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From the archives of the
Bonner County History Museum
611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, ID 83864
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50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
April 9, 1967 — CONSERVATIONIST DIES
Death came to James Weaver, 81, at the Sandpoint Manor Tuesday, ending the career of a long-time resident who contributed much to the improvement of hunting and fishing in this area.
A great lover of the outdoors and the sports of hunting and fishing, Weaver had fished every lake and stream in the county and tramped over hills and valleys in pursuit of game. While he was hunting and fishing, he was also looking to the future and was a leader in every effort made by the Bonner County Sportsmen’s Assn. to improve and maintain these sports.
He worked on arranging the first plantings of elk in the Trestle Creek-Hope area in the late 1920s. He campaigned in the northern part of the state in support of the referendum which created the Idaho Fish and Game Commission during the 1930s. He helped negotiate the acquisition of Kamloops rainbow eggs from Kootenay Lake to establish this famous fighting trophy trout in our lake in the early 1940s.
Noted as a man with a green thumb, Weaver operated the greenhouse on West Cedar, now home to House of Flowers. In the late 1930s he operated a tavern in the former Ponderay Hotel.
Weaver was born Nov. 10, 1885, in Wells County, Indiana. He and his wife came to Sandpoint in 1906. She died in 1947.
Survivors include one son, Jack, Torrance, CA and a brother, Hurschell, Sandpoint.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
April 9, 1917 — CITY BREVITIES
Among new recruits to Company A is Herman Frank, the tailor. Swiss by birth, he had military training in his native country before coming to America. The boys of Company A are pleased over his enlistment, not only because he is a good fellow, but because, as a tailor, they expect he will attend to mending their clothes.
The First avenue pavement has been pretty well cleaned of snow the past week. Company A has daily street drills there and large crowds have been witnessing them go through their paces.
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NAVIGATION CLOSED THREE MONTHS
The ice field between the city and Bottle bay still prevents the Northern Navigation steamers from making Sandpoint, and it will be a week or two ere the course is cleared. Sandpoint’s port has been closed longer this year than ever before, the last boat leaving the city dock on Christmas eve.
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SEWER ORDINANCE OFFENDERS
The city council discussed abuses of the sewer system by First avenue merchants who have used the connections in their businesses as dumping places. Mayor Himes stated that boards, one 3 1/2 feet long and two inches wide, a suit of underclothes, oranges, sticks and refuse of all sorts were fished out of the sewer last week by city employees trying to get the sewer working.
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