Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-11-22
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Evan Evans is on the sick list.
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Bunnell, at Lewiston, keeps a full
line Of cutlery.
Josh Fockler was up from Free
dom this week.
Last night was the coolest of the
present winter.
A first-class shotgun for sale.
Enquire at this Office.
Photographer Hanson is at Ka-
miah taking Indian pictures.
Mrs. vanWinkle is confined to
her bed with sickness this week.
Winter hung her banners on the
outer wall in the shape of two or
three inches of snow yesterday.
Woodmen's Thanksgiving Ball
at Opera House next Thursday,
Thanksgiving night, November 2S.
J. S. Parker, of the Denver flour
ing mills, was in town Tuesday
and informed us that they would
start up in about two weeks turn
ing out the celebrated Plansifter
flour.
Tickets for the Thanksgiving
ball to be given by the Woodmen
of the World next Thursday may
be obtained of any member of the
committees. Price 50, including
supper at Palace hotel.
Jacob Riebold was over this
week from his Clearwater ranch.
He recently visited the Dixie min
ing country and returns with the
impression that it is going to make
great quartz country.
William Crandall is out from
his Lake creek placer claims and
reports fair success. He has been
placer mining in this county for 25
years and thinks Lake creek is 60
ing to make good camp by and
by.
Mr.. Juessen arrived out from
Elk Saturday and left for Chicago
Wednesday. He expects to spend
the winter in Colorado and will re-
turn in early spring to start the
hydraulic elevator plant on Amer
lean hill.
A consignment of chairs and
other furniture for the equipment
of the Masonic lodge quarters in
the upstairs of the school house
was received this week. The
lodge will hold its first meeting
here on Saturday evening, Novem-
ber 30.
Filings on the reservation lands
situated in this county can be
made at Mt. Idaho, providing the
applicant or his family be actually
residing upon the land. The clerk
has received plats of the townships
in which the ceded lands are loca.
ted. Several parties have already
made their filings at Mt. Idaho.
New subscribers to the f. P. are
Mrs. Helen Curtis, Gibbonsville
Idaho; Edmond Juessen, Chicago
Illinois; w. II. Gross, Grangeville
Idaho; E. r. Pribilsky, Grange
vile, Idaho; Fred j. Gross, Cedar
Rivers. Mich. The latter paper il
sent by w. II. Gross. Grangeville.
And now the charge is made
that the A. p. A. is simply {
scheme gotten up by the capitals
and bond-holding class to divide
the labor vote. The labor organi
zations are made up of Protestant,
and Catholics in about equal pro
portions, and if the gold bugs car
only inject religious warfare ant
fanaticism into the labor rank
they (the gold bugs) will have ev
erything their own way. 1t is I
cunning scheme and worthy of tn,
class who antagonist the spirit o
independence in the American la
borer.
The original boundaries of thu
Nez Perce Indian reservation un
der the treaty of 1855 include'
both sides of Snake river as far u
as the Brownlee canyon, and eve
rything north of Salmon river +
the southern branch of the Palous
river. The west line began lit
tie below the mouth of Alpow
creek, four miles below Lewiston
The government finally paid tn
Indians 100000 in annuities t
curtail the reserve to its presen
limits, besides supplying them wit
mills, schools, teachers, etc., etc.