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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-25
bower and associates, and when
Mr.. Emerson told OF his find it was

bower and associates, and when
Mr.. Emerson told of his find it was
given a quarter Of a column notice
in the daily issue of Aug. 10, and
in the weekly of Aug. Is. So far
as the editor of the FREE Press is
concerned he has been booming
that country since his first visit
with the U. S. troops during the
Sheepeater campaign of 1879, and
he does not need to be told what a
grand country it is. He has since
made three visits to that section,
and on each occasion has returned
with a notebook filled with memo
randa which have been duly writ
ten up in the columns Of the FREE
Press, the Oregonian and the
Spokesman-Review. 1t is our pur.
pose to do exact and equal justice
to all sections and all camps in this
great county. Now as far as the
commercial portion of Grangeville
is concerned it is fallacy to assert
that our business men discriminate
between camps. What difference
does it make to them where the
money comes from as long. as they
get it, and from the past history OF
Grangeville, no more liberal-mind-
ed men could possibly be found
than our merchants. We will &c
further and assert that, let any man
show one of them good thing in
an investment, and no matter
where it is located the money will
be forthcoming to promote it.
In conclusion, we know that Mr..
Emerson started off with COM
plete outfit and funds to carry it
out properly, and it came from
Grangeville people, hence his argu-
ment falls fiat. Individuals there
may be here who desire to keep
capital on this side of Salmon river
but the community as a whole is
strictly impartial, and if asked
questions by intending investors
our business men, as a fixed fact
and fixed policy, advise them to see
all that is to be seen in all parts OF
the county.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-25
ANOTHER ENDORSEMENT.
Ed. n. Gfilath Tells What He Saw At
the Famed NeWSome Creek.

Edward M. Griffith, our CITY
attorney, has returned from q trip
to Newsome creek. In answer to
questions by PRESS reporter he
said:
"rhis is my first trip into the
Newsome district, and I was
very much surprised at finding such
a promising mining camp. Were
it not for the fact that the wash in
that section is SO unusually deep
and the down timber 80 great, It
would undoubtedly show far better
than at present, and there would
be infinitely more prospecting and
consequent development work ac-
complished. The Iron Grown mine
is certainly a wonderful property,
and has been appropriately termed
the best paying mine in Idaho
county, with the possible exception
of one or two others. So far as
present developments show, the en-
tire country is underlaid with a
stratified blanket formation and
will unquestionably, with develop
ment, show surprising condition
OF the value and extent of the ore.
II visited several properties, most
of which, just at present, are idle,
due to the fact that they are owned
by prospectors who have not the
means of developing or bringing
their properties to the front.
''All Of these properties, without
one exception, show almost iden-
tically the same formation and
character of ore as is found in the
Iron Crown mine, and in many in
stances the ore taken from these
properties would, and does, show
nuggets of gold as large as pin
heads with panning, proving that
the gold is coarse and the ore abso-
lutely free milling. I examined
the properties owned by Campbell
and Mcleod, which, by the way,
are but short distance from the
Iron Crown, as a matter of fact ad-
join it, and found the same condi-
tions as far as surface showing was
concerned, in these properties.
my partner and myself were SO
much encouraged with the outlook
of the camp that we made two pur-
chases of properties, the further de-
tails of which we will give to the
PRESS at future date"
It will be remembered that Mr..
Griffith has had most large and
varied experience in the mining
camps of Leadville and Cripple
creek, and consequently he knows
whereof he speaks.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-25

Some most interesting informa-
tion comes to us from ATTORNEY T.
II. Bartlett. Mr.. Bartlett is q
graduate of the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, Of Boston.
Some time since James Hinson
brought Mr.. Bartlett sample of
mineral, desiring his opinion as to
its commercial value, and after a
careful examination Mr.. Bartlett
came to the conclusion that it was
chromium. Mr.. Hinson stated
that he had found it in large guam
titles near Florence. To be per-
fectly sure, however, Mr.. Bartlett
sent the specimen to his former in
structor of mineralogy at the above
college, who answered that Mr..
Bartlett was entirely correct in his
conclusions, and that it was zir-
conium.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-25

