Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-08-04

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the great Camas Prairie. We were |
the willing victim of royal treat
ment during our stay, in busi-
ness as we'll as a social way. The
FREE PRESS stands well in Denver.
NoTEs BY THE WAY.
Nick Ingram has leased the race
track for two years and has a lot of
men with teams, plows and scra-
pers working it into first-class con-
dition. In September $500 purses
will be hung for a series of races
lasting four or five days. Nick is
a rustler and tower Of strength
to Denver. Mrs. Ingram, too, pre-
sides over the Idaho hotel as tho
she had been n hostess all her life.
Landlord Henderson, of the ho-
tel Denver, boards at his own table
and poses as Denver's fat man. He
Is the beau ideal Ofwhat landlord
ought to be, the embodiment of
embonpoint, hospitality and good
humor. His family are great
addition to the social circle.
j. T. Orbison came to Denver
with a stock of merchandise when
the town was born, and is too busy
making money to leave it.
j. j. Pulse was too busy moving
into the handsomest little drug
store in Idaho county to have time
to swap seafaring yarns with a
brother shellback on this trip, but
we learned that we both used to
spark the same old saddlc-tinted
beauties down under the shadow of
the Cordilleras at Santiago and
elsewhere. He shows his faith in
Denver dirt by his purchases and
Improvements. His new drug store
is an elegant building. All the fine
gingerbread work on it was manu-
factured right in Denver at Parker
Bros. mandatory.
G. w. Cooper, hotel keeper, ag-
ricultural implement dealer and
wide awake rustler generally, is a.
mother pioneer of the town who
shows his faith by his works. He
is enlarging his hotel and machin-
cry depot and will talk to the peo-
pie through the advertising col
umns of the F. P. shortly.
The following long list of build
ings are going up in Denver: First
M. E. church, Henry Kuther, mer-
chandise store, DR.. G. B. Ruff, pub
lie hall, with dental parlors, j. T.
Orbison, merchandise store, j. T..
Hinkle, printing Office, Fred Wyatt,
millinery store, Shissler & Ingram,
addition to hotel, Felix Warren,
livery barn, J. J. Pulse, drug store.
The following persons are building
residences w. G. Bragg, Thomas
Tierney, j. S. Sullivan, +. M. Par
ker, Jas. H. Cross, IL. Faulkner,
Fred Wasem, A. W. Dickinson,
j. G. Upton, A. Feister, j. r.
Jones, J. T. Mitchell, NJ. Randall
and DR.. Shawley.
Bro. Hinkle, of the Tribune, did
the honors of the town in fraternal
style during our stay. We knew
Hinkle lang syne in the god-forsa-
ken hills of old Umatilla county
and know him to be qualified for a
larger field in which to display hi;
natural abilities, but with true
philosophy quietly awaits the time
when his mental energies will nj
longer be 'cabined, cribbed and con
! fined into 'pent-up Utica
Bro. Buzzell is bossing the build
, ing of the new church house. Fo
r a marvel in a subscription enter
prise, every subscriber feels it
r point of honor to pay his obliga
E tions and Bro. B. is corresponding
ly gratified. The town compan
! headed the list with $400 cash an
q donated the land on which tn
= building stands.
9 The water problem in Denver
# simply this. A well has been sun
# at the intersection of Main an
If Broadway to a depth of 250 fee
s which yields an apparently inc,
q haustible supply ofpure soft waite
a The water is pumped by vim
10 mill ordinarily, but when there
t. no wind the pump is run by stea
Is power. The water is raised in
" tanks, and those who want wat
s. go to the tank and get it. A su
t. prising number of cattle are waite
" ed daily, and lots of it is hauled
le the dry ranches in the neighbe
Ly hood. A system of water mains
to be laid through Main and Broa
er way, with hydrants at frequent
s. tervals for the convenience of t
ol residents. A special engine a
ar boiler has been ordered to keep t
ms pump running constantly when t
i'd mains are laid, SO as to ensure
re steady supply and constant pr
nd sure. This enterprise is also to
of done by the town company. Mef
of while. a new well is being drill
ar and is already down 325 feet, a
I'D no water. The intention is to |
be this hole down to depth of
n feet, if necessary, in the hope
At finding artesian water. The for
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