Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-05-23

| Fred Rustemeyer and son, Joseph,
left Monday for the Palouse country
They will return the latter paat of the
week.
Charlie Crichton was in town Sunday
frem the Joseph plains. He took Lack
a supply OF provisions for the horse
camp.
The weather was so cold end damn
that the board of trustees found it neces-
sarg Tuesday to put stove in the city
refrigerator.
| Money. Farm loans. Low interest
and long time. Write OF call on
j. B. RICE,
Westlake, Id.
Several loads OF crosswalk lumber are
on the ground and as soon as the wealth
er settles the walks viii be constructed.
They are badly needed as some of the
crossings are almost impossible.
Money to loan on real estate security
and Receivers Final receipt, at 8 per
cent per annum, and long time. No
applications for less than $500 can be
received. A. F. PARKER.
Grangeville, Id.
]. G, Yandell (better known as Lum
returned here last Friday from Califor-
MIA where he went last fall. Lum
brought his folks back as far as Walla
Walla, Wash, He says California is a
nice country but there is no place like
idaho,
Ranch Of 800 acres, four miles from
Cottonwood, with good buildings and
bearing orchard, plenty of good water,
snap for some one at SIS per acre. Sew
eral other farms REASONABLE, Write or
call ON WARD & RoeERs.
Greencreek, Idaho.
The Cottonwood ball nine won an
easy victory from the Ferdinand team
on the home grounds last Sunday. The
visitors were shut out until the fifth in
ming, when the home boys concluded to
give them chance. The score stood Sd
to IA in favor of Cottonwood at the end
of the game.
S. b. Moore, of Keuterville, was ar
rested Sunday evening for fourishing a
revolver around too freely and passed
the night in the jug. He was brought
up before Judge Wolbert Monday and
fined $40 and costs, amounting in all to
$l5, which he paid, and departed con-
siderably tanned.
f. j. Walser, recent arrival from
Rock Valley, Iowa, has purchased the
320-acre ranch, north of town, from the
Morris brothers, paying $4,000 for it.
Mr.. Walser was here last fall for some
time looking oyer our prairie farms and
concluded he could invest his money in
no better way than by putting it into
farm on Camas Prairie.
The quarantine on the Engel and
Blackburn families was raised yesterday
and Cottonwood Ia again clear of small
pox. The Long family, north of town,
are the only ones quarantined now in
this section and they will soon be rid of
the disease. People need not be afraid
to come to Cottonwood now as there is
no possible chance of contagion.
Herman Broumellaer and Jos. Scho-
ber were hauled up before Judge VOL
bert last Friday ON charge OF disturb
ing the peace, they having engaged in
fight in Mr.. Schober's saloon. Brou-
mellaer plead guilty and paid $5 fine.
Mr.. Schober stood trial and was granted
weeks time in which to procure
witness from White Bird. His hearing
is set for tomorrow.
Camas Prairie and the Nez Perce res
ervation was visited Monday and Tues
day with a steady rain, asting for 4S
hours, which filed the ground with all
the moisture it could hold and set the
streams booming in great shape. If we
needed anything to insure record
breaking harvest we have got it. now.
A few warm days IN connection with
this rain will make this country look
llhS an lAlLuehSe garden.
Notices of a school election have been
posted in the city, the election to be
held in the school house on June 2nd.
from until p. III. One trustee, to
hold Office for three years, will be elect
ed to succeed w. w. Blackburn, whose
term expires. Every citizen should !
turn out and do his duty by his town.
Elect progressive business men to the
position and the school will sprosper in
future, as it has in the past. The pub
lie school is an index to the condition OF
town. A good town will ever have
good school and Cottonwood is able TO
have one of the best schools in the
county.
Bob Wright, former resident of this
place, was arrested last Friday morning
Tor shooting on the street. Wright, who
had been drinking heavily, was stand
ing in front of the Elite saloon when he
suddenly took notion to shoot holes in
5he street. The first shot went into the
ground but the second struck roelr in