Bonner County History - Jan. 25, 2022
From the archives of the
Bonner County History Museum
611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, Idaho, 83864
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50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
Jan. 25, 1972 – DINNER HONORS GRADUATE
A dinner will be held Saturday at The Chateau, to honor Anna Burns, who will graduate from Sandpoint’s school of Beauty Culture. Alumni are also invited.
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MULE DEER ON ITS WAY TO CONNIE’S
A mule deer took a Sunday stroll down Fourth Ave., eluding a photographer who went looking for it. Katherine Swenson looked out her mother’s front window (610 N. 4th) and did a double take when she saw the animal walk by. Her mother, Mrs. Gertrude Racicot, called the News-Bulletin. “There is a mule deer walking down the street to Connies,” she said.
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SANDPOINT CONSTRUCTION BOOM
Record construction created 121 new dwelling units in 1971 and 55 other construction projects. Total value of city building permits last year hit a record-smashing $2,152,994. These facts were revealed in Fire Chief Art Chubb’s annual report. “There’s never been a year anywhere near it in Sandpoint’s history,” he said.
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SANDPOINT MARINA ENLARGES FACILITY
Sandpoint Marina, operated by Leo Hadley and Ted Farmin, is moving its shops and display rooms into the old Mountain States power plant building it has used for storage for years. When work is complete, the old shop which floats level only at summer water levels, will no longer be needed. Hadley and Farmin said the old floating shop had become too small to handle all the work, and the old power plant building was ideal.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
Jan. 25, 1922 – INCOME TAX IN A NUTSHELL
WHO? Single persons with net income of $1,000 or more, or gross income of $5,000 or more. Married couples with net income of $2,000 or more, or gross income of $5,000 or more. WHEN? March 15, 1922 is final date for filing returns and making first payments. WHERE? Collector of internal revenue for the district in which the person lives, or has his principal place of business. HOW? Full directions on Form 1040A and Form 1040; also the law and regulations. WHAT? Four per cent normal tax on taxable income. Surtax from 1 to 65 per cent on net incomes over $5,000 for 1921.
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LOCAL BRIEFS
F.F. Reem swung around the circle of his territory Saturday to Monday, taking in Rathdrum, Newport, and Priest River in quest of automobile buyers.
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CIVIC CLUB OFFERS REST ROOM TO CITY
Implying that lack of suitable supervision of the ladies’ rest room is caused by a confusion of its management, a delegation of Civic club women appeared before the city council, offering to turn the room back to the city if the council did not give the club absolute jurisdiction over it. “We have spent $725 on furnishing and upkeep of the room and it is costing us $30 per month now,” said Mrs. Brooks, who acted as spokesman. “If the city doesn’t want to pay for its upkeep, we are willing to keep it going but want total jurisdiction. There are too many fingers in the pie.”
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