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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30
Campaign Newspapers.

These are dark days of sorrow
and tribulation for newspaper men
in Idaho. The Logan County Re-
view and Montpelier Republic
have joined that innumerable car
avian of defunct newspapers whose
multitudinous headstones decorate
the journalistic graveyard. Others
all over the State are holding on
by the scanty support of partisan
fanatics and prospective oflice-hold-
ers, and in the hope of extorting
blood-money from candidates in
the approaching political campaign.
When the votes are counted these
men who mould public opinion with
a cheap pot-metal press, a hatful
of old type and stereotyped ed
itorials furnished by the national
committee of the political party
they represent, usually fold their
tents, like the Arab, and silently
steal away, leaving a greater or
less number of deluded party slaves
to mourn the loss of their subscrip-
lions, which they had thoughtless-
ly paid in advance to give the
party barrel-organ and the party
organist a good start. The worst
OF all fakes is the campaign news
paper fakir. Beware of him.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30
PROBATE Court PrOceediuUs.

The regular term of Probate
Court was held at Mt. Idaho Tues
day by Judge CARRIER. In the mat
ter of the estate of G. w. Case an
order was made providing for sup
port of family. Default Judgment
was rendered in favor of j. S.
Rhoads VS.. Ed. Heightsman on a
promissory note. w. Hunt recov-
cred judgment against T.W Nickel
for $4,000 for rent of buildings.
Attorneys R.F.Fulton, w. "A. Hall
and III. f. Samuels were in attend
ance from Grangeville. The case
of j. S. Rhoads VS.. VIM. vonBerge
was also set for Monday, but was
not reached, and a motion to quash
summons was by stipulation argued
at Grangeville Tuesday, Ailshie &
Hall appearing for plaintiff, Nc
Dewitt Il Musgrove for defendant.
The motion was overruled.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30
KemdricE WagOn Road,

A mass meeting of all citizens of
Camas Praiaie interested in the
project of building wagon road
between Camas Prairie and Ken
drick is called at Denver on Satur-
day, April 7, at o'clock. The new
road is to follow the most practi-
cable route across the reservation
and connect at the most feasible
point with the wagon road on the
north side of the Clearwater be-
tween the mouth of Potlatch creek
and Fir Bluff, where there is a
grain warehouse and steamboat
landing. From all reports the route
is an entirely practicable one, and
If feasible and pushed to compile
tion it will put Camas Prairie with
in forty miles of the landing and
enable our farmers to haul and
ship their wheat at much less time
and expense than they can now.
There are many other advantages
connected with the new road which
will materialise more fully when
the reservation lands are opened.
The matter is worthy of close in
vestigation by everybody interes-
ted in developing this Prairie and
It's immense tributary country.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30
Our Et6 CifX Letter.

Hail joyous spring, all hail to
thee" naturally escapes from the
lips at the first sight of the blue
bird, lark, linnet, and robin.
harbingers of spring. Only to
these who have dwelt in an
isolated country and one almost
bereft of all communications with
the outside world can fully realize
what joy and thankfulness wells
from the heart at the return of the
above swect-voiced songsters.
The lowing herds are now en-
gaging the attention of the farm
ers, and diaries will be soon pour
ing forth their wealth of golden
hued butter. Cattle and horses
are in excellent condition and it is
only matter of a few weeks when
they will be winding their wav
slowly over the meadows in search
of succulent grasses.
The general health of Elk CITY
has been par excellence itself; it
has become famed as sanitarium
and hearty invitation is extended
TO those in search of health, wealth
and consequential happiness to
share the gifts so bounteously
bestowed.
10 be assured of success in locat-
ing here, one must be a factotum
always in demand.
Streams Astounding in trout;
forests in which the fleeting deer
and elk are ever and anon, appear
ing and disappearing, with a huge
bear now and then to break the
monotony, the startling fight of
grouse and pheasants escaping
rom some near coppice, tend to
allure the weary hunter on, until
the setting sun gives warning that
a speedy return to town must be
made, where choice of three
CHEEKY invitations are extended by
mine hosts to partake of repasts
that would tempt rye gods"
Chester b. Davis, of Chicago,
Will resume work on Crooked river
for the Elk Mining Co. as soon as
the frost and snow are gone.
A. F. McKenna is prosecuting
excellent work on the "Chicago"l
quartz claim. This property when
discovered was considered valuable
and its worth has not been i'm
paired by development.
Work is progressing rapidly in
the upper tunnel of the Cluster"
mine.
The Chinese on Buffalo hill are
systematically at work preparing
Tor a heavy seasons run.
Messrs. Sheehan, Blomberg and
Ericsson have been busily at work
all winter on their respective
claims at the head of Little Elk
valley.
L. O'DonOhue, in company with
IL. Dunlap, are opening up their
ground in Donohue's gulch.
The Standby mine is engaging
the constant attention of Capt. l..
W. kempf, as well as the placer
adjoining.
BoRN.-March 10, 1894, to the
wife of S. Cook, a daughter.
DREAD.
Elk City, March o5, 1894.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30

