Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-07-30
Denver Items.


Rev. f. A. Chase has been ap-
pointed postmaster here.
+. Costley is hauling 1900 BUSH
els of wheat to our mill.
| Doctor Blake has bought fine
team of horses of Sam Jones.
VIM. Jones, son of Seth Jones,
bought the fine piano of j. Breen Is
at Keuterville.
d. P. Mahoney, of Wallace,
bought 3 car loads of cattle in this
vicinity last week.
G. H. Brockman favored us with
a delicious mess Of carp out of his
lake. 1t was quite a treat.
Rev. j. A. Hedges, of Nezperce,
will preach in the Presbyterian
pulpit next Sunday evening.
J. Urquide camped in Denver
Sunday with his pack train on his
road to Warrens with merchan-
disc.
Doctors Shawley and Bibby
were in consultation Sunday even
ing at F. G. Mitchell's, Mrs.
Mitchell being seriously i'll.
The entertainment Saturday
evening by Rev. Perkins was
huge success. Everything passed
off smoothly and a neat little sum
realized. The tableaux by Lenore
Randall changing out the Stars"
and Versie Patterson as "Faith,"
were beautiful indeed.
A most delightful day was spent
last Sunday by Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Pulse, of Denver, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. A. Wilkinson, Mr.. and Mrs. DR..
Sheaffer and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. S. Sweet and daughter, and
Mrs. Brown, of Grangeville, at the
magnificent home of H. s. Jones
near Tolo. The dinner by Mrs.
Jones was indeed a delicious re-
past.
Elder j. d. Jones will hold SER
vices at the Jones school house
Saturday, (tomorrow) evening at
1880 p. m. A basket meeting will
be held on Aug. 8, the second Sun
day in August at Nurss' grove, 3
miles south of Grangeville near
Browns sawmill. Elder Jones
will conduct services at IL a. m.
and 3 p. M. A cordial invitation
is extended to all to bring their
lunch baskets for an all day time.
Our coming harvest without
doubt will be the greatest gar
nered in this county for many
years. There are barley fields
here that look as though they
would 60 80 bushels to the acre.
Reports all about us tell the same
story of magnificent prospective
yields. This has been an unusual
growing season, and it has served
to accentuate the difference be-
tween the various portions of the
county. Both fall and spring
sown wheat could not we'll look
better, and with prospects of 6Oc.
wheat, the farmers ought to enjoy
a Merry Xmas. Your correspond
ent would suggest that the farmers
experiment with the red fife wheat.
It's yield in the Palouse this year
exceeds any other. The berry be-
ing plump, as large as blue stem,
heads 81 inches long and -averag-
ing over 200 grains to the head,
and the farmers of the Palouse are
firmly impressed it is the winter
wheat of the future. Flour milled
from this wheat at Walla Walla is
now shipped to the bakers of Bos-
ton and commands the top price,
and in the local markets this wheat
now brings 7 cents a bushel higher
than club wheat. Our colder eli.
mate enables it's cultivation more
proitably than in any other coun-
tries.
The Granite Mountain Copper &
Gold Mining Co. will soon have
their stock certificates from SpO-
kane, when active operations will
commence. A contract to sink the
present shaft 80 feet will be let al
once, and suitable buildings erect.
ed to push development vigorously.
A boarding house, bunk house and
tool house will be constructed, and
Messrs. Flynn and Brewer Bros
are now getting out timbers, etc.
for this work. A recent assay from
samples crushed and taken across
the ledge give returns of $72.O(
copper and $500 gold, which has
encouraged the owners consider
ably, and from present indication,
the property will develop into 9
good mine at very little expense
A party of mining men will visit
T this property on Sunday. There
are q great number of splendid
prospects near this same property
T which if properly developed and
worked would undoubtedly start 8
, little boom In this country, which