Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-03-02
Speed the plow.
Grass growing fast.
Trees are budding.
Time for spring rains.

| Grass growing fast.
Trees are budding.
Time for spring rains.
Il. +. Morris has money to loan.
its a dirty owl that fouls its own nest.
March marched In promptly on time.
Next week the +. P. enters the last
quarter of its second year. Time flies
Postmaster B. ok has been severely
under the weather FOR severalTdays.
The Pioneer association meets at Mt.
Idaho tomorrow. Saturday, at . P. NJ.
Idaho county stock-grower's associa-
ton meets at 10 A. NJ, at Mt. Idaho
tomorrow, Saturday.
Mrs. George .has bee n suffering in
tensely for the past two weeks with
erysipelas in the knee.
f. f. Jerome and c. v. Porter, the
horse buyer, arrived up from Lewiston
Saturday to remain few days.
MONEY To LOAN, on real estate, at low
rates of interest. Apply 10
j. II. FoRNEY, Mt. Idaho.
Bro. and sister George verv sincerely
thank the many friends Of Grangeville
for their kindness during their late
illness.
If everything goes as expected the
building of the Salmon river wagon
road will commence about this time
next year.
The Masonic fraternity on Camas
prairie are contemplating building
Masonic hall for the lodge at Mt. Idaho
this season.
& The 1,250 pound bell for the Catholic
church house on Cottonwood butte ar.
rived up last week and will soon be
placed in position.
The boys at the Cottonwood lyceum
measured swords Saturday evening on
the merits and dement's of protective
tariff.
J. II. Robinson and bro. 'Shumway
are organising grange in the Tam
many hollow neighborl1ood, back of
Lewiston.
Leo. Friedenrich returned from his
vacation to Portland Saturday looking
much improved by the trip and more
of dude than ever.
Palouse city is the boom town Of the
northwest at present, and for once the
boom has hit Il town which has large
natural resources to back it.
Roads on the prairie are in excellent
condition, but on the mountain the
frost is not all out of the ground, which
makes hard pulling in the soft spots.
Last Sunday was a royal day, warm
and balmy as May, and the ladies were
out in force enjoying TIA o exhilarating
pleasure of horseback riding in the
genial sunshine.
Aram & Havernick have sold the
old Hauser ranch, on the reservation
line north of town, TO Messrs. Burrows
d Bigelow, cattle men from the Snake
river country. Consideration, ST, 800.
Bananas and oranges have not been
grown on Camas prairie because no.
body ever tried to raise them, but if the
climate we have enjoyed of late is any
criterion, semi tropic fruits ought to
thrive here to perfection.
1t is desired to close the Foster mon
ument fund shortly and proceed with
the erection of the monument this
spring without further delay, and
those who desire to contribute are ear
nestly requested to do so at once.
Hull Rice has rented Mrs. Crea's
place and is busy putting in big crop.
He had plowed 1876 acres in February,
and SO fine was the weather that plow-
ing was carried on uniHterruptedly for
every day in the month. Where else
in the temperate zone can you equal
this for climate?
This has been the dullest winter ever
known on the prairie for social events.
Without amusement of some kind to
enliven the monotony of existence
there will soon not be energy enough
left here to kill bedbus. Amusement
is the salt which preserves the human
mind from rotting.
The sky was full OF sun dogs last Fri
day forenoon, which weather sharps
regard as an indication OF approaching
cold but it hasn't materialsed yet; all
weather signs fail in this climate, and
even muscular punion and the moss
on the sw / of "a mules tail-which are
infallible weather indicators elsewhere
ARE more often wron than right in
weat her changes hereabouts.
Miss Laura Hartman found very
rich gold quartz specimen in the creek
which runs through the pasture on her
fathers ranch six miles northwest OF
town the other day, and rich specimen