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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 29, 1968 — NRA LASHES OUT

Boston, Mass. — The president of the National Rifle Assn., on April 10 lashed out at those who claimed to be friends of the NRA, but refuse to support its drive for sensible and practical gun legislation. Harold Glassen, newly-reelected president of the 960,000-member organization, characterized those who doubt such a policy as “political gun bearers for the Kennedys and the Dodds,” regardless of political affiliation.

Glassen called for a solid block of opposition to what he called “overly-restrictive provisions of the administration gun bill sponsored by Sen. Thomas J. Dodd (D-Conn). He emphasized that efforts of this solid front should be directed simultaneously at passage of two bills sponsored by Sen. Roman Hruska (R-Nebr) that would “keep guns out of the hands of criminals.” He also called for action on a House bill sponsored by Rep. Bob Casey (D-Tex), to impose mandatory penalties on criminals who use guns in crimes.

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PACK RIVER BUYS MILL IN PLAINS

Sale of the Diehl Lumber Co. plant at Plains, to Pack River Lumber Co. of Sandpoint was announced last week in the Montana community.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

April 29, 1918 — CITY BREVITIES

The city council held brief session Wednesday to canvass the special election results. The only other business was passing a resolution to advertise for bids for the municipal water bonds.

Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Moore got out of smallpox quarantine Saturday after a two weeks’ stay indoors. “Dad” shaved off his moustache in an ineffectual effort to so disguise himself that he could get by on an enlistment.

Arthur Sires of the firm Sires & Sires, departed Wednesday with a truck for the Sires place at Wapeto, Wash., from which place he will bring a truckload of bees. The Sires came last fall from Wapeto to start bee culture here because of the natural clover country this area affords.

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CLEAN DOVER CAMP OF UNDESIRABLES

With Adjutant General Moody ready to assign Company B to military service in Bonner county “to clean out the wobblies” and the sheriff and county commissioners of the opinion that the situation does not call for such drastic action, the conflict between Idaho’s military authority and the county’s civil authorities has not abated any.

Yesterday Commissioners Prichard and McBride swore in as deputies and with Sheriff Remer and his deputies made a clean up in the Dover camps. They had five men in jail by noon and kept an active campaign all day for wobblies. “When the situation gets so we can’t handle it it will be time for Company B to take hold,” said Commissioner McBride. “The number of I.W.W.’s now in jail is answer to the continued agitation for the rounding up of the wobblies by state militia.”

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