Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-09-05
QUE WEEKLY ROUND UP.

We take wood On subscription.
Betting and lace leather at Bunneu's.
Much wheat passes through town dali
iy en- route to the flour mill.
The population of the state of WASH
ington in round numbers is $4,000.
The Touring mill started up Tuesday
morning and will run steadily awhile.
Rev. Maxey went to Dayton last week
to attend conference, and returned
Wednesday.
The census has exposed the fact that
the Oregon republicans have been stuff
ing the ballot boxes.
VIII Rothwell has moved into the
Gordon premises 90 reside, and also
subscribed for the FREE Press.
All the tariff you want for revenue
only but not cent for protection.
That's how the lDAHo FREE PREssstands
on the tariff question.
Prof T. IL Hughes. of Grangeville.
). B. Thompson, farmer on the
Point, and !. J.. Miller, of Cottonwood
have subscribed for the +. P. since the
last issue.
Five hundred and forty-nine bushels
81 wheat were harvested from sixteen
acres on D. l. Green es old ranch four
Hes north OF town, and much was
wasted in threshing THIS is an aver
age OF nearly thirty Eve bushels.
The harvest on Camas Prairie this
year has merit not often possessed
hat of being better than the best esti-
mates made before harvest commenced.
a number of farmers endorse The state
ment. Well, We all can stand it,
Arthur Warden was a caller Monday
and paid IN advance f4f the county
newspaper. He is running with the
Benson train this summer, and it seems
as though the packers are the only peo-
pie among us who have any money
at all this year.
Last Saturday it clouded up very dark
and the wind blew and the duet flew.
but towards evening the refreshing rain
came down IL great abundance, and
since then the atmosphere has been
clear and cool, and summer busters can
40" be laid away till next July.
Messrs. Thanhauser and Oberdorfer.
two of the best known and popular bows
on the road, spent the Sabbath here.
The Jersey House is getting to be pretty
well known on the outside as the best
hotel in the inside country, and so the
drummers visit us more frequently.
John K. Byron made the editor han
py Monday with six dollars worth of
bright gold dust from his claim on the
south fork OF Clearwater, to be applied
to his subscription account johnny is
one of the old stand-bvs ofthe +. p
and towards all such we have a mighty
friendly feeling.
Ten of the leading republican papers
of Kansas have repadiated the high
protective tariff heresy on the ground
that it robs the west to enrich the blue-
belly manufacturers of the New England
states. The Kansas senators. Ingalls
and Plumb, are also voting with the
democrats in the senate to defeat the
odious Mckinley bill
Col. F. ]. Parker returned rather nm
eXpectedly from his santarium near
Iaquina Bay yesterday. Since his recent
mishap near Elk City he has suffered
considerably, and is still unable to move
about any length of time during the day.
His physicians state that very probably
he will limp through the balance of his
life.-Walla Walla Statesman.
The F. 2. has its enemies, of course.
| but on the other hand it has as big n
| bunch ofthe best and warmest friends a
country newspaper could wish to have.
and scarcely a day passes that the print
| shop is not remembered with some sub
stantial token Of garden produce. ETC..
all of which are doubly acceptable in
| these hard times, when the cash receipts
don't pay the cost of the white paper
used in the office. The man or news.
paper without friends is indeed to be
pitied.