The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-01-25
r. r. D. NEWS.
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rails, We're arrivals Monday any
are visiting Mrs. Leech s sister
Mrs. J. n. Nichols, northwest o
town. They contemplate locating
here permanently.
The carrier ON route I has beer
living high during the cold wealth
er and most every day he has beer
served with hot coffee, pie, cake
backbone and in one instance h,
enjoyed a hot dinner.
Bill Eastman is ON the sick list
these days. Mail Carrier Billup.
says he would rather have Bill 81
sick most any other time Of thu
year as he is hard to beat when il
comes TO breaking roads.
Patrons showed their good will
Tuesday by getting out and help
ing break the roads.
Route No. 2.
The following we quote from
memory from the "Grave of Ma
poleon:"
"On a lone barren isle,
Where the wild roaring pillows
Assail the stern rock
And the loud tempest rave.
The hero lies still,
And the dew-drooping willows
Like fond weeping m0urners
Lean over his grave.
Mrs. Horace Niles departed the
middle of last week for Spokane
where she expects to make a
weeks stay.
w. {. Shoemaker, who has been
residing on one of the Geo. Gam
bic, place, north of town, for the
past year, has removed with his
family to "A small farm in the Vi
entity Of 0rOfin0.
G. II. Ellis, north Of town, pur-
chased big eross-cut saw MOI
long ago. II reminded us Of the
promise he made last summer in
his farewell sermon, that he was
going to the ranch and try to earn
an honest living" George is
making good
II is reported that Clarence
Upper is attending to business
in the Fraser country.
A number Of the farmers in the
Alpine neighborhood are busy lay
ing in their winters supply Of
wood from the Indian reserve
nearby. Uncle Sam charges them
$50 per cord in the tree, all mus
Gle work to be furnished by pur-
ehasers.
For several days we received /
no mail at all in our mail box and 1
we blamed the mail man. Then
we received several fat looking 4
letters, and upon investigating, 1
all proved to be "duns" and
yes, we blamed the mail man
again.
Forest Osterh0ut, while enaag- Il
ID in cutting some wood on one
If the Geo. Christensen places in
he Alpine district few days ago,
lad the misfortune in some man
Ter Of getting one. Of his feet cut
" the AK; how serious we were
Unable to learn.
A well known financial writer
ecently stated that IS per cent
f our people rarely think far
her than from breakfast to din.
Ter, and if they have a good
they don't think that
ar That fellow sure had his pop
un trained square on our dug
ut, doggone him.
John Matney had the misfor-
1ne some time ago TO have his
inc barrel of cider which was in |
is cellar to spring a leak, the
hole barrel being lost before II
as noticed. John is now one Of
le "dry" crowd.
When we were youngsters, q
ear or two ago, we remember /
fading rule on "H0w to Get i
ich" as follows: "SeII all you
IN, keep all you get, eat what ,
Du can't sell, and give nothing !
way" We viii probably stay !
DOR yet awhile.
Our mail carrier requests us to
ention his thanks 10 those good
ltrons who were so kind and
oughtful as to turn ont and G
'eak roads for him last Tuesday / '
ter the winds had played ho-
Ie with the snow. r.
Route No. 3. u
Quite a number Of patrons were =
{ breaking the roads Tuesday. q
was started last Mon =
Y at the Mt. Comfort school -"
use with Miss KimbeIl as teach