Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-26
Lewiston is to have a IS 900 city

NHenry Grostein has sold his
boarding house in Warren.
Rev. M. q. Gum preached at
the Episcopal church last Sunday.
~ Mrs A. c. I.anningham is visi-
ting her mother, Mrs. Cleary, on
John Day creek.
~ Born.-Near White Bird, Idaho
August Is, 1898, to the wife of
T. D. Swarts, daughter.
N Mrs. Shissler and daughter,
Mrs. Pcttibone, are visiting Mrs.
A. N. Ingram, at Florence.
Doug Holton has sold his saloon
in Warren and reestablished him
self in Boise in the same business.
~ A post-office named Lowe" has
been established on the reserva-
ton, near the Buttes, in this
county. e
Frank Rowe and Seth Jones
have purchased the Henry s..
Jopes rench IN Lake prscipct. pay.
ing s25oo therefor. 6it .y.,s
Jas. Reardon and Bailey Cham
berlin arrived from Warren Mon
day, having driven out behind Ed.
Brooks team of flyers.
fAAttorney Fogg is having a new
law Office built on his corner lot
recently bought from the Episco-
pal church on Coon street.
w. F. Schmadeka has raised on
his residence property in town this
year the largest growth of apricots
ever seen on Camas prairie.
W. G. Brown, aged "a years, is
lying at the point Of death at the
residence of his son Charles +.
Brown of the pioneer sawmill
south of town.
| +. d. Davidson moved down to
his ranch on the reservation this
week. A big load of furniture and
supplies and a branding iron forms
part of his equipment
G. P. Richardson arrived last
Friday with Miss G. M. Green,
who left for her home in Newark
N. j., after a very pleasant visit at
the Moose creek placers.
tAJ. P, Fitzgerald was out from
Florence this week, and confirms
all the good reports about the mag
nitude of the big quartz strike in
the Buffalo Hump region.
The payments due last Februar,
to the Nez Perce Indians from tn,
U. S. government will not leav,
Washington until September l
Heirship settlements are given a
causing the delay.
The reservation country be
tween Lapwai and Nezperce pre-
t sents some splendid fields of whea
/. and flax, and in few years i
, will be fully up to the high stan
' dard Of Camas prairie as an agri
cultural section.
e w. r. Graham is up from Ken
e drick visiting his brother, w. +
Graham. Although strong popu
/, list Mr.. Graham is decidedly i
favor of uniting the silver forces {
this and all other states until tn
free coinage of silver is established
w. H. Phelps arrived out fror
Dixie Tuesday and reports tn
Idaho Comstock mill runnin
smoothly and making regula
|. shipments. An 8-day run of Di
4 linger ore realized over 43 ounce
of gold, 1923 fine and silver II
fine.
n According to the abstract of OF
= county assessment roll publishe
in this issue there are 10000 acr,
less than last year. Assessor NJ,
re Lean attributes the falling off
x two causes. First, lands bid in b
s the county for delinquent take
Second, to the non-arrival of IL
plats showing the patented lant
- in the county which the count
= commissioners had entrusted
-, -. Ben Morris to prepare.
The Tennessee Speciality Co.,
colored troup of "pot-washers
:. gave one Of their fake performa
70 ces at the opera house Monds
:. night. This is one of the create
- bilks that ever struck the town
- a the show line, and a liberal app
VI cation Of ancient eggs would n
have come amiss. That the Amer
can people like to be humbugg,
IN is very evident from the full hou
le that greeted their appearane
er The company left for southel
to Idaho over the state road, al
he will show the principal towns
y, route. We advise our readers
n give this concern wide berth.
Our neighbors of the Lewist
Tribune are still harping ON t
IL action Of the supreme court Of t
state in declaring certain laws u
On constitutional, and they want t
A. state conventions to resolu
nv oooinsf tho oourt Tn Othar xvOy