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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28
Back From North Dakota.

Geo. d. Smith returned from Grand
Forks. North Dakota, Saturday, and
stopped in town long enough to say that
he had disposed of his good horses at
fair figures, but he had almost to give
the poorer ones away. That market is
getting pretty we'll overstocked, and he
says the coming country for horses is
across the line in Manitoba. but he ad-
vises people who ship horses there to be
sure of what they are doing before they
take the stock in, as they are liable to
be confiscated for custom dues, tariff
taxes, and lot of little expenses which
the custom house officials will saddle
them with II they are given half an op-
portunity. George says that he never
saw wheat until he went back tb ere and
saw hundreds of townships all planted
to wheat, the ground as level as floor
and never fence in all the country and
the only way to drive horses he says is
to start in the evening and keep going
all night, otherwise the farmers demand
damages If the horses tramp their grair
down. Every little railroad station hal
J its six or eight-story wheat elevator
while in the towns there are from ter
to twenty. The country is settled al
most exclusively by Scandinavians. ant
George says that II you call them Han.
son. swenson. or Ole Oleson. you are
bound to call them by their right names
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28
Railroad at Ldpicdi.

1t is reported from Lewis
ton that the Northern Pacific
branch will be extended to
Lapwai Immediately, and that
the Indians have been already
paid for the right of-way to
that point. If the report is
true, there ought to be a whole
lot of wheat hauled from
Camas Prairie to Lapwai for
shipment over the railroad,
and there ought to be a good
opening for somebody to open
a warehouse and shipping
agency at that point. 1t is a
down-hill grade all the way,
and only fifty miles from the
most distant part of Camas
Prairie. Surprising quanti-
ties of wheat would be shipped
from Lapwai which will not
pay to haul to Lewiston.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28
A Fatal Accident.

On Tuesday afternoon Arthur G. Boyd
was instantly killed by his horse falling
on him. He and Earl Mclean were out
in the field riding their horses and were
preparing to quit when Arthur returned
to tantalise stallion which was pastur-
ing there. The stallion was somewhat
playful and in the habit Of charging
forward, as If to fight, and In the pres
ent case the animal repeated the same
tactics. by advancing upon Arthur, who
tried to escape by wheeling around
but the movement was too sharp and
sudden for in swerying Arthur was un-
seated and the horse stumbled and fell
on his PROSTATE body, breaking his
neck 80 that he died instantly. No
blame attaches to anyone. The acci-
dent is one of those fatalities to which
the human race are subject without q
moments warning. Arthur c. Boyd
was aged l3 years. 2 months and days.
and he was very bright. intelligent
and exceedingly affectionate boy. This
is the second child Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd
have lost since their location among us,
their daughter Ollie having died last
February. The community sympathi-
sis deeply with them in the loss of their
children.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28
How High is This for Cattle I

Last week Mr.. A. M. Robinson bought
the Thomas band of cattle ranging in
the forks of Salmon and Snake rivers.
The band embraces about 800 head.
The following is the price at which they
were purchased:
Four-year-old steers $35 per head.
Three-year-old steers $33 per head.
Two-year-old steers $25 per head.
Dry cows $25 per head.
Cows and calves $50.
Yearlings $l4.
Two.year-old heifers $40.
These are the highest figures obtained
for cattle in this county for several
years.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28

The McCready Bros. are
making a shipment of 500 lbs
of ore from their Black Bear
mine on French Creek, in Elk
City district, to the Tacoma
smelling works, to ascertain
the average value and nature
of their ore. The ore shows
considerable free gold in spots
and the boys made a promiscu-
Gus shipment of the good, bad
and Indifferent ore on the
dump in order to get the ave-
rage value of the whole. They
are considered to have a good
property in the Black Bear.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28
Go to Aram & Auchinvole for machine

