Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-26
Lee Owens has returned from a visit
10 friends in Walla Walla.

he w HdtCHccI peOpic are HeHOttatlHS
for the purchase of tile Poo'nsr milling
plant in Florence.
The town is exceedingly dull
these harvest days and local news
is hard to get.
w. A. Akers, a mining engineer of
Denver Colorado, is in the county on
mining business.
Mr.. Glindining had a runaway on his
rcent trip of inspection in Elk City, the
team getting scared on the grade down
to Buffalo gulch He was thrown out
and suffered severe scalp injuries.
1t is truth as old as the ever
lasting hills that those who own
the money Of a country, and have
the power to contract or increase
it at will, must necessarily control
all the property values and all the
industries of a country.
The republican state convention
has adopted the policy of making
one gentleman and one lady from
each county constitute its state,
central committee. The mssjubers
Ph.otn Idaho -count, v Ire q ~ Chr
l'ber and Mrs.. ON. Day. $3.50
A telephone from Denver as we 90
to press announces that Rev. Perkins is
resting easily and DIR. Stockton hopes
to pull him through. His condition,
however, is very serious The prayers
of the community are with the family of
this worthy citizen in their hour of mis-
fortune.
A. w. falkington left last Sat-
urday to attend the democratic
state convention at Boise. He
will be joined there by J. A.
Czizek from Warren, and these
two will be the sole representa-
tives from Idaho county.
Rev. T. d. Gum, d. D., synodical
missionary of the Presbyterian church
for the district of Washington and
Northern Idaho, held services here for
the Presbyterians last Sabbath. and on
Tuesday evening the permanent organi-
zation of the First Presbyterian church
of Grangeville was effected.
Mr.. Glindining and Warren
Robbins have returned from their
inspection of the Bitter Root for
est reserve. 1t is likely that Mr..
Glindining will make headquar-
ters in Grangeville, as it is essen
tial that he should be within
reach of the government by wire.
Notice.-All accounts due Ho-
gan, the barber. must be settled at
once, or they will be placed in the
hands of an attorney for collection.
After this date no accounts will
be allowed to run over 80 days
} Please bear this in mind.-Hogan
} the barber. 1914
Tom Neighbors was visitor
from Warren this week and re-
ports lively camp and expecta-
tions for making it the coming
: gold camp of the state. He sub
t scribed for the old reliable Free
t Press, and informed us that he had
a contract to pack ore from the
Charity mine to Riebold's mill.
Geo. Ritchie and son arrived out
: from Elk Friday en- route to their
). home in Coeur d'Alene city. They
: report the discovery and location
a by themselves of good quartz pros
# poets on Campbell gulch on which
Q they intended sinking 75-feet or
/. their return. A colored mar
named Raymond has also located
q a ten-foot vein of rich gold-bearin,
o quartz on Little Campbell gulch in
. the same neighborhood.
l. Hugh Turner, the we'll knowr
IS prospectOr and miner, of Newsom'
4 creek, aged 6S years, is in tow
undergoing treatment for rheuma
- tism at the hands of DIR. Chas
Il Foglesong, and he wishes the pub
,s lie to know the fact that while h,
>, has only been under treatment 70
. five days the doctor has done hin
" a world of good and he has exper
.. fenced much relief and believe
% % that the doctor will cure him en-
ls tirely.
y r. j. Mclean, the well-know
20 Florence mining man, has return
ed from trip to the new Buffal
a Hump quartz district and inform
y the Free Press that it is all a
represented and will undoubtedl
~ make the greatest quartz cam
= ever discovered in this state. III
n left us specimen of a 7-foot strea
3. Of ore from the Big Buffalo, th
~ original location, and says tina
!. the entire ledge matter, 80 fe,
N wide, will pay to mill. The di
20 trict is three miles west of Fis
"a Lake and the wagon road to til
N Badger mine runs within eigl
"a miles of it.
an AL. E. Markham's New York Theatl
to Co have been playing short engageme
in the city at the opera house. We ca
say without fear OF contradiction th
IN this is the best company that ever visi
h. ed Crangeville, and are worthy of be
ne ter houses than they have been recei
ne ing. Last Saturday night they presen
n ed "Ole Olson, Jr." and0Al. Markham
ha Ole made a clever comedian, and h
- Swede dialect out Of sight. Tuesd,
10 night "Swan Swanson, or Kitty II
- r. H. IA.