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IN GOD WE TRUST! Remembering Young Lives Lost Donavan “Buddy” Blake Puga (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho) Born March 29, 1993 – March 4, 2015
Donavan worked at Youngquist Brothers Oil & Gas, Alexander, ND. Buddy passed away as a result of injuries sustained in a truck/Semi accident heading home from work in North Dakota. Donavan was 21 years old. After his graduation Donavan moved with his brother to Fresno, California where they assumed the life they had talked about since they were little kids sharing a bunk bed. In the brief time Donavan spent in Fresno he became a certified crossfit instructor, enrolled in College, and met the love of his life his fiance’ Lexi Blum. Donavan and Lexi later pursued a life in North Dakota where he worked in the oil fields with his friends from high school. Donavan is survived by his fiance’ Lexi Blum; his parents, Pete Puga, Jr. and Tammie Lynn Puga; his brother Pete Puga III; sisters Verina, Veronica, and Malissa Puga. (http://www.legacy.com)
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Ian C Everett (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho) Born on July 20, 1993—March 4, 2015.
Ian attended all of his school years in the Lakeland School District. He loved sports and played in Little League baseball, flag and Junior Tackle football, and soccer. He enjoyed all of the outdoors: swimming, camping, cliff diving, snowboarding, hunting - you name it, he did it. He was a fitness advocate, always finding time for the gym no matter how tired he was or how many hours he had worked. His most recent job career was in the oil fields. He worked at Youngquist Brothers Oil & Gas, Alexander, ND with friend Donavan Puga. Ian is survived by his mother, Sharon Cook; sister Megan Everett and brother Ty Cook; grandmother Alma Ward; girlfriend Marisa Randock; and his extended family, stepfather Tom McVay; Savannah McVay and Shayne McVay; and father, Charles Everett. (Cdapress.com/obituaries)
Madison T Compton (Spokane, Washington) Born August 23, 1996 – May 11, 2015
Madison, “Maddie” was only 18 years old, taken tragically. Was close to finishing her degree and certifications from Universal Technical Institute. She was highly motivated and worked hard at a job outside of her schooling. She took time for others to lend a helping hand, was thoughtful and generous, and her exuberance and passion for life was contagious. The world will be less without Maddie. (The Spokesman Review, May 17, 2015) OTHERS HONORED ON PAGE 3 & 37
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World War II US Navy Hero: Alcario J Arguello Interview by Julie Lilienkamp
“In 1945, when I was in the Navy, we were in six different battles, and I have all the medals to prove it. They still owe me a purple heart. I was the pointer (guy who fires the gun) of the 40 mm and the breach block was malfunctioning. I ended up with a big chunk of metal in my right eye, so I was sent off to Pearl Harbor to the doctor there. I finally go my paperwork proving my disability years later.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION TO HELP WOUNDED VETERANS, VISIT www. woundedwarriorproject.org, or CALL 877-TEAM-WWP (832-6997). Also visit DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS CHARITY AT www.dav.org. “My name is Al, short for Alcario,” said Mr. Arguello. “I’m one of twelve, five girls and seven boys. And I am the fifth born,” continued Al. I was born March 25, 1926 in Lumberton, NM. My father worked in logging and mining. Lumberton was a logging town, but there was plenty of mining jobs too.” Al was born to Philligona Arguello and Beatriz Alcon, both US born, his father born in New Mexico and his mother in Colorado. Both the Alcon family and the Arguello family immigrated from Spain. The Arguello family arrived in the California Territory in 1509. Al’s mother passed away at the young age of 37, when he was a young boy. The older children were left with the responsibility of watching over, taking care of, and helping raise the younger, as their father worked many jobs. “I remember my father falling trees, then using horses to pull and haul the logs to the big log trucks. When logging was slow, my father rode in the local
WWII Al’s Memorable Navy experiences: “After leaving San Francisco, we went to the Hawaiian Islands and got to swim. That was great until I reached in the water for a rock and came out with a sea urchin and some puncture wounds. Next was a visit to the doctor to get the darned quills out.” rodeo, and he’d even sell whiskey to the Indians for extra cash,” Al said and then laughed. Al’s brothers worked for the government during the depression, as he remembers it, during the Roosevelt era. Al went on to explain the timeline. “My brothers, they worked in the CCC Camps (Civilian Conservative Corp Camps) to help out. Then somewhere around 1939 and tired of being alone I guess my father moved us all up to South Dakota to farm. My sisters took care of the household chores, my brothers worked construction, and my father became a farmer. It wasn’t long until he remarried.” White Eagle School in S.D. was a highly Indianpopulated school, which was quite different than the school Al and his siblings attended in New Mexico. The schools weren’t all that good, so I was ready to get out of there. When I was only 17 years old my brother and I left for Helena, MT to join the military (WWII). Paul joined the Army and I joined the Navy. We then went to say our good-byes to our brother Alex, who was headin’ to work the mines. I was then sent to Farragut Naval Base, between Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and Sandpoint, Idaho. The year was 1943.” Al told to his best recollection. Al met his wife Barbara after the War, in 1947 when he was in Butte, MT working in the mines. They lived and raised their four children there until 1955. “Butte was one of the toughest towns I’ve lived in. You’d go to the bar, buy a beer, and then someone would grab the beer and drink it. The fight was on!” Al smiled.
