Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-21
NO. 2S.
The Christmas time is coming ON
And folks begin to fret;
1t isn't what a present costs.
But wondering what Ia oat

IL isn't what present costs,
But wondering what to get
The tunnel on the Hewitt mine, al
Democrat gulch. twenty miles east o.
Pierce city, is in 500 feet, and will tar
the ledge at considerable depth early
next spring.
Wm. Havernick has sold his fine
-, team, Sike Reynolds having purchased
! one and Sherwin Bros, the other. He
Is now breaking a span of colts. and will
soon have finer team than ever.
The youngest soldier in the Union
army during the war was Edward Beck.
our Grangeville postmaster His record
as given by an eastern paper will be-
published in the F. p. next week.
Some Of the C@ur d'Alene mines have
been shut down because of exorbitant
railroad freights. The mine owners
ought to give the railroads quit-caim
deed to the whole country and stop
j kicking.
y Fred Cook came up from Freedom
1 Monday on his way to Lewiston to nut
In the holidays with his family. He is
working the Slate creek companv's mi
ming Claim, but only employs four men
at present
The dance at J. d. Davis place on
Stock creek last Friday night was an
immense success. Thirty-six couple
were there and the Grangeville contin-
gent desire us to say that Davis is a
white man, who gave them better treat
ment than they ever had before.
Mt. Idaho lodge No. 8, A. T 4 A. M.
elected the following officers at its last
meeting to serve for the ensuing year:
w. NJ, |. $. Weller. S. W., Ed. Brooks,
j. w., j. Il. Sloan, Treasurer, j. nj. Dor
man, secretary, G. w. Case. The new
officials will be installed December 81. 2
st. Johns day.
The dispatches state that our delegate
Dubois has got bill before congress
providing for the admission Of the state
OF Idaho. and has already enlisted pow
eriul support in favor of 1T. Dubois is a
worker and a rustler, and with his infu-
ence we are liable to wake up some fine
morning and find ourselves one of the
United States Of America.
Mr.. A. Berg, Of Salmon river, has adj
kded his stock brand to the growing list
now published in the FREE Press. Our
readers on the Little Salmon Meadows
and along the Weiser river are requested
to observe the brand. as Mr.. Berg lost
over there this summer four horses and
two head of cattle wearing the brand
and earmarks described elsewhere.
The fact that the surveyors have been
called in from the Camas prairie survey.
and that work has been abandoned on
all the o. r u n. branches, looks to a
man up tree as though the O. II N.
had retired from business. The road is
leased to the N. p. and U. ?. for ninety
nine years, and the way we figure it
out there is no longer an o. Il & N. Co.
in existence.
John j. Golfer had the misfortune to
sustain compound fracture of his right
leg on Monday morning. He was cut
ting down tree and in falling it struck
another tree which caused it to slide
and diverted its course so that the butt
caught Mr.. Golfers leg just above the
ankle, and bruising the limb very badly.
Or. Bibby is attending him and may be
able to save the limb.
Bailey Chamberlain gave Warrens a
good send-oH while he was in Lewiston,
and Leland published half column
concerning the camp. We hope the
people of Lewiston who are friendly to
the development of the inside country,
will instruct the legislators from Nez
Perce county to vote for the territorial
wagon road appropriation, which our
Hon. Z. M. Day is going to ask for this
session, and we want Lewiston's help.
Hon. G. w. Norris has resigned his
| position rs Indian agent on the Nez
Parce reservation. The position of Ind
ian agent is the most thankless of pub
lie ofiices-worse than tax collecting
and what with having to satisfy the
government in the first place, the Ind
ians second. and the white men third,
the official life of an agent is frequently
made burden to him. Mr.. Norris has
made a capable agent and we regret the
fact Of his resignation.
Mr.. Ferguson, special agent of the
| General land office, is ON the prairie,
investigating titles and matters apper-
tanning to land Office matters generally.
1t is said that he has already found out
enough to keep him busy for several
months, and it is highly probable that
those of our citizens who wrote to the
| General land Office that the pnblic land
here was being smuggled, will have am
| pie opportunity to prove the truth of
their assertions before the next United
States grand jury.
The Mt. Idaho Christmas tree COM
mittee have arranged their program, and
desire us to announce that the exercises
will commence at sharp. ON Christmas
eve, with songs as follows: "Christmas
Cheer by the choir: "Merry, Merry
Christmas" by the school children.
"Peace on Earth" by the choir, followed
by the distribution of presents from the
tree by Santa Claus. The decorating
committee particularly desire that all
/ presents intended for the tree shall be
delivered not later than o'clock on
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. J. Peterson has sold one of bis fine
ranches to Tom Crea, former resident
of this prairie. when he owned the farm
now in the possession of Peter Riebold.
| Tom is brother of John b. and George
Crea, and has been living Gin Oregon