Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-06-14


tgation into MIR. Monteith's former
record as Indian agent, and we'll gam.
BILE dollars 10 doughnuts that his nom.
nation will ultimately be withdrawn.
The immigration to this prairie this
season is very heavy, and our streets are
filling up with new faces. A good many
filings on public lands are being sent
from this county To the Lewiston Office.
Craigs' mountain settlers will have a
celebration July 4th, at Riley Dix
on's. There will be a picnic during the
day and dance at highland everybody
is cordially invited to attend and have a
good time.
A. w. Talkington & Co. are receiving
loads and loads Of freight, which indi-
Gates rushing business at their Cotton
wood store. The members of the firm
are accommodating gentlemen and de-
serve to succeed.
Supervisor Blackburn has q force of
men employed on the road over the
mountain and from the county line To-
Lawyers canyon it Ia now in excellent
condition. Several new culverts and
bridges are being put in.
Won Berge & Co. have fitted up the
old Grangeville saloon building as a
summer beer hall and saloon. The
brewery will continue in its old quarters
on the hill. This makes three saloons
and brewery in our little town.
1t does us proud to commence our
fourth volume with the glad news that
The reservation Is TO be opened, because
II Is subject we have worked for in
congress and through the press of the
country for. 10, these many years.
TAKE NorIcR,-All persons indebted
to The undersigned, either by note or
book account will please make settle
ment on or before July /, 1889. or suit
will he instituted for collection.
June IL, 'S9. +. b. KING.
Messrs. Head and Pettibone two young
gentlemen from Scioto, H., arrived
here recently and may abide perma-
nenily, as they are delighted with the
country. They are excellent musicians,
and are already training with our brass
band orchestra.
The estate of Frank Hauber, deceased,
will be administered on In Lewiston by
the public administrator of Nez Perce
sand dollars worth of notes we're found
on him at his death. The estate rightly
belongs TO this county.
Mr.. Schmadeka coutemplates having
large well bored on his new addition
TO Town and erecting thereon a windmill
pnmp with sufficient hoisting capacity
10 furnish the town ample protection
against fire. A good idea, and one that
should be carried out without delay.
We saw Walter Gerbrich at Weiser
the other day and he considered him
. II aggrieved at an obituary item con-
cerning him which we published a few
weeks since. He ia rapidly recovering
from the gunshot wounds which enter
ed his groin and will soon be a well
man.
Grasahoppers and crickets are hatch
ing out In such numbers that fears are
entertained that they will eat up all the
drouth spares. Nature seems to be
double shooting our farmers this year,
while every other industry is similarly
affected, 40 that 1t is very plainly an off
year for CSmas prairie.
All parties knowing themselves in
dPhted tn the undersigned, will call aud
settle their accounts in some satisfactory
way within 60 days from the date of
this notice, thereby saving costs. All
book accounts must be squared up at
once. J. J MANUEL.
Dated Mt. Idaho, May 10. $50. soft
Brigham Young, of Elk city, visited
Grangeville this week for the first time
in three years. He has designed hy-
draulic churn which makes twenty-five
pounds Of butter an hour. Mr.. Dueber
made the churn from model. Mr..
Young milks twenty-five cows in Elk
city and supplies the camp with butter.
Mr.. Weeks left for Kansas last Satur-
day, and we regret to lose him. as his
aggressive and combative nature always
kept everybody on the alert and pre-
vented the moss from growing on the
shingles of our backs. He was few
wears ahead of Camas prairie, that is all,
and the FREE Press wishes him well
wherever he goes.
Mr.. Weller arrived home Monday
nj tht from New York city, where he
hal been TO bring back his aged father,
whom he left temporarily with his SIS
ter, Mrs. Fuld, at HALEY. While in
Gotham he advertised for and found the
relatives of Robt. Smith. of Lewiston,
who had been separated and lost to
each other for nearly forty years.
What with prasshoppers, drouth, fail
ure Of the placer mining season. the alb
sence of market for our products, and
last. bnt by no means least, the order to
remove our rattle from the reservation,
the outlook for the coming summer is
not very bright. But Camas prairie is
a good country, and it is here to stay,
and you will do we'll to stay with it.
1t is impossible for our cattlemen to
comply with the reservation order in
the time specified. 1t will take at least
six months to roundup and remove
everything on that great reservation.
The whole miserable business seems to
have been purposely made as offensive
and insulting TO the white men as pos
sihle, and If the order had been made
by anybody else but our beloved Uncle
sam we should advocate shooting the
top Of his ID head of.
Tn. 3. Beall and Arthur Williams. of
Lewiston, spent several days with us
this week. Mr.. Bis a son OF Gen. Beall,
of California, and he has been in the
Clearwater country since 1859, when he
visited this prairie on an Indian mission
on behalf of the government under
president Buchanan. when he succeeded
in establishing the first Indian agency
In the interior. Mr.. Williams formerly
owned a store at the Jackson bridge
crossing of the south fork of Clearwater,