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The Legacy of John Mullan By Jack Wiegman
There are said to be 13 statues of famous explorer, engineer and road-builder John Mullan. Find them along the trail he cut from Fort Benton, Montana, to Walla Walla, Washington between 1859 and 1862. The city of Mullan, Idaho is named for the big guy and there you’ll find his 14-foot-tall statue and a dandy museum that reminds us why we are so deeply indebted. You may have heard the claim that Europeans took all that land away from natives. The reality is infinitely more complex. You’ll want to learn how civilizations before Europeans on this continent decimated each other and how some were completely wiped out. You’ll want to know why that’s understandable. (Hint: It’s sort of like what Europeans did to each other.) You will then want to understand the
many hardships and high infant mortality rates. After that, you will want to know how everybody joined together on this continent to advance the entire world’s comfort. You will want to see how you fit in because this work is not done. John Mullan and Indians were allies, and went to bat for each other in those times of hardship. John’s road work concluded shortly after the Civil War began. His “Military Road” brought him a promotion to captain. The Montana Society of Pioneers, Idaho Historical Society and others undertook to plant the hefty marble statues throughout the region. The road was such an astonishingly useful gift that people decided to honor the man with statues, memorabilia and trinkets. Thanks, John. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
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A GOOD MAN IN A CRISIS By Stan Leach
A line skidding operation working close to Titus Logging had a hooker go down after being hit in the back by the carriage. With possible severe spinal injuries they knew they needed a helicopter. The first problem was that they had failed to estab- lish the GPS coordinates for their jobsite and the second was they couldn’t reach anybody with the radios they had from their location on the backside of a hill. A short drive and a frantic call on the CB sent BRETT NELSON into action. He grabbed his red book out of the plastic tote he keeps under the cab of his machine, where he also keeps his safety plan, first aid kit and spill kit.He had the coordinates for his job and the driving directions all written out in the red book. He knew that with the booster in his pickup he had cell service because he had tested it ahead of time. A quick call to state comm. got the helicopter on the way. He then relayed a very detailed set of driving directions for the ground ambulance as the road into the job had several three or four way intersections. When the helicopter got to Brett’s coordinates he was able to guide them into a landing site closer to the other companies yarder. He then shuttled the EMT’s back to the yarder to work on the patient. They got him stabilized, onboard and on his way to town. By the time I arrived the day after the accident, Brett and his crew had already done an after action assessment of the rescue to figure out if there was anything they could have done differently. Their conclusions were that they would park the pickups farther away from the landing site because some light debris blew out of them during the landing and that next time they would hang a streamer of flagging tape on the outer edge of the landing zone to help the helicopter pilot assess the wind speed and direction. When I talked to Brett he said being prepared ahead of time really made a difference. He went from processing logs to helping rescue a man in a matter of seconds. His advice was to take a few minutes at the start of each new job to get the helipad picked out, the GPS coordinates established and written down along with the driving directions. Then, test your communications to be sure they will work when needed. A small time invested could make a lifetime of difference.
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In 1955, Al got notice of a dam job in California, so he and Barbara moved the family to Senora. There were three dams being built, and with as his background and hard work ethic, he was appointed Mucker Operator. “We were getting good pay for that day and age, damn good pay, $300 a week.” Al grinned. “So good, Barbara and I bought a home together. Then in 1959, she surprised me with a divorce.” Al continued, “I stayed in Senora, to help with the kids, bought myself a home, continued working the dams, and soon became the boss—Foreman and then Superintendant. I was titled an engineer, from the school of hard knocks.” Susan became a part of Al’s life in 1960, helping out with all four children, which he had gained custody. The same year they married. By 1961, however, Susan took off with Al’s money and his brand new car. “I divorced her in a hurry, and never saw her again.” Al explained. “The kids then went back to Barbara, who now lives in Lake Tahoe, and I bought my brother’s green and white convertible, with white leather. And then I moved to Martinez, CA, where I found a job in the water tunnels as a foreman for Guy F Atkinson, and of course for more money.” Al went on, “I was kind of wild back then. But in 1962, when I saw this pretty gal and her 2-1/2 year old son walking down the street, things changed.” Al offered Ann and her son, Michael a meal asking, “Would you like to go get something to eat?” Al said,
“Micheal looked up at me and said, ‘ya,ya.’ And that was that.” One year later Ann and Michael moved in and they finally married ten years later—the year was1975. Al found work in Alaska in 1977, drilling and teaching drilling, and also worked the oil fields while Ann stayed home with Michael. Finally, 15 years later, Ann and Al moved to Otis Orchards, WA, where they purchased two and onehalf acres and a humble home. Ann passed this last October 2014. Al said she would have been 77 years old this year. Al has raised four of his own children plus Michael, and now has three granddaughters, three grandsons, seven great grandchildren, and one greatgreat grandchild. Al has remained in the Otis Orchard home, and is happy to now have Michael staying as a“long-term guest.”
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JOHN MULLAN STORY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 . . . The Captain’s 14-foot marble monuments attained mythical status. In 1949, William J. (Bill) Burke decided that John was so fast, he could best you in a race to any point along his trail. Bill penned: I’ve seen John On a Post Falls lawn. Hopped in my car To travel afar To Missoula in the sun. There he’d be, Just waiting for me, And leaning on his gun.
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Cover Story: Raw American Industry by Julie Lilienkamp John Condon and John Stone have what it takes for a great partnership in business, with their extensive business backgrounds in the Spokane and North Idaho areas. With the economy seemingly bouncing back, the men have invested in the growth of the area with North Idaho Maritime. North Idaho Maritime (originally Lafferty Transportation, then Brix, and then Foss) started in 1918 in response to a need to provide hauling and log management services for the mills in the area, when 95 percent of the business was focused primarily on log-hauling for local mills. “Now, we create total waterfront environments for enjoyment, to stabilize and to beautify waterfront properties. We build and repair docks, stairs, bridges, piling, create riprap and seawalls, provide crane services, tug and barge services, diving, and pretty much all marine construction services,” explained Condon. “I’ve been partnered up with John Stone now for
The Gaila Ann joins NI Maritime 2015 almost 12 years,” he continued. “In the beginning, we encountered several challenges. The biggest was to take a business almost 100 percent geared to the lumber industry, which was phasing out, and transition it into a residential and commercial service provider during a downturn in the overall economy. Our focus has changed from being the leader in providing commercial industrial services for the lumber industry, to being an innovative product and service provider to residential and commercial waterfront properties, and private and government entities. “We are growing at a pace I feel comfortable with. In fact, we now have over 20 employees, and we have moved our location recently from Hayden to 4020 N. Huetter Road in Coeur d’Alene for both better marketing exposure and logistics. “We’ve expanded our tug and barge fleet, adding new “truckable” tugboats and sectional barges. The ‘Gaila Ann’ is the most state-of-the-art tugboat in
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New Office Location on Huetter Rd, CdA, ID the Inland Northwest, which greatly expands our market and our services.” Condon said he was excited about projects such as the Hoover Dam, Phase II for Kokanee bedding gravels for Lake Pend Oreille, St. Maries remediation work, the State of Idaho and Kootenai County, ongoing projects for the Hagadone Corporation, and the recently completed boardwalk and docks at Riverstone.
