Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-09-08
oROFiNO
(Orofno Optimist.)

Walter Harris is reported very sick
at his home on Whiskey creek.
E. w. Blake. postmaster at Blake
postoffice. is quite sick, but is conval-
escing.
Willie Walters left yesterday for
Moscow to enter the high school at
that place.
T. j. Taylor and Doctor Givens spent
| Sunday at Moscow on work connected
with the asylum.
Mike Andrews arrived Monday
evening from Baker county. Oregon.
for stay OF a month.
Judge Mcdonald, who has been abb
sent for some time, returned to the
country Wednesday.
Mrs. Jacob Moritz and J. G. Bues-
cher left Tuesday morning to spend a
week at Portland and visit the fair.
Mr.. Hinkley. cashier OF the Means
bank, moved his family this week to
the house on the Hill formerly occr pied
by Mrs. Fuller.
Mrs. I. NJ. Anderson will accompany
Miss Mabel Holmberg and Miss Hulda
Anderson to Moscow Saturday, where
they will enter the high school,
On Saturday lastT. J. Taylor dis
posed Of his homestead improvements
to Stephen Craig. who now has his
homestead filing on the land.
Mrs. Hubert returned to her home in
Orofino this week. She was taken quite
sick Tuesday evening, while alone at
her home. Neighbors are now attend
ing to her wants.
Frank Penoyer, who has been spend
ing the summer with his family at the
Penoyer dam on Fordi creek. left last
Saturday for Toledo, Ohio. Mrs. PEN
oyer and the children, had gone pre-
viously.
On Monday w. f. Snyder shipped
two sacks of black sand to Portland
from Cow creek to be put through the
government test at the exposition
ment on these samples will be watched
with interest and the returns pub
lished i'm the Optimist as soon as re-
ceived
We neglected to chronicle last week
the birth Of two children that occur
red in town on August 2lst and
9th, respectively. Mrs. w. Wood on
August 9th gave birth to a 1O-pound
boy baby and on August Goth 10 1-2
pound girl baby was born to Mrs. Ike
Hunspurger, both children and moth
ers reported to be doing nicely.
The Fidelity State Bank has OPEN
ed for business. The building is COM
plete and is Il neat structure The
fixtures are not yet all installed. but
business is going on just the same
When the furnishings are all placed.
the bank will present as tasty and
prosperous an appearance as any in
stitution of it's kind in the county.
Prof. Ely. who recently finished a
term of school in the Rodgers dis
trict, undertook to do stunt in the
harvest fields near Uniontown last
week. He was put to work as q spike
pitcher. being compelled to bitch left
handed. He had been used to work.
ing right handed and consequently
soon abandoned the effort and re-
turned to Orofino Monday evening
Word reached Orofino Wednesday
that ]. w. Reed, the popular mer
chant of Russell. was very sick at his
home. Mr.. Reed has been in poor
health for some time and has sought
medical aid and recreation in the
mountains in the hope that his health
would improve. but he seems to have
grown steadily worse and his many
friends are much worried over his pre-
sent condition
Shortey Gorden. who camped on the
present sight of Orofino the summer
before the reservation opened and who
gave up a search for land at that time,
passed through town Wednesday morn
ing from the Big Creek mining district.
where he has some valuable mining
property, which he recently bonded to a
Portland syndicate. He has evidently
neen more successful in his search
for mineral than he was for land Ne
reports that Hotfoot Davis. who lived
here at one time. has recently bonded
some property which he has in the Rig
Creek district. for 100000. Mr. Davis
is Mt present residing in warrens