100 years ago in North Idaho: Attorney gets lost during Lake Pend Oreille fishing trip

Edward A. Davis, a Pasco attorney, was lost in the mountains south of Lake Pend Oreille for 48 hours.

He was with a group of friends fishing and hunting south of Lakeview, Idaho. They broke camp and started back to Lakeview, but Davis stopped to rest while the others continued. When Davis continued on, he came to a fork in the trail. He chose the wrong fork.

The other men waited for Davis to catch up, and when he never showed up, they spent the rest of the day searching for him.

They continued to Lakeview and raised the alarm. The U.S. Forest Service launched a search the next day, but could not find him. Finally, a day later, a forest ranger came upon Davis, weak from fatigue and hunger, and brought him into the McGee Ranger Station, where he was recovering.

From the Wobbly beat: The Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies) issued an ultimatum – or a “threat,” as many called it – to the governors of Montana and Idaho.

The head of the Wobblies in Spokane sent a telegram to the governors saying they would call a general strike in the Northwest’s fields, orchards and work sites, unless “all I.W.W. prisoners” were released by Aug. 20.

Neither governor made any public comment about the message. They also made no move toward releasing prisoners.