Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-09-08

Episcopal church last night.
Mrs. Rhett has had a well dug
on her hotel property on Main ST.,
and found water at eight feet.
Companion pictures of the steam
er Annie Faxon, before and after
the explosion, for sale at 75 cents
each, at the FREE Press office.
Josh Fockler was up from Free
dom Monday and left yesterday
with two pack trains loaded with
freight for his store at that place.
At the Experiment Station there
is field of corn eight feet high
from which roasting ears have been
pulled for the past two weeks. And
still there are some who claim that
corn won't ripen on Camas Prairie.
Why do you pay high prices when
you can buy the same goods for
S25 that you have been paying $40
for? l have cases and caskets from
S12 up to S75, and l will turn you
out a first-class job or no pay.
w. +. GRAHAM.
A boot and shoe maker in the
lower country is negotiating to rent
one of the front rooms in our new
printing Office. with the purpose of
putting in a $1,000 stock of boots
and shoes and establishing himself
in business here.
While Nose Morris was visiting
his daughter, Mrs. r. d. Shearer, at
this place, his residence near Pom
eroy was burned down with all it's
contents. Mr.. Morris intends loca-
ting here permanently this fall.
Ayers Sarsaparilla is one of the
few remedies which are recon-
mended by every school of medi-
cine. Its strength, purity, and
efficacy are too well established to
admit of doubt as to its superb
ority over all other blood-purifiers
whatever. Ayers Sarsaparilla leads
all.
Judge Rice sent over some of the
finest club wheat we have seen OF
this years crop. 1t was raised on
his ranch on Mason Prairie and eff
fectually disposes of the old idea
that they can't raise wheat in the
Craig's mountain country. as they
have raised better crops there fol
the past five years than we have on
this prairie. Mr.. Rice is counting
on harvesting 45 bushels per acre.
The Columbia River Conference
of the M. f. church convenes al
Moscow September IA. The terri
tory of this conference comprises
eastern Washington, part of east
ern Oregon, and northern Idaho
a district nearly 500 miles square
There are about so pastors here
each preaching at from one to eight
different places. A grand time is
always expected, for a real Metho
dist conference is in some respect.
PentecOst.
Prof. Norwood last week plowet
an eight-year-old field of timothy
sod with an ordinary breaking pillow
and span oflight horses, and thus
skaters the fiction that the soil il
too dry to plow at this season. TIL,
sod was turned over to the depth
of four inches, with the intention
of cross-plowing it again in three
weeks, the idea being to gain {
whole season in point of time, az
plowing now is equivalent to sum
mer following.
Our readers should preserve thi,
copy of the FREE Press and tax,
it with them when they visit til,
Agricultural Experiment Station
as it explains the philosophy of tn,
weather observations and the in
struments used in taking the same
There is much of practical intercs
. to practical farmers to be seen a
the Station even now, and in
year or so, if they don't eat up al
the appropriation in paying sal
aries to professors of the State Uni
; versity at Moscow, as they talk c
doing, the Idaho county Expert
ment Station will be the mode
farm of the State.
Robt. White, that veteran son {
Vulcan who has been running
blacksmith shop in Grangeville fo
!. more years than we care to thin
! about, is entitled to the medal fc
r raising the finest potatos grown o
Camas Prairie this year. The nam
of the variety is not known, BIT
}. they are from seed sent him by Ge,
, Riebold, of Warrens, who is clos
q observer and saw these potato
4 growing in the Weiser country ,an
t knowing there were none like thel
!, on the prairie he secured some ft
;. seed and sent them to Mr.. Whit
Out of one hill he pulled fol
tubers which weighed an even fo,
. pounds, and not done growing We
= They all grow to a large size an
. = there are no small ones in the who
y patch. When properly cooked tho
I are as fine and floury potato 1
Z we ever saw on anybody's tabl
W Mr.. White calls them 1Perfactior