The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-09-06

est yield tor come under the writ
er'S notice. OF course we do not
say but what there are greater
crops because we are not able to
get over the country to gather up
these important items of interest
to the readers of The Herald. The
gentlemen above mentioned raised
an average of 81 bushels and a
half of an exeellant quality of
wheat which we think is wonder
/ ful for such a dry year.
! Quite a dusty time in Fletcher
Sunday evening: The Wagner
outfit was moving about forty
loose horses ready to have them at
another place to use ON the COM
bine in the morning, when some
one in an auto came and rushed
the horses and the horses rushed
the dust, and auto and horses were
enveloped in a mighty cloud of
dust.
Hon. Joseph Meek and sons
stopped with the caterpillar to
get water at Fletcher one day last
week Mr.. Meek is much recover
ed from his recent spell of rheu-
matism. He is brother to Gen.
eral Meek, who by great courage
and valor was instrumental in saw
ing the northwest for the United
States; Canada having made pro
positions to officials at Washing
ton to annex the northwest to
Canada, representing it as a bleak, /
cold, barren, worthless territory;
and the United States was about 1
to consent to do so when General I
Meek and others made an over 4
land trip to Washington to argue .
with the government against this
move. Some viii give credit to 9TH
ers in this matter besides General
Meek, but General Meek was the
brave man who accomplished the
deed. Why he succeeded where
others would have failed, is that
he was a graduate of West Point
and he was able to get a hearing
his old West Point COM
rades and they in turn had an in
fluenee with officials at Washing
ton. So our whole northwest owes
respect to the Meek family.
Harvest is progressing rapidly
andswill soon be a thing of the
past, and then another effort for
a big crop, which viii likely be
the case next year.
Louis Triplett has been hauling
grain to town, using his hand
some Percheron colts.
Now, we people of the Fletcher
do pray of the Lew
S county commissioners to grant
IS this fall a first class bridge
near the home of Fl. T. Grant on
he Nollmer road. The power of
nigh water is so great in the
ipring of the year that an ordin-
Try eulvert is useless. The water
'uns over it, under it and all
round it and ruins it and its APP
roach and makes it a bad place
n the road. The traffic on this
Dad is immense all the year
round and we need a first class {
ridge here and we are willing to
efer the matter to that Honorable
,x-County Commissioner Mr.. Ra-
an. We are sure that he will z
ecOnd our demand for a first :
lass bridge to be put here this ,
al before the snow falls. There E
an average of about forty auto L
lObiles that pass over this place q
ally, and the farmers traffic is .
so that we really need a P
bod bridge here. A large amount
taxes are received from this
art of the county and we deserve
bridge. We viii use the names a
the following gentlemen as to q
ie need of this improvement at o
fletcher: George Chapman, Pc u
r Swanson, Joseph Meek and N
1uis Triplett. They are all large 81
xpayers and are good road men. OF
Harry Hensley is spending a p
W weeks visiting his parents at q
enjoying a holiday. On
Mrs. Clyde Anderson and chill to
en- spent Sunday evening with LII
rs. Laufer. Reporter. as