Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-04-18
Talk about fine weather! Well

The base ball season here has ut last
broken open. Next Sunday the local
nine will cross bats with the sturdy
farmers Of Rocky Butte, the game to be
played on the latter teams ground.
The Libbey, Deardorff and Sanders
families were released from quarantine
Wednesday and that just about puts a
quietus on the BIG small po1 epidemic
the eknockers" were talking about.
Thos, O,Brian and wife this week dis
posed of the Callahan ranch southeast
of town Eighty acres were sold to L.
A. Rruner and eighty to John Fl. Forss
mann. These places are valuable pieces
of property for farming purposes.
The case Of Harvey Lancaster, admins
istrator of the estate of Josiah Peasley,
VS.. E. s, Sweet, was settled in the pro-
bate court yesterday, Mr.. Sweet &C.
ceded to the demands of the plaintiff,
who was represented by 7. NJ. Wolbert.
The Idaho Mountaineer is bright,
newsy, 5.column, 8-page newspaper
launched at Stuart last week by II. E.
O'Donnell. The sheet is credit to the
place and if the Stuart people know a
good thing when they see it Bro. Q'Dons
nell has fine field to work in.
I. p. Ramel and J. s. Gray, of Spring
dale, WASH, bought their summers s
grubstake here Friday and proceeded on
the trail to Thunder mountain. They,
and all others WHO know, say that the
best way to get to the mountain Of gold
is to pack through Cottonwood.
People are daily coming to Cpttonwaod
from all sections of the country, Not a
day has passed for nearly month but
what from one to dozen strangers
were seen here, Some are on their way
to Thunder Mountain and others are
looking for homes on the great Camas
Prairie. where crops never fail.
3. A, Grain and Geo. Wescott, two
citizens of North Dakota were in ths
city during the week, The object OF
their visit was to look up desirable To-
cation for the establishment of bank.
The gentlemen were highly pleased
with the outlook at Cottonwood and a
banking institution at this place is
nearly an assured thing, Mr.. Grain ia
in partnership with Mr.. Horton, who
was here last fall and bought two farms
in this vicinity.
Contributed: Mrs, Dave Yates died
in Rocky Ford, Colorado, on April 12,
1901. The remains will arrive at Den
yer today. By her request she will be
buried in the Denver cemetery Sunday,
April 20, Services will be held at the
Presbyterian church at IL a. m, She
leaves husband and two sons. She
was the daughter of ]. H. Upton, who
resides near here. Mrs, Yates carried a
$1,000, policy payable to her husband, in
the United Artisan lodge.
Well! What are we going to about
that Fourth of July celebration2 If we
are going to celebrate here we should
begin making preparations and let the
people know at once, not wait until ev-
cry place in the county has determined
to celebrate, There are q great many
people here who have a direct interest
in celebration and they should make
it their business to attend to the ar
rangement OF the preliminaries, and not
wait for someone to take the burden
off their shoulders, and afterwards be
ready with only criticism, We have
seen 1t that way ere now and that is the
reason We make the suggestion. A good
idea would be to hold citizens' meeting
to dicuss the matter.
A certain young fellow, who has been
in the habit of borrowing saddle horses
from the hitching racks without their
owners knowledge, and bringing the
animals back when he got ready, was
taught lesson Wednesday night that
he won't forget soon. The eircumstanc.
es are substantially as follows: On the
evening mentioned Mr.. -, who lives
in the lower end of town, rode his horse
up to Brown & Brust's store and tied it
to the rack and went in to buy pair of
shoes. In the meantime the young GAL
lant was on his way up the street to
make call. Seeing the horse and
wishing to make good appearance, he
climbed into the saddle and rode off.
He was barely out of sight when Mr.
discovered his loss, and he and his two
brothers Immediately instituted a
search, with the result that they dis
covered the horse tethered to a gate
post in the upper end of town, as they
had halfway expected. Mr. went
to the door and called the gallant swain
out. and there, before several people, be-
gan taking it out of his hide" accord
ing to the markets of goosebsrry rules
and his strength. Finally, however, he
desisted, after making the fellow get on
the horse and ride back to town while
he (the owner) led the procession by
the halter rope. When the caravan