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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

Oct. 3, 1967 — HOPE NEWS

At the meeting of the East Hope Village council, members complied with House Bill No. 3 and reorganized the village into a city. Nick Ponack was named council president. Art Pedersen will serve as mayor until the general election Nov. 7.

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PLANT HIGHLAND LAKES

High mountain lakes were planted Sunday by a small army of sportsmen and Boy Scouts who assisted Idaho Fish and Game Department in planting fingerling cutthroat trout in Bonner and Boundary county lakes. The operation involved about 55 persons and 13 lakes were scheduled for stocking. Each lake received from 2,200 to 9,900 fish, depending upon size of the lake.

The unique aspect was that sportsmen were putting trout into the lakes rather than taking them out. Well, most of them. A few took along tackle and brought legal size trout back to the frying pans. Bob Kalb and Van Sawyer, accompanied by their sons, packed 6,600 trout to Myrtle lake and came out some hours later with a number of fish considerably larger than the legal minimum.

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BOURGOIN, EAKIN SEMIFINALISTS

Principal Richard Sodorff announced that two Sandpoint Senior High students are semi-finalists in the National Merit Scholarship program. They are Michael Bourgoin, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Bourgoin, Hope, and Anne Eakin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.F. Eakin, Sandpoint.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Oct. 3, 1917 — LARGE SHIPMENT OF LAMBS

The 3500 spring lambs recently shipped off the Pend Oreille government range to the Chicago market was the fattest and in every way best looking shipment that had been received in the stock yards of that city this year. The herds were brought to this district late in June from Pendleton and scattered over the government ranges at Naples and in the Moyie valley.

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NEWS FROM CLARKSFORK

Guy Jeffers left Tuesday for Seattle, where he plans to live this winter. Mrs. Jeffers will leave in a few weeks, as she is waiting to see her brothers, Gilbert and Merlon Smith, who are expected home on furloughs some time the first of the month.

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NEWS FROM GLENGARY

Telephones for the rural lines arrived yesterday. J.R. Adams installed the phone at the postoffice and will assist putting in the rest. Ten phones are now on the line and as many more to come in later.

The many friends of Miss Ella Peterson wish her a long and happy life in the new position she entered Thursday. The groom also has the best wishes of all.

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