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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
In MemOriam.

William H. H. Denham was
born Dec. 81, 1910, in Edgar
county, ILL.,, and died July 18th,
1907, near Westlake, Idaho, aged
66 years, 6 months and 13 days.
While small child he moved
with his parents to Ohio and
later to Indiana, from which
state he enlisted in the Union
army in 1863. After serving
two years and being honorably
discharged he returned home but
soon moved to Missouri, where,
on April 8, 1866, he was married
to Annie Cones. To this union
was born the following children:
George O. Denham, of Spokane,
Charlie Denham, who died Nov.
A, 1888, Mrs. Eta Hanson, of
Spokane, Cecil Mortinson, of Los
Angeles, Hays H. Denham, of
Westlake, Mrs. Mary Laurence,
of Nezperce, Minona Denham,
of Los Angeles, Mrs. Pearl Rice
and Mrs. Edith Steiner, of West
lake, Idaho. He was always a
loving father and good neighbor
and was a member of the
Baptist church since November,
1905. His wife still survives
him.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

ie Land Co.
am GoldstOns
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6 Wicker
for S1oso'
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
Fire Engine Gets Victims.

While making a trial run last
evening with the new chemical
fire engine M. M. Belknap and
Helmuth Matthiesen were thrown
down and run over and rather
badly bruised up. The boys
were going at full speed with
the engine and when they struck
the crossing near the city we'll
the heavy engine swung side
ways and threw the two men
who held the tongue. The
impetus carried the engine clear
over them and when they were
gathered up Mr.. Belknap was
found to have lost most of the
flesh from the fingers of one
hand, while Mr.. Matthiesen had
the bones of the second and
fOurth nngerS OF his right hand
broken and flesh torn off down
to the bone for about half the
length of each finger on that
hand. One wheel of the engine
also passed over his body length
wise and bruised him up consid-
cradle so that it will be several
days at least before the boys are
able to resume their positions on
the fire brigade. They will all
probably take the crossings a
little slower in future.
LATER. Mr.. Matthiesen's fin
gers are not broken, only badly
skinned up.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
Fine Harvest Weather Now.

The weather turned cooler
Sunday and several fine showers
visited the prairie this week,
keeping the air cool and provid-
ing plenty of moisture for the
growing crops and gardens.
This is an ideal state of weather
before harvest and practically
insures one of the heaviest crops
ever harvested in this part of
Idaho, or anywhere else for that
matter. The cool weather and
rain allows the grain to fill in the
head nicely without shriveling
from the heat and unless bad
wind or hail storms occur to beat
down the fields of grain the yield
this year will be a phenomenal
one. Fall grain is especially
fine and is already beginning to
turn color in some localities.
While the stalks are not as tall
as we have seen they are all the
stronger for it and better able to
stand up under the load of grain
they bear. Barring accidents,
the fall grain on the prairie will
easily average from 40 to so
bushels to the acre this year and
individual fields may go more.
The barley crop is also fine and
many fields we have seen are
expected to yield up close to the
hundred bushel mark this har-
vest. While the spring sown
grain is about two weeks later
than usual this year it is still
coming along nicely and will
produce a good average crop.
Thus with their fields producing
mammoth yields and prices much
better than for years past Camas
Prairie farmers can consider
themselves fortunate in living in
a country where crops never fail.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
New Butcher Shop Opens To-
morrow.

Messrs. Rink, Welby & Bow
man have their new meat mark
ct about completed and will open
up for business tomorrow in the
former Nuxoll store building.
While they have not got every
thing in the shape they wish it
Chey are able at least to handle
considerable trade in good shape
and as soon as possible they will
nave their market arranged to
as good advantage as any in the
county. Mr.. Welby, who will
10 the shop work and butchering
Is butcher of many years ex-
perence and comes here well
recommended. In his early life
ne was employed for a number
VI years by the Swift Packing
0O' and later did fancy butcher
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

Frank Richardson, son of the
proprietor of the Bargain store
at Grangeville, was badly injur-
ed Tuesday afternoon at the
Bowman sawmill south of that
place where he was employed.
While at work he got against the
cutoff saw and received a wound
two inches wide and II inches
long in his thigh. The wound is
a bad one but unless blood poison
sets in the lad will recover.
Masked robbers broke into the
saloon at Forest late Saturday
night and finding no money went
to the room of Joe South, the
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

