Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-07-13

ueSlro ub 10 annOunCe tu3C tuey PToPoos
to do good work at living rates during
the coming season.
Mr.. Berg's orchard on Salmon river
above the Little Salmon, is the only
place along the river where the peach
trees are bearing this year. His peach
crop last season was enormous.
A few fights occurred during the cele-
bration owing to the belligerents having
too much red eve aboard, but taken all
around it was q very orderly and fun
loving crowd from first to last.
VIM. Havernick was in Pierce city
last week and readily sold 400 barrels
of Grangeville flour to parties in the
camp. He says there are many more
Chinese in there than usual and they
are doing we'll.
Several families of immigrants have
arrived here Of late and are 80 well
pleased with the country and its pros
buying land, while the others are hunt
ing locations.
A child of Mr.. Mulkey, living ON the
Centerville ranch. broke it's arm while
playing Wednesday. Mr.. Mulkey Is a
brother-in-law of Ben Morris, and may
establish hardware business in this
village shortly.
! ,e sying season has commenced,
very much later than usual, owing to
the prolonged rains. The crop is called
light one for Camas prairie, but it
would be considered an extraordinary
yield in any other country.
The glorious Fourth was celebrated
in grand style by the German settle
me, on Cottonwood butte, and the
grand dance in the evening was attend.
ed by several visitors of that nationality
from Uniontown and Moscow.
Assessor Rice left for Warrens last
Monday to levy the annual assessment
upon the inside country. He will pro-
badly visit the Sheep Mountain country
in ne interest of Idaho county before
he eturns. Mr.. Weeks accompanies
him on the trip.
VIM. Won Berge returned from Spo-
kan Falls last week, where he went to
sell some horses, but he reports the
horse market in that neighborhood as
George Hashagen, who accompanied
him to the Falls. went to Seattle, where
the market is reported brisk.
Mr.. Aram and party who have been
rusticating at Medical lake are no me
again and are loud in their praises of
the curative properties of the W aters.
Mr.. Aram in particular has reason TO be
thankful since he has been cured of his
lamen 50 and now walks erect without
the aid of his walking stick.
T. J. Davis arrived home rom the
Weiser country last week wi tn seven
very fine Hereford bulls. He left with
twenty-one head, but sold fourteen on
his way here, of which A.. Berg pur-
chased six, Mr.. Sherwin. three, and
Mrs. Rhett, Melee & Hickey and Ear
& Co.. one each. They a':e all from q
La Fayette, Indiana. her,l.
Frank Gaffney was over from the
We-ippe country to spend the Fourth
and had a good time with his friends
here. He says corapany has been
formed to build bedr ock flume to open
the rich placer groun'is on the Mussel-
shell, and work will probably be COM
menced this fall. n large number oi
prospsctors have gone into the mount
aims this summer.
- Sheriff Talkington was given some
stake money to hold during the races
and as the parties fa;'ed to come to him
race, and as he has forgotten who they
were and is anxious to refund the mo-
ney, he desires us to publish it 30 that
r if this meets the eye OF the rightful
owners they call on the Sheriff, prove
property and take it away.
, Joe Vickery was in town recently
with fine lot OF nuggets which he says
are from a new prospect he has discov.
cred this spring on tributary of Moose
creek in the Bitter Root range. The
gold is coarse, and some of the nuggets
weigh dollar. Some of it carries very
good looking quartz, and we hope friend
Joe has struck it big. There is a whole
lot of good country in there that is well
worth the attention of prospectors.
, What with the carpen rs enlargine
the office. the unpacking of freight fol
the new job printing department, the
|, absence of help and only a half we
editor to boss the shop, the FREE PRESS