Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-06-09
IAE BUFFALO RQsl!
Rose On Its Had La6s "a yolkc
Nile and / Hall.


Nile and I H1li.
There appears to BE- coneid n
feeling over the recent appoints 4
Of X. M. Henley e. po11maetee ~
Buffalo, the Hump toWnsite. n
the first place IT appears thAt : p>t
jOrity OF the men with interests -
the camp de sired that Ef~ak
Brown should receive this appoint-
ment. Indeed, they SO petitioned,
and the requisite papers ard ~
thority were on their way TO M.
Brown according to advices from
Washington. s
All Mt once these papers were
cancelled and the authority wao
vested in Mr.. Henley. No one an
pears to understand just where tie
pull came from, but it is evidently
q powerful one and created Henley
postmaster once and for I'll. Ga
the folks who had been used -
rustling their mail at Frank
Browns found it necessary to m1nt
up Henley, who had cabin not -
very far away.
| The smould ering feeling, how.
ever, burst into a flame of indig-
nation when Mr.. Henley pulled
stakes and ira veled to claim q
mile and half from the camp,
shaking the POI tof1ice behind him.
So now the bumpers who maintain
: a fitful corresp ondence with wives
and sweethearts in Grangeville,
have To do considerable snOw-shO0-
ing to discover whether their fair
ones are still fpnd, or frosty. This
makes mailbag matters uncertain,
and the men declare that their do
nestle happiness is liable to BE-
shattered.
Con Beggs was in town Sunday
getting up petition to the post
master general to have the post.
Office located in the camp. He
says the min ers would prefer to
have Frank Brown post master, but
don't much care who It il that
; holds the pos ton 60 long ~ the
3 Office is located in the camp.
This, at all events, 10 one side Of
the story. The other side has vet
r to be heard from.
Grangeville real estate IL ON tho
boom once more. Sunday morning
, Messrs. Fogg & Nugent cold 8
: block Of eight lots Of the northeast
!, addition to Allin r. Lewis OF
Washington for t4OO. What's the
matter with Grangeville7 She's
all right! You betl ~ N
: w. II. Phelps, president Of tho
Idaho omstock Company, arrived
from Dixie Saturday and reports
two feet of snow in that district
yet, but prOspectors still pushing
' in. He estiIh mates that there arc
fully 300 men in there at present
3 waiting for the snow to 60 of.
: Contractor Terterling states that
he expects % stn&tsu ~ l
ing tomorrow. HI 6nxE ~ =
y good site for . bFtG1r y 1
r abundance OF suitable clay x60St
l. three miles from town. At the
present rate Of building there
= should be an enormous c0nsump-
h ton of brick this summer and fall.
ls A stranger was in the Ceur d.
Alene theatre Saturday afternoon
e playing music on the violin Of \
y very high class, and with fine TECH
J. niqne. No one knew his name
d or where he was from. Certain OF
his selections were classical and
}, were as well understood and appre-
: ciated as il he had stood ON his
= head and talked Greek to. the
# crowd.
The Reyno Ids distillery has been
> obliged to shut down for q time
d until the rating can be adjusted.
l. The present rating calls for ninety-
q five gallons of whisky per day,
whereas the actual production ID
q seventy, fro twenty-five bush
- els of wheat. The commissioners
% has written to headquarters recom-
: mending that this error in rating
i be corrected. fa sf
= f. w. Oliver, who is interested
a in a fraction of the Dewey and
:, also the Evergreen ON the Clear
% water is said to be contemplating
- purchasing the Grass Roots claim
" in that vicinity. Mr.. divers
, faith in the Clearwater mines is 81
q great that he has disposed Of con-
y siderable real estate in order to
" make farther investments in These
mines. Fi
= w. B. Newcomb, a late arrival
from the III mp, was . caller Al
the Press Office Saturday and
= stated that the prospector, Mr..
r Margraf, whose wife in San Fran
70 cisco feared he had been killed,
n was alive and well in the HUM
. and is the fortunate owner Of three
% likely claims He sent her 12OO
It about Christmas time and has since
written, SO by this time the lady g
= in all likelihood treasured.