“While we appreciate all opportunities, we’d like to better educate people on the seasonal nature of our business,” Condon said. “It’s our goal to book work in the off-season to ensure clients have full enjoyment during the busy summer season. We typically get overloaded with work in the spring and summer, when that same work could be accomplished in the off-season. “We’re not always the cheapest – just the best, “ he said. “I am very proud of the quality of our work and our ability to adapt to ever-changing challenges. My best advice to potential customers is to really look closely at the quality of our products and services, not just the price. “ Condon, proud to show off the new log office, gave my photographer Jodie Roletto and I a tour as he continued defining the scope of North Idaho Maritime, and what the company can do for the community, and how. “It is our mission to continually improve our products and services to our residential, commercial, and governmental clientele.”
If you want more information on for jobs and hiring out for water projects and/or general information, call North Idaho Maritime at (208) 664-8215 or go online to www.northidahomaritime.com. Interested in becoming our next cover story? Call (208) 699-5280.
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Introduction (Part I) North Idaho was the last frontier for the timber industry in the United States. British colonists began harvesting timber on the Atlantic seaboard soon after landing to satisfy the demand for timber and masts for shipbuilding. Mature timber was quickly depleted and mills began moving inland by the early 1700’s. The area to the east of the Mississippi River was largely cut over by the early 1800’s, and timbermen turned their sights on stands of white pine in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and yellow pine in the South. The industry’s next move was to skip over the Rocky Mountains entirely, and begin production on the coasts of Washington and Oregon, where large stands of mature timber lay next to deep water ports, allowing finished products to be shipped by sea. A combination of factors finally led the timber industry to the northern Rocky Mountains. The timber industry in the upper Midwest was based on white pine production, but the supply of mature white pine was almost gone by the turn of the century. The Inland Empire, made up of northern Idaho and adjacent areas in northeast Washington and northwest Montana, contained large stands of high quality, mature white pine. Railroads had begun to penetrate communities in Idaho allowing companies to ship finished products to markets in the east. Land was readily available at reasonable prices from the states of Washington and Idaho as well. This area at the turn of the century was poised for the country’s final timber boom. In the period between 1900 and 1929, dozens of sawmills were built in the Inland Empire. Twenty four sawmills with an annual capacity of 5 million board feet or more were built in the three counties surrounding Coeur d’Alene lake and the Coeur d’Alene and St. Joe rivers during this period. Numerous small mills were also built. By 1900, there were 45 sawmills in Kootenai, Benewah and Shoshone counties, and the total climbed to 77 in 1910. The average life of a large sawmill during that period was eighteen years, while small mills averaged only four years before they shut down. Bankruptcy and fire were the most common reasons that small mills and firms ceased operations. By 1940, only 44 sawmills remained in the three county area, and by 1995 only eight mills remained. Of the nineteen large sawmills in the area with an annual capacity of 20 million board feet or more, only six lasted until the second world war, and only two are still in business at the present time. The Atlas Tie Company is one of those two sawmills.
Founded in 1909, the Atlas Tie sawmill has today become a part of Idaho Forest Industries, a lumber manufacturing firm still headquartered in Coeur d’Alene. The company’s beginnings were quite different than that of most sawmills in the area, leading the company to pursue products and tree species largely ignored by the other mills, and allowing it to survive and prosper where most sawmills struggled to stay alive. Marcus D. Wright Most of the Inland Empire’s larger sawmills were built by men who brought both experience in the lumber business and capital to the area. Frederick Weyerhauser sent agents to Idaho to purchase timberlands and establish sawmills in Sandpoint, Coeur d’Alene, Potlatch and Lewiston. After years of financial difficulty, Weyerhauser’s Humbird mill in Sandpoint was closed and the remaining three mills were reorganized into the Potlatch Corporation. F. A. Blackwell moved to Coeur d’Alene from Pennsylvania, where he had operated sawmills, and established the Blackwell Lumber Company in Coeur d’Alene and the Panhandle Lumber Company in Spirit Lake. Both of these mills suffered financial difficulties, and both closed by 1937. Fred Herrick owned shares in Midwestern and Southern lumber companies when he moved to Idaho in 1909. Herrick built his empire by buying troubled sawmills. The first one was the Grant Brothers mill in Harrison, which Herrick purchased in 1914, and renamed the Export Lumber Company. He then purchased the Coeur d’Alene Mill Company and the St. Maries Lumber Company. Herrick’s bankruptcy in 1928 marked the end of all three ventures. At the time Herrick owned 15 companies, and was said to be the second largest owner of white pine stumpage in the world. The beginnings of the Atlas Tie Company were much less auspicious. The company’s founder, Marcus D. Wright, was born in 1851 in Kentucky. He lived in Missouri briefly, then moved to Montana in 1871. Wright worked at least one wagon expedition over the Mullan road between Montana and Walla Walla, Washington in 1872, and was hired to guide General Sherman and a large number of troops over the same road in 1877, at which time he relocated to Spokane, Washington. He moved to Kootenai County in 1881 and began a long career of entrepreneurship that eventually led him into the timber industry. Wright helped to found the city of Rathdrum, and established a mercantile store there, as well as one in St. Maries. He was also instrumental in establishing Kootenai County, and served as the county’s first assessor. CONTINUED ON PAGE 22
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Extra-ordinary, Private First Class John S. McConnell, a U.S. Army Private and Engineer.
