Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-06-17

Il. 4. Breen and j. L, Kelly visited us
this week after load of -four and they
said they we're not going to starve this
summer.
At the school election in this district
Monday. r. d. Shearer and J. W. Bone
brake were elected trustees in place oil
L. S. Weller and Christ Schmadeka. In
all 32 votes were cast, distributed as fol-
lows: Shearer 20, Bonebrake 10, Park r
IL and Tom Aram IL.
Smith q Co. dug a new we'll at the
Cottonwood house recently. and under
the soil they struck a strata of sand con-
tanning bark, leaves of trees and ferns,
which continued for depth of 80 feet
from the surface, when they struck a
plentiful flow OF water without reaching
bedrock.
President Harrison was re-nominated
at MINI eapolis last Friday on the first
ballot. The vote stood: Harrison 535.
Mckinley 1872, Blaine 1872, Lincoln 8,
Reed 4. Whitelaw Reid, of the N. Y.
Tribune, was nominated for vice. presi-
dent. The democratic convention
meets at Chicago on Tuesday next.
Our old friend Thos. Tierney, of Thorn
creek, Latah county, was on the Prairie
recently. and like everybody else from
the region north of Clearwater, he was
stuck" on Camas Prairie, and swears
that it is the finest country out of doors.
He purchased several lots in Denver
and intends erecting building there at
an early date.
A silly rumor is circulating in the
country districts that the citizens of
Grangeville have given up the county
seat fight. This is not 30. Grangeville
is strictly in it until the last vote is
counted. The bond for the court house
and jail will be riled with the board of
county commissioners at their regular
July meeting, and then the campaign
may be considered as formally opened.
Our ex-councilman, rev. T. F. Nelson,
formerly of Cottonwood, but now of
Cornwall, Latah county, was visitor to
the prairie last week and met with a
cordial reception from his old constitu.
ents. He still holds his 800 acres forth
of Cottonwood and in all likelihood will
again establish his residence here. He
reports the name and fame of Camas
Prairie as spreading rapidly throughout
the Palouse region and predicts a great
emigration from that quarter as soon as
crops are in. The great bulk of the
lands which have changed hands here
has been purchased by Palouse people.
The new placer ground on Twenty
Mile creek on the eastern slope of the
Buffalo Hump country, is attracting
much attention, and Chinese miners are
already trying to negotiate for lease
thereof Messrs. Summers. McEntee
and Greer are doing lots of work and
will have the claim developed shortly.
They took in the best outfit that has
been sold in Grangeville for long time
and are in condition to show what the
claim is worth in short order. They
started in by way of the Melnor trail as
far as the summit, and then had to
whip saw lumber to raft the supplies
over the Clearwater and swim the
horses, intending to follow up the river
and then up Crooked river. McEntee
was out last week and reported that all
was well.
The gentleman who is operating the
brickyard at Cottonwood is highly
pleased with the character of brick
which the soil produces and is sangune
Of building up good industry. The
First kiln Of 100000 will soon be burned.
and all of them are already contracted
Tor. He understands his business
thoroughly and thinks the conditions
are favorable for making a permanent
and profitable business out of it. He
will shortly visit the limestone belts on
Clearwater and John Day creeks with a
view to burning lime for the home
market. The cost of lime here adds
to the cost of brick build |
ngs. and if this necessary article can be
produced cheaply the present ram.
'hackle wooden buildings will soon be
'eplaced by more permanent structures.
encouragement should be- offered to
Enterprises of this character, for their
development is an unerring indication
If progress and prosperity.