Priest River Moose claim win over Spirit Lake
Members of the 1914 Priest River baseball club pose for a photo. Pictured, from left, are Rex Hydorn, Max Hydorn, Art Beard, William Klingbell, C. Shields, T. Judge, Bob Hydorn, S. Judge, F. Hoffman, C. Campbell, L. Tremblay, Harold Tremblay, mascot. Pictured in the foreground is manager J. Edward Feist.
(Photo courtesy PRIEST RIVER MUSEUM)
20 Years Ago — 2001
Spartan boys win IML title
“It was a relaxed game for us,” Priest River boys’ coach Gary Stewart said after his Spartans locked up the Intermountain League title at home Friday night. The Spartans took a 57-37 win over Kellogg to clinch the IML crown and go undefeated at home.
30 Years Ago — 1991
Hill’s Resort chosen
Hill’s Resort on Priest Lake’s Luby Bay was recently voted by Family Circle magazine readers as one of the top destination spots in the country. They selected the 45-year-old resort as one of the 1991 Family Resorts of the Years in the cabin category.
40 Years Ago — 1981
Broken hydrant floods town
Monday night, in frigid cold, Loy Larson and the city water crew worked feverishly when a fire hydrant at Fifth Street and Jackson Avenue was hit and broken, apparently by a car. That released a torrent of water down Fifth, turning east at Summit Avenue and south again to the King’s Bar parking lot, Highway 2 and beyond. A resident called police, who called the city water crew. “We had to find five different places to shut the water off to keep from flooding the town out,” Larson said Tuesday. That meant Larson had to locate the “gate valves” with a metal detector, and then the crew had to dig eight to 10 inches under the street to reach the valves and shut them off.
50 Years Ago — 1971
Outstanding citizen named
A standard ovation was accorded to Ruth Treat after her brief acceptance speech Monday evening following presentation of an engraved plaque proclaiming her Outstanding Citizen of the Year.
60 Years Ago — 1961
Buys salvage sale
Austin-Meyer Corp. Of Spokane submitted the only bid, $900, on 600 cord of lodgepole pine offered in a state salvage sale. The sale covers 115 acres on Lost Creek south of Coolin.
70 Years Ago — 1951
Girls’ town team defeated
Feb. 7 at the grade school gym, Clark Fork’s women’s team defeated the Priest River sextette 37-35. High scorers for Priest River were Evelyn Veltri and Wilda Blanton.
80 Years Ago — 1941
A reader’s opinion
I didn’t think much of Wilkie (Presidential candidate) as a politician, but he has conducted himself like an American since election. I feel that he is now displaying the spirt that has made this country great, and I am sure we will endure as a leading nation for a good many years yet, in spite of the rantings of the dictators. (Fred Williams)
90 years Ago — 1931
Moose take easy game
The last scheduled game of the Priest River Moose basketball team was played on the local floor Saturday against Spirit Lake. The final score was 35-14.
100 Years Ago — 1921
Smelly addition
Mr. And Mrs. Earl Geisinger of the Upper Priest Lake country were in town for several days. They have a silver fox farm on the west side of Priest Lake and are expecting a shipment of skunks to be added to their fox farm.