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McConnell dedicated his life to his country, and without a skip, he dedicated his life to family, work, and volunteering for a better community. John S. McConnell was born May 23, 1924 in Kingston, New York. He celebrated his ninety-first birthday this year. McConnell married in 1950, had and raised five children, three sons and two daughters before his wife died from heart complications and diabetes, in 1989. “I remarried in 1990, to ‘my beautiful bride, Pearl Colhoff,’ and acquired four more children and their families. Together we have twenty-five kids and grandkids, plus or minus,” McConnell said with a proud smile. The two volunteer for non-profit organizations all week long, all year long. McConnell is a member of the United Methodist Church in CdA, Masonic Orders in CdA, Kootenai Lodge #24, Scottish Rite 32nd, Calam Shrine Temple, National Eagle Scout Association (Life Member), 304th Infantry Regiment Association, 76th Infantry Division Association, American Legion (Life Member), and American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Together they make our community a better place to raise families, start businesses, and remember our liberty. (NWMT Interview 2014)
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 In 1886 Wright acquired a contract from the Northern Pacific railroad to deliver railroad ties. At that time, most railroad ties were manufactured by hand in the forest. Crews of two men selected small Douglas Fir trees which were felled and hewn on two sides to make ties. The ties were hauled out of the woods by horse to the nearest railroad line. Wright continued this business for years. He claimed on a float in the Coeur d’Alene 4th of July parade in 1909 to have produced 10 million railroad ties in Kootenai County. In October of 1909 Wright purchased a piece of property on the Spokane River just east of Coeur d’Alene, and established the Atlas Tie Mill Company. Wright purchased sawmill equipment from the Woods Brothers and McGee Lumber Company, which had operated a mill in Hayden Lake until it burned that summer. Two factors helped provide financial stability to the new company. First of all, the company was not concerned with railroad shipping rates. Markets for white pine lumber were in the east, where the wood was used for millwork, paneling and furniture making. Mills that produced white pine were at the mercy of whichever railroad served their location, and the rates that they charged. When the Panama Canal opened in 1914 the situation turned disastrous for Idaho mills. Sawmills on the Washington and Oregon coast were able to ship lumber to the eastern seaboard by ship at much lower rates than Idaho mills paid for rail transport. Atlas Tie, however, dealt with the railroads as a supplier rather than as a customer. The railroads transported their own railroad ties to wherever they needed them, leaving the manufacturer concerned only with producing the ties, not with shipping them. The second factor that allowed Atlas to succeed was the use of Douglas Fir timber for railroad ties. Most of the mills in North Idaho were designed and built to cut Idaho White Pine. White pine was “the aristocrat of the woods, sometimes reaching two hundred feet in height.” Competition for white pine timberland was fierce, and companies went heavily into debt in order to tie up large blocks of timber. Huge forest fires in 1910 destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres of prime white pine. Fires continued to take public and privately owned timber in 1919, 1922, 1926 and 1931. White Pine blister rust, a European disease fatal to Idaho White Pine, was introduced from France and took a heavy toll on forests in the Inland Empire. Railroad ties however, were made of Douglas Fir, and
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did not require stands of large, mature trees. Smaller fir logs were passed over by other mills, and were readily available for Atlas. Wright incorporated the Atlas Mill Company as the Atlas Tie Company in 1915, along with two partners. Wright owned 499 shares of stock, 250 shares were owned by Thomas J. (T.J.) Stonestreet, and one share was owned by the mill manager, George Straughan. Wright’s other business interests in the area were extensive. He was at one time President of the Lake City Hardware Company and Vice-President of the Lakeside Furniture Company. Wright and Stonestreet also owned the Wright-Stonestreet building, still standing in downtown Coeur d’Alene. Wright built a large brick house at Seventh and Lakeside in Coeur d’Alene which became the home of the Coeur d’Alene Public Library from 1945 until 1987. He died in Coeur d’Alene on February 23, 1916. The front page headline in the Coeur d’Alene press accompanying his photo read “M.D. Wright, Good Citizen and Loyal Friend of Coeur d’Alene, Died Today.” Over the next few years labor unrest plagued the timber industry. The Industrial Workers of the World, or IWW, was very active in organizing sawmill workers and lumberjacks in the Northwest, and in the summer of 1917 the union called for a strike. The demands of the “wobblies”, as they were known, seem fairly reasonable by modern standards – clean bunks and sheets, an 8-hour workday, Sundays off, toilets and laundry facilities and medical care. In addition, they wanted company discrimination against union men to end. The industry was adamant that none of these demands would be met. Logging was for all practical purposes shut down in North Idaho for several months, and the industry was paralyzed. In the fall of 1917 the industry petitioned Idaho Governor Alexander to call out the National Guard. Federal troops marched into union halls in Spirit Lake, Sandpoint, Bonners Ferry, St. Maries and Spokane. Along with local law enforcement officials, the troops rounded up members of the IWW and threw them into makeshift jails known as “bullpens.” They were charged under the recent Idaho laws against criminal syndicalism, but the strikes continued. The Federal Government ended the strike in the spring of 1918 by banning the IWW, while simultaneously forcing timber companies to accept the 8-hour workday. The government’s main interest was to maintain a steady flow of timber for the war effort. The Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen, or 4-L, a government
sponsored union, was formed to take the place of the IWW, although the wobblies continued to control some logging camps. How the labor situation affected Atlas Tie is unknown. Atlas Tie at this point in time was not seen as a major player in the area. Histories of the labor situation tend to focus on Weyerhauser and the other large companies of the time, and do not mention Atlas Tie. Marcus Wright had owned 10,000 acres of timberland, but this land did not become a part of the Atlas Tie Corporation so Atlas was probably not operating their own logging camps at this time. Wright’s partner, Thomas Stonestreet, had taken over as president of the company, but few records of his tenure exist today. No doubt the mill had a difficult time obtaining logs during this period. By the end of the decade however, the company was purchased by the Richards family which maintains a controlling interest in the company to the present time.