Joseph Pfeufer has returned from
dexas to abide permanently with
Grangeville and Camas Prairie and
grow up with the country. He will
re-engage in business here after
awhile, and is meantime looking
over the town for suitable loca-
ton. 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Pfeufer's brother was killed
with 10. Ingram in a Northern
Pacific railroad accident over north
some two years since.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30
Our KeuterUille Budget.

Mrs. and Miss Breen have gone
to Walla Walla.
BoRN.-One mile north of
Keuterville, March 20, 1894, to Mr.
and Mrs. Haarman, a daughter.
The babe lived but a few hours.
The remains were inferred in the
cemetery here.
BoRN.-Six miles south of
Keuterville, March II, 1894, to Mr..
and Mrs. c. Carter, boy and a
girl. The boy lived but a few
hours. Mother and daughter are
doing well. Mr.. Carter is the
proudest man in the neighborhood.
Luchtefeld & Haarman have
rented the A. P. Tefft place for the
coming season.
A miner from Asotin was here
Friday looking for j. II. Wann.
lie wants to rent a mining claim
on Salmon river.
Keuterville, March IS, 1894.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30
The BiU AOain amended.

The latest copy of the reserva-
ton bill received from congress-
man Sweet contains the following
section:
SEC. A. That any person who
was not the owner of land in any
State or Territory of the United
States at date of passage of this
Act may make an entry of the
lands opened to settlement under
the provisions of this Act, although
said person may have heretofore
made an entry under the provis-
ions of the homestead laws: Pro-
vided, that such person is not
otherwise disqualified.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30

We are still haying, only three
months seige.
Farmers are turning over the
sod-where there is no snow.
Rev. Brice, Evangelist, late of
Newport, WASH, is sojourning in
our midst.
Almost an accident happened to
Geo. Moore and wife while sleigh
ing on a bob-sled last week; when
crossing drift of snow the bob up
ended behind, throwing them out
under the horses who dragged
them some distance before thew
extricated themselves; don't sleigh
any more Til the drifts are gone.
The Point school district has
almost money enough raised to
build them a school house.
Trueblood is building himself a
new residence on his ranch south
of McConnell's.
Dan Thompson is going to farm
the Turner ranch.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30
OMct0L Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
Hon. Board ofCounty Commission
ers, of Idaho County, Idaho. will
meet pursuant to Statutes in regu-
lar session, in the Court House, at
Mt. Idaho, on the second Monday
in April, 1894, to wit: on Monday,
April 8, 1894.
All persons having claims
against Idaho County are hereby
notified that they must file them
with the undersigned, properly
verified by oath of their correct
ness according to law, on or be-
fore Saturday, April 7, 1894.
A. w. TALKINGToN,
Clerk of Board of
County Commissioners.
Mt. Idaho, March Is, 1894.
Don't let the wind blow through
your whiskers. We cut them off in
first-class style at Hogan Bros.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30
G. Z. Holt is over from Cottonwood.

