Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1756-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities external link and the Library of Congress. Learn more
Image provided by: Idaho State Historical Society
Newspaper Page Text
A Complete Closing-Out Sale Is now going on with a rush at Noftsger's Old Stand Surprise is a good word to use. It is Competition cannot understand how or why we can do it. We own this stock Consequently we are in a position to give this stock of » The prices we are making to clpse out are certainly surprises, suitable for the occasion, at a big discount. Dry Goods, Groceries, Furnishings, and Shoes to our patrons at prices that cannot be duplicated, if we want to, and we are doing it. DON'T MISS THIS SALE-NEXT TO THE OWL DRUG STORE / W. T. BENNELL V Boy Now Goes to His Mother ' BOY STOLEN 24 YEARS AGO AND RAISED BY INDIAN WOMEN, FOUND BY MOTHER Raised by an Indian woman who adopted him when In* was little more than a year old and not knowing of his parentage until a few months ago, Howard Wilson, will now join his mother, Mrs. A. E. Danley, near San Francisco. He was adopted by the tribe and was given an allotment of 120 acres near Stites. hood he has engaged in the sheep business and has a small herd U.oorkia. I Since attaining man near Wilson was away to war when his mother, who was a nurse in a military hospital at San Francisco, learned from Orofino, that a an Idaho boy from white child had been raised,in the upper M Idle Fork j u country by Mrs. William Wilson, ' Indian «vornan. The soldier knew that the white child knew nothing j of his parentage and an j I aK hls aKe I coriespondcd with that of Mrs., Danle.vs missing child, she began! an investigation through the Indian ! department and the Indian agent at ; Lapwal, with the result that she! has established beyond all doubt the j identity of the white boy as her missing child. j et ; It was more than 24 years ago] when Charles Wilson, then a babe, in the cradle, was stolen from his ux mother's home , at ML Idaho. Elk City mining excitement and his father The ; was on avs.iv to the the 2/':;,:;:" strangers moving 1 mining districts, to gain a clue of the was Mail service miner, uncertain and was filled with et to and from the All efforts mli ; ng babe were fruitless and the •lothev finally removed from the. ,n scene of her grief and established '< ho in in California. Mrs. Danley missing boy and States entered the teered her services never forgot her when the United rr war she volun- and a hospital as and \va- assigned to duty in San Francisco, near lier home. this service to r o ot 11. It was while rendering the sons of other mothers, that she soldi.-r a the nur the first clue t> .4« soon lively vho her son. give her missing as Mrs. Danley had po-i- ux established th, identity of 1-4 >"!■ son -tie came to Idaho to await l"s return from the army and now mother at of 1-4 12. Con th< son v n ! visit his htr Califor Mrs. horn-. ,ia Y ilL-r.ns the Indian woman there who reargd the child, something knew V cron g in the tran -a* tlon bjs v.Tv h the child came in tr her possession, but never sus juried the truth. She told Mr.-. f ' Danley that the child had been s riaced in lier care by a white man and was able to give the name of the. man who had the child. This sec. later information cleared up the matter for Mrs. Danley as the man named was well known to her at Mt. Idaho, and when trouble be- ,er toveen the families arose, he had £ made a threat that he would make Ve suffer severely, but at the time the child was kidnapped the man u who had made the threat had been •way from Mt. Idaho for sometime Con. and was not suspected. He told the Indian woman that the child was ' his but that his wife was dead and j that 'he had no place where the | child could be cared for. The man ; the*- disappeared and after due time the child was adopted by Mrs. Wilson, according to Indian custom ' I Howard 'Wilson said last evening | that his foster Indian mother and her husband had always been kind ! " to him. The Wilson home is up miles the Middle Fork about 12 frorn few of the residents of the upper Clearwater knew that this Indian! t riSS? c r e ! Of a very desirable 120 acres above Stites.