Bonner County History - Dec. 6, 2020

From the archives of the

Bonner County History Museum

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

208-263-2344

50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Dec. 6, 1970 – PAPER REMOVED

Upon a citizen’s complaint, police Saturday removed a number of copies of an underground student newspaper from Sandpoint churches. The paper, published in Moscow by a group claiming to be university students, contains anti-American and obscene material, police said. It is not known how the papers were distributed in Sandpoint.

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PRE-PAY SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC PHONES

General Telephone has finished a change-over to pre-pay public telephones in the Sandpoint area. In the past, public phones required the user to dial the desired number first and wait until his party answered before depositing coins. The method had advantages, such as keeping the customer from losing a coin and permitting him to reach the operator in an emergency even if he didn’t have a dime, but most pay stations in the nation worked the other way. A dime is now needed to reach the operator, or any local party.

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LARGENT RECEIVES SILVER BEAVER

Don Largent, the scoutmaster of Troop 111 sponsored by Sandpoint Kiwanis club, was welcomed into the ranks of Silver Beavers during the annual banquet of the Idaho Panhandle Council Boy Scouts of America. Largent, a civil engineer, is the 47th council recipient of the Silver Beaver, the highest adult scouting award, given for “Distinguished service to boyhood.” Largent was one of two scoutmasters to serve as National Jamboree scoutmasters in 1969.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Dec. 6, 1920 – KOOTENAI’S NEW HOTEL

The foundation of the Northern Pacific’s new hotel at Kootenai is completed and the balance of the structure will be begun Monday. The hotel will be steam heated, with 28 rooms.

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INTER-RACIAL MARRIAGE

Lee Enyoon, 32, Chinese, and E.J. Payne, 37, a colored woman, both residents of Hope, were granted a marriage license at the auditor’s office Friday afternoon. They returned to Hope the same day to have the ceremony performed there.

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ROUTES INTO CITY WILL GO UNDER S.I.

Clyde Chaffins, of the state engineering staff, is making a survey north of the city for the purpose of connecting the route north of the city to hitch up with that portion of the state’s north and south highway extending south from Bonners Ferry. According to the survey plans, the route from the north will obviate crossing the S.I. tracks by passing under the track where the railroad bridges Sand creek, paralleling the creek for a few rods, crossing the Great Northern Y track and coming into the city on Fourth. The route to Kootenai, Hope, Clarksfork and the east will swing south of the S.I. track and meet the route from the north just south of the S.I. bridge, both routes thus entering the city on Fourth.

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