Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-31
Clemens waldmann. who was ipiured

Clemens Waldmann, who was injured
in runaway at Keuterville on Thurs
day Of last week, was sufficiently re-
covered to be able to return to his home
near Greencreek Monday. Although
badly cnt about the face and head he
received no internal injuries and it will
be only matter OF time until he is as
good man as befoIe the accident.
The only country in the Pacific North
west this year that can boast of having
banner harvest is Camas and Nez-
perez prairie. The crop in the Pendle-
ton and Walla Walla country is only
half crop and in the Palouse, the
greatest grain section in the northwest,
the crop is about third short. But up
on our cool prairie the crop is bumper
this year and all that is lacking is the
men to take care of it.
The Nez Perez county surveyor made
a survey last week of the road across
Lawyer canyon to replace the one re-
Gently washed out by the cloudburst
and reports that it will cost $3.50 to con-
struct the road. Half the amount will
be put up by Nez Perez county and the
balance will be raised. by the citizens of
Nezperce. This is being done princi-
pally to secure the trade from the Lowe
and Greencreek country.
The Cottonwood public school will
/ open this year on Monday, September
14th. F. w. Roberts, OF Standpoint,
Idaho, Mrs. Lulu Severns, OF Westlake,
Idaho, and Miss Emma Gribbin, o.
Heath, Idaho, will have charge of the
Grammar, intermediate and Primary
departments respectively. These teach
ers have had considerable experience
and are well recommended and we feel
sure will give good satisfaction. The
school term will last for eight months,
ending some time in May, 1904.
Some thieves, either white men or
Indians, turned out and run off the
bunch Of NANCY horses impounded and
corralled on the school section south Of
] town some time last Friday night and
despite the best efforts of Constable
Dearborn it has been impossible to locate
the animals. As there were many in
the bunch belonging to Indians the
theft is thought to have been committed
by them or their hirelings. The band
Il
which contained over 100 head, is be.
lieved to have been driven into Neg
perez county and broken up into small
punches and scattered so widely as tc
make its recovery impossible.
1t seems odd, when person stops t.
think the matter over, that there shoult
be such demand for residences in Cot.
tonwood and no attempt made to supply
the demand. Even this early in thu
season there is not residence to be haS
in the town and there will be many
families kept out of town this winter
because of the lack of houses to rent
That such state of affairs should exis
shows that there is something RADICAL,
wrong and we do not know where tn,
difficulty lies unless it is in the exces
sive prices asked for town property o.
the fact that persons able to build cot
tages to rent prefer to loan their money
at higher rate of interest. However
in spite of this condition of affairs, Cot
tonwood is growing nicely and we hop,
that by another year there will b.
enough houses to accommodate all. 1
speaks we'll for a town when all it
buildings are occupied but its growtl
should not be retarded by not having
buildings enough to supply the demand