Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-05-08
Local News.

Lester z. Whaley and Nellie M.
McAvoy, both Of Fraser, were married
in Orofino Saturday, Probate Judge
Grow performing the ceremony.
A very respectable delegation of
country boys and girls have been in
Orofino the past three days taking the
final 9Th grade state examinations.
Gus and Frank Bashaw, M. L. Hatch
and Clark Smalley were county seat
visitors from Fenton precinct the latter
part of last week.
Road Supervisor Bashaw expects to
begin work on the Whiskey creek road
within few days.
Will Harris made trip to the Little
North Fork with Sherm Mix's pack
train the past week.
Joe Molloy, who has been in Weippe
for some weeks, visited in Orofino this
week, and made a business trip to
Lewiston Wednesday.
Mrs. c. 0. Portfors and Mrs. Fred
Lanphere were baptised Wednesday
afternoon, by Rev. M. C. johnson, in
the river near the old ferry.
The many friends of Mrs. Ellis Small
will be glad to hear that she is able to
be about once more. Mrs. Small has
been quite ill for sometime.
Mrs. S. R. Slocum of upper Whiskey
creek was in Orofino yesterday.
Mrs. Matte Fife, who has been
visiting Mrs. c. 0. Brown, was given a
most enjoyable party Friday afternoon
at the Mix home.
E.. w. Jewell, who has been in
Weippe for month, has returned to
his home in Orofino. Mrs. Jewell has
also returned from visit with friends
at Moscow and Colfax.
Four new forest guards, Gully
Mooers, Ray Patterson, Clyde Blake
and VIM. Zumwalt, the latter from
Winona, Idaho, have been sent into
the reserve near Pierce. They are
now repairing telephone lines and
opening trails.
The post office department is having
hard work getting any one to take the
mail contract from Kooskia to Lowell,
a point Is miles up the Clearwater
from Kooskia. The department is now
calling for bids for the third time this
year. Parcel post business has made
the job losing proposition.
A Mr.. Cole, one of the attendants at
the asylum, had the misfortune to
shoot himself through the left hand
with 22-calibre revolver last Sunday
while hunting squirrels. The bullet
struck and splintered bone.
A baby girl was born Tuesday to Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Hardman Of Canyon
creek.
While in the neighborhood of Big
Island last week Chas. Portfors had the
. good fortune to run onto 4 large bear
which he killed with his 50 automatic.
h John Swanson, fire chief for the
e Clearwater Fire Protective Association,
!. accompanied by VIM Walsh, left this
; morning, Friday, for headquarters via
. Pierce.
E. F. Jones and wife have moved to
st. Maries temporarily, Mr.. Jones hav-
ing work there. He will return to
Orofino as soon as he can find work.
Deputy Sheriff Sisk is improving his
residence by the addition Of a neat
porch running around two sides, add
ing much to the appearance Of the
home.
A ball game between Orofino and the
Ahsahka Indian nine Sunday resulted
!. in victory for Orofino.
In the game Sunday between the
Peck team and nine Of country boys
in the neighborhood of the Ben Trutton
place, Peck won. The game was
played on new diamond recently
made on Mr.. Trutton's farm, and was
witnessed by a goodly number Of in
terested spectators from the surround
. ing country.
The infant son, born of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. H. Noftsger, died Tuesday morning.
The Colorado potato beetle, new
here in alarming numbers, promises to
make things lively for potato and
tomato plants this season.
A number OF Orofino anglers took
advantage Of the opportunity Sunday
to make the effort to deminish the in
habitants of the trout streams tributcry
to town. But from reports little
damage was done.
The fire boys, who are equipping the
fire station with gymnasium equip
ment, have received and installed
canvass wrestling mat for the fire
tower floor. Boxing gloves, punching
hoO oud weight exerciSor cOmnlotoS