Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-09-29

| The ladies of the Guild desire to
thank Mrs. Edmundson for the use
of her organ in the Episcopal church
until She starts housekeeping.
In line with our suggestions to
Stockgrowcrs published in this
paper are the efforts Of Messrs
Surridge and Jones to gather ten
carloads of beef cattle here which
they will take east and put on the
market on their own responsibility.
The Camas Prairie Land &
Town Company are prepared TO
sink drill wells to any depth for all
the farmers on Camas Prairie who
desire wells sunk on their farms
For particulars address A. j..
Spottswood, Manager, Denver,
Idaho.
Fred Noyes is having his carpen-
ter shop on east Main street re-
paired with a square front and
fitted up for Geo. Chamberlin' S
saloon. The Clark building is no
longer habitable and ought to be
replaced with handsome two
story store and office building.
Why do you pay high prices when
you can buy the same goods for
S25 that you have been paying $40
for? / have cases and cask cts from
s12 up to SO, and | will turn you
out tirst-class job Or no pay.
W. +. GRAHAM.
During the present hard times
and to convenience our customers,
as well as the public generally, we
will upon all sales give discount
of ten per cent. Respectfully, The
Mitchell-Lewis & Staver Co, Lewis
ton, CHAs. +. RICE, Manager, sue
cessor to G. w. Morrison.
The Elk Mining Co., of Chicago,
operating on Crooked river, are en-
gagged at present in building cabins
and digging big ditch on their
upper claim in order to convey wa
ter onto their lower claim, where
they will have all the pressure and
all the water for all the monitors
they may want to use when their
bedrock tlume is completed. This
company owns about % 600 feet OF
the channel of Crooked river, and
we consider it the best undeveloped
placer proposition in the State.
The new Odd-Fellows' lodge at
Cottonwood will be instituted to-
morrow, Saturday, afternoon, al
four o'clock, by ID. d. G.. M. Ready
assisted by the following team from
Grangeville lodge p. II. Ready
A. F. Parker, Tom Aram, Ailshie
Wax, Magee, S. l.. Cowen and A
Bonebrake. The program is to in
stitute the lodge at 4 p, H., adjourn
to supper, and exemplify the secre
work to the initiates in the even
ing, so that the team can return {,
Grangeville by midnight.
Geo. +. CAMS, the Representative,
of Harper's Weekly, who has re
turned from his trip to the Sever
Devils and Warrens, writes us from
Payette, and among other thing
says: "Warrens takes my fancy
Bound to be a great camp, in m,
Judgment; one of the best | hav
ever seen. The Warm Springs ar
what you described them and tina
German, Fred, has hotel keeping
reduced to an art. The agriculture
and fruit-growing valley of Nam
creek was a revelation and tn
country is one of great promise, al
along up to Salmon Meadows.
shall never regret my trip, nor tina
| applied to you for information.
Tom Aram has imported a
American Champion road ma
chine and proposes to make a pub
lie test of its working merits o
Saturday Afternoon, October I, an
therefore invites the farmers, tn
: county commissioners and the pull
, lie generally to witness the test, a
: he proposes to ask the commission
ers to buy the machine for use o
| the roads of this prairie. Mr., Arar
/ will run the machine wherever it
t desired, and to demonstrate ii
strength he will attach six, eight c
, ten horses. These machines are i
general use in all civilized countrie.
! and are as necessary to a road ST
pervisor as a pillow to a farmer