Supreme Judge Ailshie return
ed to Grangeville this week from
Boise.
Senator Hepburn has returned
to Boise from Washington and is
much improved in health.
Jerry Day, part owner of the
celebrated Hercules mine at
Burke, and John Bradbury, of
the Kendrick bank, have pur-
chased the Moscow State bank
and will operate it in future.
= Westlake has an oddity in the
shape of barber pole Is feet
high. The pole is striped red,
white and blue from top to bot
tom and has a large ball at the
top. 1t is also used as a flag
pole.
The Oregon Short Line railway
has tried sprinkling it's tracks
with water from Great Salt Lake
to kill the weeds along the line
and has found it a great success.
No weeds have grown where the
water was used sixteen months
ago.
w. H. Curry, who accidentally
shot and killed E. A. Peterson al
Kippen on July 5th while trying
to kill Murry Gum, had his pre-
liminary hearing at Lewiston
late last week and was bounC
over to the district court without
bail.
The state school superintend-
ent last week completed the
work of making the apportion
ment of the state school fund fol
the six months ending June 3Otl
and found that the amount ap
portioned was $118, 8,343.11 o.
81, ,467 for each child of schoo
age in the state.
Neal Jones, a laborer on the
railroad bridge gang above Cul
desac, fell from a bridge Satur
day afternoon and received in
juries from which he died Il
hours later. He fell a distance
of 80 feet into the canyon
Jones had been at work only
short time, having come ives
from Duluth, Mimi, a few days
before his death.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

0. P. Moberg left Tuesday for
Spokane on a short visit.
Riley Dixon took in the pion-
eers' picnic at Grangeville the
first of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Monlux were in
the city this morning on business
from their sawmill near West
lake.
The city council is asking for
bids for the construction of a fire
engine and hose house soon to
be built.
The 4OO-acre timothy farm
owned by John Proctor near Mt.
Idaho was sold recently to
Reuben Overman for $4,000.
The crew, which has been at
work on the large fill west of
town for some time, left the first
of the week for some camp be-
tween here and Grangeville.
Haying is now on in most sec
tions of the prairie and the farm
ers will soon be up to their eyes
in work in the hay field. Head
ing will follow it closely, thus
providing one continual round of
pleasure.
The fire insurance adiuster
was here this week and adjusted
the losses Messrs. Modem and
Libbey sustained in the recent
blaze. Mr.. Modem expects to
start work soon on a new build
ing to replace the one he had
burned.
The preliminary examination
of Tom Eagen, who shot and
seriously wounded two members
of the Carlson family south of
town recently, win be held at
Grangeville on July 29th. A
charge of assault with intent to
commit murder has been filed
against him. 1e*
Bernard Berger, the aged
father of Mrs. Henry Bruege-
man, died at his home near
Keuterville Monday at the age of
rs years. He has been a resi-
dent of Idaho county for a num-
ber of years and leaves a wife
and several grown children.
The funeral was held Wednes-
day at Keuterville, interment
being in the Catholic cemetery
there.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
Lorang & James
Real Estate Agents
COTTONWOOD, IDAHO

Dry 16-inch wood is selling at
Sc a cord this year, the highest
price ever paid for it here ex-
cept, perhaps, when the supply
was short in the spring.
WANTED.-2,00O pounds clean
timothy seed, delivered on or be-
fore October l, 1907.
PARKER & BATTY,
29-tf. Grangeville, Idaho.
Anton Nordick and Mr.. May,
old friends of the Tacke family,
arrived here late last week from
Minnesota in search of a new
location. They were shown sew
eral fine farms by W. L. Farms
worth and left for the east again
Tuesday with the intention OF
selling their places back there
and coming to Camas Prairie tt
live. If successful in selling
they will be here with their fam.
lilies in a few weeks at least.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

w. w. Brown and family are
in the city from Grangeville
visiting with w. L. Brown and
family.
Simon Bros. started their
butcher wagon yesterday for the
harvest trade. Harry Libbey is
driving for them.
Mrs. Frances Weber and Peter
Rustemeyer left yesterday for
their home at Cotton after visit
ing friends and relatives here
for a couple weeks.
For SALE.-All kinds OF
household goods, cheap. Also a
cook stove, cooking utensils and
a Singer sewing machine.
Special reduction to anyone
taking entire outfit. ]. DAYL.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

