Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15

ton had been reported tavorably
from the committee on June 9Th,
and that there was no minority
report.
DIR. Shaeffer arrived last Friday
with his wife and daughter from
Spokane to make permanent resi-
dence among us. They are very
pleasant people and we extend
them a cordial welcome to Grange
vile and Camas Prairie.
Sylvester Riggs was up from
Waha Lake last Saturday taking
in the metropolis of Camas Prairie.
He has made wonderful improve
ments at the Lake and is now pre-
pared to accommodate all visitors
at that elegant summer resort.
Mt. Idaho will celebrate the
glorious Fourth of July in glorious
style. There is no more pleasant
place on the Prairie to put in a
holiday than the little city of
groves and springs. 1t is an ideal
picnic spot. A large delegation
from Grangeville will be present.
Programme next week.
NoTICE.-There will be a regular
meeting of Mt. Idaho Lodge No. 8,
A. F. & A. NJ, at Mt. Idaho, on
Saturday, June 16, 1894, at which
meeting important business is to
be transacted. A full attendance
of members is therefore requested.
J.M.AUCHINvoLE, JAS. WITT,
81 Sec. w. M.
G. E. Holt went to Lewiston to
arrange for the crossing and de-
livery of his cattle purchases at
Uniontown, but has since written
up to have the cattle held on the
mountain awhile, as the washouts
on the Northern Pacific railroad up
north are so serious as to suspend
all freight transportation.
"California Dick" the tourist
printer of typographical fraternity
is holding down case in the f.
P. office. Since his last visitation
he has travelled all over the Pacific
Northwest and British Columbia
and has started more newspapers
than you can shake stick at in a
month of Sundays.
j. G. Chesebro was out from
Newsome creek Saturday and Sun
day buying supplies for the New
some Hotel. Mr.. Chesebro wintered
there all alone, with no company
save for the mail carriers and oc-
casional travellers. He reports
much down timber on the trail as
the result of last weeks wind
storm.
Call and inspect summer styles
in Millinery and Trimmings, which
will be sold at reduced rates in
order to close out my stock. 1t is
my intention the coming fall to
offer my lady friends a larger and
more complete stock of all goods
in my line than l have been able
to do heretofore.
Miss M. Z. ROBINSON.
Not many people can afford to
pay ten cents quart for milk in
these hard times, and so all hands
are keeping their own cows. This
has sent the price of milk cows
away up so that decent milk COW
costs now from S25 to $50. They
are the best property in the county
at present, and the demand is in
creasing all the time.
Hon. G. M. Day arrived here
from Lewiston with his children
and Mrs. Clark Monday. Mrs.
Day leaves for visit to Kansas
shortly and upon her departure
Mr.. Day will return to Camas Prai-
rie and again make his home with
us after four years absence as regis
ter of the Lewiston land office. Mr..
Day is a good citizen and all hands
rejoice at his return.
j. w. Shannon has received his
commission as q. S. deputy miner
al surveyor and is now ready to be
employed in all classes of work in
the jurisdiction of a civil engineer.
Mr. Shannon was in the govern
ment surveys of the public domain
in Wyoming and has had large eX-
perience and is a capable and
scholarly gentleman In his profess
sion.
DIR. A. c. Humelbaugh will be
at Denver hotel parlor during the
week beginning Monday, the 18th,
and ending Saturday, June 23rd,
prepared to do all kinds of dental
work. Special attention will be
given to the preservation of natur-
al teeth. No matter how badly
decayed your teeth are come and
have them treated and saved.
To-day is the date set for the
vote on the tariff bill in the U. S.
senate. The monopolists, manu-
facturers and other vested interests
which have been the beIefciaries
of the Mckinley act are fighting
hard and stubbornly to retain the
high duties, bounties and subsidies
granted them by that act. They
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