The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-05-22
LOCAL NEWS.


! Did everybody clean up?
J, Some cleanup day. Why?
| Decoration Day, Friday, May
80.
All fountain drinks and dishes, sub
ject to war tax, are cash at Leo s.
w. f. johnson left yesterday
morning for visit with his fam
| lily in Spokane.
| VIM. Shoclkley returned last
Thursday evening from a visit to
Lewiston.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. A. Johnson re-
turned to their home in Lewiston
last Friday.
VIM. Kincaid and Joe Gregory
of llo, were transacting business
in Nezperce Monday.
Chas. DeVoe Of the Madison
Lumber Co. returned Friday from
a visit to Cottonwood.
Marion Moser left Wednesday
morning for Othello, Wash, to
look after his fathers ranch in
| terests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. M. Robert
son, of Cottonwood, were guests
of their son, Leo Robertson, and
family in this city Sunday.
Mrs. R. H. Y. Moser entertain
ed several lady friends today at
an afternoon tea in honor Of her
mother, Mrs. w. H. Mitchell
/ w. II. Ferris, of the Willard
battery headquarters at Lewis
ton, was loking after business in
Nezperce the first Of the week.
Mrs. Maggie Bell, of Greer, is
visiting her brother, Bert Jeffer,
is, in the Alpine section this week
and having some dental work
done here.
Corporal John j. Manthey left
this morning for Lake City, Mimi
esota, where he will visit for a
season with his parents, whom he
has not seen since his return from
France.
The Idaho law setting the min
imum age limit for auto drivers
on public highways, provides that
no youth under 16 years shall so
drive a motor car, and that none
under Is years of age shall so
drive any motor car that is for
hire.
Roy Willxerson, employed on
the Tom Robertson ranch in the
Alpine district, is nursing a broiS-
Ell left arm, an injury he receiv-
ed last Tuesday when the break
ing Of a lever on the gang plow
he was operating caused him to
fall in such a way as to sustain
the hurt.
DR.. John F. Gist left this morn
ing for a month s visit at his old
home in Missouri and a two
weeks round Of clinic work in
the Mayo Brothers hospital at
Rochester, MINI. He plans 10 be
home about the middle Of June.
Mrs. Gist will visit with her par
ents at Peck during his absence.
The Ladies Aid Society Of the
Community church had very de-
lightful and profitable meeting
with Mrs. Wiley T. johnson yes.
terday at her farm home. Some
40 ladies were in attendance at
the all-day session, and typical
big dinner was an important fea-
ture of the entertainment given
them.
VIM. Sullivan, the local real
estate hustler, yesterday sold
Perry Sanger's fine ranch, near
Mohler, to Jas. G.. Wright, Of this
city. This farm is not only one
of the best in this best country.
but it is one of the most finely
improved places in the North
west, with everything modern.
It consists of 240 acres. and
brought R28,5OO, including one
third of the crop.
P. Fl. Sanger yesterday bought
the Chas. Heberly 240-acre farm,
215 miles west Of Nezperce, for
100000 through the VIM. Su'ii-
van real estate agency. This is
one of the best tracts of land on
the prairie. every acre being a
producer, and Mr.. Sanger plars
to build modern home there that
would be credit to any country.
In making this move Mr.. Sanger
and his good family again demon
strated their high regard for Nez-
perce, her institutions and her
pie. They have tried the best of
Iowa, the best Of California end
other highly acclaimed sections,
but they return here and cast
their lot with fus because they
like If better in this community
Defenbach Addresses Commercial
Club.
With some 33 members in at
tendance At last TUESDAYS SeS-