Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-07-05
Rev. vanWinkle and family are
expected to arrive from Haley
tomorrow over the State road.

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Next week county superintend-
ent W. n. Scales will commence to
visit the schools of Idaho county.
All teachers whose schools are now
in session will please notify Mr..
Scales at once, stating the time
such schools will close.
j. w. Adair turned himselfloose
Tuesday evening and assaulted
Johnny Miller over the head with
pistol. A complaint was sworn
out and warrant issued for his
arrest. He was concealed by friends
that night and assisted to jump
the country next morning, which
is a good radiance all around.
The dance given at Clearwater
bridge last Friday night for the
improvement of the grade up Clear
water hill was great success.
Thirty-five couple were present
and a highly enjoyable time is re-
ported. The music was furnished
by DIR. II. V. Riggs and GA. Bone
brake, and the dance was held in
Hastings new warehouse.
J. G.. Chesebro was out from
Newsome creek this week. He re-
ported six six-horse, four four-horse
teams and four pack trains camped
there the other night, all engaged
in transferring Mr.. Juessen's hy-
draulic elevator outfit. He also
says the travel over the road is
twice as great this season as it has
been at any time since he located
there.
There will be series of meet
ings begun at Denver on Lords
day next, July 7, at 1870 o'clock,
a. m, under the auspices of the
Christian church. Elder Stivers,
of Palouse City, will do the preach
ing and Prof. o. A. Gist will have
charge of the singing, ably assisted
by j. T. Orbison as organist. A
cordial invitation is extended to
all who have an interest in hear
ing the claims of Christianity pre-
Sented.
James Buchanan was out from
American creek last week, and told
the +. p. that he had good ground,
plenty of water, good dump, and a
good ditch and reservoir system on
the property, and that he will take
out considerable money this year;
all of which will be good news to
everybody. His water supply will
last till September. j. S. Rhoads,
of Cottonwood, is associated with
him in the ownership of the claims.
Messrs. Henderson and McCrea-
dy, of the State University, have
been dispatched on a trip through
the heart of Idaho to make collec-
tions of the fauna of the region and
to gather data concerning the re-
sources of that region. They will
proceed by way of Warrens and
the Cape Horn trail toCuster coun-
ty and thence to Salmon City. 1t
is a wild and picturesque region
and some day we are going to
write up and publish the record of
our several trips through there.
S. w. Smith, superintendent of
the Relief Milling Co., was out
from Relief creek last week hunt
ing up freighters to take in the
sawmill. The quartz mill, concen-
traitor, boiler and engine and all
the other machinery is now on the
ground and ready to set up, and
they are simply awaiting the arri,
val of the sawmill. A ten-stamp
mill building will be erected forth
with, and the stamps will be put
in as early next spring as they can
be got there.
1t is not likely that the commits
sioners will negotiate any sale OF
county bonds at the coming ses-
sion, as the law requires a special
election to be held for the purpose
of giving the people an opportuni,
ty to express their opinion on the
subject. This is as it should be.
In two counties in southern Idaho
the voters have voted down the
proposition. The FREE Press is
against bonding at the present
time under any circumstances, for
reasons which we will publish
should an election be held.
During the present week Capt
f. w. Baughman, accompanied by
j. l.. Booge, will start from the
Jaxon bridge on the south fork o
Clearwater, in skiff, with tn,
intention of observing the practi
cability of the Clearwater river fol
steamboat navigation. The trip il
to be made in the interest of tn,
o. r 4 n. Co., as outlined in tn,
letter from b. Campbell, genera
freight agent, which we published
last week. Capt. Baughman know
river navigation better than tn,
average man knows the Lord
prayer, and this trip will give hin
a good idea of the capacity of tn
upper Clearwater for steamboa
, navigation during the presen