From the archives of the

Bonner County History Museum

611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, ID 83864

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50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

Jan. 18, 1968 — EWE GETS GOOD HOME

Bonnie Beers, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Beers, is the first member of the Westmond Livewires 4-H Club to participate in WWP’s ewe program, just starting its third year. A registered Suffolk ewe was presented to the 4-H club, Miss Beers accepting it at the County Courthouse last week. The ewe is the property of the club and will pass to a new member each year. The club member having the ewe will keep its offspring.

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TIMBER SALE TO AID WHITETAIL HERD

The Department of Public Lands has sold about 205,000 board feet of timber in an area known as Soldier Winter Range, four miles northeast of Coolin. Primary reason for the sale is to increase available forage for the large whitetail deer herd using the area as a winter range. The Sundance fire destroyed adjacent range and heavy pressure from wintering deer is occurring on this unburned portion. Logging will create openings for future entrance of shrubs and quick forage will be made available by logging this winter.

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DOGS, SNOWMOBILES ENDANGER GAME

Game animals face a critical time of year in the winter when deep snows force them into low lying areas, where they become prey to dogs that can easily overcome a deer in deep snow. A new danger has now been added by snowmobiles, which can severely damage game herds by spooking them in their already weakened state.

100 Years Ago

Pend d’Oreille Review

Jan. 18, 1918 — CITY BREVITIES

Work on a temporary bridge across Lightning creek, near Clarksfork, was completed yesterday and the road is passable for the first time since the freshet two weeks ago changed the course of the stream, tore out a new channel and left the county bridge high and dry. Commissioners hope to swing the stream back to its old channel by putting in riprap as soon as the season permits.

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OBJECT TO FLAG BEING USED

The young lady court house stenographers held an indignation meeting and promulgated the following yesterday: “To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners, Bonner County, Idaho. Gentlemen: We, the stenogs upstairs petition you in a kindly way a flag to purchase and it up to run, in place of the one that looks so bum. That one which now on the staff unfurls, may look right to men but not to girls; so if it please you men we’d like to see a good flag like there ought to be.”

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CITY FATHERS CONTEMPLATE PAVING

The city fathers are contemplating paving Lake street between First and Boyer avenues, Second avenue between Pine and Lake streets; Third avenue between Cedar and Oak streets and between Church and Pine streets, and Fourth avenue between Cedar and Pine streets.

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