Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-01-31

The dance of the season will be given
in Odd Fellows hall this evening, This
will be the last dance before Lent and
crowds haye promised to come from
Grangeville, Denver and Tolo. Don't
miss # if you want to see real ball.
The coldest weather in many years
struck us for few hours last Saturday
night. At 8 p. m. the thermometer
registered 20 degrees below zero, but
before morning it had risen to 4 below.
The old timers are all trying to recol-
lect when it was so cold. before.
Our readers will be pleased to learn
that little Bertha Teft, who was last
week supposed to have mild case Of
varaloid, is perfectly well and that at
no time was there any danger of small
pox spreading in our midst, The girl
simply broke out with rash to which
all children are subject.
A gentleman representing the Hull
safe company paid this town visit last
Wednesday. He could have sold the
CHRONICLE the largest safe manufac-
tured by his company if we had a place
to put it, but as it is we are compelled
to bury the enorm GUS amount of cash
we take in on subscriptions.
Marion Worden, brother to Tim Wor-
den, arrived here Sunday from Klon.
dixie and the two brothers will leave in
the near futuse for California where
they will live in ease and luxury. Mr..
Worden says the mercury was standing
% degrees below zero when he left Daw-
son, Excuse US, we'll remain in Idaho.
Joseph Schober is remodeli1g the in
terror OF the Bargain Store building and
will in the near future establish a new
saloon, The platform upstairs will be
used as music hall and Mr.. Schober
has already sent for an organ, violin
and banjo. He will put in the finest
fixtures obtainable and proposes to run
first class resort in every respect.
The Improvements on the inside will
take considerable time, although three
carpenters are employed on the job.
VIM. H. Lacey, of Niles, Michigan, is
here looking for location for a power
plant and Touring mill. He has located
water right at the falls of the South
Fork about ten miles from town and
contemplatss the erection of a large mill
on the prairie to be operated by electric
power. 1t ID rumored that the new
concern aims to monopolize all electric
al enterprises in the vicinity. W. L.
Kimmel is prime mover in the pro-
ject.-Free Press.
at young mems meeting last Mon
day evening it was decided to combine
and organize fraternity, the object of
which will be to pass away pleasantly
and sociably the long winter evenings,
raise funds to establish gymnasium,
etc. 1t was proposed that the order be
secret, and have regular initiation cere-
monies, grips and passwords, but the
proposition has not been acted upon as
yet. II the boys will carry their scheme
out it will be the means of spending
many a pleasant hour, which would
otherwise be idle, in a praiseworthy
manner.
Judge d. M. Hartman, a prominent
citizen of Grangeville, yesterday pur-
chased residence and three lots at
Vineland from A. Keefer, the consider
alton being $500. Judge Hartman and
wife are now in the city and will imme-
diately make arrangements to move to
Vineland to permanently reside. "I
still have interests in Idaho county"
said Judge Hartman, ''and expect to
spend much of my time there during
the summer months. Camas prairie is
a great country and is now attracting
more attention than at any time in the
past. The present year will be one of
much progress. Tribune.
During the cold snap last Friday even
ing Fred Jansen, who lives little way
below the Kalin place, got up and
started for his neighbor's home with
nothing on his feet but pair of rub
bers. He had not proceeded very far
before his feet became numb and he
lost his rubbers, going the rest of the
distance bare footed. His feet we're
badly frozen and he is now at the Cot
tonwood House in a precarious condi-
ton. 1t seems that Mr.. Jansen was ill
and could not attend to his fire, so be-
coming cold he decided to go to the
with the above result. 1t is
doubtful if he will recover. Ben Cooper
also had his feet frozen the next day
while riding between here and Grange
vile, but not seriously. Redge Jerome
is another victim of the frost, having