-Lewiston Tribune. EIGHTH GRADE EXAMINATIONS Final Eighth Grade Examinations April 7, 8, 9. 1920 at the following centers: Orofino, • Elk River. We ippe, Consolidated No. 1, and Tea kean. Kooskia and comparatively j : f Schedule j u ' j Wednesday, Thursday S. History. j Thursday p. I Wednesday a. m.—Geography, m. — Arithmetic a. a. of m.— U. S. Civics. ni. — Arithmetic. Friday a. m.—Spelling and Gratn I mar- Friday p. m.—Idaho Civics and History and Reading. ! D I r> rax ; Keal KStatC 1 FailStCrS j be Warranty deed, Marshall LeBaron j et ux to Russell B. ; Lot 3. Sec. 14-37-1W. Con. $300. Daniels, Part ux to W. Bowdish. S1-2SE1-4 Sec. 3-35-3E. Warranty deed. Denis Keane et Con. $4000.00 ; ■ Patent, I nlted States to Lydia B. Eller, SI-2SW1-4 Sec. 23 and NT-2 to NW1 "' 26 - 3S * 1E - 1 Warrant y deed, C. M. Blackburn et ux to T. C. King, Part E1-2NE1- c 4XE1-4 Sec. 10-37-1W. Con. $1200. Honeywell. Sl-2 SE!-4 ! ^ and N 1-2NE1-4 Sec 13 - , Con 81 00 ! p I Brule et ! Warranty deed. C. H. Ede et ux! ,n Honry J. Sec. 12 . 36-ÜE rr and Warranty deed, to W. E. John NEI-4SW1-4 ! Sec. 35-37-1W. ~ Weeks. at SE1-4NW1-4 ('on. $4250.00 Warranty deed. Frank J. Miller ot ux to C. G. Morris. Lot 6. Block 11. White Pine Addition, Elk River. ! Con. $1100.00 Quit claim deed. J. G. Bullock it! o Orofino Trading Co.. S1-2NW . Twp. ?-Rge. ux 1-4 Sec. $100 4E. Con. Contract for Sale of Oroiiuo W1-28W1-1. 1-4 Sec 1 12. all in Township 37 N. Rge. Con $2880.00 of Land, Bank 1 of Judy, Part Kendall to E1-2SW in SEI INV.T-4 and NE1-4NW1-4 Set. ! Sapd M. ih|; 2E. t ti Warranty deed. William f ' hal " rr »'« ux to Phillip L. Ray. s l-2SEl-4 Sec. 10-37-6E. Con. $800 Warranty deed. W M Pruitt to GI Prank Witham. Part NE1-4SW1-4 sec. I5-35-4E. Con $1 00 . , to ' 1 ?' decd " Mar,i " J - Bonnr et th r " °. Portfor8 - AU ,in >- 6 ,er mpr 12 >a ( 'h« , s in diameter on £ E1 ' 1 4 and s ^ Sc - thp ' 4E °" S1 °° Warranty deed. Theodore Fohl et] 6 u to Nannie E. Houx. Lot 1,1 Block 14. Day's Addition. Orofino 1 the Con. $1.00 j Warranty deed. Andrew C. Longe ux to \V. P. Shoemaker, 1. 2. 3 and 4. Block 1. Gor Addition. the was ' teig et D and j Lot the | mai ; $85 due Orofino. Con. 0.00 Warranty deed. Adam G. Gross ax to John A. Grasser. NJ-2SE Sec. 8 and N1-2SW1-4 Sec. 9 !E. Con. $2250.00 In 1 In et ' I 1-4 | 36 - and ;_ ! " up LEGAL NOTICES ■ NOTICE OF BOND ELECTION e ! ihHïïJ! to H =ion G1 N v o BN e ÏX T pa se d and Ipprovtd on the T* 13 t[h day'of March" A D . 192o!| ° t (reiference to WhiCh reSOlUtlon is ! hereb >' n,ade for more «Peclfic de-! tal t s concerning said proposed bond said *"f» a SPeCia ' eIection wll ' be | be,d ln said district upon the 8th da T of A P ril - A - D -- 1920 for the j : on rpose of submitting to the quail- ; m 1 electors of said district, who said in I of Highway Commissioners j said highway district to issue pu f iei art residents therein, the question j and proposition of authorizing the Board not of negotiable coupon district in the sum of $100,000.00; thgt such bonds shall bear interest at not to exceed six per cent per bonds of said real that a in as annum payable semiannually on the firjst day of January and the first day of July in each and every year, until such bonds are completely redeemed; that such bonds shall become due and payable and shall be redeemed at the rate of teptli of the total issue each beginning eleven years from the date of issu ance. one year at the expiration of et That the proceeds from the ■ salt- of such bonds shall be devoted to the purpose of constructing im p4 v Im and repairing the highways withln the district and for the pur c H se ot materials and machinery F. therefor, and for the payment ot expenses of the district necessary ! ^ ^ TT?