Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-08-09

:. J. L,ng,ion fail-d to arrive IN Sat
utdsy last, being unsvoidably detaine,
on account of sirkness, hence the G. A
X. post was not org ,nzed ut that time
, Au"tl er meeting will he held on Sstur
day. August l7'h. at 2 O'Clock T.. m
when the post will be organized with.
out fail.
The mighty hunters who are now 50.
j'urning In the mountains have prom
's'''i to supply the FREE Pass with an
elk ham, hear claws, ETC., when they
return. The smoke il so thick in the
mountains we are under arprehensions
that bear could hardly he seen soon
enough TO get away from).
Parties hunting prairie chickens had
better he u little more careful Of the d.
rection they shoot or they will set them
selves into trouble. Mr.. Geo. Schmad.
eka Informs us that the stray shot have
crippled some Of his hogs and that on
Tuesday a ~hot took a match on, of the
fingers Of gentleman who WIS lighting
il at the time.
A party consisting Of Chas. Wood and
family. Mr. r. Shiss'rr, the Misses Susie
Shissler. Annie S,iss.er. s lie Miller
and Messrs. will r thw-ll. Frank Me.
Crane, Mix Ingram Harry Shi-sler and
George Shi-sler left Tuesday morning
"n pleasure trip I" Warm Springs
Payet'e Lakes and other points in the
mountains.
Julv- Weir recently decided that all
official acts done by jnsiires Of the
,esre of Aliurss county in what are now
the counliss of Elmnre and Logan, he.
tween the 7th lay of February. the date
when the hill creating the new counties
was passed. and 18th Of March. when
the counties were organized, are null
and void.
]. II. Cant and G. X. Moxley came
INT" town Tuesday morning riding their
bicycles. They left Lev iston Monday
and report a very pleasant ride. Tues
'~v afternoon they took run 10 Mt.
Idaho and In returning made the dis
lance in fifteen minutes. They left
here Wednesday morning for Craiv's
n,nuntnin. where they intended stayipp
until to-day. when they return to Lew
istnn.
There is hay famine In The Ceur
fAleDe and the prize Of cut grass has
gone mp like rocket. Thirty-seyen
dollars per ton WAS offered at the Jnu,-
ton for small lot aud respectfully de.
Filmed. Wallace has none md there IL
"niy ten bales left in Murray. The
rop will br very small At Horse Plains.
Mont, and elsewhere across the Bite,
Ro", ard none OF it can be purchased
NJ Thompson. Here IL "a chance for the
Big Bend and Palouse farmers TO coin
money. H'y will be more profitable
than grain.-Ex.
II. +. Morris, Who has jnat returned
f'"m N long business trip TO Dakota and
Montana. reports that the drnuth ex-
tends thr' u.hnut those territories. and
noriions OF them are even worse than
l ish". THE famous wheat belt aIonv
the R-'i river will raise nothing. Tue
only place seen here any crops will b.
harvested in that country was along in
the Gailatin and few other smnll val.
veys here they rely wholly on irries.
tion. Hay along the N. p. r. r. in
Montana now Is worth from twenty 10
thirty dollars per ton. where IL usually
sells at from fur to six dollars per ton.
While in I.esiston Saturday J. 8
Snesrer. the FRANKLIN Bros. and Alya
Fielis were gwen the ,le,rription of n
horse which had bren stolen from In.
livery sable Of Miller Bros, Of Gene.
see. on Tuesdsy of last week. On their
way home, about four mil,s this side OF
Lewiston, they came across the thief
riding the horse, The man gave the
name OF Fred Aldrige and said he wus
IN h's WY To Long valley from Spn-
kane Falls, where he claimed [, INV.
obtained the horse. Th.. Camas prairie
crowd kept him With them by promising
To show him thu s ,imon river trails and
lent word back 10 the sheriff at Lswi,-
ton. sho "veriook the party ut Spring
ranch aud arrested the man. One OF
ID" firm "f Miller Bros., happening to
be in Lew isron, came with the sheriff
aud fully identified the man an th,
same party to ~hom he hat hired the
horse tour days Def re for AN hour and
a half and who b ID forg ,ttrn To return
the same. Tue thief Was a yolinx fell
'"w. srrminyly about eighteen or nins-
zen years Of age.