Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-10-21
Highest al in Leavenng PoweU Govt Report Aug 1882
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John Hadorn and M. Glatigny
were up from Salmon river during
the week ordering winter supplies.
The Ellwood Glidden Barbed
wire, Diamond e. trade mark, is
the cheapest and best. For sale by
c. G. Bunnell, Lewiston.
Samuel Myers was out from Elk
City Sunday and returned with his
winters outfit. He has located a
fine ranch on upper Elk creek.
The registration books close on
Saturday, October 30. If you do
not register on or before Saturday,
October 30, you cannot vote. This
is the last warning we can give.
Despite the invasion of political
speakers there is but little political
excitement among the people, and
no man can tell which way the cat
will jump. It's all pure guess
work.
Among our visitors this week
was E. 7. Tannatt, civil engineer
and surveyor of Latah county, who
came up to invest in real estate.
He is delighted with Camas prairie
and desires to buy farms extensive
ly.
August Won Bargen was in town
last week with a load of potatoes
which he sold readily for cash.
There is large cash market here
at the present time for unlimited
quantities of eggs, potatoes, chick
ems and butter.
Henry Jones, of Lake district,
takes the banner for plums. He
brought us a branch fourteen inch
es long which was laden with thir-
ty-one full-grown large and luscious
plums. 1t was the most prolific
yield we ever saw in any country.
Hon. A. j. Crook and Capt. j.
H. Gunn will speak at Grange hall
this (Friday) evening, in the inter-
est of the Peoples party. They
will also speak at Cottonwood to-
morrow Saturday evening. Let
everybody turn out and give them
a good audience.
Henry Williams has received the
sad news that Pearl, the only child
of DIR. and Mrs. Jay Kirkwood, was
accidentally shot at Soda Springs,
Idaho, and lived but thirty-six
hours after the accident The sor-
rowing parents are heart-broken
over their bereavment.
Robert c. Divine, the republican
nominee for representative, is out
from Warrens. He is good friend
of the FREE Press, having subscrib-
ed for years for four copies sent to
his friends in Michigan. The peo-
pie have a good pair to draw from
in Ward Girton and Bob Divine.
The display of Northern lights
last week was evidently Natures
signals of an approaching atmos-
pheric disturbance, for commencing
, last Friday we have had a week OF
, unprecedented bad weather for this
season. Rain, hail, snow, sleet
frost and sunshine have alternated
overhead with mud underfoOt
There is still snow on the noun.
tains all around us; but a long
: spell of good open fall weather may
be expected with the change of the
moon.
The county commissioners have
, accepted the report of the Elk City
!, wagon road surveyors, and ordered
it placed of record as county road
f We will publish the report entire
, in week or two for the benefit o
! our legislators in their efforts t.
!, get an appropriation from the stat
treasury for the purpose of buildin,
the road. 1t will also be useful fo
h the governor to incorporate in hi
), message to the legislature recon
e mending appropriations for wagol
0 road construction to open up tn
: treasure vaults of mineral wealtl
|. which nature has locked up in tn
IS heart of this state.
The ad. of Davis Bros. sawmil
at Cottonwood appears elsewher
in the +. p. These gentlemen ar
y old hands in the sawmill business
10 having been engaged extensively a
, it in the Palouse City country fo
. . several years. Their mil. is locate
u in the finest belt of timber on Co
. tonwood butte; its capacity is 80
y :: 900 feet per day, and new shingl
II ! mill owned by Mailer & Stahl, wit
l. capacity of $4,000 shingles pt
a day is being operated in the SAN
a. belt, which will be very conveniel
ct for those requiring lumber an
sr shingles together. Davis Bro
e. particularly solicit the trade of tn
" side of the prairie and promil
s. their patrons satisfaction, both
a regards prices and quality of lur
n her. They claim to sell the he