ing for the holiday trade for a
number of years in San Francis
co. Until about a year ago he
run a meat market in Lewiston
but got burned out and lost so
heavily he could not start up
again. He is capable butcher
and will no doubt work up a good
trade for the new market.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

saloon keeper, across the street
and held him up. South threw a
sack of money out the window
when the robbers entered the
room and after they had made a
thorough search and left he went
down to get the sack but found
it gone. 1t contained about $500.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
Fine Irrigated Farm For Sale.

Ten acres of the finest soil in the Yakima
valley, l6 miles up the Yakima river from
Kennewick miles from Kiona, the coming
county seat of Benton county. This place is
right on the river bank, the soil being rich
silt deposit, mo sand and averages from 10
to 12 feet deep to gravel, At Kennewick the
gravel is within to IL inches of the surface.
Place is all under fine irrigation system, has
So bearing fruit trees; 252 young fruit trees
set out this spring; $50 grape vines; 5000
bearing strawberry plants; 4 acres in alfalfa
from which four crops of 2t tons per acre
per crop, or 10 tons per acre per year, OF hay
is cut. Hay now bringing $S per ton in the
field Water wheel is 80 feet high and throws
POO gallons of water per minute; has best
power site on river and is the only wheel on
entire Yakima river that did not go out dur
ing the very high water last spring. Place
well improved, good Groom house, well, and
rabbit tight fence. Two miles from N. P.
Ry. which runs daily trains between Spo-
kane and Seattle. New North Coast road
now building directly in front of place. Gil
mate mild, dry and bracing, fine for rheu-
matism. Market two weeks earlier than
Lewiston or Walla Walla. Local mark con-
sumes more than present supply OF Vege-
tables, With place goes 80 acres pasture on
higher ground, to which water tor irngauon
can be pumped for $500 to $50. Conservas
five men have said this place, if in well ads
vertised Kennewick, would sell for from
$40 600 to coo. Will be sold now cheap as
owners are too old and feeble to handle 1t.
INQUIRE at this office.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
Citizens Raise
$4,000 For Waller
Now Up to the Town to Bond for
$4,000 More With Which to
Complete System--BeIieved the
Bond Will Easily Carry.

On our editorial page, which
was printed yesterday afternoon,
we have spoken regarding the
need of our citizens pushing the
water project through by sub
scribing for the stock. We now
find our remarks useless as the
stockholders in the company held
a meeting last night and without
the slightest trouble raised the
entire $4,000 agreed upon to
start the company. This move
puts the proposition solidly on it's
feet and it is now up to the city
council to call a special election
for the purpose of voting $4,000
bonds to help the project along.
There is little question but that
the village board will call the
election as soon as the necessary
formalities can be complied with
and it will then be up to the peo-
pie to say whether or not they
desire city water in Cottonwood
and a means of protecting their
homes and business property
from loss by fire. The business
<lnen have subscribed handsomely
to get the project started and if
the other citizens will do their
part in voting the bond the wat
er system can be placed in oper-
alton yet this year.
Just how the village will de-
eide to invest the $4,000 in the
system if the bond is voted has
not yet been determined but it
will probably be used to purchase
water for street sprinkling and
other purposes as the city can
hardly hold stock in a company
of any kind and it is not able
either to purchase the system
and make it a municipal one.
The question has been consider
ed in many ways and the street
sprinkling investment seems to
be the easiest way out of the
difficulty. No matter how the
money secured from the town is
used, either as direct bonus OF
for other purposes, the invest
ment is a good one and cannot
sanely be turned down. Cotton
wood needs a water system bad
ly and the present method OF
securing it is the only feasible
one. If the citizens are foolish
enough to vote it down the tow r
will go without protection for
a long time to come and eventu-
ally go up in smoke.
Every citizen now has chance
to help the project along by
voting right and getting others
to vote right and if they allow
knockers to influence then
against their own interests they
can blame no one but themselves
If the present project ends in
failure, It is a worthy one anC
should not fail. Help it along
. everyone, and it will go through
with flying colors.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
Work On Bank Progressing Nicely.

