Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-08-14

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them in the near future.
Adam Brust and daughter returned to
Grangcvillc SATURDAY.. They were ac-
roinpanied by Frieda Brust, who win
visit there for a short time.
Gus Rogers. Nez Pcrcc county lad
who has been riding races at Seattle,
was killed in a race there Tuesday by
his horse falling and rolling owes him.
Money. Farm loans. Low interest
and long time. Write or call on
J. b. RICE,
Westlake, Id.
The Taylor troupe showed here in
their tent Tuesday and Wednesday
nights. The performance was very Or
dinary and did not attract much of
crowd.
II you want first class cedar shingles
get them Of r. R. Woods, at Kooskia.
He keeps the celebrated sStar A STAR
Puget Sound shingles always on hand
and his prices are right.
I now have about 1900 samples of the
finest wall paper ever shown on Camas
Prairie. Also room and picture mold
ing. Call and see samples before You
buy. w. WooDRrsa.
The old Silcett ferry house ON the
north bank Of the Clearwater at Lewis.a
ton was destroyed by fire Tuesday noon.
This Ia another old landmark gone, the
house having been built about 26 years
ago.
Lawrence Upton got his foot pretty
badly bruised one day this week by
catching 1t ON a rock while riding on
the running gears Of wagon and will
travel ON crutches for few days as re-
suit.
DIR. Brockman and family arrived. in
the ;ity late last week and have taken
up their residence in the Creelman
building, east Of the meat market. The
doctor expects to remain here until
next spring and perhaps longer.
Geneser has succeeded in getting O
donation of $2i.5O from Montgomery
Ward & Co. for its road improvement
fund. This is the first case OF the kind
we have heard of and Genesee should be
voted q medal for her achievement.
Carpenter Aichlmayr finished work
on the village lock up yesterday and
Cottonwood now has one Of the neatest
and strongest jails of any town of its
size in the state and it is safe to say
that anyone locked up in IL will remain
there until released by the proper per-
sons.
Felix Warren, Riley Dixon and Mrs.
Smails were in town Saturday and ac-
compani-i by Mrs. Rookie visited
Grangeyii'e, returning Sunday. Mr..
Warren went over to purchase the
Grangeville.C Cottonwood stage line from
W. A. Austin but failed to make the
deal.
Mrs. Emma Hawkins, of Winfield,
KAN, is visiting with her brother, NJ. L.
Martin, east Of town. She arrived from
the east Saturday and will visit here
until Mr.. Martin moves to Lewiston the
last of the month and after short visit
there she will go to Los Angeles to visit
her daughter.
After putting in about six months
work developing the Rocky Butte min
ing claims ]. ]. Rennett last Thursday
! quit work and abandoned the property.
While quite body of ore has been
blocked out it has been decided that the
! proposition is not big enough for the
company for which Mr.. Rennett is
working so 1t has been dropped. This
does not mean that the property is no
/ good, but that it is not extensive enough
to satisfy large company. The prop
erty may be taken up later by private
individuals and be made to pay we'll.
NJ. L. Goldsmith, of Spalding, and C.
A. Hastings, OF Lewiston, were in the
city last Friday on their way to White
Bird where they were to meet Ohief
Clerk Jackson. of the Land Board, Eat.
urday and together go over the land re-
GENTLY selected by the state in that
country. They will examine the claims
of the settlers and make reports 10 the
state land board for their consideration
when they decide to take off the blanket
filings placed upon tho lands of bona
iide settlers. The Board has 20 DAYS in
which to examine these claims and re.
linquish thoae made adversely to the
rights OF citizens. While here Mr..
Goldsmith explained to us the reason
for the blanket filings made by the
state land seleetors ON the lands in that
country. He said that when the filings
were made the men Ind but six days in
which To make the selections and GET
hack to Lewiston tn place them on file
in the land Office and consequently il
was impossible 10 make anything but a
blanket filing. In all cases where the
settlers know tho nnnIbers OF the hand
wanted the tracts were not INCLUDED in
the filings but in many eases the nnm-