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“Forest Insect & Disease Field Day” To be held July 24th in Coeur d’Alene Nearly everyone has seen dead trees dotting northern Idaho forests. Most of the trees you notice were killed by bark beetles, but many other insects and diseases kill trees, often in less visible ways. Native insects and diseases are a natural part of the forest, but they sometimes kill more trees than we want them to, especially when we have (often unknowingly) created a favorable environment for them. Unfortunately, many people do not act on insect and disease issues until they see conspicuous symptoms. Most methods to minimize forest insects and disease problems are preventive, and should be implemented before problems become obvious. On Friday, July 24th, the Forest Insect and Disease Field Day will give participants first-hand exposure to a wide range of organisms that impair the growth of trees and forests in north Idaho, including: Douglas-fir beetle and other bark beetles; armillaria and other root diseases; white pine blister rust; indian paint fungus, pini rot and other stem decays; and dwarf mistletoes. Experts will help participants identify insect and disease symptoms and discuss practical long and short term methods of dealing with them. The program meets at 8:00 a.m. at the North Idaho College “Parking Lot A” (across Hubbard Street from the Coeur d’Alene Wastewater Treatment Plant) and will end by 5:00 p.m. Those wishing to participate should pre-register at the University of Idaho Extension Office in Kootenai County by Friday, July 17. A $15.00 registration fee covers resource materials and refreshments. The program is eligible for 6 Idaho pesticide recertification credits and 7 Idaho Pro-Logger credits. For registration questions, contact the University of Idaho Extension Office in Kootenai County at (208) 446-1680. Registration forms can also be downloaded at http://www.uidaho.edu/extension/ forestry. The program is co-sponsored by University of Idaho Extension and the Idaho Department of Lands. Chris Schnepf | Area Extension Educator – Forestry Boundary, Bonner, Kootenai, and Benewah Counties University of Idaho Extension - Kootenai County Office 1808 North 3rd Street | Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814208.446.1680 | F 208.446.1690cschnepf@uidaho.edu http://www.uidaho.edu/extension/forestry
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Watching and feeding outdoor birds is the most widespread hobby in America, pursued by an estimated 60 Million people. Why do we spend time, money and effort on those rather elusive creatures? Where is this widespread fascination rooted? Perhaps it is the attraction of watching functional families raise their young. By early summer, fledglings begin leaving the nest and are fed and taught to eat from feeders by their parents - a captivating interaction to observe. Fledglings require a lot of protein to help them grow strong, properly-colored feathers and strong flight muscles. After one to three weeks, the parents stop feeding their fledglings and may even peck at them if they persist in begging for food to get them to feed themselves. Early summer is a perfect time to see a lot of interesting bird activity at a bird feeder. In some instances, bird family behaviors resemble human family behaviors.
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Quite possibly, it may be another bird activity that seems attractive to us as it resembles human behavior, as well: their courtship rituals. Bird courtship displays are integral to mating and raising young. Female birds often choose suitors based on appearance, the ability to provide food, evidence that the male can build the strongest and safest nest, and other characteristics. With some species, the male simply flies in front of the female to show off his luminous colors or unique markings. In others, songs are more important to impress the female with his musical repertoire. Some birds touch bills or groom each other during courtship. Male jays and cardinals often present sunflower seeds to their potential mates while Mourning Doves and mockingbirds fluff up their feathers and “dance.” Originally scientists thought that many birds, such as geese, swans and eagles, mated for life only seeking a new mate when the original partner died. Recent research shows that some species are faithful to their pair-bonding only for a season, while others actually have multiple mates simultaneously. For example, after hummingbirds mate, the male will court another female. Male House Wrens build multiple nests and let the female choose the one she prefers. Then, the male may try to attract another female to occupy one of his other nests.
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Copper Briefing Service Overview, May 2015:
Divergence in Concentrate and Cathode Markets Copper prices have struggled for direction over the second quarter-to-date. Demand fears continue to restrict the extent of upside moves, whilst supply disruptions at the mine level have more recently provided a floor to prices following the early-year selloff. As a result, cash LME prices have spent much of the past month trading within a $5,900-6,150/t range. A key theme in copper has been the divergence in trends in the concentrate and cathode markets over recent weeks. In the concentrates market, a sharp tightening of material availability has been highlighted by the weakening in treatment and refining charges since the start of the year. Supply disruptions have been in part accountable, notably in Chile where heavy floods disrupted output at a number of operations from late March. We now forecast Chilean production at a little over 5.8m tonnes this year. Meanwhile, likely in part reflecting recent worker-related disruptions, Freeport recently announced that it has downgraded expected 2015 sales from its Grasberg mine to 885 million lbs (401 kt). This is down from its late-January guidance of 1 billion lbs (453 kt). In addition to supply disruptions, the ongoing strength in smelter and refined output has continued to drive healthy demand for concentrates. Meanwhile, robust offtake from traders, reflecting ongoing requirements for clean concentrates for blending, have had a notable effect in reducing spot terms for high purity concentrates. Looking ahead, however, maintenance shutdowns at some smelters in China and elsewhere in Asia scheduled for the coming months may temper concentrate demand somewhat... Keep reading the complete overview here: http:// go.snl.com/rs/snlfinanciallc/images/SNL-MetalsMining-Copper-Briefing-Service-CBS-Overviewpage1.pdf Thank you for citing SNL Metals & Mining if you choose to use this information in your reporting. As always, we request that you please do not reproduce the report in its entirety. For any questions or additional requests, email pressrequests@snl.com. Michelle Mowdy Senior Marketing Manager SNL Financial pressrequests@snl.com +1 (434) 951-7407@SNLMetals SNL Metals & Mining on LinkedIn
