Bonner County History - Sept. 3, 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
Sept. 3, 1970 — FAIR IS A HUGE SUCCESS
The 1970 Bonner County Fair was a huge success in the eyes of many as they removed exhibits or animals from the fairgrounds Saturday. Glen Judge, Morton, and Tyann Dymack, Sandpoint, had the prize potatoes, while Delsie Marienau had the champion flower arrangement. Bonner County Heart Assn. had the champion educational booth; the Bonner County Cowbelles won in the community booth competition. Despite a great increase in the number of fat stock animals, sale prices held far above market value with the top lamb going for $1.50 a pound; the top hog and top steers for 60c a pound.
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SIX NEW FIRES STARTED
Monday night’s lightning storm touched off six new spot fires in the Kaniksu National Forest, according to Duane Hadley, Fire Desk Operator and Coordinator for the Sandpoint headquarters. Emil Kulhanek, Staff Officer in charge of Fire Control for the Kaniksu Forest, said the weather outlook is for 20% chance of dry lightning and gusty winds, with no rain in sight.
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RAW MILK — HEALTH DEPT. APPROVED
80c Gallon. George Roberson, Two miles North on Boyer. CO 3-2475. Closed on Sunday.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
Sept. 3, 1920 — FOREST FIRES REDUCED
The drenching rain over Sunday made an end to the worst of the forest fires in this district and fire fighting forces have been reduced one-half on the Pend d’Oreille and Kaniksu forests. The fires in this immediate neighborhood were less than last season but there were 55 fires in the Priest lake country at one time and 35 in the lower Pend d’Oreille country, most started by lightning.
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SCHOOL CONGESTION CAUSES DIVISION
Due to extraordinary congestion in city schools, drastic changes in locations have been assigned by Superintendent Breckenridge. As the sixth grade will return to the Central school this year from the city hall and as two rooms of the Central building will be turned over to the high school there will be no seventh and eighth grades at that school. A boundary line has been established running west on Lake street to Boyer, thence north to Main street and west on Main to the city limits. Seventh and eighth graders living north of this line will attend Lincoln school and those living south will attend Jefferson. To provide places for seventh and eighth graders at the Jefferson school it will be necessary to send the fifth and sixth grades from that school to the Central school.
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CITY BREVITIES
Blair Rowles, one of the ol’ reliables of C Battery, returned to Sandpoint Tuesday after a several months’ absence, in order to attend the Elks home-coming celebration.
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