Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-05-15

Geo. w. Morrison, of Lewiston, is O
the Prairie In the agricultural machin
interest.
Frank Wyatt arrived from Greeley
Colorado, during the week and is no,
on his Salmon river ranch.
The commissioners met in special ses
sion Tuesday and appointed Josh Fock
leras commissioner for district No. 8.
The citizens of Fairyiew will observ
Decoration Day They will meet a
Fairview school house at 10 o'clock a. m
Everybody is cordially invited to attend
There will be basket dinner.
Thomas K. Holmes, of Mt Idaho, ha
been summing himself on our streets
this week and recuperating from hi
late attack of sickness. He is conva
lescing rapidly and promises to weigh
200 pounds by July 4.
P. H. Ready and w. G. Pearson left
Wednesday for North Dakota. Mr.
Ready took two car loads of horses and
Pearson q Bibby like number. They
also took 1000 descriptive pamphlets
for distribution along the route.
The Spokane & Palouse railroad is go.
ing to run an kcursion from Spokane
to Lewiston as q formal opening of the
road. The Northern Pacific officials
have announced that they will sell tick
cts to Lewiston by July l.
The Exchange 70 saloon has new drink
on hand-sarsaparilla and iron-a spark
ling, effervescing, cooling non-ixtoxi-
cant tonic. 1t is in fact soda water
charged with sarsaparila and iron for
heslthful purposes and is very agree
able drink.
Down in the Chase neigkborhood q
few of the farmers tried the experiment
of burning the crickets with straw and
it succeeded admirably. There were
only five men to help. If there had
been more they could have destroyed
the pest in vast numbers.
The latest novelty is the new Charter
Oak stoves at G. G. Bunnell's. They
have the celebra ated GAUzE door for ovens.
Have you seen them? Call and examine.
No more burnt pie crust. No more
biscuits. Everything baked
TO turn by carefully distributed heat.
s. w. Smith arrived from San Fran
cisco on Mondays stage. He is await
ing the arrival of some freight from
Lewiston and on its arrival will take his
departure for Elk City and devote his
attention to bis mining interests in that
ramp. His partners from Butte will
Join him during the summer.
Mr.. Bell received several loads of
furniture this week, including some
patent combination kitchen tables that
are exceedingly " useful; also some new
designs in antique oak extension dining
room tables, and an elegant line OF
chairs. bed roo om sets and mattresses of
various kinds which he offers at very
ow prices. New goods constantly arriv-
ng. Give him call and examine his
stock when You come to town.
The crickets are growing apace and
'eem to be as thick as ever. They have
been lowering around Grangevile for
he past week, destroying gardens and
making raids into the country districts
where they do much damage in spots.
Down in the Chase settlement the far
ners quit blowing and will put in no
,rop for fear the crickets will take it all.
They are an unmitigated pest and all
lands are heartily cursing them.
s. w. Reynolds was in town Saturday
md confirmed the good news that sew
,ral of the cattle men on Salmon river
lad sold the r cattle. The price paid
vas S2S.5O for three-year-olds and $3.50
or four-year.olds. About 400 head will
'e delivered between now and the mid
lie of June, and this means that about
$4,000 will pc disbursed in these pur-
;hases on the river alone. Probably as
much more will be put in circulation on
account of cattle sold by parties on the
prairie. Overman and Surridge are the
buyers.
The Foster monument was brought
up from Lewiston last week by Frank
White and deposited at the grave on
The grade up Cottonwood butte. The
stone weighs 1900 pounds. 1t was too
heavy to load ON the wagon by hand,
30 the crate was put on truck, a gang
plank was rested on the wagon. and a
mule pulled it aboard. Freighting the
stone from Lewiston is Franks dona-
ton to the Foster monument fund, for
he and Foster we're fast friends and he
has taken great interest in the progress
of the monument fund. The boys at
the sawmi \ intend to put the stone in
position unless the Pioneers desire to
do it.
Bailey Chamberlain was here during
the week preparatory to starting for
Warrens tp open his butcher shop. He
has fifty head of cattle at French creek
waiting to be driven in, and he expects
to do larger business this summer than
he did last season, which was the larg-
est he ever did. He informed us that
the ledge had been struck on Gov. Will
ley's Knott mine, and that the quartz ID
best ever taken from the mine, which ia