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From the archives of the

Bonner County History Museum

611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, ID. 83864

208-263-2344

50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Nov. 13, 1966 — ELECTION FOLLOW UP

Besides helping send Don Samuelson to the statehouse in Boise, Bonner County voters put two new Republican faces in the courthouse next January. Harold Anselmo defeated James Mickelson in the Second commissioner’s district and Norma Strecker will be in the assessor’s office.

Bonner County voters gave U. S. Rep. Compton I. White a comfortable 3621 to 2675 margin over Jim McClure, Republican, but White lost in a close race with the Payette attorney in the First district.

Bonner and Boundary county voters gave the three District 1 legislature seats to Democrats: Merle Parsley, Sandpoint, Marion Davidson, Bonners Ferry and Don Maynard of Clark Fork.

The sales tax was turned down 3573 to 2644 by Bonner County voters but approximately 60 percent of the voters of the state gave approval and it is retained.

Election returns were tabulated at Community hall by staffs of Doris Kenney’s office and the News-Bulletin. First precinct to report was Lamb Creek in the Priest Lake area. Colburn missed first by a few moments because a telephone line in that area was tied up by a couple of teenagers carrying on a weighty conversation. Last precinct to report was Washington and that came in after 4 a.m. and then it was not complete.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Nov. 13, 1916 — NEW DEPOT IS OPEN

Within the past week the move has been made from the old Northern Pacific depot to the palatial new $25,000 structure just to the north and the traveling public has been accommodated within the newer walls. The furniture for the new local home of the railway company was lost in transit and benches from the old depot are seeing a brief period of service therein but it is thought the elaborate new furnishings will be found soon.

The new depot is constructed of a fine grade of building brick capped with a green tile roof. The interior has been done in white enameled brick and heavy oak trimmings, stained a tasty green. The floor is chipped marble rolled to a perfect smoothness. There is one large waiting room, a rest room for the ladies and a smoking compartment for the gentlemen. Below stairs is the heating plant and the septic tank while above the ground floor are several office rooms. Cluster lights have been placed about the outside of the depot while eight posts carrying large candle-power lights have been spaced along the brick platform.

Further improvement of the site will be made by tearing down the old wooden structure and parking the space now occupied by it. A driveway has been graded from the Cedar street bridge to the depot’s west side and a retaining wall built where this leaves the road that runs to the Humbird mill and on to Ponderay and Kootenai.

For more information, visit the museum online at www.bonnercountyhistory.org.