Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-09-04

oil.
There is some talk of incorporatin
the town of Grangeville.
The Sherwin residence is enclose
and begins to look comfortable.
The Clearwater bridge is finished an,
is said to be the best in the county.
Henry Wax has boughten the tastes
and best trained roadster in the county
The total valuation of real and per
sonal property in Idaho county this yea
is S976,61O.
Louis Bocher was in town from Rocky
canyon Saturday with the first grapes
OF the season.
The Indians are surely getting civil.
ised. Mr.. Weller sold one some chew
ing gum the other day.
BoRN.-In Grangeville. Idaho, on
Tuesday, September l, 1891, to the wife
of A. f. Parker, daughter
Buffham was up from White Bird last
Saturday with wagon load of water
melons and cucumbers for pickles.
A skilled workman now finds steady
employment in w. F. Schmadeka's
harness shop. Patronise home industry.
A brother of Chas. Flynn, of Clearwa-
ter and Elk City, arrived lately from
Seattle. to become a permanent resident
of Idaho county.
Travellers assure us that crops are
fully ten per cent. better on our Camas
Prairie than they are in the famous
Palouse country itself.
The state board of equalization meets
at Boise City on September to adjust
values between the several counties-
something that has never been done.
Early Tuesday forenoon C. F. Burr,
j. p. united in marriage Geo. Rossiter
and Miss Matte Custer, both of White
Bird. Idaho county.-Genesee Recorder.
We are told that the purchase money
for the California mine in Elk City has
been paid. The purchasers are M essrs.
Barker, Parkman and Summers, and
the price was $4,000.
1t is a crazy idea that corn cannot be
grown on Camas Prairie AS matter
of fact it is raised as easily as other
garden truck, and we beat the world
on vegetables and farm produce.
The ditch in front of the post-office
building is being filled in with dirt from
the excavation on Schmadekas lot.
which makes a great improvement in
the appearance of that part of Main
street.
Messrs. Denzler and Sweichler, the
gentlemen who bought the Martin
Wagner place on Shebang creek, are
experienced stone masons and brick
layers, and will work at their trade
when occasion offers.
The assessment roll is not yet fully
figured up. There are 97,5701 acres of
patented land in the county, valued at
$272,934. We will give a complete sy-
nopsis of the statistics of the assess
ment roll when the totals are added.
Mrs. @. A. Alexander of Stock creek
died last Tuesday morning at 8 a. M,
aged 80 years. She had been a great
sufferer for the last eight months. She
leaves seven children, six girls and one
boy. Mr.. Alexander has the sympathy
of the entire community.
Mr.. Bonebrake, watch maker and
jeweler from the Sound country, is in
town looking over the field with view
to establish himself in business here.
He is well pleased with what he has
seen of the town and country, and we
hope he will conclude to locate here.
Frank w. Kettenbach, cashier of the
Lewiston national bank, spent a couple
of days here chicken hunting and had
excellent sport. He was gathering sta
tistics for the Lombard company, who
are going to establish bank in Grange.
vile next spring with $50. 900 capital.
In our account last week of the death
of Arthur c. Boyd we stated that he
was riding in the field tantalising a
stallion when his horse fell with him.
Such, we are informed, was not the
case, he, at the time he met his death,
trying to escape from the horse, of
which he was much afraid.
There was a magnificent free for all
exhibition of Northern Lights in the
northern horizon last Friday night. 1t
is an unusual sight at any time in this
latitude, and very much more so at this
season of the year. They are said to
indicate the approach of cooler weather,
but it has been as sultry as ever this
week, with no indication of change.
Mr.. Shearer was up from the ferry
Tuesday and said he had an enormous
crop of everything down there, with
tons of fruit going to waste. He reports
Neighbor Brown making slow progress
on his section of the state wagon road,
and that the bridge contractors have got
the timbers for the bridges all out. and
the approaches graded. The ferry is
about five miles below the bridge. and a
road will furnish Mr. Shearer with a
way to market his fruit crop. He is now
in peacable possession again.