Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-05-29


rens last Monday.
j. w. Allen is at Lapwai engaged il
working on the railroad.
M. Cambridge is at Centralia, Wash
and will not return here till fall.
The mercury registered 9Oo in tn
shade along Salmon river last week.
c. B. Sanders moved to his Cotton
wood ranch and will go to farming thi
summer.
BoRN.-In Fairview precinct, thi
county, May %. 1891, to the wife of w
d. Perkins, son.
Lee Smith started to shear his bane
of sheep at the Davis ranch on thu
Point during the week.
John Clark's pack train came in Wed
nesday and loaded with freight for Sal
mon river points at A. & F's. store.
VIM. Morgan has lately put on a new
ferry beat at Shearer's Ferry. and the
old crossing is once more in full run
ming order.
All kinds of fruit trees on Camas prai.
rie that have attained to bearing age are
loaded with fruit. Nothing like it was
ever known since the first settlement OF
the country.
Miss Edith Clark returned from Lew
lston Saturday, having completed her
term as teacher in the public schools of
that place. She will teach across Clear
water this summer.
A. F. Parker left on Tuesday after
noon for Weiser City. He has business
interests demanding his attention in
Lewiston, Walla Walla and Weiser, and
will be absent for two weeks.
c. F. Brown is getting out building
material to erect sash and door shop
in this town. The shop will be built on
Fourth street, south of the Episcopal
church. and will be put up this summer
Tom Surridge brought in a bunch of
rye Wednesday which is between five
and six feet in height and has not near
ly attained it's growth. He says the Ell.
tire field stands as tall as the sample
brought us.
An eclipse of the sun is set for June
6. The eclipse will be visible and will
begin in the morning of June @, at
twenty.four minutes, thirty-four sec
onds past six o'clock and will last one
hour and fifty minutes.
Col. Beck started for Moscow yester-
day morning, where goes to muster in
another company of the Idaho National
Guard. The Col. will spend Memorial
day in Moscow. returning by way of
Genesee, where he will muster into the
service another company.
Mr. ]. N. Hosfurther, the Genesee
photographer, is at Cottonwood making
photos. He does frst-class work, giving
satisfaction in his line. He will remain
at Cottonwood until June 10 only, re-
turning then to Genesee. This is the
best chance you will have to get your
picture taken.
The secretary of war has made allot-
ments of money to various states and
territories for the arming and eauippipp
of militia, on basis of representation
in congress California gets S7,37I; Ida
ho, $2764; Montana. $2,764; Nevada,
S2,764; Oregon, S2,764; Washington,
S2,764 Arizona, $1,000.
The crop of fruit on Salmon river
promises to be simply enormous. Last
year scores of trees broke down with
their weight of fruit, and this year they
are more crowded than ever. An east
ern man would open his eyes in wide
amazement at the sight of our orchards
and the bearing capacity of the trees.
Lake Waha is already to the front
with an announcement of a grand cele-
bration at the Lake House on July a.
A platform will be built for dancing and
Mrs. Faunce will set one of her choice
dinners, for which she is famous. A
cordial invitation is extended to the
people of CAMS prairie and the noun
tain settlements to attend the celebra-
tion and have an enjoyable holiday
amid the sylvan scenery of that lovely
lake.
Nearly every day in the week one or
more parties pass through town with
their pack horses, bound for Elk City.
good many also take the other road
north Of Grsngeville. The Elk City ba-
sin will be pretty closely prcspected in
the next year or two. and if there is not
one or more big mining camps struck
in there, then we miss our guess. There
is already quartz enough in sight, when
developed, to make greater camp than
Butte, Montana, in its best days.
e. E. Holt arrived on the prairie the
first of the week from Salt Lake City on
a brief business visit. Mr.. Holt says
that Camas prairie is the most fertile
and beautiful spot he has seen on his
travels that while almost every other
section is beginning to show the effect OF
dry weather, our timely and copious
rains have kept vegetation of all kinds
growing luxuriantly. Mr.. Holt still
owns property on the prsirie and can be
relied on to say good word for Us
wherever he may go.