Orofino Courier: We wish to
call attention to the fact that the
FREE Press unintentionally
stopped short Of the whole truth.
Orofino has four general merchan-
disc stores, one drug store, one
dry goods store, one hardware
store, one club room, fruit and
cigar stand, three restaurants, one
hotel, shoe shop, two blacksmith
shops, butcher shop, two BARRIERS,
a doctor, a ferry, a warehouse and
100000, 900 in push and energy
to help her along the rugged path
way to future eminence. We have
surrounding us thousands of acres
of rich and fertile land awaiting
the action of the thrifty husband
man to transform it into beautiful
and pleasant homes. The stock
grower will find here an opportun
ity to engage in business in a fielt
unequalled in the West. To tn,
lumberman our forests say, come
and we will furnish you with ma
terial to keep your mills in opera
tion for years and years to come
Also in the basins and on the
mountain side in the regions back
ofus the hardy prospector will find
hidden golden treasures that would
have satisfied the widest dreams
of Cortez and his credulous follow
ers in theif search for hidden
gems.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-25

The columns of The Press are
open to every enterprise, no matter
what its nature or character be, SO
long as it is to the interest and
welfare of the general community.
1t plays no favorites in any form,
manner or shape, and booms no
particular camp for personal inter-
est. THE Press is, in its broadest
sense, an organ OF the people, and
its desire is to do the greatest good
to the greatest number; hence we
were much surprised at receiving
the letter from Warren published
above, alleging that THE Press
was booming Buffalo Hump, and
was trying to sidetrack prospectors
and capitalists from going into the
Thunder mountain country. Now
this is false on the face of it, and
a canard pure and simple, and
simply arises from the fact that
those who have carried the story
know not whereof they speak. At
every opportunity we have told of
big finds south of Salmon district
and have always claimed it is one
of the richest sections of Idaho.
AS our correspondent has openly
named one of his informants, we
feel at liberty to state the true facts
in the case. He cites the statement
of Mr.. Emerson on the subject.
Mr.. Emerson was igrubstaked by a
Grangeville man, Gov. Vic. Bier
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-25

Who would not rathe er be
wright than be president.
Those dilapidated houses q uickly
change into happy homes when
painted with sDevoe's Ready
Mixed" Alexander & Freidenrich.
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Cottonwood Items

A large party of people camped
here Thursday night on their way
to Montana.
Beals is painting a house for H.
w. Tefft on his ranch near Keuter.
vile.
Baker Ball started for Seattle
Thursday with a large bunch Of
cattle.
Married, at the home of w. ].
Smith, August 20, 1899, Mr.. VIM.
Bash and Miss Brown, Rev. w.
N. Knox officiating.
Mr.. Anderson, who used to live
with the Ellsworth family IA or 10
years ago, is visiting friends around
here.
Mr.. Coomber has closed the res
taurant and left for the lower
country.
Frank Wright is getting his ma
chinery in place and will soon be
ready for business.
Cottonwood, August 21st.
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Five Dollars Reward.

Five Dollars Reward
Strayed, one buckskin pony,
branded JH connected on left
shoulder; five years old; one brown
pony branded 7 on left she oulder,
five years old; one bald faced,
stocking-legged bay, heavily sad
die marked, old, branded 4 ON
right hip. The above rewar I'd will
be paid 10 anyone returning horses
to Douglas & kronnick, architects,
city. 1916
EsTRAY.-Came to my place one
mile west of Grangeville, July II,
1899, one gray horse, weight about
l 200 pounds, branded p on left
hip and I on right hip and shoul.
der. Owner can have same by pay.
ing pasture bill and for this notice.
GEORGE BEH EAN.
Grangeville, Aug. 10, 1889.
A consignment of iron pipes,
rivets and sundry other material
weighing 5000 pounds was received
here Saturday from Wolf & Zwick-
er, Portland, for the Crook Cor
raj mines, ltd. 1t will be shipped
to the company's mines On the
other side of Salmon rive this
week. The big ditch contracted
for by Ed. Liston, is well under
way, and will be completed by
November 1st. The property is be-
ing put in shape for steady opera
tion next spring, when it is hoped
that it will prove all that is claimed
for it, as one of the very best plac-
er propositions in the State.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-07

