The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-07-24

Cottonwood IS busy these days
making preparations to pave.
0. p Calvin has succeeded Lee
Ratliff as manager of the Roch-
dale warehouse at Greer.
The Reubens Citizen has new
managing editor. who has "spruc-
ed up" that sheet quite bit.
Ben L. Schultz, of Lewiston,
formerly of Nezperce, is endeavor-
ing to revive the Orofino Lime
Plant.
Grangeville is arranging a ball
game with Lewiston for next Sun
day. Some Of the local players
will probably help out the Camas
Prairie boys.
Abe Hill. the Orofino auction
eer, came near losing his car as
well as suffering severe personal
injury, when the machine caught
fire one day last week
Residents Of the Clifford and
Myrtle sections have petitioned
for a highway district election for
the purpose Of diverting the Lewis
and Clark highway through their
country.
Ben G. Grow, singer who re-
sided in Nezperce several years
ago, is favoring the people Of the
Clearwater country with series
of concerts. He is assisted by two
other Orofino musicians.
The first section Of the proposed
road from Grangeville to Elk City
was assured by an election held
last week, when the Grangeville
district voted $4,000 bonds for
the work. The federal govern
ment will furnish $4,000.
Hartzell Cobbs, who has been
in England in Y. M. G. A. work
for the past year. is back in the
United States and will reach home
soon. He stopped in Ohio to visit |
among relatives ON his way across
the continent Kamiah Prograss.
The first annual Western Royal
Livestock Show will be held at the
Spokane Union Stock Yards, Spo-
kane Wash, November 81, 1919,
followed by the Northwest Live
stock Association, Lewiston, Ida,
November GA, and the Pacific
International. North Portland,
Oregon, November 1922.
Miss Hazel, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. j. Meiners. underwent an
operation for appendicitis at the
Lewiston hospital. last week. The
young lady has improved rapidly |
and her mother who has been with
her returned home last evening
Miss Violet, another daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Meiners, has also
been quite i'll at their home for
the past two weeks but is improv-
ing.-Ilo Register.
Residents of the river section
are more than pleased that the in
itial steps are being taken in pro- Is
noting road up Cottonwood Il
creek from Sites to Cottonwood II
to connect with the North and
South state highway. Many farm {
ers in the district have expressed ;
their desire that the movement be (
taken up with the residents thru s
whose farms this project will pass
and make it reality as soon as c
possible. Sites Enterprise
Considerable excitement was L
caused about town Wednesday by
The report that E. d. Parr, well II
known farmer living west of town, f
lad made an assault on his wife i
md beaten her up quite badly
With a club. The son, Vernon,
ZANE to town and got DR.. Bryan
% dress his mothers wound, S
which was big cash in the head, t
md the boy himself had received t
;ome hard knocks in defending C
lis mother from further injury. t
County Attorney Pennell and
Sheriff Mitchell were sent for and
,ame down in the afternoon, but o
Mrs. Parr would not swear out O
/ warrant for her husbands ar e
est, and without her appearance Y
against her husband there would S
,e little use in prosecuting him.
We understand that she intends
o apply for a divorce.-Kamiah Il
Progress. &
Dick Pugh Has Narrow Escape.
While trying to untangle some