Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-09-20

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They are beauties. Come and get your
choice before some one else does.
Born. ITO the wife of o. 9. Johnson,
on Tuesday. Sept, 18th, 1901, a twelve.
pound daughter. DIR. Truitt reports
mother aud child doing nicely.
Rev, Max Papolini, OF Keuterville, is
holding services here now until the ar
rival of another priest TO take the place
of the deceased Father Mueller,
A Co|fax butcher named Stevenson
was IN this section last week purchas-
ing beef cattle. He left here last Tues
day morning with about 100 head Of
fins beeYes.
We are glad to say that Jesse King is
improving nicely and that plaster cast
viii he put on his leg tomorrow, thus
enabling him to be about with the aid
of clutches.
+, NJ. Bixby, the piano and organ
man, was over from Nezperce Friday.
He was accompanied by ys scribe to
Grnngevilie on business Saturday re-
turning Sunday.
Carpenters Woodring and Greer, hay-
ing completed w. L. Browne store,
have begun the erection of large adj
dition to n. H. Nuxoll's warehouse and
are re-shingling the old one.
1. G. Hattabaugh has just received a
carload of the famous Flying Dutch
mani plows. Also u large stock of har-
rows, drills and seeders. When in
Grangeville don't fail to- call and see
him.
j. NJ. Wolbert and family and Charles
and Aaron Kelly will leave i n the morn-
ing for White Bird and Salmon river
for an outing. The river trout are hit
ing now and the party anticipate much
enjoyment.
Mrs. Miias Mcclure and daughter
went to Mt. Idaho yesterday to visit
with relatives and friends until Monday
when they will return to this place and
leave for California next Wednesday
accompanied by Mr.. Mcclure.
Judge Bonebrake and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. e. Graham and daughter Ma
bel, and several other people were over
from Grangeville last Sunday. They
accompanied Mrs. Otto. the president
of the Rebeccas, to this place. A meet
ing OF this society was held Sunday and
was addressed by Mrs. Otto, who is an
able speaker. formal reception was
rendered their president by the society
ON Monday evening.
A. d. Foster has decided to erect a
hotel where his restaurant now stands.
The building win be 20 feet deep and
two stories high with a commodious
basement. He viii put in nice front
and largely increase the size of the
dining room, making it up to date in
every respect. Mr.. and Mrs. Foster
have been very successful in the res
taurant and we bespeak for their new
hotel largely increased patronage.
Work viii: be begun early in October
Free Press.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. J. Pulse, of Denver,
arrived in the city yesterday en- route
to the Ceeur 'Alenes, where Mr.. Pulse
has mining interests "Camas prairie
is all right" said Mr.. Pulse, "notwith-
standing the lack of railroad transpor-
tation. Our farmers are feeding their
wheat to hogs, netting them from IS to
50 cents q bushet, and farm lands are
changing hands almost every day. The
opening of the state wagon road down
the Salmon river is bringing a large
number OF new settlers. Tribune.
School opened last Monday with .
fine attendance, the intermediate de-
partment being crowded There we're
thirteen scholars in Prof. Steininger's 8
room, forty y-eight in Miss Hayden's and
forty-two in Miss Harrington's, making
total of 103. Miss Hayden's room
WAS so crowded that ons of her grades
was sent to Prof. Steininger's room.
The school board last Friday made a
long needed Improvement in the pri-
mary room by putting rostrnm around
the blackboaids. thus enabling the
little ones to write on them with greater
comfort.
Cottonwood has not been without its
Mckinley excitement. Last Sunday
afternoon man who is in a bad way on
account of lack OF Judgment made the
remark in the brewery saloon that he
was glad that the waa
dead. He had scarcely uttered the