q. E. Holt Is over from Cottonwood.
Here comes April with her face wet
The frame of shisslers hotel is going up.
The letter from "A Miner" Elk CITY. arrived
100 late Tor publication to day Next week.
The interior of the Jersey House is being
6pa Xxx , ana painted in artistic style by the
det touch OF X. II. Hartman. ~
J S.dse supreme court is still in session at
,ute"lston, out nothing has been heard about
the wagon road case as we close our forms
The rainy season set in Yesterday in n bsavn
u..ownponr OF the wettest rain we have had
'nis year, Inc creeks are already stopping over.
Inc case OF the State VS.. McGrade, charged
Win larceny of shingles, was heard by iustica
woodward Wednesday and by him discharged.
IL is reported that syndicate has been form.
farm Of fne purpose OF purchasing the 500
ing the reservation. and laying out and boom
Ing town. WYNN
Neighoor Edmundson of the Gold Miner
re!o,ces In the arrival ofa son and heir, We
pp iieHHiict from past experience that with the
srauuAte as better pedestrian than ever
Two suites of offices have been made IN tho
'front.' part OF Grange hall, one of which win be
occupied by j. A. Dillon, NJ d., and the otber
9S Boston d Humelbaugh's dental pariors.
These will be the most pleasant and conveni.
ent offices In the town.
w. A: Hall has purchased OF Charity GRANGE
nall lot, 2,xlOO feet, fronting on Main street
where MS ONCE now stands, paying therefor
ssoo MIR Hall will at once erect a two.story
business house: the lower floor to be used as =
store room, and the upstairs fitted up as Offices.
O. Chairman Edgar Wilson. of the Republican
state central committe. will call a meeting OF
tne committee to be held in Boise CITY on or
abont May l. At that time the appor,ionment
OF delegates to the State convention will he
made and the time and place of holding the
convention decided upon.
Mr., and Mrs. X. d. Shearer gave a little
dance at their Palace Hotel Tuesday eyeninS
10 as many guests as they could ACCOMMODATE
comfortably: jolly crowd of fifty were there
ana splendid time was had. The host and
hostess hope to give larger party later on.
when they have more room. A'
MISS clifford entertained few of her friends
last friday evening at the residence of her
Drother Homer e. Matteson, in honor of Dr's
humelbaugh and Dillon, who have recently
arrived from the east. Miss Clifford is a charm
ing hostess. and the evening was delightfully."-
spent with whist, music. etc. The guests were
MT and Mrs. Wax, Mr.. and Mrs. Freidenrich.
Judge ana Mrs CARRIER. Misses Emma Won.
Berge, Pearl Eastman. Aileen Greene: Messrs
hulnelbaugh, Dillon, Leo Freidenrlch. Frank
McGrane aud W. d. Vincent.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30

There Is more Catarrh In this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together
and until the last few years was supposed to be
lhcurabie. FOR great many years doctors
pronounced 1t a local disease. and prescribed
local remedies. and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment. pronounced it in
curaDie. Science has proved catarrh to be a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure
manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo,
ONO. is the only constitutional cure on the
market 1t is taken internally in doses from m
drops to teaspoonful. It acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
iney offer one hundred dollars for any case Il
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimo-
mails. Address,
C0~Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30
THE FREE PRESS
GRANGEvILLE. IDAHO.
FRIDAY, : -: MARCH 30, 1894
Prospects For Fine Crops.

