Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-08-03
NO. 8.

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tein and wife, Phoebe Binnard, A. BEN
son and son and DIN Greenburg re-
turned from Warrens Thursday. They
went on through the same day.
Mr.. Aram's ranch produced this wear
the heaviest crop of hay ever raised on
the home place south of town, which il
generally conceded to be the best and
most highly productive hay ranch on
Camas prairie.
A private letter to the editor from a
senator in Washington says that annex
alton will be beaten in the senate by
nine majority, and Culom's substitute
for Stewards admission bill will be
passed unanimously.
VIM. M. Freeman, the travelling agent
of the Lewiston nursery, has been in
this vicinity for the past week and will
make thorough canvass of the prairie
and Salmon river country. Reserve
your orders for him.
DIR. McCalie will visit Cottonwood
House every Wednesday-oliic hours
there from 8 a. m. to p. m.-Mondava,
Tuesdays. Thursdays, Fridays and Sat-
urdays you will find him in his office at
Grangeville. 2 J. II. McCALLIE.
n COMPANY VI IdllfOtu SURVEYORS HT-
rived at Lewiston on SUNDAYS boat and
proceeded up Potlach creek next day.
and are still camped near the reserva-
ton line. They are o. Il. & N. people
and are very reticent as to their inten-
tions.
AS many of our patrons are in arrears
on subscription and advertising account
for the two years during which the
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upon a settlement. We desire to inn
prove the paper, and in order to do so
those who owe US must settle.
T. Levy was having picnic last week
pedding goods without license, but
it coming to the ears of Sheriff Talking
ton he made him pungle out S2l. Levy
was swearing vengeance, but he will
have to sell pile of goods "below COST
to get even with Idaho county.
Messrs Weller and Wax paid Lewis.
ton a hasty visit last week to buy goods
from drummers who were visiting there.
This firm carry very heavy stocks of
goods at their Grangevlle and Mt.
Idaho stores, and they say truly that If
they don't have the goods they can't
sell them.
A summer thunderstorm gathered up
Tuesday night and for while the wind
blew hard and the rain fell in torrents.
The following morning we were treated
to another heavy rain, since which time
the sky has cleared and it looks as
though the farmers can now harvest
their hay without fear Of further mois-
ture.
Fred Cook, of Lewiston, has leased
the Slate creek companv's mining claim
on Salmon river and is now on the spot
cleaning the ditch and preparing the
claim for what we hope will prove
prosperous run. He has the option of
purchasing the claim and contemplates
doing so if the results of tho seasons
work are favorable.
The sum of 81 ,020 has been voluntar-
lily subscribed by the citizens of Camas
prairie towards paying off the debt
which has so long been an incubus upon
the e. r. G. academy at this place.
Enough lumber has also been subscribed
to fence the lot and lay sidewalk from
town, and Messrs. Schmadeka and Aram
have donated trees with which to plant
the property when it is enclosed.
On Friday, Justice Van Brunt, of New
York, granted a temporary Injunction
restraining the o. r. & N. Co. from
building branch lines and doing other
acts which are objected to by certain
stockholders. This stops work on all
the branches being built. and on the Ri
paria bridge. Aug. 2 was set as the day
on which the company shall show cause
why the injunction should not be made
permanent.
]. H. Forney and the editor returned
from Spokane Falls yesterday, where
they interviewed several railroad mag.
mates concerning the extension of rail-
roads to Camas prairie. The replies they
received were always to the effect that
this country will receive attention in
due time, but that at present their hands
are full in completing the system Of
branches which they are building in the
Palouse. Big Bend and C9ur d'Alene
countries. 1t is pretty generally con-
ceeded that the Clearwater basin will
have the next railroad boom.
We met Judge Logan in Murray. and
the people there speak very highly of
his decision, ability and iinpartiality in
conducting court, which they claim has
already saved their county several
thousand dollars of expense in the
promptness with which he decides cases,
and in the manner in which he chokes
off the lawyers who have been accus-
toned to occupy whole days in long
winded arguments on drearv motions
and pettifogging technicalities. Under
the new administration the counties Of
this judicial district will soon be able to
pay off their county Indebtedness, which
has in great part been accumulated by
the dilatory terms of court in which
justice has been administered.