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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-03-01

II will be remembered that when the
movement was being agtated several esti
mates of the probable cost of the plant were
published These estimates ranged from
Ss3 600 up TO 100000 aud some persons
went so far as TO Claim that the cost would
not be less than S2j0,OOO The principal
estimates however, were furnished by
Council and the water committee, and by
A b. Cochran d Son, engineers, of PotJs-
vile. Both Of these estimates wereiiemized.
The total of the former YVES $50 SIS 7j, in
cludiug all expenses incurred mp TO June
1892 aud the exhibit was used RS a campaign
document at the election in June, 1892, when
the increase of debt was voted On and de
cided The latter estimate was made under
oath and fixed the total cost aJ $3.50 600.
Messrs. COcl ran, however declaring that
they would mob care to take the contract and
guarantee "a good plant for that amount Of
money.
What is especially interesting just now Isl
comparisuu of the actual cost Of the items
thus far completed with the estimates of
Council and the water committee. These
comparisons will show that if the same ratio
of excess Of actual cost over original estimate
shall continue throughout the entire cost OF
the plant will exceed even the most ex
travagant estimate ever made even by those
who opposed the movement. The first item
! in the estimate of Council and the water
committee is one Of $500 for 20 acres Of land
upon which the pumping station is being
erected This land is owned by William l..
| Torbert 1t has been condemned and taken
possession OF by the borough, but Mr.. Torbert
refuses 10 convey title for the consideration
offered He is willing to relinquish his claim
TO Che property, but insists that he has the
right 20 fix the price at which he shall part
with IL and names 5000 as the figure. The
borough has possession, but the
BOROUGH Is TREsPAssER,
and the result must be another law suit and
additional costs and counsel fees. The END
of this must be a verdict by jury that vii
probably take the liberal view Of the matter
that Mr.. Torbert is the best judge of tn,
value of his own property, that the borough
is well able to pay and that II it insists on
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-03-01

TOIIHN ILIF IA IHUf. ]
OFFICE OF CoETRoLIER OF THE COUNTY OF
SOHUYLkILL.
NJ OTICE.-Sealed proposals viii be receive
~ by the undersigned, the Controller y
schuylkill County, until 2 p M, IhuTsfhI
NJ lIch LIST, 1894, for the whole or any pan T..
me new per cent. 800 Registered Couf1y
Bonds, TO be issued 10 the amount OF Sl42 900.
Interest 10 commence April lst, 1884, when
said bonds will be issued. All bids at moi less
than par The Controller reserves the right
TO reject any or all bids.
By order OF the County Commissioners.
b, r. SEVERN,
2b-eod'u Controller.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16

Frank Jenkins, ex-superintend-
ent of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Mining Co., has organized COM
pany to work the Horseshoe Bend
placer proposition on Salmon river
in this county. The company is
fully organised and money paid in
to the amount of 100000. The
ground is to be worked by a steam
shovel plant, similar to the one in
use between Ainsworth and Pasco,
on the Columbia river, and from
the reports we have read it is a
really wonderful invention, with
an enormous capacity for handling
dirt and capable of cleaning the
hardest bedrock.
Mr.. Jenkins is superintendent of
the new company and will be here
shortly with other members of the
company to look over the ground
and to ascertain the cost of getting
in the machinery, etc. Fred Shiss-
Ter, who returned from Wardner
last week informed us of the fore
going facts, and states that the way
Mr.. Jenkins described the machine
and its methods of working to him,
he is satisfied it will be a success if
the gold is there.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16
Mt. Idaho Items.