Go to Aram & Auchinvole for machine
oil.
X. W. White has gone to Elk on bus
iness.
Congressman Sweet has gone to
Washington.
We are having the hottest weather OF
season at present.
A fruit wagon was up from Lewiston
during the week.
Hanson, the photographer, leaves for
Salmon river Monday.
Aram Il Sons sell the celebrated Dick
ey Farm Fan for $35.
Jim Welch, of Cottonw ood, is back
from the Great Northern.
For letter heads, bill heads, envelopes
and stationary call at this Office.
Old type for sale at the printing Office
Superior to Babbit metal. Try it.
]. II. Forney arrived from Moscow
last evening and will remain month.
A. Binnard and wife are up from Lew
iston visiting their daughter, Mrs. Wax.
Fairview Farmers Alliance hold a
special meeting ON Saturday. August 90,
at Z IN.
Squaws have been peddling cholera
morbus, in the form of water melons,
this week.
Services at Grangeville next Sunday
at IL a. m. and at Mt. Idaho at 8 p. m.
A. MAxRY.
Our correspondents all missed this
week, presumably on account of harvest
being in full blast.
You can subscribe for the Twice-a.
week st. Louis Republic through the
+. T. agency. Only one dollar year.
George Alkire came up from the river
Saturday in search of good health, and
our cool atmosphere is already restoring
him.
Mizpah lodge No. IL, d. of R., gave a
social dance and supper to few of their
friends last Friday night, which was a
pleasant occasion.
The bakery building has been moved
into the street and carpenters are busy
framing the timbers of Schmadeka's
large building.
A. M. Robinson shipped 20 cars of
steers from here Tuesday night, six of
which 60 to Seattle and IA to the Chica-
60 market.-Uniontown Journal.
Ii you want to sell or buy q ranch
rent house, or leave your property for
while in safe and responsible hands,
call at the FREE PRESS land Office and
you can be satisfied.
The people along the Weiser river are
much excited over the recent quartz dis
covery at Crooks corral, and considera-
BILE development work will be done on
the claims this fall by parties from that
side.
Among the new professional adver-
tisements in the paper is that DR.. ]. w.
Turner of Cottonwood. The DR.. is a
pleasant, agreeable gentleman, thor
oughly qualified in his profession, w hich,
by strict attention to business, he 10 rap
idly building up.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28

Geo. Carlin returned Tues
day from a trip through the
Sawtooth range, taking in the
Sheep Mountain, Seafoam and
Challis camps, in Custer coun-
ty, and finally brought up in
Salmon City. From there he
crossed the Salmon into the
Bitter Root country. He found
mineral at frequent intervals,
but the locations that suit him
best are on the Elk City trail,
forty miles from here.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28

The best ore we have yet
seen from Deadwood mountain
was brought in yesterday by
A. Mcleod from his Gold Me-
dal ledge. 1t carries more iron
than the general run of ore in
that neighborhood, but shows
free gold more plainly. That
mountain will make a big stir
some of these days.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28
$500 PER YEAR.
Idaho at the Worlds Fair.

Hon. J. r. DeLamar, Idaho's Worlds
Fair com missioner. has been in Chicago
for several days attending to the selec-
ton of site for the state building.
That he was successful in obtaining ev-
cry possible advantage is evident from
the fact that the board of control order
ed that the tier of buildings east of the
grand entrance in the north should be
rearranged so as to give more space to
Montana and Idaho.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28
To Whom II May Concern.

All parties knowing themselves in
debted to the undersigned, either on
newspaper or other account. are request
ed and expected to make settlement in
full on or before January 1. 1892, at
which date all unsettled bills will be
placed in the hands of an attorney for
collection by legal process.
A. F. PARKER.
Grangeville, Aug. 27, 1891.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28

A lot of new mining deeds
specially prepared to conform
to the state laws have just been
printed at the F. P. Office, and
are kept for sale.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28
Genesee Recorder

Buyers were offering 20 cents for
wheat in Genesee yesterday, so we were
told by several farmers.
John Schultz, Of this place. has moved
with his family to Camas Prairie to
make his home in the future.
Messrs. Koelzer and Stracker have
contracted to bore the artesian we'll for
the town of Genesee.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28
The Crooks Corral Country.

