Bonner County History - May 14, 2026

Brought to you by the

Bonner County Historical

Society and Museum

611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, Idaho, 83864

208-263-2344

50 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

and Sandpoint Bee

May 14, 1976 – SALVAGE TIMBER AVAILABLE 

The Priest Lake Ranger District has plans to broadcast burn a clearcut in the Indian Creek drainage this year. The clearcut contains a considerable volume of dead white pine and minor volumes of other species in the 7”-9” diameter range. All standing trees have been felled. If anyone is interested in salvaging this material, the district will consider delaying the broadcast burning until after salvage operations are complete. If interested, please contact the Priest Lake Ranger District.  

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THREE MEN CLAIM ONE KAMLOOPS 

In a comic twist to K & K Week, it took a three-man effort to reel in a 3 lb. 12 oz. Kamloops. Dell Brown was asleep on the Alibi with his line in the water when a fish took his line; it became tangled with the lines of Jack McDonald and Gary Pietsch. McDonald reeled the fish in, thinking it was on his line, only to find Brown’s lure in the fish’s mouth. Each fisherman claimed 1 lb. 4 oz. of the catch.  

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GO GAMBLES 

Cast Iron 10½” Skillet, $1.99; D-Cell Flashlight Batteries 2/38c; All Season 10W-30 Motor Oil, Qt., 50c; Lawn chair Re-web Kit, 25c;13-oz. Spray Enamel, Fights rust, easy to use. Choice of 24 colors, 89c. Ken & Dennis Cafferty, Gamble Auth. Dealers, [NW corner First and Church], Sandpoint.  

75 Years Ago

Sandpoint News-Bulletin

May 14, 1951 – SOLO “FLIGHT” ALARMS 

Quick action by Jim Carey may have prevented a serious accident on Second opposite the post office. Carey, who was walking toward Cedar street about 9 a.m. Monday, noticed a grey sedan parked in front of the Safeway store [on Second]. The car suddenly started moving, apparently with no one at the wheel. Carey then noticed a little blonde blue-eyed girl about four years old alone in the front seat. The car reached the middle of the street before Carey caught up to it. Grabbing the door, he swung behind the steering wheel, guided the car to the curb, turned off the ignition and removed the keys. A man passing by checked in the postoffice for the girl’s mother, while Carey checked in the Safeway store. The mother was in neither place. Finally the car keys were left at Safeway, the little girl was left in the car and the two men continued on their way down town. Several minutes later, an alarmed father arrived. The car was not where he had parked it. He couldn’t find the keys. The Safeway clerk then brought the keys out and told him what happened in his absence. Fortunately no damage resulted except a few frayed nerves in the little girl’s first “solo.”  

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PFC. SHERWOOD LEAVES 

Mrs. W.N. Sherwood, rte. 2, was at the Greyhound bus station Friday to see away her son, Pfc. Robert Sherwood, who was home on a seven-day delay enroute between Lowery AFB, Denver, and Luke base, Glendale, Ariz., where he will have gunnery training. He has been in the air force since January.  

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