Work On Bank Progressing Nicely.
H. H. Nuxoll, president of the
German State Bank, has had
men at work this week construct
ing the stone foundation for the
new bank building and will soon
have it in readiness to receive
the brick. The new building
will be built according to the
street grade recently established,
which will place it about three
feet higher than the present
street. This will make it look
rather peculiar but as in course
of time all the other buildings
will have to come up to the grade
it is the proper thing to have the
new ones built according to the
grade now. The foundation for
the bank building is being built
double width on the south side
and the extra wall will be used
to support one side of the brick
block which Simon Bros. hope to
erect on their corner property
this year if possible. This will
give Cottonwood two brick build
ings and we hope to see many
more structures of this character
go up here in the next few years.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
News Around
The Stale

Items From Various Places Re-
produced for the Benefit of our
Readers-StOrieS Rehashed from
our Exchanges.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
Devotional Exercises.

Following is the program of
devotional exercises to be. held
at the Methodist church Sunday
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-31
PHI CHI FRAT"
C0NCLAVE

baltimore. Md. Dec. 31.--Many
delegates arrived In Baltimore, today
for the, twelfth annual convention OF
the Phi Chi fraternity. which IN
cludes In It's membership hundreds
of the prominent physicians OF the
eastern and southern states The
convention will open tomorrow and
the prospects are that II will be the
largest in the history OF the frater-
nifty. as there are nearly four hum
dred members in this state alone.
The fraternity Is limited to gradu-
ates and undergraduates OF medical
schools and colleges. The four
Baltimore chapters have com
bined their Efforts to give the
visiting physicians an enjoyable time
and have made elaborate prepare
lions for their entertainment.
Tomorrow Will be devoted mainly
to the registration. of delegates and
sightseeing, for which special cars
have been chartered. A theatre par
ty will be held at night. The frs,
business meeting will be held Thurs
day morning. DR.. Thomas s. Jones
of Louisiana, win make the principal
address in response to the speeches
of welcome. Mr.. Jones is the grand
presiding senior of the fraternity
and DR.. E. Lane Brinson. of Geor-
gia, is the grand presiding Junior
Dr. d. S. Wilson, of Louisville, Is
the grand secretary In chief.
The fraternity now has chapters
as far east as Maine, as far north as
Michigan as far west as Texas and
In nearly all of the eastern. southern
and central states.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-31
DEATH OF MRS. cAsrpBETd..

Her many Blueheld' friends learned
with deep regret of the death oil
Mrs. Campbell of Athens, which oc-
Cured at the home of her father
Hon. Alex Meadows, near Peters
town.
Mrs. Campbell had gone to heI
fathers home to spend the Christ
mas season and had only been there
a few days when she was stricken
with appendicitis. She had, been III
since Monday, but 1t was not until
Sunday morning that her condition
became really alarming. From the
moment that It was realized that she
was desperately III her decline was
rapid and the end CAME with start
ling suddenness.
Mrs. Campbell was sister of Mrs.
r. Il. Shirley and Mrs. Harvey Per-
fater Of this city, who, with their
husbands, left on No. 1S yesterday
for Peterstown. she was aged about
% years and is survived by her hus-
band and two small children boy
and girl
Interment was made at Peters
town today at 1 O'clock.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-31
THOMAS JEFFERSON
PLAYS TO FULL BENCHES

RIP Van Winlle," by Thomas
Jefferson last night at the Elks' OPP
era house, notwithstanding the very
very inclement state of the weather
made many, who have been on the
sick list for weeks, brave the ele-
ments and fill the house from the
front row of the stalls to the back
row of the gallery and 1t was quite
a treat, after the performance, to
see Manager Jolliffe passing the au-
dience in review, as IL filed out thru
the lobby, with 'the smile that won't
come on
To revert to the play. the plot
of which everyone of the present
generation anyway has been familiar
with since early infancy is unneces-
sary. suffice IL to say there was not
weak spot in the whole cast which
which was taken care OF as follows:
RIP VAN WRINKLE THOMAS JEFF
.,..... ......... FERSON
Derrick Won Beehman. -. Walter
....-....,.. Colligan
Cookies, HIS nephew. Harry odiin
Nick Vedder Harry J. Scott
jacob Slime. -. -. =. Robert Stone
Clausen ....-..s...... ID. Jones
Little Heindrich. Pearl Egan
Little Meenie 80. Helen Mcmahon
Gretchen ......... Rosa Rand
Heindrich Hudson. :. Robert Brown
Meenie Van Wrinkle. Gertrude Rob-
'-''''. 49,. ...,. 49, tns0n
1t is hoped that the opera house
management will serve up some
more such delectable treats.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-31
Precious Stones on Hats.

