Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-12-28
NO.
NO. 80.

The FREE Press is opposed to Govern.
or Stevenson's recommendation that
the ofhce of Commissioner of Immipra-
ton be appointed at salary of $1,000.
lhere are too many sinecures now and
1t is in order for some legislator to in
troduce bill abolishing the office Of
Attorney General, which draws 50 900 a
year from the territorial treasury.
Geo. Schma1eka. Sr., made a deaf
this week with NJ. ID. Green in which
Mr.. 5. gets one of Mr.. G.'s fine organs.
Let the instruments multiply, no coun-
try can have too much music. BY the
way, as ely as they have kept il, Mr..
Green's family are all musicaly inclined.
Mrs. Green being an instructor in voice
culture, thorough bass and harmony.
Evan Evans has built substantial
bridge on the new public highway at
his place on Crooks creek, and has
made very sensible piece Of work of it.
inc bridge has span of TWENTY-FIVE
ieet and was erected at his own cost on
MS petition for II change of road. If
everybody else took az much interest in
road matters as Mr.. Evans we would
soon have good roads on Camas prairie.
After long protracted chinook which
= u.
hrst snow of the season fell Sunday
morning to the depth of six inches and
since then the weather has cleared up
ana the nights are quite frosty. The
ground Will be in excellent condition to
absorb the moisture from the melting
snow when the next chinook comes
which will be enough to ensure a good
crop next year.
Judge Langford, of Walla Walla. has
decided, in a damage suit against the O.
IL. ~ N. Co. for killing a bull on the
rack, that the company was not liable
10 pay damages occurring because the
company had not fenced its track; that
under common law the owners of cattle
must keep them off the premises of 9TH
ers: in short that the owners of real es-
ate. even Of a railroad company. is not
'ound to fence against the depredations
of cattle, in the absence of a special
statute, The case will be appealed to
he Supreme Court.
The following are the officers elected
II the last meeting of the Grange to
'erve the ensuing year: Capt. James
Woodward, Master; w. S. M. Williams.
Jverseer; J. II. Robinson, Lecturer;
Miss Alice Crooks, Chaplain; J. +. Nc
Lean, Treasurer; Arthur A. Robinson,
secretary; John a. Pearson, Stewards;
Fred w: Pearson, Assist. Steward:
robert While, Gate-kpeper; Miss An
nie Wood, Pomona; Miss Annie Shiss-
er, Flora; Miss Lillian Robinson. Ceres:
Miss NJ. E. Robinson. Lady Assistant
steward; W. A. Hall, Trustee.
The printers are growing fat and sassy.
but they desire to return thanks all the
c,ame, to John Coram for the gift of
hne yonug duck. fat as butter and big as
4 turkey: The stuffing was also lovely,
ana hanked as 1T was with some succu.
ent spareribs contributed for the occa-
,ion oy our friends Henry Jones and
Datus Greene, it made a superb Christ
mas dinner which the boys epjoyed
hugely, SO much so that the Sunday
'chooi editor forgot to say grace, while
inc editor-ln-chief, who had rashly ac-
cepted several invitations to dine out on
that date, contented himself with dispo-
sing of only one bottle of claret In toast
ing the generous donors.
Bro. Leland complains that the popu-
lation of Idaho territory is only 46 600.
basing bis claim upon the vote cast for
delegate at the late election. As about
oO00 Mormon votes were disfranchised
and twice as manyGentiles by the in
lernal reglstratlonldw, we beg to assure
Bro Leland that he is off his bang, and
II he Will only crawl out of his shell and
take trip through the territory he will
see enough to convince him that we
have all of 100000 population. The way
to build up country is to point out it's
advantages and invite new corners to
settle among us, but Bro. Leland prefers
to depreciate both the resources and
population of our territory. Its a dity
bird that fouls it's own nest.