dess of Liberty on the top Two small
boys gazing up at it with admiration
Johnnie very solemnlyl-Is that God
up there? Willie (full of patriotism) -
No-that's Dewey's mother-Life.
Outward Signs. They call me a
grass-widow / suppose" said the still
young and handsome woman bitterly,
because / don't wear weeds. mo" re-
piled the envious neighbor, looking
around the cheerful apartment, 'its be-
cause you seem to be in clover.-Chica-
go Tribune.
Sandy Pikes-Lady, cud yer please
give me cents? I want to write a
letter to me poor old mudder." Lady
What do you want with 4 cents? Two
cents will send letter anywhere in the
country Sandy Pilkes-Yes, lady, but
l wants to send me mudder check an
I wants de extra 2 cents fer revenue
stamp. Chicago News
Haybrick--I tell We, the number Of
consumers in the world is CROWN fas-
ter than the number of producers. The
time'll come, an we may live ter see
1t, when this here old world won't per-
duce enough food ter support the people
that live in it." Mr.. Oathln--Don't ye
think it Don't We think it! Read the
advertisements in the papers and veil
find that there's been enough breakfast
foods invented within the last year ter
do in ca Sc Of pinch. -Puck.
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MEYER roo LATE no DISCUSS.

1t is pleasing to notice that there is
no disposition to shut off discussion of
the Burmese band-stand question. 1t
was thought yesterday by some that
the debate was closed. but 1t is never
too late to discuss in New Haven. So
the Board of Aldermen has allowed a
month for reconsideration of its vote to
move the band-stand, which vote by
the way, was not in accordance with
the recommendation of the Committee
on Squares. Fortunately this vote of
the aldermen to allow a month for re-
consideration doesn't make it impossi
BILE to put up the new fiagpole within
thirty days" The band stand can be
taken down and left down until there
has been entirely adequate discussion
of new sites for it and a permanent de-
cision in the matter of moving it. Per-
haps If the discussion gets really start
ed again it will not end until the band
stand has become the prey of rust and
rot. Which might not be bad solu-
ton of the momentous problem.
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IN ONO.

! All eyes are on Ohio. The situation
Publican campaign has been carried on
with next year in view, and the anti
Hanna element has been fighting
against the Republican ticket. signi-
ficant feature of the fight has been the
circulation by the friends of Governor
Bushnell of thousands of cards reading
as follows: 'In the contest for United
States senator in the Legislature in 1898
George X, Nash was the only man who,
in open letter, deliberately, willingly
and extensively insuted Governor Bush
nell 1t seems strange that Judge Nash
should be the only man in the Republic
can party whose sense of honor was so
keen that he felt degraded by holding
an office, by appointment, under Gov
ernor Bushnell. Many Republicans,
honorable men, held similar positions,
but did not feel the degradation of
which Judge Nash complained, or If
they did their respect for the high Office
which Governor Bushnell filled prec1ud-
ed them from offering insult to the gov
ernor. The assault was open and so
brutal that it had all the Characters
ties OF d Hanna method. is il possib
that the junior senator was consulted
before the following letter was writ
ten?" Then follows the letter from
Judge Nash, saying that his sense of
honor forbade him to hold an appotnt-
ment at the hands of man like Bush
nell. Nash had been appointed trus-
tee of the Ohio Hospital for EpiIeptics,
He was a partisan of Mr.. Hanna in the
latter's fight for a seat in the United
States senate, while Governor Bushnell
opposed Hanna.
Nash Mclean and Jones are all
claiming everything in sight, and at
this distance it is impossible to tell
much about the foundation for their
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COMBINATIONS.

