Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-06-08
QUE UEEKLY UND- UP.

Dance at COtt0nWOOQ mousse tulS
Friday, evening.
J. ii. Forney, Mt. Idaho, has money
to loan on real estate.
Idaho county is the best stock raising
county in the far west.
The Oregon election on Monday went
hopelessly republican.
Idaho county has vast forests of fine
timber suitable for all purposes.
Rascality may triumph for day, but
its ultimate downfall is assured.
Idaho county has mines of gold, sill
yer, copper,siron, lead and coal.
Mr.. Spedden was in from Elk yester-
day with good quartz specimens.
\ This issue concludes the second year
of the existence of the FREE Press.
w. F. Kettenbach and d. d. Bunnell
were up from Lewistnn last Sunday.
Y Cherries, strawberries, new potatoes
and green peas are plenty on the river.
Read F. e. Scott's new ad, and give
him call when you go to Cottonwood.
The Fourth of July finance committee
had better hustle for coin pretty soon.
John higgins took his family to Walla
Walla last week, where they will spend
the summer.
The strawberry season is here and the
crop is unusually heavy and of an ex-
quistely fine flavor.
Idaho county has greater diversity
of soil, climate and resources than any
other county in Idaho Territory.
The Mt. Idaho sawmill is cutting ten
thousand feet of lumber a day under
the skllful editorship of Linn Smith.
Idaho county may not be the garden
of Eden, but it has many of the advan-
tages of that birthplace of humanity.
VIM. Havernick has installed his FAM
lily in Schmadeka's former meat market
building, which has been refurnished.
Mr.. Sherwood started for American
river Monday to build an arrastra on
one of his ledges in that neighborhood.
will sell beef cheaper than any shop
in Idaho county, for cash.
81 w. F. SCHMADEKA.
Idaho county offers more inducements
to well-to-do settlers than any other
county in the northwest. Come and
see us.
Cyrus Overman and A. l. Watson
have gone cahoots in couple of thoro
bred Berkshire boars, which arrived up
on Mondays stage.
The Idaho county stock association
will hereafter meet twice a year-on
the st Saturday in March, and the 1st
Saturday in September.
John Crooks has located a promising
quartz ledge five miles this side of New
some creek which shows streaks of good
ore carrying free gold.
Mr.. S. l. Franklin, living across Clear
water, was severely injured Wednesday
by being thrown from a wagon. We
have not heard particulars.
On Mr.. Kerlee's ranch in the Farview
country you can see barley already
heading out, and with as fine a stand OF
grain as you ever saw in any country.
The Rushford wagon, sold by Frank
Bros. Lewiston agency, is the best in
the market. Call at Fleming's and ex-
anime them when you 60 to Lewiston.
A number of visitors from Colfax and
other outside points will be here to par
ticipate in the Pioneer reunion festiv
tiles next Wednesday. All are invited
Money loaned on Real Estate. Pay
ment made when papers are signed
Unimproved decided land purchased
Highest price paid for County warrants
40 DANIEL FREw, Mt. Idaho.
Cattle buyers everywhere are hereb.
notified that they can buy 1000 head @
good beef steers in Idaho county. Cal
and see us soon, as we want to preserv
the range for stock cattle.
A CARD.-Notice is hereby given tha
there is not now and never has bee
any partnership existing between j. w
Parker and myself, and all representa-
tiops to the contrary are fraudulent AM
untrue. w. A. HALL.
Grangeville, 1. T., June 2, 1888.
Idaho county is the best watere
county on the Pacific coast. It has tw
great rivers, the Salmon and Clearwater
running through it, and more sma
streams running every which way tha
you could shake a stick at in week c
Sundays, and each of 'em with waite
power till you can't rest.
The Lake district has been infeste
with crickets which have done littl
damage of late, but since the farmer
, turned their hogs among 'em the nnl
sance has greatly abated. The attentio
of the Indians on the reservation is in
vted to the fact that fat crickets max
an excellent soup, and that they can &c
| all they want in the Lake district fo
the picking.
: n Since our last issue kind providenc
has blessed us with four inches of we
come rain. and now you can gambl
dollars to donghnuts that Camas prairi
will this year harvest more bushels o
| No. l wheat to the acre than any othe
| locality in America. This may loo