," he said about getting Paco back 30 days after2 feet of snow slid from the roof of his home. Convinced the dog was dead, Baines went to Second Chance Animal Adoption in hopes of getting another heeler - only to find that his was alive.

William Huston of Naples is willing to give up to $1,000 toward the installation of a book drop-off box in the parking lot of the Boundary County Library.

~Submitted by the Boundary County Museum