The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1918-08-30
GLEANINGS

SpSuU Tic Ody. Lie MioSco AldIIoOH,
Terry and Guy will teach at Har-
ward this winter. Miss Terry will
be principal the coming year, as she
was last year, having taught very
successfully there.
Nick Brooke Jr. and his brother,
Char ley, are both in the service
now. Nick is an electrician at the
Bremmerton navy yards, working
at submarine base. Charley is
cook at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
He was married some time ago and
has daughter about seven months
old.
Jay, Fay and Precious McKinnon
of Lewiston visited their cousin, O.
E. MACPHERSON, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Oldfield and
son, Max, went to Spokane to visit
relatives Sunday.
Henry Hill went to Lewiston last
week where he transacted bust
ness.
Gabriel Forest, H. B. Million,
George HARRISON and A. U. Weston
dahl were the Kendrick boys who
left Moscow last Monday for Camp
Lewis with the 81 Latah county men
who formed a part Of the August
quota.
"Pershing's Crusaders" official
Government picture. You may see
your boy there. Coming October
ID, Grand Theatre. 35-tf
Miss Ruth Helpman is now one of
the employees at the Kendrick State
Bank. She took up the duties of
her new position the first Of the
week.
We all have reason to complain
about the high cost of living but
back in the old days Of 1776 prices
were so much higher that the same
commodities today appear compar-
atively cheap. The following fig
ures were given out by the food
administration: Meat, 81. to So. a
pound; corn, $25. bushel; Rye So.
a bushel; Potatoes, $40. a bushel.
The Highland Vidette, one of the
newsiest country weeklies in Am
erca, published in Kansas, gives an
account of q farm of 100 acres which
sold for $27O per acre. Ten years
ago this same land could have been
purchased for SITS per acre. The
Gazette predicts the same proper
tionate increase in land values in
the Potlatch in not to exceed
five years.
N. M. Talbot of Juliaetta spent
Tuesday in Kendrick visiting
friends. Mr.. Talbot stated that the
bean harvest had already begun to
q limited degree. in the Juliaetta
section and that this week would
practically finish the grain thresh-
ing.
Frank Martin, democratic can
didate for the nomination of COVER
nor, was touring the county last
week. It is said that unless Martin
gets the nomination, then Samuels,
who is the non partisan league can
didate, will probably get the NOM
inaton. ME-. Martin expects to get
the nomination. providing the aver
age number of votes are cast in the
state.
w. M. Grape Of Lewiston was in
Kendrick Tuesday on business.
VIM. Rogers and J. E. Gibbs drove
to Charleston Sunday to spend the
day.
II you don't register today or to-
morrow you can't vote at the pri.
mary election.
There is money in raising toma'
toes this year. The price is so high
that canneries are having hare
time getting their supply at anything
like a reasonable figure 1t is sale
that Chris Keiffer of Juliaetta ex
poets his tmoato patch of less thar
half an acre to net him $500 this
season.
Pioneers of this section say tina
this season has been one of the dry
est growing seasons they have eve
seen here. And yet there ar
watermelons being brought to mar
ket that measure at least three fee
long These melons were grow
near Kendrick without irrigation
Chas. E. Walks of Moscow wa
in Kendrick on business. MI
Walks is secretary of the demo
cratic county central committee
While here he stated he had owe
Sc public sales to cry this fall an
was making dates for others ever
day. He has several in this tel
ritory and will also have charge {
some of the stock sales at the Lev
iston Stock show this fall.
Mrs. w. H. Hare of Willow Creel
Montana visited at the L. j. HERE
home a few days last week. M
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