Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-08-23
MT. IDAHO DEPARTMENT.
What Is Going OF, la and 1bout
the COUnfU CAPITAL.

Cottonwood butte was visible from
here Sunday and Monday, for the first
time in many moons.
The forest fires have demoralized the
Melnor trail, and the packers report
more down timber than ever before.
Phelix Warren, wife and child, spent
Sunday night at the county seat and de-
parted for Lewiston next morning.
The Indian mission school buildings
are about completed, but it s not known
with certainty what disposition will be
made of them at present.
L. ]. Boston, the Lewiston dentist,
has been here for a week working on
the molars Of our residents, and giving
entire satisfaction in his work. He will
be in Grangevlle next week.
Rev. ]. w. Nelson, our new Presby-
terian pastor, halls from the Blue Nose
country, and is holding two services
every Sabbath to appreciative and
growing congregations. 1t is possible
that a permanent mission may be es-
tablislied here.
Editor Parker, of the Sunday school
organ, spent the Sabbath at Mt. Idaho,
and instead of attending church services
as such shining light ought to do,
he put in his time spinning yarns about
the scenes and incidents OF the consti-
tutional convention.
Forney thinks Norman Wiley has
more democratic symptoms, for n re-
publican, than any man in Idaho. The
boys speak well of their reception in
Warrens, and return with pleasant
memories of the camp and everybody
in it. They bagged three elk and bar.
MIR. l.. Lacoursie, of Spokane Falls,
who has been in the Elk city basin ex-
amining quartz mines for the past two
weeks returned Monday and speaks in
glowing terms of the quartz prospects in
that country. He left yesterday, es-
corted by Allan Baggs, to inspect the
Bullion mine.
Cal. Huddlestone has reached bed
rock on his Clearwater claim and got
iirst-rate prospects. The pump is now
in place and ten men are employed on
the claim, and we hope to hear of o
good cleanup pretty soon. The south
fork of Clearwater is the banner camp
this year-so McCready claims.
Mr. S. w. Smith, of the Buster mine,
in Elk city, has gone over the Ne2
Perce trail to Butte. and will probably
spend the winter there and return in
the spring with concentrating plant
to add to the Buster mill. The Buster
is fourteen foot bonanza, and will be
worth $4,000 the moment there is O
wagon road from the prairie to Elk city.
We learn from Messrs. Forney and
Weller who returned from Warrens
last Friday, that N. b. jenkins has
found good prospects on Secesh creek
at the mouth of Long gulch, and intends
to open the creek at that point. Mr.
jenkins has good judgment in placer
and it is safe proposition that he is'nt
working for glory or fun in undertaking
an enterprise of that magnitude
In August, 1873, Jack Manuel cached
a bottle Of gin behind pine tree south
of the Wire bridge. and On August s
1889, while camping with Weller, For.
ney and Holton, he found the bottle al
safe, but half evaporated. The contents
materially helped the horses up the
steep grade beyond the bridge. They
report Warrens improving, with numer.
ous prospectors in town. All regretted
the absence of the editor of the FREl
PRESS on July 4, as a royal reception
had been prepared in his honor.