Bonner County History - April 11, 2021
From the archives of the
Bonner County History Museum
611 S. Ella Ave., Sandpoint, Idaho, 83864
208-263-2344
50 Years Ago
Sandpoint News-Bulletin
April 11, 1971 – PROUDLY WE SALUTE…
Marine Pfc. Terry W. Stevens, son of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Stevens, Sandpoint, will serve with 7th Fleet, 3rd Marine Division from Okinawa, on patrol to meet emergency situations in the Western Pacific and perform duties as America’s Force-in-Readiness.
Army Pvt. Frederick F. Fuller III, 1967 graduate of Sandpoint Senior High School and the son of Mrs. Wilma G. Davidson, was awarded the Vietnamese Service Medal. Pvt. Fuller, a 21-year-old mortar crewman assigned to the Americal Division near Chu Lai, Vietnam, joined the Army in 1969.
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NAMED DEPUTY PROSECUTOR
Sandpoint attorney Don L. Swanstrom became Bonner County’s first deputy prosecutor Monday. The young attorney, a member of the law firm of Bandelin and Swanstrom, was sworn in by the Bonner County Board of Commissioners after his appointment by Prosecutor Everett Hofmeister.
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SANDPOINT FURNITURE TO ENLARGE
Sandpoint Furniture Co., 205 Cedar, will enlarge its building this spring, with work to start in a few days. The 70-foot deep addition will extend from the existing store to the Tifft Agency building to the west. The added space will likely be used for the carpet department. The addition will be built where Miss Fee’s Hat Shop was located in an earlier era.
100 Years Ago
Pend d’Oreille Review
April 11, 1921 – MARGUERITE TO SHIP
It is stated that the Marguerite property of the Bonner Mining company on Trestle creek is taking out ore for shipping and will have the first carload secured in 30 days. The ore is gold, silver and lead. The property has three good veins.
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CITY BREVITIES
Snow fell in many sections of northern Idaho last Sunday and Monday but did not reach Sandpoint.
Fire Chief Buchanan issued a notice that after the official cleanup period this week, no open fires will be tolerated within the fire limits of the city.
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NEW HEAD OF EXPERIMENT FARM
Henry Christ has succeeded C.W. Raney as head of the Sandpoint experiment station. Mr. Christ has been a soil specialist with the state extension department at Boise. A 1919 graduate of the state agricultural college, he took a post-graduate course at Ames agricultural college in Iowa.
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LOOK FOR LIQUOR; FIND COCAINE
About $1000 worth of morphine and cocaine was found in a suit case in a Great Northern boxcar (estimated by Spokane papers at $20,000 worth) Tuesday when G.N. Special Agent Holz and Sheriff Kirkpatrick pounced on a fellow riding in a boxcar who was suspected of having contraband booze in his suit case. As the officers entered the boxcar, the man jumped out the door opposite them, making his escape.
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