Nearly everyone is now wishing
for the snow to go.
w. N. Knox is reported on the
sick list.
At the closing exercises of the
school, Misses Leora Smith and
Stella Hood were awarded the first
and second prizes respectively, for
the best recitation.
A number of our citizens met at
the court house Friday evening
and appointed a committee to draw
up constitution and bylaws for
the government of literary and
debating society. Then, pursuant
to call issued by the committee, a
representative crowd met Saturday
evening to complete the organic
alton. The constitution and by
laws were read and adopted, after
which the officers of the society
were elected. We learned the
names of the following Pres,
Geo. Smith, Vice Pres, Hervin
Rothwell, Secretary, Chas. Nc
Cready, Treasurer, Mrs. Hovey,
Editor and assistant, James Dolan
and Miss ALA Brown. The paper
of the society is to be known as the
Mt. Idaho Review, and brother
editor if you want to be posted you
should at once get the Review on
your exchange table, even if you
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16
Il Page of UnWrittem History.

Our old friend, l.. 2. Herbert,
ex-assessor of Nez Perez county in
'82 and 1873, but for the last ten
years resident of Juliaetta and
subscriber of this family journal,
has purchased the James Ross
place on Craig's mountain and will
establish his home there when
spring opens. Mr.. Herbert is a
progressive and enterprising citi-
zen and the mountain settlements
will find him good neighbor.
During his term of Office he and
this writer left Lewiston to assess
the mountain settlements and in
so doing we found that the boun-
dairy line between Nez Perez and
Idaho counties was SO carelessly
drawn that the Cottonwood House
was actually in Nez Perez, and we
started to assert the jurisdiction OF
old Nez Perez by assessing the res
idents in the newly discovered
strip; but some of the boys would
nrt have it that way and for a
time the situation was tropical for
the Nez Perez delegation camped
at the Cottonwood House. The res
idents had previously been assessed
by Jack Rainey for Idaho county,
and double taxation was more than
they proposed to stand. But Mr..
Herbert and his deputy stood pat
and the guns which had been pull
ed in the heat of controversy were
put up, and the assessment was
completed and referred to the com
missioners of Nez Perez, who let
the matter go by default. But the
disputed strip was clearly in Nez
Perez county, and at the next leg
islative session that part of the
boundary line was changed. How
many people on the Cottonwood
side remember this little incident
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16
Our EiE City Budget.

AS an evidence of the general
prosperity of this mining district
nothing could be more pronounced
than the enterprise shown by the
majority of the residents and claim
owners improvements on their
respective properties. The log
houses of the earlier days are fast
disappearing and with their fall
naturally old time reminiences are
recalled by those who dwelt here
in the halcyon days of the COS and
with keen appreciation they look
upon the changes taking place as
an incentive for general revival
of dormant energies.
j. M. Anderson has Just finished
the first frame building in Elk; it
will be used as a saloon. 1t is quite
an imposing structure and does
much credit to the handi-
work of the owner. A fete cham
petre was in contemplation but it
will be deferred until a later day,
as there is dearth of women in
the camp at present.
Great enterprise and progressive
ness is shown by the trio of miners
on the Cluster" property. S. w.
Smith in company with r. c..
Thomas and Joe. Parker have
made pronounced changes and
improvements. 1t has become an
assured fact that when one-roomed
cabins cease to be commodious
enough for single miner, and add
ditions and improvements are in
in order, there must be sweet
face at no great distance, gently
signing, "When Barkis is willing"
An act to amend section 1924
was not taken advantage of to any
great extent in the Elk City min
ing district, the miners preferring
to further develope their claims.
Messrs. Blaine and Ginschman
are prosecuting their work on the
"Blanco" diligently and the COM
munity is on the qui vive with
expectation of a rich strike.
Report is current that the rich
strike that b. B. Stuart made on
his placer claim some time ago
is still holding up to the mark, and
consequently drifting is still 60
ing on.
During the winter the coolest
night we had the thermometer
registered 240 below zero, with the
snow b feet deep. If expressions
the district over are in evidence
there is wish for the beautiful to
disappear, as supplies are short.
Postmaster n. B. Pettibone has
fitted up the new post Office with
lock boxes and will assume his new
position at the end of this quarter
Elk City, March 8. DREAD.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16

have to pay little for said ex-
change. According to the rules ss
read, all communications are to be
kept secret, and we presume will
be copyrighted before given to the
public. The society starts out un-
der the most favorable auspices,
and nearly everyone is taking IA
hold in earnest. The question
selected for debate Wednesday
evening, March 81, is: Resolved,
that foreign emigration should be
encouraged. The leaders on the
affirmative and negative are re-
spectively James Dolan and Gid
Williams. The leaders are well
supported on each side by other
speakers.
Mt. Idaho, March IA.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16
Denuer Nescs.

