'Road hog' causes stage to tip over
The Nelson brothers are pictured in this 1932 photo shared by the Priest River Museum.
(Photo courtesy PRIEST RIVER MUSEUM)
20 Years Ago — 2002
Athlete of the Week
Ean Meyers took second at state for discus and third in shot put despite missing most of the season because of a broken hand.
30 Years Ago — 1992
Group Camp trashed
Trouble transpired over the Memorial weekend at Priest Lake when nine carloads of young people bent on an alcoholic good time started pouring in to the Forest Service Group Camp just off the Kalispell Bay Road. In some cases, drugs came with them. They left mountains of trash behind. The high schools represented? West Valley, Central Valley, and Priest River, for sure. The local contingent is believed to have left early, so may not have contributed to the litter, said USFS spokesman, Butch Perry.
40 Years Ago — 1982
Law after bank robber
Federal and local law enforcement officers are continuing an investigation into the Friday robbery of the First National Bank of North Idaho by a lone gunman, but still have not said how much money was taken.
50 Years Ago — 1972
Flotilla held
The annual Priest Lake Flotilla rendezvoused under beautiful blue skies at Papoose Island Saturday, May 27. Sixty-five boats participated. Cruise master was Nick Nikula and his wife, Fran, of the Spokane Yacht Club. Priest Lake Royalty princesses, Teri Rosenberger and Sally Carrier, and Priest Lake Flotilla officials, Maxine and Bill Burke, were hosted by Bob Beasley and his wife, Betty, aboard their cruiser, “Nauti-Buoy.”
60 Years Ago — 1962
Bridge construction stopped
Construction on the new bridge over the Priest River has been stopped due to a carpenters’ strike in the Inland Empire. The present bridge will be removed when the new one is completed.
70 Years Ago — 1952
Big mack caught
The weight of the mackinaw trout caught in Priest Lake last week is still on the increase. Howard McMillan of the Western Fuel Company of Spokane brought in a mackinaw that almost broke the scales, sending it up to the grand figure of 40 ½ pounds. However, we believe the biggest one is still to be caught.
80 Years Ago — 1942
Dairies change hands
Lawrence Gugler states that he has now taken over the dairy business which was operated by L. G. Jenness for the past several years. Having absorbed the Brown dairy business a few weeks ago, Mr. Gugler believes that with the combined patronage he will be able to operate to much better advantage.
90 Years Ago — 1932
Stage turns over
The West Side stage driven by Art Dew turned over while making the trip to Nordman Friday. Art said the accident happened to avoid crashing head-on into a Washington car. The stage turned over on its side and was soon righted with not much damage done. The Spokane drivers have the habit of taking the entire road in rounding the curves, and it was with one of these “road hogs” that Art met up with.
100 Years Ago — 1922
Busy in the Settlement
Frank A. Naccarato of the Settlement four miles from town has finished his spring planting. He put in five acres of oats, two acres of spuds, two of vegetables. Besides this, he has about 40 acres of good meadow land, and was more fortunate than most ranchers in having to buy only one ton of hay this spring, while he sold 30 tons last fall. He wintered 37 head of cattle and three head of horses.