Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-05-21

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Wallace Scott and family moved
into their new residence this week.
A stage line is being run from
Baker City to the Seven Devils.
The Bargain store has lumber
on the ground for new ware
house.
Honest goods at honest prices at
George Browns. Give him q call.
Stuart, Idaho. ..
The road to Florence is open
and many freight teams have al
ready gone in. y
The finest horseshoeing in Idaho
county at Pioneer blacksmith shop.
IF. d. DAVIDSON.
Kendrick people are talking of
completing the long-talked-of
wagon road to Camas prairie.
Frank Shissler and daughter,
Miss May, and N. B. Pettibone are
out from Newsome this week.
Prof. Elsensohn and family left
for Keuterville Sunday, where he
teaches the summer term of school.
Homer King is back from Spo-
kane and announces that a stamp
mill on the Hi-u is a sure thing
this year.
ga. F. Parsons" writing us
about road matters in district No.
20, is requested to call at the FREE
PRESS Office forthwith.
Bert Sherwin's term as school
trustee expires next month, and
his successor is to be elected at the
coming school election.
Just received, a very large as
sortment of the newest designs in
wall paper. Call early and get
first CHOICE HENRY WAX.
Buy your mining supplies from
O'Bannon & Clark, dealers in gen.
eral merchandise and mining sup
plies, IL miles from Grangeville on
jyour road to Elk City and Dixie
You will receive fair treatment
and low prices. Harpster, Idaho
| Henry Holz left for Lewiston
Monday for the new brick-makine
machine his father is placing OF
the Grangeville brick yard. The
machine is the very best manufac.
tured, and with reasonable prices
for brick there will be several brick
buildings erected on Main street
this year.
Supt. G. E. Williams was up
from Webfoot bar this week and
reports that his crew are ground
sluicing at present and waiting for
the river to fall, when they
will riprap. He says the bar pros
poets B and 10 cents to the pan,
and that they make $40 per day
to the hand working with shovel.
Three soldiers, on furlough from
Walla Walla, have located dig
gings on Squaw bar, on Salmon
river, below Amos Carver's, and
have evidently struck a big thing
One of them was here for supplies
the other day and had a handful
of nuggets loose in his pocket, one
Of which weighed fully $50.
Jack Davis and w. Mulkey are
back from their quartz claims on
the Salmon below White Bird and
are well satisfied that they have a
good thing and are pushing it
along. The ore is thoroughly
mineralized and carries it's biggest
values in gold, with enough Of sill
yer and copper to make it smelt-
ing ore.
Jacob w. Crooks was up from
White Bird Monday ON legal busi-
ness. He is opening new placer
diggings on the divide at the head
of White Bird and Skookum chuck,
where good prospects have been
found. He cut out a wagon road
to within 4-mile of the diggings
and is now hauling lumber for
sluice boxes and hopes to be sluic-
ing shortly. There is water for
about three months in the year.
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L. W. Fahl, superintendent OF
the COmstOck mine at Dixie was
out this week and in converse
tiOn with the editor gave it as his
opinion that the quartz mines Of
that camp will with development
undoubtedly make a good camp
He has been quartz mining for 80
year and assures us that he never
in any country saw more promis-
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