Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-06-12
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Idaho county is slowly but sure
ly getting to the front.
Willie Campbell is very low
with nervous prostration at Mrs.
Eastman's.
j. w. Murphy is building a
blacksmith shop 40x50 feet on the
corner south of the Brown front.
Louis N. Larson, of Westlake,
was in town Saturday on his way
to Warrens, where he has mining
interests.
Girl wanted to do general house,
work. Sure pay and the comforts
of good home. Enquire at FREE
PRESS Office.
Ernest Pribilsky is out from
Florence gold camp for supplies
and returns tomorrow.
Walter Hill is back from Flor
ence jubilating over the prospects
of that growinff camp.
A. II. Cummings is out from
Elk City and reports all the placer
mines running and the best water
season for several years.
G. P. Cone and John Wells, own
ers of the Goldbug group, arrived
from Florence Wednesday to fix
up the necessary papers for the
transfer of the property.
Bailey Chamberlain is up from
Salmon river for change of climate.
He has sold his meat market in
Warrens to John A. Pearson. His
Idaho mine was purchased during
the winter by eastern parties for
$4,000.
The Cottonwood packing house
are shipping meat out of Lewiston
by every steamer, and in few
days will begin hauling from the
prairie to fill orders, and hope soon
to have enough storage room to
begin killing hogs for the summer
trade.
Owing to the wet weather the
camp meetings in the big tent
were adjourned to the opera house,
where large congregations assem-
BILE to hear the distinguished visi-
tors who are holding forth. The
union Sunday school is attended
by 60 scholars.
Justice Beede was up from Riv-
erside Tuesday displaying SAM
Piles of recent quartz discoveries in
that neighborhood. An iron cap
: rock overlies the mineral zones
down there, and after penetrating
that no doubt valuable ore bodies
will be opened up.
Frank Vansise arrived from
Florence Wednesday to have his
eyes doctored. He reports the
sawmill actively at work one mile
from the summit in belt of fine
pine, fir and tamarack, and has
already cut 10000 feet, and many
orders ahead. He will return to
camp tomorrow.
+. X. Culbertson. manager ol
the Tiger -Poorman mine in C9ul
d'Alene, was here this week en-
route to Florence to inspect some
of the mines of that camp. He re.
turned last evening and assures us
that he has made some in
vestments there and that the camI
> is all right. He has bonded tht
Goldbug group for $4,000.
!, George Riebold arrived from
Warrens via Florence Tuesday will
bar of bullion valued at $500
4 the proceeds of five tons of ore ex
+. tracted from the lower drift of th'
:, Little Giant mine. This is som'
J of the richest ore ever taken from
the mine and the extent of tn
shoot has not yet been reached
: Mr.. Riebold reports the dredg
!, crew busy digging bitches and ex
! pecting to resume work with tn
}. steam shovel in few days. Th
It company have an electric ligh
J. and power plant and sawmill a
:! Boise awaiting the opening of tn
S road over Secesh summit to b
). taken into camp, but from presen
Q indications that road will not b
& open for teams for eight week
h yet. The company intend doin
their business on this side here
q after if the state road is put i