Bonner County History - Sept. 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
Sept. 6, 1970 – LARGEST FAIR EVER
The largest Bonner County Fair in history is all wrapped up. Carleen Hamann, Kootenai Klover Klub, was named fair queen, while Donna Lobdell was princess. There was no fair king this year.
In the fat stock sale, the largest number of fat swine, lambs and steer ever were sold, with Jack Popplewell and C.E. McLean auctioneering. Mike Miller’s 245-lb. grand champion swine brought 50c a pound. The top lamb, owned by Bonnie Beers, sold at $1.50 per pound. Dan Wood sold his top 4-H fat steer for 60 cents a pound.
In open class awards, the dairy queen was ‘Ada’ a cow owned by H.K. Paisley, who also had the best uddered cow, ‘Pam.’ Florence Kruse, Sagle, took first in the Kerr Glass canned vegetables. Fred Thomas, Hope, was first in canned fruit.
Sayers Jewelers’ home economics judging trophy went to Carleen Hamann; the livestock judging trophy to Dan Lund of Gold ‘N Grouse.
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MISCHIEF AND VANDALISM AT FAIR
During Friday’s style revue at the fair, a raw egg struck a young model on her new skirt and ran down her stocking. The egg came through a window, over the heads of three law officers watching the show. They immediately tried to find the guilty party, who had just earned himself the title of Bonner County’s most repulsive kook, but it proved impossible in the dark. The episode was apparently tied in with the reports of persons stealing eggs from the poultry exhibit barn.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
Sept. 6, 1920 – CITY BREVITIES
The graveling of Euclid avenue will be begun Monday in accord with a plan made with property owners for reducing the grade of the street. This will put Euclid in shape for connection with the Dover road, recently graveled by the county.
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SOME STORAGE
The McKensie-Wallace service station at Fourth and Cedar has received a 12,000 gallon gasoline storage tank which was placed in a well just in the rear of the building. The tank was shipped from St. Paul over the Northern Pacific and taken to the station by Al’s dray line. As the McKenzie-Wallace station, one of the finest in the northwest and a credit to the city, already has a 1,200 gallon tank in use, the new tank will give them a total storage capacity of 13,200 gallons, enabling them to use gasoline from independent refineries.
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TO REMOVE TOURIST SIGNS
The chamber of commerce directors decided to take down the big signs advertising the tourist park on the main roads entering Sandpoint, as the improvement work on the park has been unavoidably delayed and the signs have caused a misrepresentation. When the hut and grounds are improved to the point sought by the chamber the signs will be again set up at the city’s gates.
For more information, visit the museum online at bonnercountyhistory.org.