Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-04-25
OUR WEEKLY ROUND UP.

Grass is growing fast.
May will soon be here.
We print bill and letter heads.
The prairie is lovely as a picture.
Monday is Arbor day-a legal holiday
lfyou want seed barley call on Johr
Coram.
Odd Fellows anniversary ball thi.
evening.
Illinois is shipping horses to the Flu.
get S,uod country.
The Bowman saw mill south of town
started saving Monday.
Mrs. L. C. Arnold will open school in
district No. Is, on May l2.
George Schmadeka has a limited
amount of seed wheat for sale.
kamiah sqwaws were selling salm on
and trout on our streets this week.
l. d. Lyons was over from Rustic last
Saturday and subscribed for the county
paper.
The dependent pension bill was de-
feated In the house of Representatives
last week by vote of l69 to 81.
Mr.. II. Brady was in from the coun-
try last week and renewed his subscrip-
ton to the Idaho county ne~sgiver.
Ed. Brooks pulled out for Warreps
last Saturday, where he has extensive
mining interests in quartz and placer.
We take jurors certificate aud county
warrants at their full face value in paw
ment OF subscriptions and advertising.
The statehood bill hangs fire in the
senate-as we all along expected. The
statehood men can blame the Test Oath
for the delay.
The stores are entirely out of canned
vegetables and other produce. Why not
raise it at home and stop the needless
expense of importation.
A number from the south fork of the
Clearwater were in town purchasing
supplies during the week and the stores
were busy in consequence.
Mrs. B. F. Davis sent us last week a
sample of her short-horn butter which
was truly excellent and would have ta-
ken prize in any competition.
Idaho may become a state without a
groan, but she will groan later on. and
the politicians pulling the wires well
know it.-Hailey Ne,os-Miner.
Farming and mining implements.
hardware, tinware, and thousa nd and
one other things too numerous to mem
tion. at c. G. Bupnelrs. Lewiston.
Stock breeders who want the best
kind of posters. cards and circulars
should call at this office. Our facilities
Tor doing such work are unsurpassed.
The boundaries of nearly all the road
districts are described in the commits
sioners proceedings. and as you NAV be
supervisor some day you should pre-
serve the paper for future reference
l am prepared to supply the people
OF Camas prairie with Tropical and Do
mestic fruits in season, and at short
notice, to anyone who will intrust me
with an order.
4-36if f. TIxIER. Iewisto,
Hon. Phil Cleary was up from John
Day during court dancing attendance on
the Warden suit in which he in "A de.
fendant. He reports plenty of good
grass, fat cattle and growing vegetables
along the river.
The nation mourns the death of
Samuel jackson Randall. He died on
Sunday morning, April 18th. For 81
, t,Onn-
try in Congress. The Democrats lose n
noble leader in his death.
The ball supper to night will eclipse
all previous efforts of the jersey House
in that direction. Friend Edwards |
belongs to the fraternity himself and is
bound TO give the brethren and their |
guests the best he has in the house.
The Shissler saw-mill at Rustic will |
start up next Monday, with 800, 200 feet
OF logs on the grade to work on. TLey
haye Reservoir we'll now, with % feet Of |
water in 1t, so there will be no stoppape |
hereafter on account of scarcity of water.
John Kent. Chris Ennis and VIM.
kirkman shipped a train load of cattle.
hogs and sheep to Sound points this |
morning. The train consisted of fifteen |
cars. They receive 81 cents for cattle |
and cents for hogs--a good price,
Walla Walla Statesman.
The John Day ferry boat is rupnipp
again. Only the guy ropes broke. Hum |
dreds of head of cattle have been crossed
there without accident, but in this case
they were very large and fractious steers
and by stampeding into one corner dur
ing the transfer caused the capsze.
Up in Ceur d'Alene the minino
newspapers are bowling for free trade
In mining machinery, and for a high
protective tariff on imported lead. This |
Is double shooting the tariff. with a
vengeance. Those people evidently want
to bunco somebody with a sure thing
game.
We have to congratulate the patrons of
the school in district No. 81 upon their
success in securing NJ. l.. Butler to teach
their school for the coming season. Mr..
Butler is graduate of New York Uni
versity, and having been engaged in
in the public schools of this
county since 80 he needs no eulogy
from us.
Judge Sweet received a letter from
delegate Dubois Sunday stating that the
right of way bill for the Northern Pa
cific railroad across the Nez Perce res
ervaiion bad passed the senate. We
published the fact its passage through
the house last week. Wonder why the
wagon road bill can't be rushed throueh
as well as private and corporate legis-