Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-04-03
GRANGEvILLE IDAHO CO.. IDAHO. FRIDAY. APRIL 1896
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Many strangers, mainly mining
men, are arriving in town daily.
Victor Mining Co. are running
full blast near John Day creek.
w. A. Hall and j. H. Amber
leave for Elk City Monday on a
business trip.
Dan Mcpherson left for New
some creek yesterday to operate |
his placer claims.
The Coleman brothers, of Lewis
ton, passed through town bound
for Elk City Monday.
The Salmon river fruit crop is
reported o. K, except for the kill.
ing of a few apricot blossoms.
A post office is to be established
at Newsome, on the Elk City road,
with j. G. Chesebro as postmaster.
Four four-horse teams pulled out
of Grangeville Tuesday bound for
Florence with j. f. McLean's saw
mill equipment.
Mrs. E. G. Bertrand and daugh-
ter arrived from Spokane on We'd
nesday's stage and will visit with
DR.. and Mrs. T.. II. Sheaffer.
Bro. Mitchell is trying to organ
, Use u Mckinley club in Denver.
, The democrats also have u "club"
for the same illustrious statesman.
T. M. Vance, of Yakima, WASH,
was at Mt. Idaho this week on le-
5 gal business. He is son of the
< lamented and distinguished SEN
ator Zebulon Vance, of North Car
Olina.
t Congressman Wilson has secur-
ed an order from the Interior de.
partment to have the disputed
north boundary of the Nez Perct
reservation surveyed and perma
nently located.
Three steamers are now running
on the lewiston Riparia route ant
- cannot begin to handle the Cama'
II Prairie and reservation freight
= We want a railroad and must have
it. Hurry up that railroad.
- Another string of teams left yes
- terdvy with freight and supple
= for Florence. Yates, Rothwell
e Boynton and Miller are the bosse
Us and hope to get there with bot
tx feet early the coming week.
! If you want to participate in tn
- trade of Florence and other minin
x camps in Idaho county you mus
s. come to Grangeville to get it. Gu
lir neighbors, who are green with cn
rs, Wy at the growing prosperity
Grangeville, can put that in the
tb pipes and smoke it. Frozen fac
nd are stubborn things to butt you
ps head against.
he Among our visitors this wee
was James Daily, of Ventura, Cal
"a who mined in Elk City in ear
he days and is now on his way bat
of to the camp to prospect for a vel
III. rich ledge of gold-bearing quar-
which he found on Gold hill
the forks of American and RI
river in those days. He is d
f. lighted with Camas prairie al
est Grangeville and announces his i
OF tentiOn of removing his fami
. here for permanent residence ii
ON fall. He left ON Mondays sta
the for Elk.
ere Fred F. Smith, who was mast
ION mechanic for the American h
'er' company last year, returned fro
en- Spokane this week, and will lea
ney in a few days for the placer cla
BILE on Newsome creek in which he
On interested with Dorm, Pettibo
in and Gregory. He has also ;
ranged to establish an agency
Grangeville for the supply IA
any y laying of all kinds of iron pipe
eu hydraulic or water works, and "
.n,a ~ give the work his entire superI
W ion. Mr.. Smith is a thorough
A equipped workman and those hs
ing business in his line will
we'd well to look him up.
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