The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-09-04
NEZPERCE PRAIRIE NEWS
The Woodmen CeIebration-Great Crop
Prospects, Socialists Organize - Nezperce
No Longer 4 Dry Town.

NO Longer Ory Town.
Central Ridge is the banner flax
country thus far. The crops going from
rs to % bushels to the acre.
Oscar kettenbach of Lewiston is at
present employed with the Kettenbach
Company Ltd, assisting Cashier Nelson
during the busy season.
Peter Martin and wife of Denver, Colo
RADIO, formerly Of this prairie, have re-
turned to reside here. They have pur-
chased the M. d. Harris property and
will make that their future home.
Our new $500 school building will
soon be under way. This will be All up
to date structure and will be a great
factor i'll the future np.building OF the
town. About 20 dwelling houses are
now in course Reconstruction and at least
20 more will go up during the winter.
The new pump and engine were In.
stalled at the city we'll Tuesday. A trial
Of ten hours demonstrated a flow Of
water of gallons to the minute or 1900
gallons in the ten hours run. This
places us in the future beyond the pale
of "dry town" and We gan now say to
the travelling public that in Nezperce you
can get the coolest, purest water ON the
Nezperce prairie without money and
without price.
Merchants here are preparing for the
fall trade which sets in about the middle
of this month. Enormous stocks have
been purchased and are now arriving.
J. A. Scully and the Felt Mercantile
Co. are the largest firms doing business
in this section and their fall and winter
stocks will approximate $4,000 each
while J. 7. Orbison, the Bargain Store,
Stephen Badger and others are making
extensive preparations on smaller scale.
The socialists of this section are organ.
izing and preparations are now being
made to have some good speakers here
during the campaign. An organiza. ion
was effected here Saturday with mem.
bership'of about 3o 1t Is claimed by the
leading socialists that organizations with
a total membership of 400 now exist in
this end of the prairie and that on elec-
ton day they will decide the fate of the
different candidates for county and state
offices.
Pour grain companies are now actively
in the field, all having headquarters here
III Nezperce. The Kettenbach Company
Ltd The Vollmer Clearwater Company,
The Kerr-Gifford Company, the largest
firm of grain importers on the Pacific
Coast. and last but no. least the Farmers
Grain Company Ltd. This latter COM
pany is now building the tramway down
the hill to the N. P. railroad. All four
companies are in the field for the grain
of this section and competition promises
to be lively and if the Nezperce rancher
don't get the top price for his grain this
year it will be his own fault.
The Woodmen of the World and the
Circle of Woodcraft united here Sunday
in an unveiling service over the graves
Of Mrs. p. F.. Miller and Bert Bowlby,
Delegations were present from the differ
ent lodges of the order here on the
prairie. Grangeville sent delegation of
ten headed by Hon. J. F. Ailshie and
Martin Wagner. The procession about
one-half mile in length was formed at
the Woodmen Hall and proceeded to the
city cemetery situated one half mile south
of town, where the beautiful ceremony Of
unyeiling was gone through with. Hon.
l. N. Smith of Lewiston was present and
delivered a beautiful and impressive
Grafton on the merits of true Woodcraft.
This prairie is perhaps at present the
scene Of the busiest community on the
face of the earth. The harvest is now in
full blast and every minute Of daylight
is taken advantage Of. The phenomenal
yield Of all grains II q great source Of Joy
and satisfaction to all. Flax. the princi-
pal factor ofour wealth is yielding from IS
TO IS bushels TO the acre. The fax crop
alone on this prairie will bring fsoo. 700
INTO the country. The oat crop. though
damaged in some localities by the hail
storm, is going from IS to So bushels 70
the acre. Barley Is going from 70 TO 80
bushels. numerous fields being reported
as going from rs to 90 bushels. The
wheat crop is also heavy the lowest yield
yet reported being ~ bushels and the
highest 70 bushels.
T. 4 y -saf 81
Theft Of Hssses and SsddIes at Wsta.
II is reported that thieves entered the