Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-09-20

| thO SuOtsRCOV sbAN O~oes - ~ S~~AY ~
G, G. Bunnell, Lewiston, Idaho.
Our streets present a lively ap-
pearance in the fOrenoons, with
Indians in all manner of costumes
walking around as well rs the large
number of strangers who are here
attending the races. In the after
noon the crowd adjourns to the
race track. A free rattle for gold
watch each evening at the Ex-
change saloon arouses much in ter
est.
The harvest home festival will
be held in Denver on Saturday, IL
of October and in Cottonwood the
10. There are about forty five
girls being trained for the songs
and choruses. Besides these there
will be a few songs by adults also
instrumental music, recitations
and tableaux. If the weather will
permit the exercises will begin in
the afternoon, a picnic supper at
four o'clock and conclusion by
lamp-light.
Cue Owen, Lewiston's educated
Chinaman, came up Thursday and
is rounding up the Cinnamon who
were made to pay S15 each by U.
S. deputy marshal Minis recently,
to take them before the u. s. grand
jury which meets in Moscow next
month to testify. The amount OBJ
tanned from the Cinnamon in Ida
no county is estimated at from
1000 to $500. The gen eral
opinion at the time was that it was
a deliberate steal and the whole
affair is to be ventilated by the
federal court.
The Indians all declare that
there are signs we'll known to them
which point clearly to an arly
winter and long and hard one
Some decline to give any reason
for this belief, leaving the imp
sions that their conclusions are
based entirely upon instinct. 9th.
ers are governed in the forma atior
of their Judgment by the habits o.
the animals and birds and the
character of their coating. Plan
life is also considered in this con
nection, particularly the bark O
, the trees and the blades of grass.
The Masonic grand lodge las
week elected the following officers
Grand master, l. s. Weller, O
. Boise senior grand warden, A
w. Talkington, of Grangeville
: Junior grand warden, L. P. Ander
Q son, of Atlanta; grand lecturer, F
. G. Mock, of Nampa grand secre
e tary, Chas. G. Stevenson, of Boise
: grand treasurer, Charles Him rod
of Boise. Grand Master Weile
q made the following appointme ents
deputy master, Geo. M. Water
house, of Weiser; grand chaplain
;. Rev. J. w. Huston, of Boise; gran
orator, George Garbutt, of Wal
:, - lace grand marshal, H. P. Hull
y of Kendrick grand sword be arel
James Griswell, of Pocatello !; sen
j. ior grand deacon, j. G. Muer mar
g of Moscow /; junior grand deacon
IS H. E. King, of Nampa; q enio
Q grand stewart, J. J. Marsk, of Id;
,. no City /; junior grand stewart, A,
n gust Crete, of Silver City; gran
t. pursuivant, A. Lounsberry, Of A
If bion; grand tyler, A. Haas,
n Boise.
D, Messrs. Hallett & Morrison ha,
is been engaged this week examinir
ID various estimates for the constru
tion of a steamer to be placed {
the Clearwater, for the conveyan'
s. of cargo and passengers betwe'
pe Lewiston and Kamiah. Althous
ed the Oregon Railroad and Navig
IN ton Company is contemplate
IL plying on this stream, that comp
rk ny, with its large boats of hea'
On draft, can only assure a servie ee I
about three months, during hi,
water, whereas the steamer to
built by the above named gent
men will be able to run at all tim
re- of the year, as it will draw on
N from twelve to fourteen inch
ss- when loaded, having carrying {
pacity of about one hundred tol
hu Warehouses will be erected for t
ist storage of grain at Cottohwo
'r' creek, Evans Ferry, Big cany
&c: and Kamiah. The necessity
he such a service has long bee t
Did by this vast growing Clearwa
vn. country, and the speedy openi
ON of the Nez Perce reservation
inc white settlers, will give this s
ace tion such an impetus that the s
is cess of the proposed system will
the an assured fact.-Potlatch Press
DIED.-On Saturday, Septem
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