Snow is the best fertilizer in the
world and we have had lots of it
on the ground for a long time. The
heavy rains of last fall thoroughly
saturated the soil, and on top of
all that moisture fell heavy
blanket of snow which protected
the wet earth all winter from
freezing. Thus it happens that the
ground is warm and wet and has
absorbed the melting snow until,
like a wet sponge, it can hold no
more, 1t is hard on travel, but
the soil has benefited, and unless
we miss our guess the next grain
harvest will be the best ever
garnered in this county. There is
danger of a cold snap in April de-
stroying the fruit crop, as the trees
are even now ready to burst into
blossom at the first indication of
sunshine. In fact, the fruit trees
were never known to be so forward
as they are this season, and it is
attributed to the warm soil and
the additional protection given to
the roots by the snow. The best
cereal crops raised here within our
recollection was the harvest of
1885. Vast quantities of that crop
were hauled to Lewiston and sold
for cash, and during that winter
money was more plentiful on Cam
as Prairie than we have ever known
it to be before or since. 1t was
this fact which induced us to
establish the FREE PRESS here in
the spring of 1886, but in spite of
increased population and general
productiveness, times have never
been quite so good since as they
were then. Our recollection is
that the price in Lewiston from
November 1885 to May 1886 was
55 cents, free on board. We be-
lieve that more wheat was hauled
in that interval than all the COM
bined shipments of later years.
The road over the mountain was
literally lined with teams coming
and going, and the general activity |
in business of all kinds was cores
pondingly increased. There were
not SO many people in the country
then as there are now, but there
was plenty of money, and every
body had some of the root of all
evil, and everybody in Grangeville
made money while the money
asted. Our daily cash receipts
we're greater then with a new paper
han they have been for the past
,wo years with nearly a thousand
Der cent. more business. With
,ood crop and good prices, and
rood roads to haul it to Lewiston,
here would doubtless be a revival
If those good old times which are
low but a dream of "auld lang
'yne." The wheat market has
touched bottom, and the
reaction is bound to come. 1t is q
law of metaphysics that one ex-
IRENE begets another. The moral
Of these remarks is obvious. Let
our farmers plant wheat, and then
they will have wheat to sell. With
thousands of non-producers here
waiting the opening of the reser-
7ation lands the home market
will be very largely increased, not
'nly for flour, but for seed for the
lew lands on the reservation.
The acreage plowed last fall is
yery large.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30

Timber Notice.

Timber Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
William A. Bolon and John X. Johnson, OF
Clearwater. County of Idaho, State of Idaho
will on or about the 18th day of April, 1894
make their application to the Honorable Secre
tary of the Interior OF the United States for a
permit to cut timber as provided by law from
the following described lands. situated in Ida
no County, State of Idaho. towit: The north
half of section twenty one and the unsurve yed
west half of section Twenty-Five in township
thirty-one north. of range five east. Boise Me-
ridian containing six hundred and forty acres
The timber we desire to cut is cedar, and to
use in manufacturing shingles and shakes, to
be used in said Idaho County.
Dated March 16, 1894.
WILLIAM A. BoLoN.
42-4 JOHN X. JOHNSON
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30
NOTICE FOR HOMESTEAD PROOF.

William II. Names. II. 4. No 2344.
LAND OFFICE AT LEWISTON, IpAHo.)
March 19, 1894
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
TO make final proof in support OF his claim and
that said proof will be made before the Clerk
OF the District Court at Mt. Idaho, Idaho, on
April %. 1894, viz:
WILLIAM II. NAMES
for the W 4 f Ell Sw ASec II, and N
u VIZ Sec IA, 81 n, R4 T. BIN
He names the following witnesses to prove
ms continuous residence upon. and cultivatio n
OF, said land VIZ:
Jacob b. York, Thomas +. Sens, Stephen l.
MCPHERSON and Manuel Romero, all Of Clear
water, Idaho.
42H C.M. DAY. Register.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-30
NOTICE FOR HOMESTEAD PROOF.

NOTICE FOR HOMESTEAD PROOF
william Wilson. II. Z. No. 1885.
LAND OFFICE AT LEWISTON IDAHo,l
March 49, 1894.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
on April Is, 1894. viz:
WILLIAM WILSON,
for the Lots 8 and 4, Sec 3, T 80 N,R5E. b M
y SWA Sec "a, T33 N, RS e, I'M
He names the following witnesses to prove
MS continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF. said land, viz:
JAMS Evans. Benjamin Penny. franklin p
Turner. OF Kooskia, Idaho and Peter King, of
Clearwater, Idaho.
42-47 G. M. DAY. Register.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-01-16
The Letter "J" as a Mascot.

