The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-08-09
LOCAL NEWS.

Ndthidh sunday.
Everybody dances Saturday n;gb,
at the Lake View Pavilion. Wincnes
ter. S''s'
Sam Robinson and son, Thomas. ar,
harvesting their crop in the CIarkstor
section this week.
The War Mothers viii meet at n,
home Of Mrs. Geo. Hines next Sat
urday afternoon.
Mrs Edna Eckersley, county treas
urer, is spending her vacation with
relatives in Oregon.
A. E. Powers, of Mabton, Wn.. was
IN Nezperce on real estate business
the first of the week.
Did you dance? Don t forget the
Saturday night opportunity at the
Lake View Pavilion, Winchester.
James Carlisle, county surveyor and
son, George, deputy game warden,
were Nezperce visitors from Kamiah,
yesterday.
Only a few attended the meeting of
farmers and thresher men in this city
last Thursday evening to consider
threshing prices, and no agreement
was reached on schedule.
w. E Basket and family came up
from Charleston the first of the week
to visit at the home of his brother,
J. M, in this vicinity and take hand
in the prairie harvest work.
The ladies of the Christian church
will meet at the annex on Wednesday,
of next week. If you have planned
your bazaar work bring it with you,
if not there will be work for all.
A. G. Snyder, of Orofino, was u
Nezperce visitor Sunday.
G. w. Kettman and family and An
thony and Edward Medved are taking
an outing in the huckleberry patches
south of Grangeville.
Mr.. and Mrs, J. G. Wright returned
last week from visit with old home
folks in North Dakota Their trip
was very much enjoyed, except that
on the return trip Mrs. Wright con
tracted blood poisoning from mosquito
bites and was confined to her bed for
several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. York Herren and
returned Monday from a
month 8 automobile tour of coast
md intermediate points, during which
hey visited the principal places of
interest from Victoria, B. c., to Eu-
sene, Oregon, including dip in the
Pacific at Seaside. It was indeed Q
nip through veritable beauty and
The Commercial Club had a special
Meeting and dinner at the Nezperce
Iotel Monday night for the purpose
# comforting with representative
f the Northern Pacific railroad, who
ad sent word that he would be here
4 that time to discuss freight rates, |
tc. He failed to appear, but II. J.
Berger, freight and passenger agent of |
he Union Pacific happened to be in
own and he was called into the con
erence. The matter of better rates
or this community on tonnage |
andled by his lines was gone into
t some length and considerable bene-
icial information was CLEANED by all
arties concerned. The Club unani-
lously agreed upon memorial SER
ice in which the community might
ay its tribute of respect to our late
hief executive, President Warren G.
[arding. This service will be held
/ the city park at one o'clock Fri
ay afternoon, and it is directed that
Il places of business be closed on
nat day from l to p. m.
The head lettuce industry is being
,und so lucrative that many farming
,ctions are "getting in on it," Ex-
eriments have shown that the irri-
ated sections have no monopoly on
le crop. c. w. Kettman of this city
nd others of this community raised
ice patches this season. The quality
satisfactory and the yield bountiful.
ere the labor of irrigation is dis
ensed with, and the crop comes into
le market at a time when none is
eing offered from the irrigated dis
lets. These two points make the
ore extensive growing on the prairie
: this popular vegetable an attrac-
We side line that promises TO become
profitable venture in the dawning
op diversity program of this upper
'untry.
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