The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-02-14
GLEANINGS

OF American ridge left last week
for Lexington, Oregon, to visit re-
latives. They expect to visit the
Powell family near Irrigon before
their return.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Roberts ar
rived the first of the week from
Il the coast to visit friends here.
Miss Grace Raby left last week
4for Moscow and from there went to
portland to visit relatives.
Mrs. R. M. Walker returned to
Peck Saturday after spending al
sweek here with the N. E. Walker
family.
4 Deputy Sheriff L. G. Peterson was
in Kendrick Saturday on business.
John Florance and E. H. Dam
\ .marell went to Lewiston Saturday
to hear the Allied Military Band,
which gave concert, in the Temple
Theatre Sunday evening night. The
band consisted Of fifty pieces and
every member was in France before
the close of the war.
Many Of the patrons of the local
! telephone exchange are careless
sabout keeping their long distance
tolls paid up. Mrs. Perkins has to
pay the Bell Telephone Co. for
every call you put in and when you
fail to pay for the call promptly
you are simply using her money.
The local telephone company has
nothing to do with the collecting
of long distance tolls; it is entirely
up to Mrs. Perkins. One or two
small accounts do not amount to
much but yours may be one of a
large number and the total amounts
to quite a sum. Moral: pay your
long distance phone calls promptly.
Assessor Gemmil was in town the
first of the week doing some assess
ment work IN this vicinity.
Charles McKeever was in Peck the
first Of the week on business.
The Potlatch Electric Company is
re-wlring the flour mill and ware
house of the Kendrick Warehouse &
Milling Co. The mill shut down
last week for general repairs.
The fourth and fifth grades in the
kendrick school again resumed
work in the class room the first of
the week, after a weeks vacation
on account of the flu. Mrs. D. r.
White took charge of the classes un-
It'll Miss Abrahamson could again
resume her work.
This weeks issue of the Gazette
contains the petition Of Bear Ridge
asking the county commissioners to
grant the ridge good roads dis
trict. 1t contains the names OF A
property owners Of the ridge and
expresses almost the unanimous
opinion of the ridge to be in favor
of the proposed district. The
county commissioners will decide
the question at their regular meet
ing in April.
Billy Meyer returned from Lewis
ton Tuesday where he visited
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Tondevauld
and Mrs. Fred Sheets of Lewiston
spent Saturday in kendrick visiting
with Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Compton
and Mr.. and Mrs. O. E. MACPHERSON
Miss Clarlce, Abrahamson went
home Tuesday to spend a few days
until she has regained her strength
sufficiently to resume her schoo
work.
jim Emmett tells a story fol
which we will not vouch as to it.
authenticity, in fact we don't know
whether he believes 1T himself
However, he says the ostrich farm
in California are fenced with wover
wire. The meshes are far enough
apart SO that these ungainly fowl
can stick their heads between them
Having extremely long necks ant
long legs but being practically de-
void of brains. they put their head
through the fence after somethin,
to eat on the other side and thel
, seeing something ON the opposit
side of the fence they want, the
stick their heads back through an
other mesh in the wire. They the
become fast and in trying to fire
themselves, pull their heads off
The ostrich is then useless for any
thing except to furnish decoration
for Easter bonnets.
A wedding took place in Orofin
the other day that was little on
OF the ordinary, as the youthful
groom was only GO years of ag
while his bride nearly reached tn
18th milestone of LIES journey
1t was Miss Mary who placed tn
matrimonial Rains around Sidne
f. Fore, the osteopath doctor {
Kamiah. Rev. F. l.. Moore of tn
M. E. Church tied the nuptial knt
that linked together the lives {
our neighbors. -Orofino Tribune.
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