Bonner County History - July 7, 2022
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611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, Idaho, 83864
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50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
July 7, 1972 – GRAND PARADE WINNERS
Schweitzer Valley Dwellers 4-H Club won the Sandpoint Lions parade sweepstakes as well as the youth organization class during the July 4 parade. Other winners were Tom Buck, forest products; Barry Leach, individual organization; Sandpoint High School, marching music; Sandpoint Community Float, the community division; Sam’s Body Shop, commercial; Sandpoint Saddle Club, horses; and Lester Brown and 1936 Cord sedan, antique transportation.
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KIDS PARADE WINNERS
Winners in the July 4 kids parade were Debbie Stoicheff, Melissa Goullette and Mike Brown, ages 2-4; Skeeter and Robin Collison, Lisa Osborne and Lisa Glyn, ages 5-7; John Pandrea (on stilts), Jimmie Stoicheff and the Beth Coon group, ages 8-10; John Sullivan, Paul Fox, Joannie Sullivan; Cassie Berntsen, Deanna Berntsen, and David Gibbens; Barry McElhenney; Kevin Glyn, Mike Hammack; and Pat Carson and Bilbo, all bicycle or wheeled entries.
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NO SURGE OF 19-YEAR-OLDS TO BUY LIQUOR
When it became legal July 1 for 19-year olds to buy hard liquor, the occasion went virtually unnoticed here. Earl Charlton, manager of the Sandpoint state liquor store, expected a number of 19-year-old customers Saturday, but not a single one made a purchase. Taverns also had no rush. Apparently it was no big thing among the “emancipated” younger set.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
July 7, 1922 – SUNDAY EXCURSION
Steamer Northern will leave the city dock for Garfield Bay, Granite Creek, Lakeview and Bayview at 9:30 a.m., returning at 7:30 p.m. Round trip fare $1.25.
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PRECIPITATION BELOW AVERAGE
The thermometer at the experiment farm reached 98 degrees on July 3 and 97 on the Fourth. The hottest day in June was on the 26th, when 90 was reached. June’s precipitation totaled but .21 inches. The first six months of this year had rainfall totaling 3.34 inches less than the average over the past 10 years.
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BOLIN MILL BURNED; LUMBER CUT SAVED
With the fire hazard daily growing worse due to continued dry weather, the past week has seen the start of many new fires in the Kaniksu and Pend d’Oreille forests. One of the fires which did no damage to standing timber resulted in the loss of the Bolin mill, camp blacksmith shop and wagon shed, west of the Great Northern depot, on the afternoon of July 4. The remarkable feature of the thing is that six men working like demons were able to save almost 3,000,000 feet of piled lumber, worth $100,000, although the fire burned within six feet of the yards and there were numerous spot fires from falling sparks among the piles. Three fires are still burning in the cut-over areas near the Bolin mill, but no green timber has been burned and all the first are under control. Since the start of the fire season there have been 30 fires on the Kaniksu forest and 14 on the Pend d’Oreille forest.
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