The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-12-23
Over The County

Star-MlrrOr: Al Mckee, a former
resident of Latah county, but now
located at North Lapwal. was in
Moscow Friday paying the taxes on
his large Latah county holdings.
Mr.. Mckee owns 25O0 acres of choice
land on Big Bear ridge and form
erly farmed this land himself, but
In recent years has had 1T leased
and has been living at North Lap
wal, where he also has extensive IN
terests. His large fortune was a.
massed to great extent through
his farming operations in Latah
county. He has for a number of
years been one of the heavier IN
dlviduaI taxpayers IN Latah county.
While in Moscow Mr.. Mckee visit
ed j. G. Gibson, whom he had known
since boyhood. The first dollar that
he ever earned, and which might be
said to nave been the foundation
dollar for the fortune later accumu-
lated, was paid him by Mr.. Gibson,
when the latter was carrying on
farming operations in Whitman
county, some 40 or more years ago.
Mr.. McKee's aged father, who has
passed the century mark by two
years and is perhaps the oldest man
in this part of the northwest, is
making his home with him at Lap
wal, and is enjoying fairly good
health. He was one of the earliest
pioneers of the west.
Genesee News: The Unlontown
section is working quite hard on
the "powers that be- over at Colfax
to have hard road built east from
Uniontown to the state line to be
met there by like road, to form a
connecting link between the WASH
ington road and the Idaho state
road, giving them an outlet to
Genesee and Moscow.
1t may be that they viii have
better luck in arouslng their own
county commissioners to their needs
than did Lewiston, Genesee and Mos
COW, delegtlons from which places
made many and frequent trips to
Colfax to try and get few loads of
gravel put on the missing link.
But 1t is said that all things come
to those who walt,' so have pa.
tlence, brothers, have patience.
Juliaetta Record: Columbus Clark
has just finished soliciting for julia.
etta's quota of 100 bushels OF wheat
to be sent to the starving Armenlans
Mr.. Clark was appointed by Chair.
man j. D. Davis of Moscow. to dc
the work IN this community. He
states that he found much sympathy
with the movement and he met q
hearty response everywhere, enab
ling him to secure the allotted a
mount and 10 bushels over in one
days soliciting. securing all tolc
10 bushels. Juliaetta, Mr.. CLARK
has been informed by Chairman
David, is the first place in the
county to 60 over the top" and hi
and Mr.. Clark desire to thank tht
people of this community for theil
hearty cooperation IN the matter
Deary Press: The PotaItch Lumber
company is planning novel methot
of transporting some three or foul
million feet OF timber from th'
school section near Park. p. o. Tn
company has at considerable ex
pense built road some two and on
half miles long, cutting out hill
on good grades, and connecting witt
the new Helmer Park road near +
A. Engel's 1arm. 1t is their plal
to sleign-haul the legs from tn
school section to the top OF tn
grade on the south side of the Pot
latch canyon, sume three miles, wit
Caterplller tractors. 1he descen
d. of the grades will be attempted wit
horses, while the last stage of tn
journey, from the river to Camp
will be accomplished with tractors
lhe company has two ten-ton Cater
piIler and two G. L. Best track-lay
ers cf about the same nurse power
Il IS the intention to have the tra'