Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-01-22
A. r. Parker, notary public.

A. F. Parker, notary public.
John Rice was up from Slat
!. creek during the week.
The Indian payment is to b
. made on Monday next, Januar,
e 20. The amount to be disburset
is s
: Careful attention and good feet
, is the fate of all stock entrusted t,
my feed stable.-JosEPH Cox
Stuart, Idaho.
Parties desiring to put in log.
on the half-shares would do wei
by calling on W. w. BOWMAN, a,
Harris gulch. 33.
The partnership between Jor.
gems Il Martin, at Kamiah, has
been dissolved. Mr.. Jorgens will
continue the business.
| A No. l baled hay for sale at
$3.50 per ton, by E. w. Oliver, 81
miles northeast of Grangeville, and
nine miles east of Denver. 1.
Fred N. Hallett, of Lewiston,
came in Tuesday from a trip to the
Crooks Corral country, between
Salmon and Snake rivers.
Low prices and honest treatment
at Browns cash store, Stuart,
Idaho. Commission business a
specialty.-GEo. Brown, Prop.
The Crown Hill group of quartz
claims on the head Of Newsome
creek were located january /, by
W. H. Giles and A. j. Anderson.
Send for our catalogue of ten
cent music containing over 5000
pieces of instrumental and vocal
music.-THATcHER & Killing, Lew
iston, Idaho. 80.
The rumor that the democratic
party is dead will be reorganized
as an old acquaintenance by hosts
of people who have repeatedly
seen the burial services interrupted
and the sexton licked by the
corpse.
The supreme court made de-
cisiOn this week that was wired to
the FREE PRESS, in the matter of
county attorneys and school SUPER
intendents. 1t was decided that
the old officers shall hold over un-
til the next election.
The senatorial situation at Boise
remains about the same. Two
ballots taken Wednesday resulted
as follows: First ballot: Ballen-
tine %, Dubois 26, Rodgers 13,
Claggett 1; second ballot: Ballen-
tine 26, Dubois 26, Lewis 16, Clag-
gett /.
Farmers, take care of your hens,
for they will bring you more money
than hogs this year. The demand
for eggs in Elk City and Florence
is growing all the time. Over
1000 dozen were shipped to these
camps by Grangeville merchants
last year.
Sam'lI. Silverman and Chas.
Schmidt, of Butte, came out from
Elk Tuesday and went on to Butte.
Mr.. Schmidt was quite well pleas
ed with the Elk City country from
his observations, though his time
there was limited. Work will be
continued vigorously on all the
the claims of the syndicate.
A Japanese ball is to be given
in the oper house on the evening of
Friday, February IL, by the Odd
Fellows lodge. Those who en-
joyed the last affair Of the kind
will find it eclipsed on the COM
ing occasion. A fine lot of dec
orations have been ordered and the
ball promises to be up-to-date in
all particulars.
The town of Grangeville hasn't
had SO much booming as some 9TH
ers that might be mentioned, but
it has been growing right along all
the time in a way that promises to
make good solid citg before the
next century is far advanced.
Its location as the supply point of
q great and growing mining coun-
try seems to insure it's future as
one of the most important business
centers in the state-a future
which the nature of its tributary
and varied resources
makes doubly sure.