Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-02-23

lung their son VlclOl, our uIusBisl.
Troy Fire Company No. met last
Friday night and elected the following
officers: chief, K. W. Woodward; chair-
man, ]. w. Olson; foreman, Geo. M.
Saad; treasurer, A. H. Overmith; sec
retary, B. S. Nelson. A resolution was
passed prohibiting private parties from
using the fire pump and hose for
private purposes. They also decided
to give a dance on March 10, for the
purpose Of raising funds to pay the
running expenses Of the company.
Services each evening at the Meth
odist church. Everybody invited.
Nils P. Peterson of the Troy Lum-
Der & Manufacturing Co., returned
from Lewiston Friday bringing with
him a $500 contract for the mill work
on the new Trimble block, a. three
story structure.
On Febru 16 daughter was born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Carlson.
J. M. Archer, of Leland, recently
purchased the Arthur Arnot place on
American. There were 80 acres and
sold for $3375.
The pastor Of the Christian church
is busy in a se.ies Of val meeting
at Juliaetta with evangelist Harris, but
will fill his regular appointment here.
Morning theme, The Civilizing
Force" Evening: "A Wonderful
Record"
Sam Gray and family, who have been
visiting Mr.. Gray's sister, Mrs. Grant
Carrick, left Monday for their home on
Camas Prairie.
The Latah County Holiness associa-
tioa vi hold services + ll,ws:
Preaching Saturday morning at 1890;
business meeting 2:30; preaching at
1880; sunrise prayer meeting Sun
day, followed by the usual services Of
the day.
The News has received word that
its sample line Of calendars has been
shipped and ought to reach US within
few days. 1t will pay Troy mer-
chants to save their orders until they
see US, the reports to the contrary cir
culated by travelling statesmen notwith-
standing. We can do the wo.k cheap
er than any salesman on the road
Don't foroet
Max Aronson installed a second
pool table this week.
The First Bank of Troy has swung
out solid iron sign that is beauty.
Mrs. R. L. Clark, who has been il
Troy for a month, will leave the frs
of the week for her home.
Mrs. ]. T. Shearer, who has visited
the past week with the Johanson girls
left Wednesday for her home in Chen
ey.
Anyone having a good work team
, wagon and harness, can fine buyer a
the News Office.
y The weather is extremely pleasant
Enough gentle, warm rain has fallel
to melt the snow which is now almos
gone. The past winter has been fin
one, the thermometer never reaching
zero.
Mrs. c. K. Henkle left the first G
the week for Portland in response to
message stating that the doctors faith
er was i'll.
A fist fight the first of the week be
tween Henry Hays and gentlema
: named Ellinghouse, in which the latte
came off second best, resulted in
warrant being sworn out in the Probat
Court for Hays. She iff Robbins cam
down and made the arrest.
Trainmaster Hale, of Spokane, wa
in Troy Wednesday on his way to Lew
iston. He is looking over the syster
with view to inaugurating a new pa
senger schedule.
P. Clement, of Avon, was in Tro
Wednesday, enroute to Moscow.
o. T. Rice, who is putting in ne
store at the Van Hook place, was
Troy Tuesday getting a stock Of me.
chandise. He reports a lot of activit
at the new town Of Blalock at the foC
q Potato hill where the Potratch con
pany is laying out townsile, whei
they viii put up a big hotel, a liver
sable, a store, and blacksmith shol
As this viii include about every.hin
the company's employees need Il
town will probably never be as large
Chicago
The Concordia society surprised Il
organist, Hilda Olson, at her hon
Saturday evening. There were abor
y thirty present and all enioved then