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Fiber Optics By Andrew Butler The future of regional Internet delivery is undoubtedly going to be fast, but it’s likely going to be slow getting here. Though more than a dozen providers and utilities in other larger- and medium-sized communities in the U.S. are either planning for or already offering higher-speed fiber-optic Internet and bigger bandwidth, the SpokaneCoeur d’Alene metro area doesn’t seem to be on anyone’s priority map right now. The biggest player on the block currently is Google Fiber, which plans to connect eight million homes and businesses by 2022. In 2011, Google Fiber announced that its first pilot communities would be the Kansas City metro area; Austin, Texas; and Provo, Utah. These areas have all gone live with service that offers speeds up to 1,000 Mbps, which is up to 100 times faster than standard broadband. Google officials say that this kind of speed will cause a positive shift in how people enjoy themselves and conduct business online. High-def movies can be downloaded in seconds, games can be streamed without any lag, classrooms can easily put together video conferencing, cloud storage can be improved, and medical personnel can have access to high-quality images and training even if they’re several states away. Currently, Comcast offers Spokane customers speeds between 20-100 Mbps, and Time Warner offers 15-50 Mbps to North Idaho customers. The price for Google Fiber can be set by local municipalities, but has seems to range from a limited free package to between $70-$100 a month. Each year, Google Fiber announces new communities that will be coming online, or at least beginning the effort. At the start of 2014, Google listed 34 cities in 9 metro areas that would begin the work of adding service, including Salt Lake City and Portland, Oregon. Earlier this year, it announced that 18 cities in the Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, and Raleigh-Durham areas would be going live shortly, and promised updates soon about progress in Phoenix, San Antonio, San Jose and Salt Lake City. In January, Google officially declared Portland a “maybe,” although it didn’t give any further details about what could nudge the city into either the go or no-go category, although the Oregonian newspaper speculated that getting buy-in from outlying suburbs has been one challenge in its uncertainty, along with Oregon’s taxation structure.
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Life Center CDA is a relatively new church in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The founding pastors are Sean and Tan McCartin. The church was started with a team of volunteers in February 2014. This new church plant is sponsored by Life Center Church in Spokane. The goal of LCCDA is to serve the CDA community and help spark a new desire to know and follow God throughout the CDA region. Sean and Tan want to encourage people to pursue their relationship with God passionately, to own their faith so it grows, and to seek ways to invest into other people’s spiritual development. The slogan of Life Center CDA is to Love God and Love People, and its mission is to help people find and follow Jesus Christ. The church was started by the formation of a handful of small groups called Journal Groups. Each group consists of a few people gathering weekly to read, journal and share from the Bible. From that point, a team of some 25 volunteers ventured out to start a weekly Sunday morning gathering; its purpose was to build up those seeking God and to provide a place for the larger community to discover a relationship with God. The first six months they met at Woodland Middle School and have since moved to North Idaho College, where they meet every Sunday at 10 AM. Pastor Sean observes, “We have realized that many people are looking for relationships and connections that will help deepen their spiritual life. Many people are hungry for God, but have been wandering without having the consistent reinforcement and encouragement that a local church can provide. A local church should serve as a home base or launching pad for those interested in growing their faith in Jesus Christ. A local church seeks to provide support and training that will help people push through limits, unlock Godgivenpotentia, and bring greater focus to life.” LCCDA seeks to help people break out of spiritual boredom by realizing they can apply their faith in Christ to every condition and situation in life, as opposed to compartmentalizing their spirituality to just one area. “We are excited to see people renewed in their walk with God, while getting a fresh vision for a spiritual life that applies everywhere, anytime, and in all things.”
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Continued from Page 28 Industry experts say getting all the players onboard seems to be the largest hoop to jump through in going from getting Google’s green light to fully energizing a community. Though your average homeowner and business owner will likely be excited about the potential of super high speeds, approval is needed from all affected cities, counties and states. The Federal Communications Commission needs to sign off, as does any federal and state utility regulators. Some communities have been working with existing utilities and Internet service providers, since they already have a delivery mechanism in place into people’s homes. However, Google also looks at existing telecommunications infrastructure and whether it can withstand the additional fiber-optic cables. Though Google is the biggest name in the future battles for fiber-optics, it’s not the only potential player. Verizon has connected more than six million households to its FiOS service. However, in 2010, it announced it would finish building out the scheduled cities, but wouldn’t expand into any new markets. This year, Verizon announced that it would start putting more resources into building out its still-growing and still-profitable wireless networks, rather than putting more effort into expanding its “wired” systems. It also ‘un-bundled’ its TV service, so now people can watch their shows without buying the entire Internet package AT&T has its high-speed U-verse powered by GigaPower available in 5 markets and hopes to expand to 12 by 2016. It drew acclaim from many in Silicon Valley by figuring out how to offer 1 GB/ second for $110 or 300 Mbs for $80 to Cupertino, California residents, while Google was still working on the details to implement its network in this area. Comcast claims its Gigabit Pro service is twice as fast as AT&T and Google, and has been working on deploying it initially in the Bay Area. Some municipalities have created independent local area networks with high speed networks. So, with all this effort focusing on ultra-high speed, where does this leave the Inland Northwest? No one really is saying, and the Spokane-Coeur d’Alene metro area hasn’t appeared on any wish lists from these providers. Interestingly, Spokane initially made Google’s short list of possible places for pilot Fiber programs in 2010, before it decided to start with Texas, Kansas and Utah. Local business leaders even created a YouTube video and companion Facebook page, touting the area’s possibilities. Interestingly, Spokane initially made Google’s short list of possible places for pilot Fiber programs in 2010, before it decided to start with
Texas, Kansas and Utah. Local business leaders even created a YouTube video and companion Facebook page, touting the area’s possibilities. Officials interested in bringing fiber-optic speed to our area would certainly encounter some obstacles, including requiring approval from not only Washington stakeholders, but Idaho as well. Avista would likely be involved, and competing ISPs Time Warner and Comcast may also expect seats at the table. The area’s rural nature also may come into play: some residents living outside the cities already have a tricky time getting standard Internet service. Sources
http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2015/01/ google_fiber_selects_four_citi.html http://arstechnica.com/ business/2015/01/google-fiber-confirmed-for-four-new-metroareas-18-cities/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2015/01/verizonnears-the-end-of-fios-builds/ http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/ news/2015/04/17/comcast-competing-with-google-and-at-t-with-its. html
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Stanly A. Easton, born in 1873, was associated with the management of Bunker Hill Mining Company for 55 years. His extensive contributions to the mining industry and Bunker Hill earned him national prominence in the mining field. After graduating from the California School of Mines in 1894 and working with various mining companies throughout the West, Easton took over as general manager of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining & Concentration Company on January 1, 1903. Bunker Hill was in debt and making small profits. In addition, the mining company had been crippled by two vicious and bloody strikes,1891 and 1899.
