Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-04-01

A. Maxey and wife left last week
on visit to relatives in the east.
County commissioners meet on
Monday, April IL in regular ses-
sion.
~ w. e. Graham has sold out his
furniture store in Stuart to James
Stuart.
w. +. Child returned from Lew
iston Sunday and left for Badger
Monday.
Quartz and placer location
blanks, % cents per dozen at Free
Press Office.
&Florence and Freedom are to be
made money order offices on
Monday next.
o. c. Clough, landlord of the
Cottonwood house, was over from
the west side this week.
An addition is to be built on to
| Mrs. c. II. Schmadeka's millinery
store on West Main street.
Our weather prophet predicts
some cold weather for this month
and some warm weather next
July.
Ed. Juessen was in town Mon
day en- route to Elk City to inau-
gurate work on American Hill
placers.
N Evan Evans has sold his ranch
situated about miles northwest
of town to William III. Zumwalt
for $3.50.
! j. l.. Eckert and Ed. Fitzgerald,
two of the heaviest taxpayers Of
the west side were over from Cot
tonwood this week
| Fred Mckenzie has written out
to Capt. Murphy that his p. O..
address is Elk City in case the
militia are called on.
Mrs. Moser has leased the build
ing adjoining her Model restaurant
and fitted it up in nice shape as an
attra ctive dining room.
Geo. +. Newman, new editor OF
the Cottonwood Times, accompan-
led by j. j. Murray, were over
from the west side Monday.
NJ. G. Stephens purchased last
week the II. Morris place about
six miles north of town, of p. II
Ready. Consideration $ll00.
~ A number of teams started tC
Lewiston for freight for Grange
: vile merchants this week, and th'
spring stocks should soon be here
DIR. G. A. Green is in Westlak'
this week, but will be in his hom,
office in Grangeville next week
and then go into Elk for the sum
mer.
Frank +. Wyatt, the Salmon
river stockman, has been electe'
!. vice president for Idaho of th'
! Northwestern Stockgrowers Asso
S citation.
t Six months residence in the stat
{ and three months residence in tn
village are the only qualification
prescribed by law to enable you t
> vote at the village election mex
) Tuesday.
> J. NJ. Rumsey, of Chicago, an
owner Of the Bill Short place
S claim above Little Salmon was i
It town this week outfitting and hin
ing men for a seasons work o
his Salmon river property.
J. Frank Turner was up from Stu
art this week and reports tha
- Chas. Gelbach and Nelson in
tend putting in large sawmill o
the middle fork, above Stuart an
have contracted for the delivery ,
300, 900 feet of sawlogs.
There is dearth of lumber f,
" building purposes in Grangevil
which operates detrimentally
u the growth of the tow
The Pioneer, mill will sta
by up next week, when it is to
hoped the deficiency will be su
at piled.
Edahhoe Tribe No. 8, l. O.
"a M. will give a necktie social al
basket supper at the lodge roor
J.. on Tuesday evening, April II.
ID program of music and literary c
ercises will be rendered. All a
"a invited to attend. The procee
tn to be for the benefit of the tribe.
IS Messrs P. E. C. Burke al
~ F. P. Burke, of Denver, Col
III RADIO, spent several days
Grangeville this week en- rou
,e. to Elk City and Dixie. Th
I'd are practical mining men
ess large means and are lookil
1n 'ho over the mineral belts in {
he Idaho county with a view
.he investing in quartz if they c
the find a proposition to suit the
lor m They were both surprised
90 find such a vast extent
". country up here, and said
en- AGRICULTURAL and mineral