Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13

From wednespay's daily.
W. G. Jones of Spokane is at the
Jersey.
w. A. Newman and b. X. Rog-
ers are in from their respective
ranches on the Salmon river.
J. B. Miller, mining man of
note, is in the city from Chicago.
Judge Fraser accompanies him.
Joseph Wade received yesterday
the sad news of the death Of his
aged mother in Kentucky on Oct.
Sd, and her burial yesterday.
ii. J. McFadden and wife are
again in the city from Whitebird
with choice assortment of apples
and grapes from their fruit ranch.
Call at Winters and see some of
the choicest fruit. ever grown in
Idaho county.
/ F. p. Sherwood, who recently
purchased a valuable group of
properties at Big creek about eight
miles from Buffalo Hump, is in
the city enroute to his properties
He will probably commence immed-
late development work thereon.
;. L. Magee of the prominent firm
of Magee & Montieth, has been
elected to attend the Grand En-
campment of the I. O. .. F. which
occurs at Weiser on Oct. Is. He
left today for Spokane, where Incl
dentally he will attend the Fruit
/, Fair and then will proceed to Wei
ser to fulfill his honorable mission
Contractor A. J, Greenough is in
: town today and informs the PRESS
2 that all the contracts ON the Clear
: water extension OF the Northern
: Pacific will be completed to the
mouth Of Cottonwood by Dec. LIST,
and that no additional contracts
have been let that he is aware Of
He further states that the regular
S train schedule from Lewiston tt
n Kamiah will be in running order
, about Jan. l, 1900.
/ The last of the returning volun
teers arrived home last night
J, They were Captain Levi Castle
: Lieutenant r. H. Hartman, DR.
e McDermid, Bert Collar and Jess
Rains. Fred Mckenzie arrived
the previous evening. Private Eye
II Ter is the only enlisted man WIN
e left here with Company G WIN
# has not returned, and he went OF
!. to Boise, and thence east where hi
parents reside.
The Firemen's ball given las
5 night in honor of the returned vol
= unteers was a fitting finale to tn
n festivities which have been give
s by our people as testimonial {
- our feelings to the boys who wen
I, to Manila. The crush in the for
{ part of the evening was simply i'm
t. mense, but after supper there wa
t. a thinning out which left NOR
room and dancing was continue
until o'clock this morning with
zest which kept the musicians busy
We are all too tired to do justit
Id to the subject this morning. Thel
~ was a large attendance from til
VII country.
CT The Pacific and Idaho Norther
railroad company's surveyors al
y still camped near Whitebird rui
- ming lines to find the best grade Il
&C the hill to Camas Prairie. Whit,
~ bird, Rocky canyon and Gray
1e creek are each being investigate,
30 The road as surveyed down tn
Salmon crosses at Higgins ferr
or and then keeps on this side of til
IN stream all the way to Whitebirt
There seems to be no reason
VS. doubt that the financial conditio
re of this company will enable it
of extend It's road to Camas Prair
ns as soon as the route is decided OF
is and it is highly probable that tt
road bed down the Little Saline
and Main Salmon will be grade
20 F. during the coming winter as I'll
az climatic conditions enable work
~ be carried on throughout the who
- year.