From all reports the discov-
cries of quartz recently made
in the Crooks Corral neigh
borhood are rich and exten-
sive enough to make a good
camp. The ores are almost ex-
clusively gold bearing, as far
as the lodges are at present
developed, but it is probable
that they will prove to be con-
centrating propositions as
depth is attained on the lodes
The ledge matter is decom posed
porphyry quartz containing
free gold in considerable guam
titles in very fine colors. Gold
is invariably found by crush
ing in a mortar and washing,
and a value of $3.50 per ton
has been found in the ore by
this simple assay process. This
quartz pleases our eye much
more than any quartz we have
ever seen from that mineral
belt. The beauty of this par
ticular camp is the fact that
the assay tests show such a
large per centage of free gold
in the ore that it can be work.
ed nearly up to its assay value
by the simple and economical
process of milling and catching
the gold on the battery plates.
The assays also return far less
proportion of silver and other
minerals in combination than
we have ever known before in
our experience of Idaho ores.
Iron, in some form is certain to
appear as depth is attained,
which will ultimately involve
roasting and concentration.
Crooks Corral is on the
summit of a high mountain
between the Snake and Sal
mon rivers. These great rivers
run parallel with each other
only seven miles apart. The
mountain is the intervening
barrier, and it's elevation above
the river levels is fully $500
feet. The distance from Sal
mon river to Snake river over
the mountain is only seven
miles. The Salmon river slope
is quite gradual, and a wagon
can be driven from that side,
nearly to the Corral itself.
The Snake river slope is more
precipitous. The summit and
sides Of the mountain above
the hot, arid regions next to
the rivers, are covered with
the finest timber, and both
slopes are we'll watered by nu-
merous creeks and very large
flowing springs. We know OF
no region where such facilities
for deep mining exist, and we
feel assured that a good camp
will soon be established there
Since the foregoing was ir
type we learn that a party O.
prospectors, who were bound
for Elk City, but who decided
to take a look at the Crooks
Corral country first, have made
some very rich discoveries O
quartz similar to that fount
before, and are highly pleased
with their prospects. Some o
the ore was panned at Free
dom and yielded ten cents O
gold from a pound of rock
The indications are more ia
vorable than ever for a goot
and permanent camp to be es
tablished there. The boys ar,
hard at work developing thei
claims, and the settlers alon,
Salmon river assure us tina
they frequently hear the blast
as they are fired. The distric
is 80 miles from Grangeville
over a good trail, and the tril
lo1f~ L.,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28

A fine view of the Lake and
drilling-grounds of the hostile
Indians in the Nez Perce war
of 1877 has been taken by Mr..
Hanson. 1t will form the first
of the series of pictures he is
takingof the historical places
in Idaho county.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28
Patenting Mining Claims.

There is altogether too much indiffer-
ence displayed by claim owners with
regard to securing patents to their
mining claims. Much litigation Ia fire.
quently avoided by the presence Of .
patent, and it is always well for the
prospector who is developing claim to
have such a title for his property that
neighboring developments in after time
will not disturb it. A patented claim
can frequently be sold when any other
claim would not be looked at. A Ceur-
d'Alene contemporary gives the follow
ing figures as the cost offs patent, which
are, however, unde er-estimated for Idaho
county, where the cost of some items
would probably exceed this estimate:
| Order for survey. ...... .-..-.$ so 90
Official survey........ lOO W
Surveyors assistance..-.... -....... 10 90
Land Office filing fees..-... 10 90
Newspaper publication......- -...... Is 90
Certified copies of location, etc...... 10 90
Attorneys fees.---.. ........ 30 O0
Cost Of land at $5 per acre........ los 90
| lOthi.....s..s s........ ....... ...sss@ ofo w
|
Ouarfx Jncafiou poticaa at this o{4{aa
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28
TOWN AND COUNTRY NEWS

Do you want Seasonable Hai7
Do you want a well-fitting Shoe?
Do you want a Stylish Dress Pattern?
Do you want a Fashionable Necktie2
Do you want a Nobby Suit OF Clothes?
At lowest prices; call on Alexander &
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28

The Fairview Farmers Club
meets tomorrow, Saturday,
and the Elk City wagon road
is, we are told, to be the topic
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28

Wheat is selling at Lewis
ton at 70 cents per bushel.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-08-28

Quartz location notices at this office.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-03
Chinese In California.

