Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-08-28

putting up of heating stoves.
A. L. Creelman's sister returned with
him from the east ana will visit here
for couple months before going on to
California to visit other relatives. J.
Money. Farm loans. Low interest
and long time. Write or call on
J. B. RICE,
Westlake, Id.
Father Kremers returned last Friday
night from his trip up Salmon river
and held services here Sunday. Next
Sunday services will be held in Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Creelman and son re-
turned last Friday from their two
months visit in the east and "Creely"
is again in evidence at his old place at
Goldstone's.
DIR. and Mrs. Turner left Tuesday |
morning for Chicago to he gone couple |
months. While there DIR. Turner will |
take a postgraduate course in some
large medical college.
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. A. WooDRING.
Arch Martin took load of household
goods to Lewiston this week for his
father and brought back a loud OF
freight for Brown & Brust. Mr.. Martin
will move to Lewiston early next week.
H. G. Eckermann came in yesterday
and had his subscription set ahead for
another year. He says his crop of bar
ley and oats is very heavy this year and
his wheat crop is considerably above
the average of other years.
Will Rookie was arrested yesterday by
Deputy Sheriff John Seay on warrant
from Nez Perez county. The trouble is
said to have arisen over brand on a
horse recently sold by Rookie. The
same brand is used in both counties and
the Nez Perce resident claims the horse
and caused the arrest.
While driving a header box on the
Ford ranch, north Of Greencreek, Tues
day morning Fred Rustemeyer Jr. up
set and in the m;x-up got his wrist dis
located. He went to Keute1yille that
afternoon and had DIR. Blake place the
wrist back in its proper shape and is
now recovering nicely.
Nick Kinzer, prosperous farmer of
the Ferdinand section, was in town yes
terday and said that the crops in that
district are heavier this year than usual
and the grain is superior in quality to
. . any before raised there. He said the
headers had commenced work and had
made quite showing before the rain
and that most of them would resume
operations again today.
Nothing has yet been heard of Lee
: Moore, who escaped last week from the
Grangeville Jail, but he is thought to bt
: in hiding in the Doumecq country wher'
he is we'll acquainted. He broke Jail b.
: prying off some bars with plank sale
e to have been furnished him by putsid
n friends.
LATER.-Moore was arreted by Deput
n Sheriff Seay Tuesday in the countr
II east of the Clearwater and is now il
Jail at Mt. Idaho.
y A petition was circulated here th
If first of the week by &. w. Coutts, an
generally signed, protesting against tn
N granting OF franchise by the state Ian
n board to the Idaho River improvement
company TO operate toll system on tn
Clearwater and its tributaries. tt
= people of this part of the state are uni
ed against the granting of the franehii
and when the numerous petitions a.
" laid before the land board it Is doubtf
~ if it will grant the franchise under an
conditions.
ct Someone tried to break into Col
stones store sometime Wednesdi
night but left after breaking sms
nd corner of glass out of the door. He fir
nd tried to cut piece of glass out Of Il
n. warehouse door but changed his mil
lie and removed corner of glass from T.
Ity door on the south end of the store. {
re-. finding the door double locked he q
MS sisted and did not enter the store at u
nd The work looks like that of some your
va. ster and it is probably due to fear a
inexperience that the store was not {
ios tered and goods taken. ~.
av-
inp A soaking rain fell over the p}8
Tuesday afternoon and night and nea
all day Wednesday, filling the grou
ar with moisture and stopping all work
ing the harvest fields. Considerable {,
IN was felt at first that the rain would Il
for several days and do great damage
md the standing grain and that cut a
to lying in the field but the weather clei
, a ed up Wednesday night and at Il
time the headers are at work again