Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-08-27
LOCAL POINTS.

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q the market
4 Harvesting is now progressing al
over the prairie.
VIM. Hawley is in Ceur d'Alene city
on beef business.
: No news of Wiley Knighten has been
4 received up to date.
3 Six of the Chicago anarchists are
sentenced to death.
, Agent Monteith did not call on us
during our stay IN Lewiston.
County warrants taken at par on
subscription to the FREE Press.
Chas. Holt was in town on Tuesday
last. He reports stock doing well.
The cattle in the vicinity of Lewiston
are very poor for lack of grass and
water.
The young people of the prairie want
a dance now that the summer solestice
is over.
Cattlemen are quite numerous now-a-
days. Camas prairie shows up big in
that line.
The crying need of this country is
machine to pick the shot out of prairie
CHECKERS.
Sam. Large has employment for forty
men on the Slate creek mining COM
pany's bar.
Parties having promised us wood on
subscription are requested to haul the
same Immediately.
II. G Earl. L. Fox and Chas. Christie
were up from Freedom during the week
and report all quiet along the Salmon.
The header can now be heard on
every hand on Camas prairie, and
occasionally one passes through the |
town.
A daily average of forty carloads of
live stock pass through st. Paul en-
route to eastern markets from Northern |
Pacific points.
Mrs. G. l.. Odle. of Mt. Idaho left
yesterday for Brooklyn, Iowa. to remain
about six months, when she will return
to the prairie.
The wicked man regardeth the
maverick with covetous eyes. but the
upright man turneth him over to the
owner thereof
business at Mt. Idaho, and is kept
working far into the night to keep
ahead of his work.
4. Ii. Gordon has a new turning
lathe and other fine machinery on the
road, and will in few days be fixed to
do fine cabinet work.
The smoke which obstructs free
respiration these days comes from the
Cnur d'Alene mountains where the
forests ale burning hercey.
A refreshing shower fell on the prairie
last Friday which the thirsty earth
greedily absorbed. The moisture liter
ally poured down while it lasted
The sidewalk statesman are coming
to the front and predicting dire conse-
quences TO this community if their
advice isn't followed in the nomin alton
of candidates.
We learn from Mr.. Robinson that Mr..
Hays will be in Grangeville about the
10th of October for the purpose of hold
ing series of meetings in the interest
of Changers.
Ben. Morris raised some peaches in
his Mt. Idaho orchard this wear that
for size quality and flavor, have never
been eXcelled by anything raised in
warmer climates.
Texas StOckmda Fat steers in the
spring of 'o7 will be in demand at
figures that will pay for the feed. The
available beef supply is being heavily
drawn upon tins year.
Divine services will be held at Mt.
Idaho, on Saturday evening, Sept. 4th.
at haf-past seven by Elder d. G.
Strong. Quarterly meeting at Grange
Vile ON following Sunday.
1t is but short time now before the
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pointing delegates to the territorial con- '
vention. Now is the time to enroll your ,
names on the FREE Press.
Mr.. T. j. Florence, the best scholar
in northern Idaho, sold his ranch six
miles west of town last week to sheriff
Talkington, and left for Portland, where I
he will spend the winter. :
The board of county commissioners l
met on Monday of last week as board q
Of equalization, but as no complaints ,
were made the fathers adjourned with.
out altering the assessment roll.
Pat Keane was up from the Lolo ferry
Yesterday for medicine for young Greer,
who is suffering from congestion of the t
ungs. keane says the Short line sur I
geyors are six miles below kamiah and
making two miles per day.
J. G.. Parker was in from Red river
asst week and brought down load of c
oelts from his trapping camp on the r
upper meadow. He will winter in there =
iivlding his time between trapping and
his quartz ledge. +
We saw Mr.. Clark, the Oregon short
inc surveyor, at Lewiston last Sunday
light, he having just arrived from 3
jreer's ferry, on the Clearwater cross ]
ng of the Pierce city trail sixty-fve y
niles above Lewiston, where his survey
ng party are now at work. He will be
1t Kamiah to-day and promised us to /
'isit Grangeville tomorrow, although a
le will do no surveying on the prairie. =
Returning from Lewiston to the I
prairie after few days absence is like =
'oing back three months in the year,
uch is the change of climate. Lewiston
fself ie an oncic Of vardpra l., =, daeart q