The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1904-03-04
LA CROSSE LOCALS

Inc young iauleS OF La crosse have
organized an embroidery club which will
be known as the "Floradora Embroidery
Club" The first officers are: President
Edyth Hubbard; vice president, Elsie
Kilgore; secretary, Amy Rudolph; treas.
urer, Leslie Schnabel. The meetings will
be held every Tuesday and Thursday
afternoon between the hours of three
and five O'Clock at the homes of The
members. While the needles ply the
news of the day will be duly discussed.
Geo. +. ClOus, the optician from Sno.
kane, was here the first of the week fill.
ing his regular appointment.
Frank Woodin was a business visitor
to Spokane the first of the week.
E. s. Knowlton's new house is finished
and Rev. Maxwell and family moved in
last Tuesday.
Thomas Montgomery is employed reg.
ularly now at the Carman restaurant.
Mrs. r. Courtney, of Circle City, Alas
ka, is at the Commercial visiting her
friend, Mrs. p T. Schnabel.
Claude Reddy, locomotive fireman
for the o. R & N. Co., who has been
stationed at Cofax the last few months,
left there Monday for Starbuck. Mr.,
Reddy stopped OF here and greeted old
time friends.
Chas Genres was assisting at The
Fair store in the absence of F. A.
WOOdin
DR.. Griffen, OF Seattle, was in the city
doing dental work this week. DR.. Grit
fen will make regular trips to this place
hereafter.
Our new deputy sheriff, III. F. Turner.
got into the harness last Saturday. He
sold four head of estray horses which
had been advertised by P. N. McKinzie.
The new Methodist Episcopal church
will be dedicated one week from next
Sunday (March 13th). Rev. custer OF
Moscow, Idaho, will be the speaker of
the day, assisted by Rev. Hadley, the
pastor. The meetings will be held at IL
O'Clock a. m. and O'Clock .. m. On
Monday and Tuesday nights Rev. Eus.
ter will lecture on the holy lands; his
lectures "ill be interpreted with views
from these far off lands. The new
church will likely DE packed to overflow
ing at the eleven O'Clock meeting on the
day Of dedication.
Two gentlemen from the east were
here last week looking to the buying of
our townsite from the present owner,
Grandma ShObe, mother OF A. J. and I.
IL. Shobe of the La Crosse Mercantile
Go. The price for the tOwnsite and the
remainder OF the 100 acres after taking
out lots that have been sold is $4,000.
These prospective buyers have $1,000
at their command and will, ii they buy
the tOwnsite, at once build bank, start
a paper, put up a large Touring mill and
push the town right ahead. They have
gone back, but will return soon, and
announce their decision.
w. I. Carman, our tOurishing meat
market man, and proprietor Of the
restaurant (Which by the by is doing a
nice business), went to Spokane last
week on business trip.
Mrs. Joseph Carmau, Of WbeIan, wife
OF cur former section foreman Joe Car
man, is visiting with her daughter Dollie
and son in law james Broyles.
The plate social and literary pro
gram given by the ladies of the Nj. E.
church last Friday night was a decided
success. A little over $50 was raised
and will go as part payment on the
organ for the new church. Mrs. ". j.
Tharp called the house to order and
read off the different numbers on the
program as follows: Instrumental
music by Miss Leslie Schnabe. Speeches
as follows: Religious Tolerance,by Rev.
Maxwell; Honesty is the Best Policy,
Joseph Chandler !; song, Dear Heart
We're Growing Old; Home Industries,by
W. J. Sharp; Past and Future of Whit
man County, by P. n. McKinzie.