Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-09-14
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Local, County and State News
Briefly Told.


in town on business this week.
M. M. Belknap of the German
State bank has treated himself to
a new Paige car, bought last
week from the Cottonwood Hard
ware company.
DR.. Blake of Keuterville has
joined the ranks of automobilists
by purchasing a Buick roadster
from the Hoene Hardware COM
pany last week.
Miss Merle Barrett of Joseph
went to Lewiston Monday to take
a course in the state normal
school, after which she will teach
the Reed school in the Joseph
district.
Miss Thelma Hubbard of Pull
man arrived here Saturday to be-
gin her duties as superintendent
of the Pine View school, which
began Monday with a favorable
enrolment.
Mrs. Turner, wife of DR.. J. w.
Turner, returned Friday from an
extended visit at her old home in
Indiana. She came back by way
of California, where she made
several visits at different places.
Mrs. J. C. Shaw, sister of w.
T. Simon of the Cottonwood
Hardware Co., after a pleasant
visit here with her relatives, left
Monday for a visit with her sis
ter in Los Angeles before return
ing to her home in Ohio.
Ole johnson and Walter Lem
ons were in Cottonwood the first
of the week from Spring Camp.
The latter has sold his stock and
leased his ranch to Mr.. johnson
and expects to serve in Uncle
Sans new army when he is call
ed to the colors. .-sem
L. E. Hyde, local manager OF
|Nhe electric company departed
Monday in company with his wife
for a visit with relatives in Port
land and San Francisco. While
they are absent Miss Mamie Bur-
gunde is in charge of the Office,
whichi is open from $50 to 8 p m.
y S. B. Higgins, owner of the
higgins Hot Springs summer re-
sort 40 miles south of Cotton
wood on the Salmon river, was
at Reubens last week on cattle
business. Mr.. Higgins believes
the springs will develop into one
of the most popular summer re-
sorts in the Northwest before
many years.
Smut explosions last Saturday
caused a fire which burned the
inner workings of the Henry
Uhlenkott thresher while operat-
ing on his farm seven miles east
of town. The machine is seri-
Ously damaged and will not be
used again this season. Three
years ago Mr.. Uhlenkott had a
separator destroyed by fire from
the same cause.
The most welcome visitor to
this section for many a day was
the heavy rain Monday night
nearly an inch-the first that fell
here since June 11th-exactly 80
days. 1t will do an immense
amount of good in reviving the
parched grass-to say nothing of
settling the terrible dust and
clearing the atmosphere from
forest fires everywhere. Heavy
rains also fell Wednesday night
and all day Thursday, soaking
the ground almost enough fol
fall plOwing.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Barrett
were in the city the first of the
week from across the river anC
were fitting out with a complete
outfit of household goods for the
new home they recently purchas.
ed. Jim sold his place on the 10.
seph recently for $4,000 and was
figuring on moving to the coast
but later found a nice 240-acre
farm on the Doumecq that ap.
pealed to him and bought it. As
he had sold the home place with
all stock and household effects il
necessitated a trip out here to Sc.
cure a new outfit in order to start
housekeeping again. The new
farm contains a hundred acres OF
ploW ground and Jim saws he in.