Traveling back in time: This date in Bonners Ferry history
History for June 2nd, 2016
100 Year
Dorothy, the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.N. Benner, suffered a painful fracture of her left shoulder last Saturday when she ran out onto the street from behind a building just as Harold Zimmerman was riding by on a bicycle. Young Zimmerman was unable to prevent the collision and is entirely blameless for the accident.
Bonners Ferry’s new sewer system has been completed and inspected by engineers of the contracting company. The new system will have cost the city in the neighborhood of $29,000. The system consists of about four and a half miles of sewer pipe. Our septic tank is now working in fine shape. We are able to pump it completely dry in an hour and a half. We had considerable trouble with the plant until it was discovered that a hemp sack had been sucked into the foot valve in such a manner that the valve would not close properly.
The first of the week the new maps of the National Parks Highway were received here. These maps show Bonners Ferry on the main northern route of the highway which is being advertised all over the Untied States.
The class of 1916 of the Bonners Ferry high school took in a total of $73.90 in admissions for the class play, “All-of-a-sudden Peggy,” which was given last Thursday night. With this money the members of the class were able to pay all the expenses incurred for invitations, rentals, etc.
50 Year
During the past week the Kootenai river has risen 13 feet, from 16.90 to 29.90 feet, and the water level was continuing its upward climb this morning. Flood stage is 31 feet, but the dikes are constructed to hold up to the 35-foot mark, so at this point there is no serious flooding threat.
Families living on the North Bench now need only to turn on their tap to get all the water they can use, thanks to their own hard work and determination, the help of the Farmers Home Administration, and many months of planning, testing and- finally- completion of installation of the major part of 14 ½ miles of water line.
Voters of Boundary county will decide the school issue on Friday, June 10th, when a special election will be held by School District 101, seeking approval of a $1,230,000 bond to finance construction of a new elementary-senior high school facility.
Farmers are to no longer file annual federal gas tax refund claims for their non-highway farm use gasoline purchases, Internal Revenue Service officials said Wednesday. Instead, farmers may claim the tax as a credit on their income tax returns.
15 year
While Bonners Ferry Police had reports of the designer drug Ecstasy moving into the area, the reality hit home May 18 when the arrest of a local teen uncovered a cache of the drug.
After more than 12 years of publishing a weekly newspaper, Kootenai Valley Times publisher Gary Guthrie announced today that the Times has reached the end of its publication run.
One of the hottest country western bands in America drawing rave reviews from coast to coast with a new number one album will be performing Kootenai River Days. Wylie & the Wild West will take the stage June 16 on the covered slab at the Fairgrounds.
After earning $670 for their school by recycling 1,500 pounds of aluminum and 120 inkjet cartridges, the Boundary County Junior High School Recycling Team celebrated their success with a luncheon at the Springs Restaurant in the Kootenai River Inn May 23.
They started from ground zero with this business and only a small amount of operating capital.
They learned many important skills and concepts during the process of running a business.