Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-08-30

Fred Manning, the Lewiston city mar
shal arrived here Monday tospend ten
days. vacation. Mr.. Manning OWNS q
number of horses in this section and
will look after thcm during his stay in
these parts.
Mr.. Soden last "Wednesday evening
started large hog drive to Stuart. F.
, O. Moberg contributed Al hogs to the
bunch. The drive will be made during
the cool nights. allowing the porlsers to
rest through the heat of the day.
See the new ad. OF the III. & HI, Hard
ware company in this issue. 1t will in
terest all you people who intend build
ing. This is a good substantial firm
and win do just as they say. Drop in
and see them when at Grangeville.
Mr.. Ward. Of Greencreek, is again
suffering from partial paralytic stroke.
He was attacked with similar illness
last year. He is now under the care of
j. E. Murphy at the St. Albert hotel
until the arrival Of his son who is ex-
pected Sunday from Minnesota.
Messrs. j. A. Wilkinson and A. F.
Parker, the soliciting committee APP
pointed by the board of trade to canvass
for funds for surveying the electric road !,
announce that they have secured the
sum of 500 and have not yet been off
Main street. This sum represents the
work of only two afternoons.
Chas. Rice arrived in the city Sunday
from Grangeville. He win be joined IN
a few days by Lafe Yates and they will
sail on the 25th OF next month for Afri-
ca, having engaged themselves for a
year with an English company that will
prospect for minerals on the Nile in the
Abysinian country Tribune.
We understand that AL. Manning and
family will move to Seattle some time
next week. During their stay here they
made many friends who regret to see
them leave. Especially will lot of 'us
fellows" miss Ais twins. Our end of
town will seem deserted without their
little tow heads and childish prattle.
Tia ia. Diddy; ah me la.
]. A. Wheeler, of Walla Walla, yes
terday completed the purchase OF A. J..
Manning's barber shop and is now in
stalled behind the chair and ready to
attend to all comers. He has complete
~ rcmodelled the shop, put in new ear
pets and added other improvements.
The gentleman is brother to. Rev. o..
V. Wheeler, the Baptist minister who
recently arrived here.
G. G.. Columbus informs us that they
have put their header in a shed fer this
season, after having cut $50 acres and
making the splendid average of 2Ss4
acres a day. The header has only l2-
| foot cut, but they had phenomenally
| good luck, never having to stop an hour
for hreakdowns. The best run made
was 81 acres in half Il day, and heavy
| grain at that.
! Carpenters Greer and Woodring this
week built new sidewalk in front OF
the Elite saloon and also put in new
cross walk to the post office. The cross
walk was badly needed as one was in
danger OF breaking limb If crossing in
the dark. Yes, and that is not the only
| piece of eide walk in the town that
should be repaired. There isn't 200 feet
of continual good sidewalk in the entire
city. Incorporate and this thing and
many others attended to.
Yesterdays Lewiston Tribune says
/ Samuel Goldstone. of Cottonwood. pur
chased yesterday from Mrs. Ella Muir
ply and Mrs. Emma Moore SO feet OF
Main street, now occupied by the Cactus
saloon and A. Farren, the tailor. Tn,
consideration. which was cash, wa
$4,000 Mr.. Goldstone, who is one o
the most substantial and enterprisin.
merchants OF Idaho county, has showr
his faith i'll the future of Lewiston, anG
expects to augment his investment
here in the near future by erecting
brick building on his purchase"
+ Moscow, idaho, Aug. 24.-Jndge E
! C. Steele OF the district court has rem
dered decision in the case OF Knorr e
al, as trustees of the Cottonwood Pack
ing company VS.. Idaho county. Tn,
county was sued for $1,000 damages 10
using plaintiffs packing honse nea
Cottonwood as pest house during
small pox epidemic in that section ii
1899. 1t was alleged that the packing
comPany was entitled TO rent durinI
the time its packing house was used
l-alsO to recover because Of the damage /