The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-08-12
WINONA
(our Special correspondent)

(Our Special Correspondent
DIR. Bryan of Kamiah and AL West
and wife OF Woodland passed through
Winona on their way from Grangeville
the last OF the week where they had
been to have an x-Ray view taken OF
the broken arm of Mr.. Vests infant
child which had the arm fractured from
a fall from a porch some few days ago.
Jesse B. Hurley OF Kamiah was ia
king orders for fruit trees the last of
the week. Mr.. Hurley reports crops
In good condition at the places visit
ed, except as to some that had fallen
by heavy wind.
Mrs. M. j. Shaw returned to Kooskia
from Winona where she had been Wis
ting with her son, II. X. Shaw, for
week.
Three bankers were in Winona at
different times last week. They were:
e. c. Schultz of Kamiah Mr. Geddes
of Stiles and F. e. Quist of Kooskia.
J. II. STANDBY of Winona autoed over
to lilo and Nezperce the first OF the
week. He reports crops looking well
over that way.
There can be no mistake when we
say that the crops around Winona are
Plenty of straw and well filled heads.
We went through a part OF the fall
sown crop of Mr.. Samuel Tunnel east
of town just after it was cut and we
found that this particular stand was as
good yield as has been raised in
our experience of farming In the 20
years OF our residence on Camas prai-
RE. notwithstanding the fact that
some of the farmers are having some
trouble in getting all Of the grain on
account of 1t having fallen down as
they have to cut one way and in some
places they can only cut a one half
cut Of the machine, thus making 1t
very slow and tedious work Still
they are cutting lot OF grain and in
another two weeks am pretty sure that
about all of the crop will be In the
shock. A number Of machines win
commence this week and all Of them
will be in operation by the 18th of the
month and the next 80 days will no
: doubt see all Of the crop in the sacks.
RAMEY LUMBER co. BURNS
At about three o'clock Wedns sday
morning, August 4, fire was discovered
In the buildings and yards of the RAJ
mey Lumber company at Nez Perez
was RACED to the ground, entailing a
loss to the company of $780, 900 and TAX
ing from the city one OF its most i'm
portant business concerns.
The Nezperce Herald OF last week
contained the following comment:
1.-THE buildings and yards OF the Ra-
mey Lumber company at this place were
completely destroyed by a fire which
was first discovered about three o'clock
| yesterday "wednesday morning, entail
Ing loss to the company of $50, 900 and
robbing Nezperce OF one Of its most inn
portant and imposing business estab-
lishments
1.-THE fire. OF unknown origin, which
apparently started in the second story
. of the large transfer barn of the es-
Establishment, was held within the con-
fines of the lumber yard only by the
most strenuous efforts of Nezperce's
valient fire fighting brigade. for the
main part of the structure was burst
ing forth in flame when first discover
ed and the immense quantity OF highly
combustible material the fire had to
feed upon made the saving of the near
, II by frame structures on three sides al
most impossible. However aside from
a severe scorching and the breaking of
, numerous windows no further damage
was done
AT 1870 a. m. City Marshall Johnson
passed the buildings on his way home
, and apparently all was then well there
In. A few moments before 800 o'clock
nearby sleepers were aroused by the
, light made by flames bursting from the
, upper part OF the building. and at 800
! O'Clock the big fire alarm bell called
! the fire fighters an most OF the pop
! ulace from their sound early morning
slumbers. The first arrivals hurried
!, out the hose carts and hook and lad
, der rig, but a station No. O. which
, Is just across the street from the
Ramey yards. great difficulty was ex-
, perienced on account Of the sintense
! heat from the fire, and several OF the
, crew here sustained severely scorched
hands and faces in the effort to run
out the hose cart and ladder truck
The lines OF hose were run out and
, connected with water plugs in a very
, few minutes ard two streams were
then kept playing where they did the
, most good until the flames had finish
! ed their work OF destruction on the
| yard and buildings. Fortunately, too.
no breeze at all was stirring at the
. time of the fire strong wind in
the right direction would have made
serious spreading OF thte conflagration
impossible.
This is the fourth destructive fire
sustained by Mr.. w. ]. Ramey, presi-
dent and principal stakeholder Of the
company. and II falls very heavily up
/ on him. The large buildings and sheds
were packed with the largest line OF
lumber and building material ever as
sembied in this city. and the general
equipment of the establishment, es-
pecially OF the office was the best to be
had for the, business.