The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1921-06-17
Over The County

ana the occasional showers are very
beneficial. The eternal puzzle of
wheat prices continues to bother the
farmers who have not sold last year s
grain, but there is a growing desire
to sell, forget the yever had a year like
'the past one and \commence over
agan. This may be the most sensible
way to do at that. We haven't the
least idea what is going to happen in
the wheat market and we doubt if
the grain men themselves could tell
note that those who have sold have
quit worrying and have turned their
minds hopefully to the future. secure
StarMirror: At o'clock Sunday
afternoon, great throngs of comrades
and friend gathered to pay their last
tribute of respect, and to perform the
last service they could ever render:
and to hear the words of consolation
and of prase of him who had gone
out from among them never to return.
Lemuel Holt Cushing, only child of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cushing, was
born at Avon, Skagit county, Wash :
ington, November 6, 1895. August 81,
1918, he made the supreme sacrifice,
Or the battlefields of France, age %
he
Almost the entire life of Holt
Gushing was spent in Moscow.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. H. H. Mitchell rector of st.
Marks Episcopal church land Rev.
J. Orrin Gould, student pastor of the
university.
Rev. Mitchell spoke of war, of what
caused war, of how necessary it was
| that Christ be our guide. He pointed
out the contrast in the rulers and
leaders of men who feared God, from
he time OF Pharaoh down through
the ages. What q beautiful symbol
ism of life he made of the fabric be
irg woven on the loom.
Man may dominate the earth, but it
| was given to One alone to conquer
death. Man with all his powers and
| inventions, cannot tell the day nor
the hour of our existence, for death
"cometh as a thief in the night
We know when moons shall wane,
when summer birds from afar shall
| cross the sea: when autumns hue
shall tinge the golden grain; but who
shall teach us when to look for thee ?
Yet to the soul prepared it is to be
| welcomed into the glories of eternity .
The services at the grave were mill
tary, conducted by the American Lee
gion, and with coffin draped with the
American flag, the glorious red white
and blue.
Holt Gushing is survived by his
| parents, Mr.. and Mrs George Cush-
| ing, by his aged grandfather pioneer
| business man of Moscow, by other
relatives and by host of friends
Troy News: Under the Leadership
| of Leo Vance, recently elected fire
chief. the newly organized fire de-
rartment for Troy is rapidly being
whipped into line. More than the nee
companies have been secured and the
apparatus is now being overhauled,
the chemical engine recharged, and
| preparations made for any possible
fire. AS soon as the water is back to
normal pressure the hose will be test
ed and the hydrants flushed so that
there will be no question about get
ting water quickly when needed. The
| boys in the various companies are
looking forward to contest work dur
ng the summer.
! Genesee News: Work of grading
and surfacing of portions of the road
in the Genesee Highway district is
going forward in good shape. Gravel
| s being spread on the Pine Grove
read, extending about a mile from
the terminus of the gravel put on last
fall, while grading on other sections
of the district is under way.
The contract for the grading and
surfacng the Blaine section of the
Genesee Highway district will be let
next week. This section of that road
| starts at Blaine and extends 3-S
.niles, going over Paradise mountain,
and will connect with the Moscow
highway.
When completed this will give a
| splendid road into Moscow over the
Cow creek and mountain road. It
VIII also connect with the new road
coming uu from Juliaetta and Ken
dricE ,hus being able To avoid the
| long Juliaetta hill in entering and
coming -ut of the Li.tte Potlatcn
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