Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-05-03
NO. At.
Mount Idaho Memorandum.

"> Aee'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
" Mrs. Wallace Scott and nephew ara
q expected back from Illinois towards The
latter end of May.
j. j. Manuel has recovered from bis
recent illness and is attending to busi.
% ness at the old stand.
Treasurer Bower is posting I'D the a.
: sessment roll as fast as the assessor
rounds-up the statements.
Two car loads of barb wire lust re.
ceived direct from the manufactory at
Vollmer & Scotts, Mt. Idaho. so
Mr. Browns sawmill will commence
cutting lumber as soon as the mountain
road is solid enough to haul logs.
Neighbor Brown started Sunday with
load of freight for his Salmon river
store. where he reports good business.
Mrs. Kel]inger, of Spokane Falls :.
visiting the family of her brother. WN.
Knox, for vacation ofseveral weeke.
Miss McBeth returned last Fridav
from. visit to Moscow, where she had
been attending the presbytery Of Idaho.
| Work on the new Masonic hall and
indian school and boarding house
buildings will be commenced as soon "A
the lumber can be got out.
Rev. Maxey preached an interestinv
sermon at the Court house last Sabbath
evening to large congregation. who
appreciate the monthly service.
The orchards around Mt. Idaho ara
nseraiIy bending beneath their weight
OF blossoms aud they will surely have to
be well braced to support the anticins.
ted harvest of fruit.
Several Drospectors from the Weiser
side camped in the timber above town
Sunday night, and after prospecting on
the south fork of Clearwater for awhile.
tthey VIII proceed to Warrens over the
Melnor trail. We did not learn the
names of the parties.
Hon. L. S. Weller left for New York
city Yesterday. and will return with his
aged father and place him temporarily
In the care OF his sister, Mrs. Leon
tnld, OF HALEY, and after visit there
tne old gentleman will come to Mt.
Idaho to stay for keeps.
Messrs. Frew and Forney are WORKING
steadily on their abstract books and will
soon nave complete abstract of title
10 AL the decided land that is of record
~ the county. Mr.. Frew is an adept at
mat class of work, and would rather
study an arithmetical problem than eat
4 square meal.
Ihe Mt. Idaho post Office handles n
amount of mail matter, as IL
8 the distributing Office for all the in.
'ide country. and Matt Truscott, the
senial and efficient post master, is the
hardest worked m in the postal ser.
nee IN proportion to pay received. The
money order business is also very large
ma constantly growing, both in the Mt.
IDAHO and Grangeville offices.
MIR. JAS Odle has planted on his fine
amen some flax seed sent up by our big
'rother at Walla Walla, the product Of
vhich is said to be worth $120 per ton
or the hoer alone. If the experiments
hows that our soil and climate are a.
,,apted to the successful cultivation OF
lax for fiber, a new Industry will ha
here which should nrove
ource of revenue to our farmers.
Mr. Forney's law library numbers
leariy 5OO volumes, and more coming
III the time. good lawyer needs
ood law library. and Mr.. Forney has
ne contents OF his at his finger ends, as
ious manner in which he knocked ont
n the very first round the legal lumina-
les who conducted the plaintiffs case
n the damage suit of Warden VS.. Witt.
t. al, dismissed during last weeks
erm of district court.
MIR. j. S. Rohrer and Dennis O'Sbea
uoscribed for this great moral organ
ast Sabbath, and Jas. Russell also Or
cred it sent to his mother at Roches-
or, Sangamon county, Illinois. Our
ood friend, JEFF Rhoads, also sends one
convert his brother. a real estate a.
ent at Oaksdale. w. T., from the error
I MS ways. The F. P. has no better
riends than the people in and aronnd
1t. Idaho, and if the other precincts
ave US equally liberal support we could
hord q to publish far better paper than
he +. T. ofto-day.