Jim Kershner’s this day in history

From our archives, 100 years ago

The paper was filled with enticing Fourth of July weekend excursion ads, including one for the steamer Georgie Oakes, taking merrymakers to St. Joe, Idaho. The cost: $2.50 for a round trip – and that included the train fare from Spokane to Coeur d’Alene, where the steamer was docked.

The Canadian Pacific Railway was offering the Circle Tour – “The World’s Greatest Mountain Scenery At Your Very Door.” From Spokane, travelers connected to the Canadian Pacific south of Balfour and then did a loop through Calgary, Banff and Revelstoke.

For $20, travelers could take the North Bank Road (part of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle line) to Clatsop Beach on the Oregon Coast.

The Great Northern Railway offered a round trip to Glacier National Park for $13.50 and Priest Lake for $7.50

Revelers who wanted to stay closer to home could take a streetcar to Natatorium Park, which was offering a grand fireworks display, swimming, rides, orchestra concerts and “free moving pictures every evening.”

From the traffic beat: Traffic was stalled on the North Monroe Street hill because of a stranded house. A man had been trying to move a house up the hill, but, as police noted, “it seems to be stalled at the bottom.”

It had been stalled for two days. It was especially bad at night, because “the house is without lights.”