G. II. Larson was in town this
week.
B. F. Trutton is going to move
into the Tribune building.
Our merchants report business
greatly improved this month.
Sam Jones has settled down to
stern realities of life on the Rookie
farm.
S. Ingram and family are expect
ed home from California soon.
B. f. Morris will leave his race
stock in Denver this season.
Rev. Perkins has rented the
Allen farm south of town and
moved out.
The school closed here Friday
with program of general exer-
cises in the Ruff hall. There were
about fifty visitors present and all
were much pleased at the advance
ment made by the pupils for this
term and the entertainment offered.
b. f. Trutton returned from his
hunting excursion with the carcass
es of two fine deer to feast the Del
Norte boarders on.
j. Il. Sherwood, from the
Clearwater, was in town Monday.
The suit of Parker VS.. Upton
was compromised and withdrawn.
The debating society, with Mrs
Morris and Mrs. Pulse as chiefs
will debate the fire and water
question this week.
Everybody on Shebang creek
and all the denizens of Stringtowr
turned out Monday to capture thu
bear and her cub that had beer
found burrowed in a rock pile; but
after they had worn theinselve'
out in the snow they discovered
that Asa and Sam Jones hat
captured the prize Sunday, and tn,
boys had to content themselves b,
heaping epithets on Sans head.
Denver, March IA.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16


The Conservatory of Richmond,
Ray County, Missouri, has the fol-
lowing to say about our friend Mr..
Morris: The many friends of Col.
b. f. Morris, of Denver, Idaho,
will be gratiiicd to learn that Pres
ident Cleveland has appointed him
Register at Lewiston Idaho. Col.
Morris is native of Ray county,
but has been a resident of Idaho
for many years. During his sojourn
in Idaho he has been prominent in
public affairs and for many years
was clerk of the district court and
auditor of the county in which he
resided, and is one of the leading
Democrats of the state. No better
or truer man could have been Sc
lected for the responsible position
than Col. Morris and we congratu-
late him upon his success. He is a
brother of Mrs. M. NJ. Spurlock of
this city.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16

Prof. E. r. Lake, in recent
lecture, gave valuable exploitation
of a feeding test with swine. 1t
was of especial Importance to far
mers, as it shows where rejected
wheat and barley may be made to
pay better profits than can be real
lied at present on first class wheat.
A brief synopsis is here appended:
The main proposition is that
four pounds of wheat has produced
n pound of pork, in tests continued
through the period of month !;
and that barley and wheat to-
gether have given better tests
than ground wheat, counting the
cost of grinding at one-twelfth of a
cent a pound.
eve selected three hogs, of
about equal weight and age" said
the professor i'll explanation of the
test, put them in separate pens,
and weighed them every day before
their dinner meal. Then not only
was the food weighed, but the bed
OlHS anu the refuse. ne nOPS
were of ordinary breed. Before
being taken for the test, they had
been fed on table slop, etc, and
when weighed for the test tipped
the scales at IT'S pounds. After u
months test they weighed from 247
to $50 pounds. Some days they
would take on two or three pounds,
and some days less. These hogs
brought up the selling of grain to
Slip per hundred, and one hog
made it s1.13 per hundred or about
So cents per bushel."
This is valuable pointer for
farmers. The past season grain
has been unprofitably low, while
pork has been astonishingly high
priced. To convert low priced
grain into high priced pork, in ac-
cOrdance with Prof. Lakes test,
offers the means to realize a profit
on grain of deprecated value.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16