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Stanley Eastman held the general management position at Bunker Hill until 1933. From 1926 to 1933, he was the general manager and From the beginning, Easton proved to be an vice president. He served as president of the company from 1933 outstanding manager. He set a tone of sympathy and to 1954. In 1954 Eastman went into semi-retirement as chairmen of understanding for the miners, which resulted in many the board of directors. His complete retirement came in 1958. As a years of good will. Within a short period, Bunker Hill tribute to his long years of service, he was named honorary chairman was operating at a higher level of production than any and director emeritus of the Bunker Hill board. time since the discovery of the mine in 1885. Continued on Page 35
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assistance but emotional and spiritual encouragement. This was what the valley is all about. Neighbors, relatives, businesses, caring people. When Dad and all of the other miners started their shift by going underground each day they didn’t come back up out of the earth until the shift was over. During the time they were below, they were subject to not only the safety hazards but the inherent dangers that come with being on a major fault line which is part of this mining district. This fault creates movement and pressure sometimes resulting in rock bursts, which in turn create very dangerous situations for the miners. This movement and pressure, however, are what created the ore veins that yield the valuable metals. Even with the risks involved, they didn’t convey that to others. These people knew and appreciated the value of life. They were passionate about life, family, their jobs and their environment. Their legacy lives on. Our unsung heroes. Synonyms: brave person, brave man/woman, man/ woman of courage, man/woman of the hour, lionheart, warrior, knight
Unsung Heroes By Sandy Watts
On my list of unsung heroes is the miner. The hardrock miner. The underground miner. The Silver Valley miner. According to Dictionary.com, the definition for unsung hero is:
A person who makes a substantive yet unrecognized contribution; a person whose bravery is unknown or unacknowledged. I admire these people who do a job I could not do. Having grown up in the Silver Valley, I never really thought about the uniqueness of a mining community. Every day was business as usual and the norm was up early, ready for school during school months, breakfast, school, dinner when Dad got home, chores, homework, tv, bed, etc. One day a big dark panel truck stopped by the house. My sister who was babysitting because Mom was in the hospital,began crying when the man talked to her. Dad wouldn’t be coming home that day. Nor the next. It would be a long time before he would come home again. There had been an accident at the mine and Dad had broken his back. Months went by before he would be able to walk again and subsequently return to work and return he did—back to the mine. The surrounding communities rallied and took us on as their own. They provided not only financial and physical
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Stanly Easton received numerous awards for his outstanding achievements. In 1949, the American Institute of Mining & Metallurgical Engineers gave him the William Saunders Gold Metal Award for distinguished service to mining. He also received an honorary Doctorate of Science from Whitworth College and honorary degrees from the University of California and the University of Idaho. He is listed in the Idaho Hall of Fame. Easton’s contributions were not confined to the mining industry. He was always very civic-minded. Some of his involvements and contributions include: Member of the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho and the Idaho State Board of Education, member of the Board Overseers of Whitman College, member of the Kiwanis Club, the North Idaho Chamber of Commerce, and the Wardner Lodge Number 331 of B.P.O.E. He served on the Republican State Central Committee and was an Idaho elector. While attending college, Easton became a close friend of Herbert Hoover. When Hoover became president he appointed Easton as head of the Belgian Exchange Commission. The Boy Scouts was one of Easton’s primary interests. He was one of the organizers of the Shoshone County Boy Scout Council in 1916. In addition to serving three years as president of the council, he helped with the purchase of the first scout camp site on Lake Coeur d’Alene. The camp was later name Camp Easton. For his work in scouting Easton received two distinguished citations, the Silver Beaver Award 1932 and the Silver Antelope Award in 1946. In 1905, Easton met Estelle Greenough at a dance in Spokane. They were married on November 15, 1906. From 1906 to 1923, they lived in a large home on McKinley Avenue in Kellogg, near the main Bunker Hill office. Three daughters, Jane, Ruth and Anne were born there. Today that home is the Staff House Museum. In 1923, the Easton family moved into their new home at 1321 East Lakeshore Drive in Coeur d’Alene. Stanly and Estelle lived in their beautiful home on Lake Coeur d’Alene until Stanly’s full retirement in 1958. The house was sold and they moved to California. In December of 1961, Stanley A. Easton died in his California home at the age of 88.
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Visit, Celebrate, Remember: Wallace’s N.P. Depot To Host 2016 Railway History Convention Press Release . . .
