Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-04-11
EARLY FIRE
DESTROYS HOME
COMPLETE LOSS OF CLARxsTon
REsIDENCE-ALBERTA C0uI
TRY HAS DRAWBACKS
NOTES AND PERSONALS.

NOTES AND PERSONALS.
Clarkston Bureau Evening Teller.
CHARLESTON. April 11Tho
house belonging to a. Sullivan vbsg
destroyed BY IRE this morning, ~
building and portion Of tho iou1s.
hold goods being complete ID
The IRE started from the kitchsn
stove. and within q few minutes
the entire structure was II names.
The loss to the building and house
hold goods Is estimated at $100O
and no insurance was carried.
| Likes Charleston Much Better.
| w. M. Cox Is a recent arrival from
Alberta and has established hin
home here. He Is well pleased with
the country and the outlook ana
states that the ground In that ccun-
1 try is now covered with snow I'd N
depth Of one foot. Mr. Cox sayB
many Of the people In the Aiherta
4ccu-try are dissatisfied and anxious
to find new homes. He resided in
Central Alberta for period of fye
years and states that there IRE too \
many hardships and disappoint~
ments for him and he would never
advise anyone to 90 there either for
a home or investment sg
/ He claims 1t Is a good country Tor
grain and stock, but there - M
market for any OF the products ana
IT requires 10 acres to sustain one
animal, where from to acres IA
this section ID suflicsent. He aayp
times are considerable better hsro
than In Alberta. either from the
standpoint Of an investor or lahorinx
man. He has taken out naturaltxa~
tion papers and ~ glad to be ! citi-
zen OF this country again.
George Howe, recent arrival
from Ping. Wash, died at the honss
OF his son-in-law, NJ. Parlett. this
morning, the cause Of death being
4 heart disease. The remains Will -
shipped to Ping for burial tomorror
morning.
Frank Mexican, the electric lin0I
promoter. narrowly escaped serious
injury this morning BY meeting =
runaway team on the narrow road
adjacent to- the Swallows Nest
bluffs Mr.. Mexican was dragged
for . considerable distance. altar
which his vehicle was freed from
the runaway. A horse driven "
Mexican plunged over the high WALL
to the river. but was secured beforc
serious injury 10 the animal Or
buggy resulted.
The little son Of H. w. Creary of
Silcott was brought here this morn
ing suffering from severe cut On
the nose, sustained by running INN
a barbed wire fence. The wound
was dressed by local surgeons
William Morris and Gus Harding
= were arrivals today from Pomer0yI
and report the Mexican engineers
! busy in that field.
! A suit was filed In the justices
| court by a Mr.. Morrison against
! Mrs. c. G. Van Arsdale, alleging
; money. due for services rendered.
! When the case was called for tritI
: the plaintiff failed to appear and thS
!. action was dismissed.
Z William Clemens and Frank Stur-
{ gill were visitors in Charleston o.
q day from Asotin. Mr.. Sturgill han
recently returned from visit to the
!. Fraser and Thompson river sections
: In British Columbia, and Is consid-
= ering installing line Of trsnsp0r-
g tation boats on Thompson river.
. Petsr Fraser was a visitor today
from Silcot and purchased lumber
: here for the erection OF mis- new resi-
!, dence, which is under contract to l.
/ Falkenbury.
g Mrs. C. Murdoch has returned
y from Spokane and reports her SON,
: Dana, making good progress toward
/. recovery after the operation per-
: formed several days ago. Mrs. MUIR
! dock states the operation was most
0 delicate one, but the condition OF
: the patient indicates 1t to have been
entirely successful.