Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-11-29
GRANGEvILLE IDAHO FRIDAY NOVEMBER 49,
We look for open weather down
to Christmas.
For choice tobaccos call at Ma


gees postoilice store.
Short settlements make long
friends. Call and see us.
Frank McGrane is expected back
from Lewiston tomorrow.
Yesterday, Thanksgiving day.
was as bright and balmy as a day
in May.
Florence got ahead of Elk City
this year, but you will hear from
Elk in '96.
Cottonwood beer always on draft
at 20 cents per quart, at ExchanSe
Saloon, Grangeville.
New subscribers to the f. p. are
+. E. Mix, Florence, Idaho John
Maugg, Keuterville, Idaho.
Nez Perce county grand jury
has indicted Mrs. Goddard for the
murder of John Siers at Waha.
Call at Mrs. Botsford's Dress
making Parlors, at Mrs. Schmad-
eka's, for Latest Styles and First
Glass work. 13
Ernest Pribilsky expects his fam
lily to arrive from Walla Walla for
permanent residence. He has
one of the Grange buildings for
their occupation.
Pity the man without friends.
G. w. Myers, of G-angeville, and
L. Spengler, of Denver, brought us
each a fine fat turkey for our
Thanksgiving dinner.
The Indian trade in this bail
wick for the past three weeks has
averaged nearly one thousand dol
lars day. This sounds big but
our storekeepers books will prove
it.
James Edwards, of Grangeville,
has been appointed a regent of the
state university by Gov. McCon-
nell, vice j. F. Ailshie, resigned.
Mr.. Edwards will make a good re-
gent and the governor is to be con-
graduated upon his selection of a
good man this time.
l.. Z. Smith, a brother of Mrs.
Luella Smith, arrived here this
week from Colorado and will look
over the mining camps of Idaho
county thoroughly with a view of
finding something suitable for in
vestment by the syndicate he rep
resents.
Henry Ternan was in town from
Elk City this week. He reports a
prosperous season on his placer
claims east of American river; he
has run tunnel so feet in length
on the General Grant quartz ledge
and has 40 more feet to run, when
he will cut the vein at depth OF
100 feet.
Miners will do well to take note
of the recent decision of the SUI
; preme court. 1t is to the effect
, that location made by an agent
| or attorney in fact is legal, or in
other words location may be
made by one man for another who
is not present and as agent for the
! absent party, and that the location
= thus made will hold good in Idaho
Section of the Wyman mining
! law provides "Within 60 days
after any time set or period allow.
ed for the performance of labor OIL
making improvements upon any
? lode or placer claim, the person in
whose behalf such work or i'm
provement is performed, or some
person for him must make and rec.
ord an affidavit in substance as
: follows" Then follows the form
= of affidavit to be made, setting
forth that the required amount o
work has been performed. There
+ fore, to use the miners expression
S you have to swear in and recort
s your assessment work.
The FREE Press has no sympa
thy with the effort to introduce
S the teaching of Latin in the publi
If schools of this place. We believ
o that the first duty of the publ
+ school system should be to Civ
e the pupil thoroughly good Eng
v lish education. TO that end al
frills and furbelows, foreign an,
3 dead languages, should be wipe'
= out from the curriculum of ou
j. public schools. These studies ma
o be all very well in private school
q or universities, but they shoul
+ not be permitted to cumber tn
" common public schools, which ar
70 already overgrown with mess c
e weeds which choke the garden of
good, common sense English edu
cation.
3, Thirty years ago large part {
L Iowa and much of the state of II
IT inois were as scattered in thei
IS prairie settlements as are Cana
u, prairie and the Nez Perce reserve
" tion at this day. Twenty year
er ago buffalo were slaughtered b
the thousand on the plains (