Uuder-sheriff Henley returned
Tuesday from his trip to Blackfoot
with Lane. He visited Boise City
on the return trip and reports very
hard times in all the towns along
the railroad.
A letter from S. DeGrush states
that he expects to be on the prai-
RE about the last of the present
month, and that his company will
probably resume the loan business
on the prairie about April 1.
Our neighbors at Mt. Idaho are
possessed of the idea that we of
Grangeville are trying to deprive
them of their mail connections
with Elk City and Warrens. AS a
matter of fact Grangeville people
are not trying to take anything
away from anybody. We are not
built that way. What we have
done is to have Grangeville made
a post-of1ice on the Warrens mail
route, and to have the Elk City
mail route extended from Mt. Ida
no to Grangeville. Anybody who
would do anything to deprive any
body of the poor privilege of direct
mail communication with friends
in our distant mountain camps in
a thinly settled country like this
is no better than the criminals who
deserted poor Colgate over yondcr
We are all of us entitled to all the
mail privileges we can get.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16
OMcfOI Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the
Hon. Board of County 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 of4their 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 10, 1894.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16
Card of Thanks.

I hereby extend my sincere
thanks to the public for the liberal
patronage given to the drama for
the school. Especially do / thank
those ladies and gentlemen who
assisted in the drama, also Miss
Clifford and Messrs. j. w. and G..
A. Bonebrake for the music fur
nished for the occasion. The fol-
lowing is statement of receipts
and expenditures:
Gross receipts, $3.50.
Hall tent, S6.75.
Tableau fire, 10.
Drayage on piano, 100.
Printing, 800. 1900.
Net proceeds, $3.50.
j. VERCLER.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16
Lake Items.

Swanson has sold his cattle to
Overman, price SO per head.
Tilley has new democratic boy
at his house on the point who
came last month.
John Johnson's barn roof was
crushed in by snow.
A good many cattle rolling on
Salmon river brakes nowadays.
John Johnson gave his friends a
social dance last Friday night.
The literary society is the best
attnded of any held in our district
since Joseph's time; there is hardly
standing room for the crowd-too
many people in the district or too
small a house-which.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16
THE FREE PRESS
GRANGEvlLLE. IDAHO.
FRIDAY. 5: MARCH IS, 1894
Indian Reservation Lands.

Indian Reservation Lands.
The following dispatches speak
for themselves:
WASHINGTON, March 9.-Consid
Grafton of bills for the ratification
of treaties between the government
commissions and various Indian
tribes for the REIMBURSEMENT Of
lands by the House Committee on
Indian Affairs has resulted in the
determination to establish new
policy. One feature will be to re-
quire settlers on lands purchased
or otherwise acquired from the
Indians to be residents of the land
taken for three years instead of
IA months as now, with the privi-
lege thereafter of paying a certain
amount and obtaining title.
WASHINGTON, March 9.--Mr. Nc
Rae has introduced into the House
bill providing that all lands in
cluded within the limits of any
Indian reservation, the disposal of
which has been or may be author
Used by treaty with any Indian
tribe, or in any law of the United
States, and not already opened,
shall be opened to settlement under
the provisions of the bill. The
Secretary of the Interior is author
Used to cause public surveys of all
lands in the reservations referred
to where not already done. The
President is authorised to attach
any reservation or any part there
of to any existing land district or
may organise separate land dist
riots. Provision is made for the
disposition of all lands in the re-
servation not needed for allotment
to Indians.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16
Keuterville, March 10, 1894.

