Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-30

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A. F. PARKER,
Grangeville, 1. T., July %, 1885.
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AMERICAN CREEK.-The boys employe,
on the Maxwell claim on America
creek all came out last Friday, OWN,
to the scarcity of water which com
PEELED them to shut down. They ar,
now waiting for the completion of thu
new Buchanan ditch which will brins
plenty of water onto the diggings, wher
work will be again resumed. Buchanan
is pushing work on the ditch and
expects to have it completed next week
HORSE SALEs.-Eighieen hundred and
eighty-two head of horses have been
shipped from Idaho county this year
the proceeds of which will all return to
the prairie. where it will be disburse,i
among the people. How much better
it is to raise horses and cattle than wheat.
Wheai-raising impoverishes country,
and the people who inhabit it, while the
god given bunch-grass is a source of
annually increasing revenue, which
makes us independent of low prices and
high freights.
REn RINuD -Thvan vain Dln -
ledges have been discovered in the near
vicinage of the Red river meadows this
summer and the indications are favor
able for the development of good camp
in there some day. ]. C. Parker made
the first discovery pretty we'll up the
mountain which encloses the can yon
between the upper and lower meadows,
a we'll defined and strong ledge of free
gold-bearing quartz which assays well.
Mr.. Grant has located quartz on small
stream putting into the upper meadow
and is satisfied with the prospects. All
the lower meadow has been stak ed out
into placer claims this season, and we
understand that arrangements will be
made to open them next year. In the
event of pay being struck there will be
for one thousand men in
working the claims and Elk city will
again leap into its old-time prominence
as mining center.
SCHOOL ELECTION directors of
school district No. 2, Grangeville dis.
trict, hays ordered an election to-
morrow to vote for or against special
assess ment of five mills on the dollar
for school purposes The reputation
" bich Grangeville has gained as the
center of Camas prairie has
been acquired through the liberaliiy
of the citizens of the district and is an
important factor in building up the
town, and we hope that the property
owners " Ill again show their determine
tion TO keep our district in the lead by
voting for the special assessment. The
tax itself of five mills on the dollar is
merely nominal tax to each individual,
but collectively it means long term of
advantages for the children
of the district, and it should therefore
be endorsed by every one whose inter-
ests are centered here. The polling
place and hours Of voting will be found
In the advertisement printed elsewhere.
The LAST HOMICIDE AS we stated
last week, Wiley Knghten skipped out
by the light of the moon as soon as ii
Was ascertained that TIE Chinaman
was dead, and no particulars OF his
has since been learned.
The Chinese at Lewiston offer re eward
Of $3.50 for his apprehension and return,
and it is expected tn Gov. Stevenson
will offer larger sum. The county
com missioners will also be appealed
10 to offer reward. Sheriff Talkington
mme ediately upon the issue Of warran'
by the coroner had all the trails guarded
and did all that man could do to prevent
his escape, but Wiley was pretty willy"
himself and had vamoused the ranch
long before the coroners jury had com.
pleted the inquisition. Public opinion
On the prairie is deeply aroused at the
outrage, following as it does so quickly
upon the heels of the mysterious murder
and arson cases which have ocurred here
in the last twenty-four months and the
public mind is beginning to feel unsafe
1t these repeated occurrences. Law
|essness has gone as far in this county
as the people care to see it 60 and unless
Justice is administered promptly and
with a strong hand upon such
offenders as are brought within reach of
the law, further evil consequences are
to be apprehended. The Knighten case
has irritatsd the public mind to large
degree, not because Of any predjudice
existing against the hoy. but because OF
the ineficency of the law which ties
the hauda of fha of9ioial In until II 10 ton