Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-06-14
Local and Personal.


Tompson.
Arthur Flint and wife left Tuesday
for Clarkia where they will spend the
summer on timber claim.
r. Clark came down from Collins
Monday on his way to Lewiston on
land matters. He says the vacant
land in that section is getting rather
scarce, and there is now a demand for
even the vacant forty acre tracts.
P. M. Rowe and ]. O. McCombs
returned Saturday from trip into the
timber districts near Prineville, Oregon.
They report some excellent timber in
the section they passed through, but
found people everywhere anxious to
find locations.
Its value in sickness has been tried
and proved. In the home it is not
safe to be without it. SHAW'S MALT.
For sale by c. w. Tompson.
DR.. T. F. Richardson and family
left Monday for Pullman to visit a few
days.
The Holiness camp meeting, now in
session at Troy, is proving a good sue
cess. The attendance is satisfactory
and the interest growing. 1t is ex-
pected that the meeting will continue
for mother week.
Sam Woods and wife and c. w. Temp
son and wife returned Saturday from
a fishing trip.
Johnny Manley and family are now
enjoying ali outing. They will spend
month in the woods near Bovill
Prof. Alvah Smith and family left
Sunday for the Southern part of the
state where he will engage in the
practice of law. They leave many
warm friends behind who wish them
success in their new field.
The News is in receipt of a poem
from Geo. Creighton, the Moscow ner-
chant, which we will publish in the
next issue. 1t hits the nail on the
head.
c. V. Johnson and George Thorpe
returned Wednesday from their eastern
trip, having been away month. Mr..
Thorpe said that crol through the
country they visited looked bad, and
was pleased to find everything looking
so thrifty here in the Inland Empire.
There will be civil service exam
nation in Moscow on June %, and
among the positions to be filed are two
vacancies in the rural carriers for Troy.
Do you want the job? If so see Post
master Olson at once.
The Modern Woodmen of Troy en-
joyed an oyster supper at their session
Friday evening. Those present enjoy
ed good time. The Troy lodge is
in prosperous condition.
Mrs. Charley Johnson entertained
the members of the Circle at her home
Friday afternoon. 1t happened that
Mrs. Johnson was just fifty years old at
the time and her lady friends remem-
bered her with a silver fruit basket.
S. A. Anderson spent week in
Walla Walla attending the session of
the Adventists there the first of the
month.
VIM. Fildes has been inCoeur d. Alene
during the week attending the session
of the grand lodge, Knights of Pythias,
as delegate from the local lodge.
Attorney c. ]. Orland of Moscow
was in Troy Tuesday on legal business
connected with the tar plant. 1t is in
timated that the financial difficulties OF
the plant will soon be adjusted and the
work OF making tar started. The News
hopes that this will happen.
The News acknowledges the receipt
OF an invitation announcing the gradu-
alton OF T. Francis Richardson from the
Washington State College, department
of veterinary science. DR.. Richardson
will return to Troy after the graduation
exercises on June twentieth.
Contractor Harris has the timbers
framed for part of the new bridge and
as soon as the rest of the lumber is
delivered he will rush the work to an
early completion. Mr.. Harris is one
of the best bridge builders in the
Northwest. taking pride in his work,
and putting 10 structures that will last
a good long time. There are bridges
today that were built by Mr.. Harris
almost quarter of century ago and
they are still doing service.
Z. M. Boyer, representing the