precious Stones on Hats.
People seem to be sewing their
rings and their brooches into their
headgear. Hats Of some of the dinJo.
matte women at the capital glitter ike
pawnbrokers' windows with a 40.can.
die power Even before the fashion
was prevalent. one prominent old ladv
mere OF the old school that wears cans
always sewed several pair of solitaire
earrings into the frills of her cans
when en- grande toilette.
The jeweled hat of Miss Kean sistar
OF the multimillionaire senator from
New Jersey, has for some time been
a sartorial celebrity. Miss Keap. who
bears remarkable physical resem
blance TO Mrs. Roosevelt. was a nIo
neer here IN jewelplated chapeauv
AZ least dozen diamond and emerald
and sapphire rings CLEAN from a nrei
~ lace CONNECTION that Miss Kesn
often wears on her head. The gemmed
hat makes brave showing ON dutv
In box at the theater. Miss Kean
contrary TO the custom OF most Won
en- OF fashion. wears very low rop,p,nr
sense heels on her walking boots. little
higher than the spring heels Of chll.
dren.
What family Jewels you have Ief,
after you've trimmed M vour nat
you sew on your shoes. Miss Katb.
crime Elklns. the handsome and thor
oushly INDUCED young daughter OF the
senator from West Virginia. has gem,
me rnbies set as gauds for her pretty
slippers. P'''
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-31
RAILROAD STRIKE
IN sunny ITALY

Rome, Dec. 31.--A lengthy me-
mortal. signed by over $4,000 Ital-
ian railroad workmen, members OF
the Amalgamated Society OF italian
Railway Employees will be presented
to the government tomorrow, de-
manding the concession OF an eight
hour day and one entire days rest
weekly in all departments OF the SER
vice. Accompanying the petition is
an ultimatum. allowing parliament
three months in which TO open ne
gotiations with the men for a redress
OF their grievances. and an addi-
tional three months in which to put
the reforms into effect. II these de-
mands are not complied with officials
Of the Amalgamated society declare
that they will call general strike
(which will tie up every railroad I'm
Italy.
In an interview in Rome news
paper. Signor Italo Glannini, head
OF the railroad mems union, declares
that the roads are being mismanaged
and that The men are so overworked
and the. conditions OF their labor
so arduous that the sick list aver
ages twenty days for each man an
nually. In the agitation two years
ago for shorter work day and bet
ter conditions OF labor. most of the
office employees. telegraph operators
and station agents were against the
men. but since that time practically
the entire clerical force of all roads
have Joined the union and are now
working with the other employees In
endeavoring to effect reforms.
The actual working day OF train
crews on Italian railways is now
twelve hours a day, but 1t is not
ipfrequent for men 60 he required to
work from fourteen to eighteen
hours at a stretch. The men are
paid only for the schedule time of
their runs, but as trains are nearly
always several hours behind time,
owing to poor executive management
and inferior rolling stock, the work
men are paid only for a portion of
the Time actually employed in full
filing their duties.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-12-31
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
OF KNIGHTS OF PYTHAS

Blueheld Lodge No. 153, knights
OF Pythlas, met in their castle hall
in the Red Mems building last nigh,
and elected the following officers for
the ensuing term:
Chancellor COmmander-J. T.
Nunley.
Vice Chancellor-4E. RI. Ballard.
Prelate-Rev. ID. II. Moss.
Master OF Works-'C. S. KahIe.
Master at Arms-H. ]. Roark.
Inner Guard--C. II. Sanford.
Outer Guard-W. r. Martin.
Tustee-H. I. Shot.
Keeper Of Records and seals-T.
G., Tanner.
Master OF Finance. n. Wright.
Master OF Exchequer-E. II.
Brown.
Mr.. J. J. Giles had charge OF the
social session which followed the
election, which passed on most salts
factorily and was voted the best yet