Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-09-24
Pay your taxes.
Set up your stoves.
HALEY and Dubois.

| been added to our list this week.
Our Warrens letter was delayed a
week by being sent to Lewiston.
Logan mountain" will be the slogan
cry of Idaho county nexs summer.
County warrants received at full face
value on subscription to the PRESS.
The Wilson building. two stories
high, is looming up west of this office.
The mercury stood at go in the shade
on Salmon river several days last week.
Jesse Farmer, of Miller's camp, sent
down three dollars for the Press this
week.
Mr.. Titman is having q we'll dug on
the Main street corner of the Jersey
house.
Major Binnard, we regret to hear, has
grown much worse since his removal to
Lewiston.
Allen Greene and his family are now
domiciled in their new Grangeville
residence
Times may be hard and money scarce.
but Grangeville still keeps growing
right along.
John Roberts arrived up from Lewis
ton during the week and promises to
stay awhile.
Geo. NJ. Shearer advertises his Ex-
press line and commission business
in this issue.
'Teaser came under the wire first IN
the long talked of race between him and
the Steamboat horse.
School teachers will oblge by notify
ing us when they open school in any
district of this county.
Jas. Cusker of the two Walla's was on
the prairie during the week visiting
some of his pioneer friends.
A few good heavy showers are need
ed to start the grass growing and to put
the ground in shape for fall plowing.
The Grangeville temperance society
met Wednesday night and organized
for weekly reunion through the WIN
ter,
Fred Noyes will soon build 26x32
feet dwelling house fronting on Main
street on the brow of the slope west of
town.
Raymond Eddy returned from the
Bitter Root valley during the week,
whittier he had been with l.. Z. Browns
horses.
The Blackfoot Reporter says that Hon,
H. w. Smith will speak at Grangeville,
Sept. 20, (to-morrow) in the interest OF
Dubois.
A month and four days have elapsed
since the last rain, and the dry and
thirsty earth is beginning to cape for
moisture.
The Short line surveyors went over
the Elk city trail to the summit during
the week to prospect for pass through
the range.
Bismarck's daughter is thirty-eight
and he has succeeded in getting her
married. Bismarck is great-a very
great man.
Mr.. Robie, of Salmon river, is spoken
of by the republicans as a probable
nominee for commissioner from the
third district,
Detachlnents of squaws, papooses and
cayuses loaded with deer meat are max
the several Indian camps in the noun
tains.
Last Saturday one of the derricks on
the Slippy bar fell down, caused by the
breaking of the guy-rope, and +. Rice
was thereby somewhat injured, but not
to any serious extent.
The longer we run a newspaper and
write about people and events the more
we realize how utterly impossible it is
to scratch every man on the exact spot
where he itches the most.
The creeks and wells on the prairie
are lower than they were ever before
known to be, but we are not going to
suffer from scarcity of water while the
Salmon and Clearwater are running q
full head.
Bill Short, ofSalmon river, was pretty
severely injured last week by being
thrown from a bucking horse while on
his way to the prairie. He is now living
at John Adkison's ranch where he is in
good hands.
Capt. Richards, California Dick) the
old standby of the PRESS office, is off on
vacation on Salmon river, and the
editors time has been so largely occu-
pied with private business that the
paper does not approach its usual STAN
dard.
John Crooks and Sike Reynolds re-
turned Tuesday from Virginia city,
Mont, where they succeeded in selling
their horses at satisfactory prices. They
report good prospects for hard times in
the stock business of Montana, as the
ranges have been subjected to an unus-
ual drouth.
The Kamiah Indians will hold coun-
Gil with agent Norris at the Lapwai
agency in about two weeks. when the
administration of afairs at the Kamiah
sub-agency for the next four years will
be discussed, along with sundry other
topics of interest. The PRRss editor will
attend along with the other Indians.