Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-10-02

ETclutITlC0.
Betting and lace leather at Bnnnell's
J. S. McGsffee has flung away his
crutches and is a well man again.
The railroad committee hold a meet
ing to- o-morrow afternoon at 2 p. m.
The laborers employed on the state
road contracts have all come in and
been paid off.
Abe Harpster is down on a sick bed
on the south fork of Clear water, affiict-
ed with severe form of erysipelas.
VIM. Crandall was in town Monday
from the south fork of Clearwater,
where he has been prospecting all sum-
mer.
DIR. Bibby was across Clearwater twice
this week to attend on Jake Riebold's
boy, who has been afflicted with spasms,
The youngster is better now.
A subscription paper is circulating at
Mt. Idaho for the purpose of building a
new school house for the district. We
hear that enough has been already sub
scribed to erect handsome building.
I have 5000 pounds of onions and
cabbage for sale cheap in quantities to
suit. Leave orders at j. NJ. Auchin-
vole's, Grangeville, or send direct to o.
B. Howard, White Bird. Idaho. Inf
The Schmadeka building Is now as
suming shape and form, and its real di-
mensions are made apparent. 1t is the
largest structure in the county and fills
large gap in the business appearance
of our town.
Another equinoctial gale blew up
Monday night with series of squalls
and showers. and Tuesday morning the
hill tops south of town showed the first
snow of the season, half way down to
the timber line.
The remains of the late W. F. Ket-
tenbach. who died recenely at Indian
apolis, will arrive in Lewiston to NOR
row for final interment. The funeral
will be under the auspices of the
Knights of Pythias.
Bert Sherwin and H. Wax were
dumped out of road cart last Saturday
as they were driving around town, and
both sprained their ankles SO severely
that they had to be hauled back to town
in hack. Both are still sporting
crutches.
Teams are daily passing through Mt,
Idaho and taking the state road TO get
TO the timber, The worst pitch on the
entire road is the ascent of the hill back
of Mt Idaho, where the road has been
So cut up by hauling logs that teams are
compelled to leave the road and skir-
mish around it the best way they can.
VIM. Won Berge spent Sunday in town
end told us that his threshng outfit was
then at Sandy lngram's, working across
the Prairie that he had threshed H.
600 bushels in twelve days, and expect
ell to be kept running with the machine
until Christmas. All of which speaks
well for region that is seventy miles
from railroad.
The state wagon road is now an ac-
cepted fact. All the sections are com
pleted and paid for. The bridge alone
is unfinished, but everything is now in
readiness for the iron work. and NO
doubt that Ia already on the way. The
bridge itself is to be completed by De.
cember |, so the contractors have plenty
of time to finish their work.
We have received of late several en-
qnlries by mail concerning the price o.
residence and business property in thi,
town. and those who have this class O
property to sell should place it in ou
hands without loss of time. There il
also growing enquiry for farm lands
with and without i'm provements, and al
parties who want to sell land shouls
lose no time in listing il on the books o
the FRKE Press real estate bureau. W hict
is headquarters for land buyers in Ida
no county.
Grant Benedict returned from Mos
COW last Friday where he had beer
with band Of fifty-four horses belong
ing to his mother and Tom Aram which
they had shipped over the Northern Pa
cific to North Dakota Grant says Cam
as Prairie is away ahead of the Palous
country in everything. and that Moscov
ia the only town worth shucks. He say
water is so scarce at UBiontown that tn
livery stable men would not even Civ
his horses a drink and he had difficult
in getting enough to quench his owl
thirst. He says the ranchers hi'cI
three horses to their header wagons, an,
he saw several capsises and runaways a
they followed headers around the stee
hillsides which they call farms In th
Palouse region.