Is the letter 81" like the letter "E, "
so indispensable that it is as difficult to
find list of names without the former
appearing in it as it is to And complete
sentence in which the latter does not oc-
cur? Is the above the cause of its fire.
quent appearance in the names of Amer
ica's great men, or is it really a mascot
letter? Beginning with our presidents,
find it as the first initial in the names
of eight. The only president of the
Confederacy also began his name with
the little mascot" In the list of
the vice presidents find it six times,
divided equally between the Christian
and the surnames. Among the names
of the presidents pro tenn. of the SEN
ate it occurs % times and among the
speakers of the house IA times. Thir-
teen Of the secretaries of state COM
menced their first names with 81" and
one used it as the initial of his surname.
In the realm of justice the record is equal
ly if not more startling, 81 out of total
of So chief justices and justices begin
ming either their first or last name with it.
Besides the above we find it in the
names of nearly all the multimillionaires
of the country-viZ, John D. Rockefeller,
]. j. Aston, Jay Gould, j. NJ. Sears, j. S.
Morgan, j. B. Haggin, j. W. Garrett,
John Wanamaker, J. G. Fair, John w.
Mackay, j. G. Flood, John Arbuckle, J.
B. Stetson, John Clafiin, Joseph Pulitzer
and dozens of others. Louis Republic.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-01-16
Kilgore's Objections,

A single phrase has made Colonel Kill
gore a national character. Very early
in his congressional career he began to
say, II object" He has kept this up at
every session of congress with serene
consistency. A small man, a nervous
man or a bad tempered man could never
have made a success of such policy
He would have been run over in some
way. But Colonel Kilgore's 81 object"
uttered with dignity and with delibera-
ton and backed by such an impressive
personality, has won its way. It has
stopped hundreds of little bills; it has
sent many disappointed member to the
cloakroom Tuning and swearing. And
yet the big man, who is always good
humored and who smiles ON slight prov
ocation. is popular member of con-
gress. There is everything in the way
that 81 object" is said. The tone can
carry malice or anger or honest opposi-
ton. Colonel Kilgore says 81 object"
with such utter disregard Of personal
considerations and with such unfailing
regularity that he has disarmed the re-
sentiment which usually falls upon OBJ
jectors. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-01-16
GENESIS OF THE STEAMBOAT.


Ancient Craft That Foreshndowed the
Modern Greyhounds of the Sea.
The first steamboat was built by Den
mis- Papin, who navigated it safely down
the Fulda as long ago as 1907. Unfor-
tunately this pioneer craft was destroyed
by jealous sailors, and even the very
memory of it was lost for three-quarters
of century. In ITS Perrier, another
Frenchman, built an experimental steam
vessel at Paris. Eight years later, in
1888, Jouffroy took up the idea that had
been evolved by Papin and Perrier and
built a steamer, which did good service
for some time on the Saone.
The first American to attempt to ap-
ply steam to navigation was John Fitch,
q Connecticut mechanic, who made his
initial experiments in the year 1885. To
what extent Fitch was indebted to the
three illustrious French inventors named
above we are not informed, but that his
models were original there is not the
least doubt. In the first he en-
ployed large pipe kettle for generating
the steam, the motive power being side
paddles worked after the fashion of oars
on common rowboat. In the second
lUCL CIdlL II0 SAME LlOO6 Ol propulsion
was adopted with the exception that the
paddles were made to initiate a revolv-
ing wheel and were fixed to the stern
clearly foreshadowing the present stern
wheeler.
This last mentioned boat was the first
American steam vessel that can be pro-
nounced success. 1t made its first trip
to Burlington in July, 1888. But, after
all, it was not until after the opening of
the present century that steam naviga-
ton started into actual life. IL 1907
Robert Fulton (who every school child
knows was an American), in conjunction
with one Robert r. Livingston, built the
Clernont, and established a regular
packet service between New York and
Albany.
The success of this undertaking was so
satisfactory that four new boats were
built before the end of 1911, at least two
of them being designed for servicein 9th
er rivers.-St. Louis Republic.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-01-16

If bill must be sent in a letter, the
safest plan is to roll it tightly into the
shape Of lamplighter and lay it in the
fold of the sheet inclosed. Arranged in
that fashion, the fact that it is money
cannot well be distinguished by the
"feel" A thread, with a knot at the
end, will not be so likely TO fetch tell
tale fragment of the fiber paper when
drawn by means of needle through the
envelope, and the smell Of it will be less
perceptible. So peculiar is the effluvium
belonging to bank or treasury notes that
experts at the bureau of engraving say
that they can distinguish them when
sealed in envelopes by the nose every
time. A thief once showed to govern
ment detectives who had caught him
that he could pick out, while blindfolded,
from pile of 400 letters every one of
seven which contained paper cash mere
ly by scent.-Washington Star.