The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-03-24
iFvI AnkENY
Was There
e.dy History Of Fierce City Re-
,e,Isfact that Much Booze"
Was Also Sold.

sa,h, il a true hiatory OF the hap
in Pierce City in the early
.o.n after placer gold was first
r.,a here, could be pubhahed now
,h orove interesting reading to
Nv but a. there was no ne~spaper
.r.,ad here in those days. which
~, have been the liveliest the town
aver knsxn, and as there are only
x.~ Of the early pioneers left AoW OF
-. thousands Aho were attracted here
- che rich gold discoveries. the events
= ennse days. II they were ever re-
.,,.a,d in any waS. seem to have been.
-. ~ most part either lost or de-
.,,ovea. and 1t Is only when one OF the
s;,,aer, above mentioned, in a remin-
;.oert mood recites something which
90. been impressed on his mmory since
,na, time. that anything can be learned
~ me early day happenings, says the
Pierce City Miner.
Some time ago an account book,
which in 1864 was the property Of
G, Hiitebrand. was brought to light.
u had been preserved in one of the
families now living in Pierce City and
had lately been used by the younger
generation as a scrap book. and there
fore many Of the ancient entries had
heen covered up with modern colOred
pictures. Mr.. Hiltebrand is well re-
membered by several OF the older resi-.
dents here and is described as an &C.
centric individual. though withal a
good substantial man of his time. One
Of his eccentricities. which was not a
bad one was that Of putting down in
black and white many Of the occur
rences which seemed to him Of most
Importance. He kept store and sa-
loon in the old town of Oro Elmo, which
was about a mile and a half south Of
Pierce City, near the mouth Of Rhoades
creek for at that time two thriving
towns were in existence here. Not a
building of the former mentioned place
remains now. and the site is so COW
cred with a growth of brush and small
pine trees as to almost entirely oblit-
crate any evidence that a town ever
existed there.
of bookkeeping and some Of the marks
following charges made in the book and
bills paid out, can not now be inter-
preted but the following few extracts
will give an idea OF the prices in those
days:
May %, 1S63-Marky's partner. Dr.,
for mending boots. $500: for 90 lbs. po-
tatoes. $500; paid.
May 26-I. Connolly. DR., drinks
400; paid June 8.
Borrowed of Levi Ankeny SEQ.
July 12-Miss Chase. Dr.. for Lat
tnes, soc. paid: Coop e Co.. for Lat
tness. soc. settled in disguest. ~.
Aug. 81 box cigars Of Capt. Wal
lace, $500: spend soc.
Aug 2s-Miss Maria Ann. DR., 2
drinks and l cigar. 75c.
j. Connolly. CIR, half gal port wne
s2.oo; games. 5000; soap and bitters
N.75. i t&Sg r. +
Sept. For $1,000 scrip-$S.00 and
paid license in scrip, $4,000. Miss Petty
Or. for 6 drinks. $3.50; before s1.O0
Maria Ann. 4 drinks. 800.
Sept 5-For Bulletin and Colder
Age, Merrill. Cr.. $1.25.
Sept. $50 ms. beans. $500: 5 lbs
coffee. $3.50.
Maria Ann. 5 drinks. $1.25.
Sept. 22-Bougft Of Miss Lapp.
stove, l clock, looking glass. PAID
$500.
Nov. 1s-Maria Ann Allen. 3 drinks
'sc' Illustrated Harpers. soc.
Nov. es-Rought of I. Connolly thirt,
collars city scrip at 30c. $500 and
paid license with the said $1,000 Il
fraser. city treasurer pro TEN. endins
quarterly Feb. %. 1864. also paid tierl
iees 10 said Fraser i'm 4 drinks s1.00.
NOV. 3o-Levi Ankeny left this day
watson Scavenburgh. Dodge. warne
and or more.
Dec. 27-Miss Mclaughlin. Or.
aoz eggs. $500. drinks. 800.
Peter Dickinson. Dr.. s drinks. $50
eggs, s1.0o.
lee. 81 Connolly. Dr.. drinks
egg nocks. $3.50: 3 more, $50
IAN. 10, 1ss4-Mr. Christian swend
h refused to play game OF card
snen asked to come in the game wifi
pominiek. Peter and himself. therefor
~
'an- Isl e. v. Coon. Dr.. u ga
Val OIL. $500. can oysters. s3.o0.
jan 1s-Mrs- Atchee Mclean burn
aeath this day and died at O'Clock
spened at Or between 3 and 4 o'cloci
'an' .s-Stephen Bird. kanakee. DR.
=, can oysters. $500; I box sardine.
wv drinks, Is cents.
feo' s-Paid to Ccwen. express an
carrier. for year. subscriber. 5:
Aareh 12|. !. c. Hiltebrand. sal
would not take the knife on m
- nom anybody until the arhitra
ing no more. is gone,
and the rest f-)
pe- ae-Paid weeks board s1s.