**' - , th u ere poll . inK ! p 1 oes wltbln said highway district. I to-wit: ! |)ne polling place at PINE ! GRANGE HALL in x : ~ .ne Grange Piëcinct in said Grangemont High way District and one polling place at DUFFY SCHOOL HOUSE in Precinct in said ! G«tngemont Highway District. Whiskey Creek [''hat for the election, the polls will open at the hour of eight o'clock in the fore purpose of such no|m or said day and shall remain continuously open from that time until seven o'clock in the afternoon Such election shall be 1 of said day. conducted as nearly as practicable in accordance with the General Election Laws of the State of Idaho. ! Sapd election shall be by ballot and ! ballots shall be substantially in i ih|; following form, to-wlt: t ti , OFFICIAL BALLOT SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN GI F AN GEMONT HIGHWAY DIS TniCT on Apr11 8th - 1920. FAVOR OF ISSUING BONDS to the amount of $100,000.00 for th ,. purpose stated in Resolution No 6 of March 13th. 1920 ( — AGAINST issmve thp amount of $100.000.00 for the purpose stated in Resolution No 6 of March 13th 1920 ( GIVEN under the 1 the Board of j GlkANGEMONT —> BONDS to I — ) direction of Commissioners of HIGHWAY DIS TRICT this 13th day of March, A., D v 1920. E. U. FAL.EN, j Secretary of Grangemont High- ; way District. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY! ORDER OF SALE OF REAL ES-i TATE SHOULD NOT BE MADE. In the Probate Court of the County of Clearwater, State of Idaho 1 In the Matter of the William Richard Hawkins, ceased. Estate of ■ De 52-2 SÏS " h T, g T* ° f ^ Wh ° le ° f th < reaf estate ° t LT JToll PUrP ° Se It therefore ordered that all persons interested ln the estate of said William Richard Hawkins appear before the said Probate Court Fred D. Hammond, the adminis trator of the estate of William on Thursday the 15th day of April, 1920, at the hour of 10 o'clock a. m . of , said day> at the courtroom ot said court ln the vlllage of Qrofino, in the County of Clearwater and State of Idaho, show then and there to cause why an order should not be granted to the said Admin istrator to sell the whole of the real estate of the said estate, and j that a copy of this published at least four weeks in the Clearwater Republican, a newspaper printed and published in said County. The real estate hereinbefore ferred to is particularly described as follows to wit: order be successive re Lots 11, 12, 13 and 14 in Block Four (4) of Blake's Addition to the townsite of Orofino, County, State of Idaho. Dated this 11th day or March 1920. (Seal) Clearwater W. H. GILLESPIE, Probate Judge. F. E. SMITH, Attorney for Administrator. JOHN DEERE DISCS Spring and Spike Tooth Harrows ESN Model B Disk, Flexible Disc Harrows, will disc at even depth which is very important. The gangs op erate independently. By drawing the third lever back the inner ends of the gangs are forced down and cut out dead furrows perfectly. Examine our stock of implements before you buy any where else. We have a good assortment of all kinds of implements on our floors for your in spection and our MB I Deere Model B1 I Disc Harrows | prices are right. Barb Wire, Field Fencing and Poultry Netting. All kinds of gard en tools, rakes, forks and hoes, etc. r f Oud-Shields Hardware Co. PHONE I If It's Hardware We Have It. OROFINO, IDAHO Read the Republican Ads. j ; ] EASTER FLOWERS » in abundance—Order early—Rose bushes and hardy shrubs now ready for planting. L. B. Hill, Florist LEWISTON IDAHO Your Fire Insurance Have you increased the amount of your insur ance in proportion to the increased value of the property? See us about it. Our service is at your disposal. j Mix-Walrath Realty Co. OROFINO, IDAHO