The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-01-24
GLEANINGS

B. N. Emmett was in Spokane
last week on business.
Miss Elsie Thomas spent Satur-
day in Moscow with friends.
1t is said that Kendrick resident
became ambitious the other day
and cleaned out his COW stable.
The good old COW didn' t know the
place and had to be blindfolded be-
fore she would enter the new DOM
icile.
A. G. Wilson and Elmer Keller
went to Moscow Monday to appear
before the county commissioners
in the interest of the proposed Cedar
Creek Highway district. Con-
ditions look very favorable that the
district will be formed as the SEN
timent among the residents OF the
Cedar Creek section is so over
whelmingly in favor of the district.
The commissioners have thirty days
to take the matter under advise
ment but may make a decision
earlier than that if they SO desire.
Clarence Fry, one of the best good
roads boosters in the Potlatch
country. was not able to accompany
the Cedar Creek delegation as his
family is just recovering from a
siege of the flu.
The annual stockholders and dir
ectors' meeting OF the Kendrick
State Bank occurred Tuesday after
noon. The same directors were
elected as before and M. V. Thomas
was reelected president of the bank.
The Nez Perez Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance Company, OF which
Jesse Hoffman is secretary, now has
over 800 policy holders and mil
lion and three quarters of .insur-
ance in force.
The county commissioners select
ed the following list Of jurors from
Kendrick precinct to serve in the
district court for the ensuing year:
w. B. Lewis. Harry Stanton, George
F. Davidson, Charles w. McKeever.
Clarence Dougherty, Wade T.Keene.
Business meeting of the M e.
Church will be held at John Wade
Office Friday evening at 1880 o'clock.
All official members are requested
to be present.
Mrs. H. P. Hull went to Moscow
Monday morning where she will
take medical treatment at hos
pital there. Her health has been
failing for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Porter and
little son had rather an unpleasant
experience soon after reaching the
home of Mr.. Porter's folks at Wat
erville. All three of them became
ill with the flu and as soon as they
were convalescent the rest of the
household also contracted the dis
ease. Rud was sick in bed for thir-
teen days but has recovered.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Roberts re-
ceived a telegram from their son,
Ernest, stating that he was safe and
had returned to the United States.
Ernest was one of the crew on the
steamship Toredores that was wreck
ed several weeks ago.
Lloyd Strong, book-keeper at. the
Kendrick Store, resigned his pos
ition and returned to Spokane the
first of the week. He was unable
to secure residence tor his fam
lily and for this reason decided not
to locate here.
1t really does pay to advertise If
you have anything to sell. H. Nun
sherman of Paradise, California,
advertised his Potlatch farm for
sale in the Gazette several weeks
ago. AS result of the ad he is now
closing a deal for the sale of his
place. The ad cost him about. Is
cents rather small COMMISSION to
pay for the sale of a good farm.
Mr.. Munsterman writes as follows:
Il think the ad has done its duty
as | had quite number of offers
and am now closing deal which |
think will be dcne in about a
week."
John Brooke and family returned
to Bovill after spending a week
with Mr.. Brocke's parents here.
The drive for the relief of the
starving people in Armenia and
Syria, met with only half-hearted
response in Kendrick. Something
over $115 was raised here. Amer
lean ridge was not able to assist
much on account of the fact that
the flu was IN nearly every home
during the progress of the drive.
Mrs. Roy Thompson of Lewiston
returned to her home after spending
several days with her mother, Mrs.
'Deabold of American ridge.
Rev. Gregory was in Lewiston the
first OF the week on business.
One of the Green boys has a
vehicle that makes Ford look like
thirty cents from the standpoint of
efficiency. He has a kids wagon
in which he spends most of his
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