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Wallace, Idaho – Railroad buffs from around the world will descend upon Wallace in the fall of 2016 when the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association (NPRHA) conducts its annual convention at the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot Museum here. This will be one of the few times in the 2,000-member association’s 34-year history that NPRHA will hold its annual convention at a train station without actual railway service, and the NPRHA’s first annual convention to be held in Idaho. The association is a group of rail fans, model train hobbyists, educators and historians who gather to discuss the Northern Pacific Railway’s colorful history. The NPRHA is an independent, non-profit, educational organization formed in 1981. NPRHA publishes the quarterly magazine the Mainstreeter, operates a company store at HYPERLINK “http://www.NPRHA.org/”www.NPRHA.org, publishes an annual railroad photo calendar, and conducts modeling contests and other train-related events. It is dedicated to preserving the history of America’s first northern transcontinental railroad through research into the operations, equipment, and facilities of the NP and by modeling and publishing various research findings. Ken Vogel, membership chairman for the NPRHA, said he first proposed the Wallace Northern Pacific Railroad Depot and Museum as the 2016 convention site to association members in jest. But he said his idea was greeted with enthusiasm and support. “There wasn’t a person on the convention committee opposed to the idea of our 2016 convention being held in Wallace. And while Wallace may not have a working railroad, it has a beautiful chateau-style depot and a 72-mile railroad trail to investigate,” Vogel said. Past locations for the NPRHA’s annual convention have included St. Paul, Minnesota; Portland, Oregon; Spokane, Tacoma and Yakima, Washington; Butte, Billings, Helena and Missoula, Montana, along with sites in North Dakota and Minnesota. The signing of the charter for the Northern Pacific Railway by Abraham Lincoln in 1864 and completion of its mainline in 1883 were major factors in the opening of the northern tier of United States. The NP was involved in some key events affecting the development of the nation, and was an innovator in the areas of on-board dining services, the 4-8-4 and 2-8-8-4 steam locomotive designs, the center-truss flat car and much more. The Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association anticipates about 150 attendees to this convention. They will hold workshops, contests, member functions, dinners and other events in the historic railroad and “mining camp.” Of course there will be plenty of shopping and museum touring during this weekend convention. There are plenty of volunteer jobs available at the NP Railroad Depot Museum in Wallace before and during the convention. The depot staff welcomes people who would like to greet many tourists to the mining community and all rail fans are welcome to make additions and contributions to a working model in the upstairs of the museum. The latest addition to the historic railroad icon in Wallace is the opportunity to hold weddings and intimate special events in the Women’s Waiting Room. Please see the N.P. Depot and Museum webpage at www.npdepot.org for details on the museum, Depot Days, events and tax-deductible membership. For further information, please contact: Shauna Hillman, Director http://www.npdepot.org/ Northern Pacific Railroad Depot & Museum 208.752.0111 (208.651.3426 mobile) npdepot@gmail.com
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The Coming Liquidation Hugo Salinas Price
Total world debt has been calculated recently at $223 Trillion dollars. World debt has increased some 40% since the crisis of 2008-2009; as I recall, it was about $157 Trillion at that time. The $223 Trillion is actual debt, and does not include the potential debt lying in derivates of this debt, which is another humongous amount and would become debt should there be any default on the $223 Trillion world debt. The $223 Trillion world debt is like a huge cloud up in the sky. It is of vital importance for the world of finance, as it presently exists, that the $223 Trillion world debt continue up in the sky, and that it not be subject to liquidation. Liquidation and payment are two different things. Liquidation means that holders of debt seek to exchange the debt they hold, for cash. The problem for the world’s central bankers is to keep the debt cloud up in the sky and avoid at all costs a deluge of liquidation. That is to say, there must be no movement to get rid of bonds in exchange for cash. World debt will continue to be a massive cloud up in the sky, as long as investors wish to own bonds; since central banks drove down interest rates all over the world to absurdly low levels - even to negative interest rates - prices of previously issued bonds rose to equally absurd levels and thus created huge profits for those who owned those bonds. World debt is not being paid down and has to grow, because the debt is being rolled-over, and rollovers include interest due. So the debt cloud has to get bigger. When interest rates tick up, as they did just recently, this is an indication that the market is showing a nascent preference for cash, rather than bonds. This incipient increase in interest rates is warning that we may see, at some point, a widespread desire to dump bonds for cash; that would mean a jump in interest rates which would lower the prices of bonds, and the fall would cause losses to holders of bonds and other credit instruments which form the debt cloud. Hasty sales of bonds would aggravate the fall in values and reinforce the rise in interest rates. As in all cases of panic, those who panic first have the greater chance of avoiding losses. There is a further problem: the great majority of investors and the giant investment funds are, all of them, invested in bonds, on which they realized great profits when interest rates began to fall. But if all the big investors are
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owners of bonds, who are they going to sell their bonds to when they wish to liquidate them and get into cash? These investors are going to suffer big losses, because the prices of bonds will have to collapse. This is going to take place the moment that the investors think that the trend in interest rates is no longer down, but up. Banking systems are investors in bonds, and bonds make up an important part of their assets. In Europe, if the assets of the banking system fall by only 4%, then the whole European banking system is bankrupt. A collapse in bond prices caused by rises in interest rates would be deadly for the whole European banking system, and if Europe collapses, the rest of the world would have to follow suit. Interest rates will have to rise, sooner or later; central bankers tremble when they see the slightest sign that interest rates are ticking up. Obviously, the FED and ECB cannot even think of raising interest rates; they are trapped and wait in dread for the deluge of bond liquidation when the $223 Trillion debt cloud hanging over the world turns into a cloudburst.
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“Seeking Cures For What Ails Me” Once the sourdough’s of yesterday’s miners found a good source of gold, they had to rely on high priced primitive tools or had to resort to making their own equipment out of the meager supplies and materials they could scrounge up. You, on the other hand, have another advantage in the wide variety of modern and technical equipment available to today’s prospector. Pans, sluices, dredges, trommels, high bankers, dry washers, gold wheels, gas powered vacuums, sucker tubes and metal detectors are a few of the items that can be purchased or built. Vials, tweezers, rock pick, shovel, crow bar, magnifying glass, 5 gallon buckets, screens, knee pads, rubber gloves, rubber boots, wide brimmed hat, bug repellent, bent screwdrivers, spare parts and a set of tools are a few of the things you should consider acquiring. With the above items you will be able to pursue your new hobby in earnest and keep the symptoms of “gold fever” under control. The basics can be taught in five minutes and can take a lifetime to master. MORE on Gold Fever in our NEXT EDITION
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