Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-09-30
Now comes October.
Have you registered?
Politics are very quiet.

Politics are very quiet.
j. f. Callison is out from Elk.
The freshest and best candies at
the Bon Bon.
Much grain is coming to town
for our two Touring mills.
Our meat markets carry large
assortments of the choicest fruits.
Bowman & Harris will trade
lumber for oats at cash market
price at their mill. 16
The Banner mill in Florence is
to start up Monday on ore from
the newly discovered shoot in the
lower levels.
S. A. Moon, owner of the Coupon,
Zenith and other mines in Flor
ence, has been visiting this me-
tropolis this week.
Arrangements have been made
to resume work ON the Hiyu mine
in Florence as soon as the prop
erty can be bought in.
J. A. Laurence, of Kansas City,
arrived in town Wednesday en-
route to Florence to report on min
ing property in that camp. Frank
Johness accompanied him in.
J. R. Healy, of Salt Lake, has
spent the week in town after a
protracted visit to the Rigley dis
trict where he inspected quartz
properties for his principals.
One of the steam threshers broke
down last week and will be idle
until new parts arrive from the
east. Very little of the grain in
the Fairview section is threshed.
The program of the County
Teachers Association, which will
meet in Grangeville Oct. %, will
appear next week. Every teacher
should look for his or her name on
program.
DR.. Lanterman was out from
Newsome last Friday hunting up
some missing parts of his quartz
mill on the Iron Crown. The mill
cannot start until they are at hand
and the DR.. went to Lewiston to
trace them up.
An effort should be made to
have the mails for Camas Prairie
points leave Lewiston upon the
arrival of the train at 2:30 .. IN.
If this is done we shall be only a
day and half from Spokane at all
seasons of the year.
On our inside pages is an obit.
nary of John W., brother of our
Henry G. Johnson and we'll known
here from frequent visits. John
W Johnson lived the life of typi.
cal American and the details
thereof form an inspiration for the
rising generation.
S. l. Silverman and an expert
w. G. Miller, returned from Bad
ger Tuesday. We understand
that they have arranged for the
purchase of the Homestake mine
from Pennman and Yetter, and
that the Badger mill will shortly
start up on HOmeStake ore.
Vollmer & Scott are laying new
sidewalks on the north and east
sides of their Main street property,
and soon we shall have both sides
ofthe Main street of the Village
sidewalked on grade for nearly
half-a-mile. Who would go bach
to the old state of affairs that ex
listed prior to Incorporation?
The stage line outfit arrived
from Boise last Friday and is be
ing distributed between here ant
Lewiston. There were IA mag
nificent stage horses and four Con
cord coaches, and Mr.. Travis in
forms us that he will put on sta
tions every IL miles and run tn
line ON schedule time if he goe
broke in the effort.
G. p. Richardson, wife and sis
ter arrived from Moose creel
placers Wednesday and left 70
Spokane yesterday where they will
spend the winter. Mr.. Richard
son will return in a few days il
the hope of making a fall run
any rains fall. and if not he will
get ready for next year. He re
ports a very narrow escape fror
having Moose creek burned off tn
face of the earth in a late fores
, fire, and nothing but u good hea
of water in his reservoirs save
the works from total destruction
Chapman's Volunteer Com
pany.
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