Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-12-15
Clear water Cuttings.

W.T. 20 Pu0sSu6
Dewey very sati sfactol tally.
some extremely rich ore was ex-
tracted from the winge below the
LOO foot level. Pieces Of the ore
resembling their 5000 ore. which
showed no gold visible to the ma
ked eye, assayed 81 per cent. cop
per, $50 OF. silver and 2O6.S gold.
The total value per ton is $47S7 .93.
Mr.. 6ilverman Is working small
force ON the mine, making the nee
preparations for to install
hosting works at the mines imme-
diately, when . large force will be
put to work and systematically de-
velop the property. Soon as the
railroad reaches. Stuart the mine
will begin shipping ore to either
the Northport or Tacoma smelter.
Pay your taxes now and save
future costs.
Merchant Edwin Lon don arriv-
ed Tuesday from . trip to Lewis
ton.
BoRN.-Near Grangeville, Idaho
December Is, 1899, to The wife Of
O. L. Chase, . daughter.
The Salmon river stage left
Wednesday with a full load OF
and four horses.
A. N. Ingram is now at Ketch-
kan, Alaska, and has ordered the
FREE Press sent to him there.
Messrs Scott, Spedden and w.
E. Mckee are building handsome
residences on South State street
and vicinity, all Of which add very
materially to the attraction Of tina,
part Of grcwimng Grangeville.
s. A. Moon made . flying trip
out from Florence Tuesday, re-
turning next day. He reports foul
feet Of snow in the camp, and tho
big boiler for the Florence Dredg.
ing Co. as being at Adams camp.
Granville Pugh was out from
Adams camp this week and reports
a lot OF travel into and coming on,
from the Hump. He expects tha
. postoffice will be established at
his place in the spring, and tina
the mail route to the Hump will
start from his place.
Village attorney Griffiths lef
for Moscow, Tuesday to conduc,
the defense in the suit brought by
g. w. Goode ct al. to secure a
writ Of prohibition to restrain Tn,
village trustees from collecting
license money with which to carry
on the village government.
Daily trains are now running OF
a regular schedule between Lew
iston and Orofin0. It is no
thought that trains will be runnin,
to Stuart until March l, owing t,
delay IN arrival Of material for tn.
big bridge below Kamish wher
the track crosses to this side of tn
Clearwater.
Some magnificent ore assayin,
over $1,000 in gold has been struci
in the Dewey mine. Represent
atives Of the LeRoi company ar,
here negotiating for the purchas,
Of the property. The Dewey is 3
big proposition and will be q grea
thing for this section. A big min,
in our front yard is a good thin
to have.
w. Il. Costly has donated to tn,
FREE PREss Office four turnip
raised on his town residence prop
erty which weighed "a pounds
Turnips Of this abnormal size ar,
usually nothing but fiber on tn,
inside, but this variety raised By
Mr.. Costly are solid throughout
and cook in shorter time tina,
other varieties, and are witha
unusually palateable and tender
John Aram Is having q portion
of his fine farm sonth OF tow
plated into FIVE and ten acre tracts
Surveyor Shannon commenced tn,
work Wednesday,. 1t is under
stood that these tracts will b.
placed on the market for residenc,
purposes, and surely there are nj
more eligible tracts to be found
nywhere, with abundance OF
water, good drainage, fine view
and the best soil in the world.
Fred Karstep returned from q
trip to Portland, Sunday where ht
went to negotiate Q sale Of the
Bolivar properties in Thunder
mountain owned by Dan Fitzgerald
and others. Mr.. Karston had
good success, but was not able tc
close up the deal owing to some
defects in the papers, which will
take little time to rectify and
straighten out, owing to the part
ners in the property being sc
widely scattered.