Notwithstanding the Chinese ex-
clusion act, the Chinese population of
California ut this time numbers 7t,6S1,
showing that there has been a very
slight decrease within the past ten
years. Many Of the Chinese residents
OF the state have returned to their
native country within these years, and
many have left California for other
states. There has been no increase Of
the Chinese population through the
birth of children, rs but very few
Chinese women have ever been brought
to this country. There need be no
doubt, says the New York Sun, that
Cinnamon reach California from British
Columbia, to which they take passage
from Hong Kong. The federal govern
mcnt is trying to put stop to this mi
grafton, which goes on in violation of
the exclusion act and it is reported
that letter on the subject was recent
~ sent to the British Canadian customs
department, which replied that it had
no power to interfere with the move
ments Of Cinnamon who arrive in
Canada and pay the poll tax. 1t is only
by the vigorous enforcement OF the ex-
cusion act along the whole line of the
Canadian border that the influx Of
Cinnamon to this country can be pre-
vented. H
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-03
DUEL WITH A DEER.
A Massachusetts Hunter Meets with
Surprise.


A Massachusetts Hunter Meets with
Surprise
1t isn't often that a healthy Maine
deer gives up one horn, keeps the other,
and fights a duel with q hunter, says the
Bangor News, but IL 80 happened re-
Gently. A gentleman named West OF
Lynn, Mass was hunting in kingsbury
and came ant upon Thorn brook, whore
he paused 10 rest. All at once he beheid
noble-looking deer stalk out upon the
brow of tho Hill above him. lie let
drive one barrel and the deer fell,
Hastily he scrambled up to examine his
prize and found to his grief that he had
shot ono handsome horn oil close to the
animals head, The deer was apparent
| ly dead. Half in reverie he lifted the
horn back upon the doors head in order
to see how the animal would look when
intact To his amazemcnt the deer
sprang to his feet and, thoroughly mad
dened, pitched into his assailanJ with
all the fury Of an animal at bay Mr.
West, retaining the Disconnected horn
In his hand, commenced 10 balabor the
animal, and the battle ragged luriouSly'
In the heat of the melee both tumbled
PUNK into tho brook, and this ended
tho conflict The deer swan for ono
bank, while Mr. West clambcrcd out
upon the opposite, wet scared and mad
clear through His clolbos were torn,
and he received eayarGl painful bruises,
but hung TO tho bora. lie carried the
trophy back to hynn wtta him and lett
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-03

m,. nlcauon was interrupted IN the as
trict by the invasion, whereupon Marie
Biard carried the letters herself every
night during period Of two months
over distance Of about twenty-five
miles. delivering them at various vii
lagos between Dieppe and Rouen.
The enterprise was full Of pain and
peril. The snow lay thicSly on the
roads and fields, the German patrols
were everywhere, and in order to avoid
them the girl was frequently Obliged
either to make long circuits or to lie hld
for hours in wood. She was arrested
three times by the enemy, but succeeded
in escaping on each occasion. After tho
war the Government offered to promote
Mario Biard, but she preferred foreman
with her aunt. She died from rheuma-
tism, contracted during her pcrilous
nocturnal expeditions at the timo OF the
/
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-03
Nav NIinnn,n rrnn-

An ingenious inventor has come to the
relief of fishermen lately, by producing
a minnow trap that is hard to boat. First
of all it is wholly composed Of transpar-
emit colorless glass, and is in shape much
like big cartridge, with pointed bull
let in it. 1t is about two and ono-half
feet long, and as big around as . mans
leg above the knoe. 1T is hollow, of
course, and what would be the fat end
of the cartridge is punched in, like tho
bottom of glass bottle and there is
small round hole in theapex of the como
thus made. The other and the pointed
end of the trap is fitted with q little
sliding door, This big glass cartridge is
intended to be set on it's side in tho bot
tom of brook where minnows abound.
The cautious ones soon become aceus-
toned to it, and the reckless follows
don't see it until they bump their noses
against it. Some uice bait is put inside
the trap and tho minnows soon find
their way into it, through tho hole in
the punched-in end. The little door at
the other end is shut, of course.
The minnows are unable to find their
way out, because thoy follow the
sides of tho trap and this leads them
into the cul-de-sac at the Nat cnd, all
around the bottom Of the conc. They
are easily poured out, however, with the
water in the trap by holding tho thing
up, pointed end down, and opening the
! littlo slide door. Wire is twisted around
the outside Of the trap, and forms q
handle by which it Is conveniently car.
ried, and the wire also protects the glass
from injury.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-03
Application for a Patent
10 TaE BLUE JAY LODE AND
Mill SITE.
UsIrED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Eureka, Nevada, July &, 1858.


