Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-08-08
Local News

If you want white Spitz puppy, see
Wilfong.
VIM. Simmons, Of Weippe, was in
Orofino Friday.
Mrs. Ollie johnson, Of Fraser, called
at this office Friday.
Geo. Alteneder made trip to Lewis
ton and back last Sunday.
Mrs. w. j. Duffy, Of Ahsahka, was in
Orofino Wednesday evening.
Clyde and Francis Blake left for the
Moscow harvest fields Monday.
A. Snavely, Of Gilbert, was passen-
ger for Lewiston Sunday morning.
J. L. Coontz, s'mine host" Of the
Greer Hotel, called on us yesterday.
Mrs. Charles Fisher and Miss Abbie
Mix returned from Occur d. Alene lake
last night.
John Gaffney and Paul Wohlen were
among the Weippe boys who visited
Orofino Sunday.
w. E. Daggett and wife came up
from Lewiston Saturday and returned
home Monday.
DeCourcey & Walrath report the sale
Of two lots in block IA, original town Of
Orofino, to Fred D. Hammond.
Abe Funkhouser and wife, pioneers
Of Gilbert, spent several days visiting
friends and relatives in Orofino the
past week.
j. w. Clark, Of Greer, came down
Wednesday and remained over until
Thursday evening, visiting his daugter,
Mrs. Samson Snyder.
The Indians, who are fishing in the
Weitus country, are reported as catch
ing plenty Of salmon, which they are
smoking for winter use.
Sunday Miss E. Maud Mix returned
from Occur d'Alene lake, where she
has been spending her vacation at the
summer home Of J. j. Day.
w. A. Wellman left Sunday on his
summer outing in the woods, which he
will take at the Mix homestead at Flood
wood. Mr.. Wellman went via. Clarkia.
G. w. Townsend, Of Ahsahka, was in
town Saturday He says things are
coming all right at that place, and that
he expects the county seat to come
there some day.
Frank Kolassa and others, OF All
sahlxa, who went up on the Locksaw
to catch fish, got home Monday. They
said they caught all Of the fish they
ate on the trip.
The three weeks old daughter Of
Will Fidler, died at the home Of Geo.
Fidler, at the mouth Of Fords creek,
Saturday morning, and was buried at
Weippe, Sunday.
Harry Bokius, Arthur Hinckley and
Perry Chandler spent last Sunday fish
ing on Whiskey creek, near F. |. Lind
gren's place. They brought home
a nice catch Of trout.
Ola Carr, a son Of Bud Carr, received
bad sprain Of the right knee the first
Of the week, while wrestling, and was
brought to Orofino Monday to have the
injury attended to by DR.. Horswill.
Mrs. Leonard Hirzel, Of Charleston,
who has been visiting her father, Geo.
Alteneder, returned to her home Sum
day. She was accompanied by her
sister, Mrs. Harry White, who will
spend a week visiting in the Twin
Cities.
An effort is being made to get up
three days base ball tournament for the
Orofino fair, and there is good pros
pect Of success in THAT direction. The
affair is to be confined to local teams in
the Clearwater section, and some good
sport may be looked for if the tourna-
ment is pulled off.
M. o. Reed, Norman Reed and VIM.
Bush, Of Spokane, came in Saturday
and went out to Gold Creek Placers,
Sunday. w. G. Mitchell, Of Sprague,
also came in Saturday and went to the
camp Monday. There seems to be some
controversy as to who has the right to
possession Of the property.
The Grangeville Light & Power Co.
is arranging for the development Of the
power at OroFino falls. By putting in
| a dam above the falls the water can be