Band boys dance tonight at the
Opera house. Lunch will be served
in the hall.
Don't let the wind blow through
your whiskers. We cut them off in
first-class style at Hogan Bros.
Felix Warren was in town from
Lewiston this week. He expects
To sub-contract for the Lewiston
and Mt. Idaho mail route for the
next four years.
My appointment at Sunnyside
for next Sunday is called in. There
will be class meeting at Grange
vile at Il a. M, and l will preach
here in the evening at 7 p. IN.
f. l.. BUzzELL.
There is now pending in the court
of claims in Washington, d. c.,
Indian depreciation claims of citi-
zens of Idaho aggrega ting 5000, 900.
These claims grew out of the Nez
Perez, Bannock and Sheep-eater
hostilities in 1889, and senator
lCupolS Says tHtTc Is uOb ~ very
bright outlook for the allowance
of these claims.
Mr.. Schwalbach, of the Grange
vile Roller mills, has put on the
market an excellent article of
"Farina," made from the choicest
wheat grown on Camas Prairie.
1t is far preferable to rolled oats
or other imported stuffs and it has
the additional merit of being
freshly ground, and a home indus
try besides. Try a sack.
Incomes are taxed in number
of countries, and the system works
just as well as that ofproperty tax
alton or any other system of taxa
ton in operation. OF course, some
people will make false returns and
some will dispose of their bonds
and stocks in such a way as to
escape taxation altogether. Any
form of taxation encourages per-
jury on the part of the tax-dodgers,
and the plutocrats of Wall Street
are not bit better in this respect
than the tax-dodgers of this State,
OF this county, where there is no
income tax, but where we still find
plenty of tax-dOdgers,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16
NOTICE FOR COM. HOMESTEAD PROOF.

Frank Gaffney, II. f. No. 2756.
LAND OFFICE AT LEWISTON. IpAHo,l
March 10, 1884.
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 U. S.
Land Once at Lewiston. Idaho, on April %,
1894, viz:
FRANK GAFFNEY,
for the E a $ W a Sec IS, I b n, R4EBM
He names the following witnesses TO prove
OF sale land viz:
Michael White. James Mccullough, Milo
George and Levy Goodwin. all OF weippe.
Idaho
Alto C, NJ DAY Register
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16
NOTICE FOR HOMESTEAD PROOF.

Michael White, II. Z. No. 2l2S.
LAND OFFICE AT LEWISTON, IDAHO, I
March 10, 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 win be made before U.
$. Land Office, at Lewiston. Idaho, on April 25
1894, viz:
MICHAEL WHITE,
70: the n y W. SEHS and n W u
s E14. See > 7 So n, r p, r NJ.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultivation
Of said land. viz:
Frank Gafiney, James Mccullough, Gust
Erickson and Levy Goodwin, all OF weippe,
Idaho.
4li6 C. NJ. DAY. Register
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16

oar KeUferciVe RUflOet.

John Murdick and family, of
Tammany hollow, have been visit
ing with Potter and Son the past
week.
Ben Cooper was up from Rocky
canyon Sunday and Monday. He
reports stock doing well and no
loss of sheep.
Charley Oleson and Joe Weis
intend to start for Walla Walla
country next Wednesday. They
are anxious to commence putting
in the crop.
A. p. and julia Tcfft paid relat-
ives on Mason Prairie visit the
first of the week.
G.. S. Bates is busy hauling lum-
Der to build a house. Wonder
what is the matter.
Keuterville, March 10, 1894.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16

EsTRAY NoTICE.-Came to my
place at Denver, Idaho, one two
year-old red steer. Crop and I'M
derslope in right ear, swallow fork
and slope in left ear; brand not
visible. Owner will call, pay
charges and take property.
Al G. w. COOPER.
EsTRAY NoTICE.-Came to my
place one mile and quarter east
of Grangeville, about Jan. 10, 1894:
One two-year-old brindle heifer,
white face, square crop off right ear.
One two-year-old red steer,
square crop and under-bit in both
ears.
One Syearling brindle heifer,
square crop and under-bit in both
ears. AZ JOHN HOTELLING.
For SALE.-Corner residence
property, two and one-half lots
and building for 81 900. Three lots
with barn and we'll for 5000. En-
quire of Mrs. E. BECK.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16

Band boys dance tonight at the
Opera house. Lunch will be served
in the hall.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-03-16

Don't let the wind blow through
your whiskers. We cut them off in
first-class style at Hogan Bros.