UsIrED STATES LAND OFFICE,
Eureka. Nevada, July +, 1883
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT MARY
N A. Castles. whose post Office address is
hikO, Lincoln County, Nevada, has his dty
filed her application for a patent for fifteen
hundred tl5Ogl linear feet of the Blus Jay mine
or vein bearing silver with surface ground six
hundred feet t60Ol in width and five acres for
mill site, situated in Pahransgat Lake Mining
District, County of Lincoln, state OF Nevada.
aGd designated by tAe field notes and official
plat on file in this office as follows to-wit.
Eeginning at post marked No l, q. S. survey
No42, Lot a, whence to L = corner Sec 20, II.
g. = So Z. NJ. D. II. bears 80 degrees As
minutes, Z, APPS feet. aud the original location
monument bears n. A degrees +, G5 feet,
thence running first courss S. degrees + IS
feet TO post marked No q. S. Survey No. 40,
lot A. whence the Origin al location monumo Mt
bears S 7la deg Il, &c leet. Therce running
second eouTee 8 Sc degrees, W 600 feet to
post marked No. 8, u. S. Survey No. AZ, Lot
A, wherce the original location monument
hears 81 y deg, W 80 feet. Thence running
3Ed course deg, w 1850 feet to post
marked No. A, U. s. survey, No. AZ lot A,
whencJ the original location monument bears
n 25 deg, w l8 feet. Tbenoe running Atm
course n Sc deg, 500 feet 10 post No. l, the
1 place OF beginning.
Containing 20-CG acres
Courses expressed IRON the true meridian,
/ with magnetic variation Of 16 deg east.
The location of this mine f recorded in the
4 records of the County Recorder Of Lincoln
/ county, State Of Nevada.
Lor b.
Also the following described tract OF land
/ for mill site:
Hegiunine at post marked No i, U. s
survey No AZ, Iot Il, L a sec, corntr ftc 20
ID 8, s II 80 u. NJ. u. NJ, bears N 50 deg, Il 1Sj
/ feet and post No, J. OF A OF this survey hears
J 80 deg 40 nan, 454+ feet. this pest
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-03
a BRAVE WOMAN.

Heroic Conduct of a trcnch rostin stress
Durtag the Fraaco-crrman War
The administration OF posts and tel
eQraphs OF France has decided to add
grant to tho subscription opened for the
purpose Of erecting a modest memorial
10 Marie I,iard, who saved her country
during the Franco-Ccrman war In u
mauner which the most unsentimcntal
person can hardly refuse to regard as
befeie,
When the prnasians invaded tho De-
s2stmeDt 81 the HeInc-Infericnro during
~ campaign 81 1901 Mario clemcn-
tfss Elsf1, then aged twcnty, acted AZ
~ ~ resistant W her aunt, who was chiet
,<sacsssy .ssss ~ Aufffay. Postal COM
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-09-03
Notice OF Forfeiture.

T'o LARRY FGAN. his GRAN ICES, As
signs, heirs. executors or administrator,
aud Gll pariie5 claimirg under, from, by or
through him:
You are hereby notfld that the undersigned,
co owner win You 10 the mining claim known
a. the "ChallengU' uiac situated in Highland
Mining distrlc County Of Lincoln, state OF
Nevada has performed the work and made the
expenditures on the Gail mining claim, re.
quired by section 1924 Of the Revised Statutes
OF tho United states to hId the same for the
yeaf 1880, and the amount duo from you, your
Grantees assigns or adminlf,raror, etc, on ac'
GOuGt Of such expenditures On said mining
cllim ts The sun OF fifty dollars.
And if within ninety days after the publica.
ton OF tais notice, You fail or refuse to con
trbute your said proportion OF such eXpendi-
turo az co owner, your interest ia s4id claims
Will bseome the properly OF the subscriber
/ undur said section 1924.
JOHN SHERIDAN.
/ pi5cla. New, Aug rs, 1891.