Easily Explained Kind Lady
What causes your terrible appetite for
liquor? Dismal Dawson--The high price.
INDIANAPOLIS Journal.
Progress Mamma baby is
learning to pronounce the names of
things quite distinctly. Papa-Yes-and
in a commanding tone Puck.
What is trust, father"
"A trust my boy replied the astute
business man. lis business combina =
ton that, you are not in. Chicago
Pos.
Johnnie" said his mother, cant
you play without making so much
noise?'
Nom replied the boy "I'm playin'
boiler shop. "-Phiadelphla North
American.
The Instructor What is the differ
ence between SUBJECT and a citizen ?
The student-If you please. the sub
ject has to be hufnored and the citizen
gets bossed.--Indianap Journal.
He's looking for d Wife, they said to
her pointedly. He would be an object
of greater interest,to me- she replied,
with some asperity, II he were looking
for single woman i-Harper's Bazaar
Fuddy--I want I'd get acquainted with
Moskins, but ] hardly know how to go
about it, he's such a queer fish.
Duddy--A queer fish. Ell? Why don't
you drop him ine.-Boston Tran
script.
A soldiers monument, with the Cod
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THE FLAG IN THE SULU GROUp

Much is said about the impossibilty
of hauling down the flag when it has
once been hauled up, but there are those
who don't see any folly in getting out
of bad scrape in the easiest and quick
est way. Thus Lieutenant Nblack of
the navy rises to remark that the quick
er the United States flag is hauled down
from the Sulu group the better for the
flag and the better for us. 1--WE shall
never be able" he says, ito make any
thing out of the Sulu group, and they
will prove veritable white elephant.
If we could exchange them with Hol-
land for the island of Cuaracoa in the
Caribbean Sea, for consideration, we
should be fortunate, and it would also
secure us a good neighbor in the Phil
ippines''
Perhaps Lieutenant Niblack Is not a
traitor because he talks this way Per-
haps he is only talking common sense.
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Brookline, $1,000 taxpayers, a popula-
ton of 100000 and nearly 10000 to edu-

BlOOkllne, 16,O0O taxpayers, popula
ton of 10000 and nearly 10000 to edu-
cate
| need not dwell upon the advantages
of debate in this matter in order to
find out the truth That is the legiti-
mate and beneficial object of all debate,
whether in legislative halls, town meet
ings or court room. If ! make false
statement or fallacious argument, you
can expose me to the audience And
If you should do it, | should have the
opportunity to do the same for you. 1t
will be good opportunity for you to
give an account Of your stewardship
and to defend your professional policy
which has been seriously assailed.
If you wish to have to assist you in
the debate Mr.. Moran, who with you
has very largely determined the educa-
tional policy Of the city, l am perfectly
willing, except that l must insist that
you two together shall not occupy any
more time than is allowed me. There
need be no judges, and you may choose
any presiding officer you may wish, to
see that there Is fair play. Such de-
bate I believe will be of great interest
and educational value to the voters and
tax payers of New Haven and | hope
therefore that you will accept my chal-
ienge at once. Yours truly,
GEORGE L. FOX.
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AN OPEN LETTER.
A Challenge to superintendent Kenda

| n Onn'tcnE 10 INtnunll
| Superintendent Calvin N. Kendall:
My dear sir: / find that the interest
| in the question of supervisors of special
| subjects In the schools is steadily in
creaslng both among taxpayers and
among teachers, and / therefore repeat
to you my challenge, which ] made at
the hearing before the investigating
committee, to debate this question with
me before a public audience sometime
during the month of November 1t is
plain that the investigating committee
| cannot continue its hearings much
| longer, as it must have time to
| draft its report, But a project is
| planned by some citizens to continue
| the discussion of the subject in public
| meetings. That is an admirable policy
and in view of 1t / hereby challenge you
| again to debate in publicfwith me the
following questions:
a. Is the present system of special
supervisors in the schools wise and
economical use of the money Of the tax
payers and does 1t promote the best in
terests of the pupils?
(2) In what respect can it be improv-
ed?
In my first question l emphasize the
point of view Of the taxpayer. since, it
seems to me, you, in your policy have
often failed to remember this.
During the year now drawing to a
close the city of New Haven will have
spent for municipal purposes $l,5OO0OO
OF this sum $42S, 964.41, or nearly 30 per
cent of the total expenditure was for
the support of the public schools. If the
board of finance had granted what the
school commissioners asked for, viz:
1923 900, the expenditure would have APP
preached nearly onehalf the total
amount spent for municipal purposes.
As it is. the sum is more than twice
what is paid for public works and sew
ers, nearly two and half times the
cost of the police department, and three
times the cost for protection from fire.
Under these circumstances it seems to
me that the action of the common coun-
Gil in appointing a committee to inves-
tigate the subject of the wisdom of the
expenditure for special supervisors is
not difficult to defend 1t is to be re-
membered that New Haven is peculiar
~ d city of Wage-6arning taxpayers,
viz: OF men and women whose yearly,
certain income is not more than 81 200 a
year or 500 a month OF the $4,000 tax
payers, probably at least sixty per cent.
are of this sort that Is persons whose
yearly income is one-third of what
yours IS
Consequently when you in defence of
your policy quote the customs of other
cities where the conditions are quite
different, | grow impatient. Brookline,
Mass. for instance, has an assessed
valuation of $64 900, 900 a population of
$4,000 and less than 5000 children to
educate. The superintendent of schools
told me recently that they had COM
paratively few of the wage-earning
class there.
New Haven on the contrary has
grand list in amount less than that of
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FASHION NOTES.
gevv Ideas Turned 10 Econ ON,

