Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-05-22

Plans for the new school house have
been accepted. They are for an eight
room building, modern in every par
ticular, and will be a beauty. Com
pleted it will cost in the neighborhood
of $4,000. The bonds have been
sold at par, and the new building will
be ready for the fall term OF school.
Everybody and the dog went to the
circus today.
Rain has again soaked up the ground.
What this section needs is little sun
shine. Corn is about the only crop
that is suffering, there being not
enough heat to bring it up.
c. o. Rumble this week sold his tim
Der claim near Avon to T. H. Christie,
taking in part payment Mr.. Christie's
residence near the factory. Mr..
Christie will build new home in the
state addition.
Uncle Josh Lanphear has been on
the sick list the past week. During the
week he was visited by Mr.. Jane and
wife of Genesee. Mrs. Jane is a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lanphear.
There never was, in the entire his
tory of Troy, so much activity in real
estate. More than a dozen places
have recently changed hands.
C. o. Portfors this week bought the
residence property Of J. P. Vollmer,
back Of the Monioe hotel. Mr.. Port
fors will improve it and make it his
home.
The Ladies Aid OF the Christian
church will meet at the residence Of
Mrs. B. F. Nesbit, on Thursday after
noon from Q till S. They desire all
members to be present, and would be
pleased to have each member bring a
friend, Refreshments will be served.
An Exchange says: A philosopher
asserts that the kicker always makes
himself unpopular, but he is the most
useful of all citizens. The fellow who
tricks along with the procession, sub
hitting to everything without complaint
and making no sign, is of no more use
in the world than a toad.
The public school library will, until
further notice, be open each Wednes-
day afternoon from three TO four O clock.
Mary Booher, Librarian.
A salmon cannery in operation will
be one of the many interesting moving
exhibits at the Alaska Yukon Pacific
exp itlon.
A medical and surgical building
costing $4,000 will be one of the
structures of the Alaska-Yukon- Pacific
exposition. 1t will contain exhibit of
the progress, standing ard advance
ment of the medical and surgical sci
ence in Amerira and the rest of the
world.
Dan Green and family left Saturday
for Lenore, Nez Perez county, their
old home, for visit.
Troy won game Of ball Sunday
from team Of Moscow boys. The
score was IS to 8, which is not bad
considering the fact that the grounds
are rather loose and therefore difficult
to field. A. P. Hagge, the ex-Troy
barber, is the manager of the Moscow
nine, which is made up Of ia nice bunch
OF boys.
Have you cleaned up YETI If not
why don't you do it1 Don't you be-
lieve in clean town? If you don't
it is time you were made to clean up
anyhow Now get busy.
The Troy News Office has been
rather short of help the past few DAYS,
our printer Mr.. ]. w. Schloesser, hav-
ing gone to Iowa where his father, now
"a years old, was last week reported
in very low condition.
DR.. c. K. Henkle, we'll known in
this section, is reported to have located
in the new town of Deary and will
build hospital.
A Colfax farmer has raised a scrub
hog that weighed 702 pounds. He
sold it for $40.