Velvet stitched all over either in
squlrls and tWirls or in decorous rows
Is just now the velvet of millinery and
dress use. 1t seems almost a crime to
stitch new velvet all over, but it is a
very good scheme to bring last years
velvet cape or coat up-to-date by hay
ing it stitched Then the black satin
skirt discarded with tears as impossi-
BILE last year may be brought out and
be corded all over in scrolls. If the
skirt does not flare properly, slit 1t to
the knees, cut it little short and set
under it a shaped founce that shall be-
gin Just above the Sits and fall to the
proper trained length. Mount on this
a net, chiffon or liberty silk flounce
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that shall escape through the Sits.
right in the eye and see her squirm
when she thinks you have bought one
of the new imported model skirts. Any
other colored satin can be used the
same way.
With such gown as that of this pie
ture, you'l be even better off. II was
black broadcloth. the skirt piped
with bands Of hunters green velvet.
The jacket was tucked at sides and
back, and the vest was white mirror
MORE fastened with green velvet bands
and gilt buttons. The dominant TRIM
ming was the collar with slashed
reyers, which was ivory lace finished
with black chiffon trimming. A white
chiffon four-in-hand gave neck finish.
Many a new jacket bodice is as eab-
oiate and original as this without be-
ing one-half az tasteful,
Lemon colored kid gloves withNstitch-
ing of darker yellow and with bindings
at the wrist Of white undressed kid
are shown. White gloves, discarded last
season for dress use, reappear, only it
is preferred that such should only be
worn where some touch of white satin,
lace or cloth adds dressness to the cos
tune. Gloves of elbow length reappear
to the joy of the woman whose arm Is
a good enough shape below the elbow
but not prettily smooth. If the arm is
not well shaped the glove can be loose,
but the mousquetaire with three but
tons at the wrist, now fits so tightly
above that ii has to be coaked on and
worked up over the arm as carefully as
the fingers have to be worked on The
will permit it. FLORETTE.
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given and the Scotch have forgotten
the sins of other days. Outside of com
mercial partnerships racial lines are
clearly defined, and, oddly enough, it is
the French who are socially clannish.
Intermarriages. as remarked in a pre-
vious letter, simply add to the strength
of the French-Canadian family.
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PLITN TILK IN pHTLA DELPHIA.


Testimony concerning the rotten
condition of politics in Philadelphia in
creases. The Philadelphia Press, Of
which the Postmaster General Is edi-
tor in-chief, remarks that If the people
thoroughly understood the facts con-
corning ballot box frauds and the ex-
tent to which elections are debauched;
If honest men understood as they
should that there are wards like the
are dominated by thieves and thugs;
If they knew that in many divisions
the election officers are Jail birds or
have no residence in the city; If they
realized as they should that tens of
thousands of names are criminaly put
upon the assessors' lists by criminal as
SCISSORS acting under orders from the
chiefs in election crimes; if they knew
that these fraudulent names We're reg
ularly voted on by repeaters and per-
senators, building up fraudulent vote
at each election of from $4,000 to sc, 900:
if, in short. the people of the city who
are not participants in election crimes
knew the appalling extent of them,
and that they have repeatedly defeat
ed the popular will, there would be such
an uprising as would speedily put an
end to the whole business.
This is plain talk from a Republican
newspaper, and it ought to lead to an
uprising.