Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-07-21

she was the second State in the
Union to report her quota modified
ready to be mustered in.
Mr.. Sweet informs us that his
sawmill cut los, 900 feet Of lumber
last week, and that he has now
over 100, 900 feet for sale at his
lumber yard in Grangeville, with
teams unloading daily.
The remodeling of the Jersey
house has commenced in earnest.
The front of the west wing of the
old building is being torn down to
make room for the new annex and
the modern facade that is to be in
serted.
John A. Hanson, the phOtogra-
pher, started for Buffalo Hump
Monday to take pictures and find
gold mines. He goes in by the way
of Elk City and Badger and comes
out any way he can.
County Superintendent Elsen-
sohn has returned from visit to
the schools on the prairie. He
leaves Wednesday for the Craig's
mountain schools and will then GO
inc Warren and Elk to make his
annual visitation.
II. G. Whiting, "The Dauber,"
has located his shop in The old
Clark building, and is turning out
some of the best and most artistic
sign work ever displayed in this
town. He il a genius in his pro-
fessi0n and his work is as good as
the best in the land.
A little mining excitement is on
at Kamiah. A number of good
copper discoveries were made
a few days ago near that town and
about twenty-five claims have been
located and staked out. Several
assays from groupings show that
the ore carries from 10 to 20 pei
cent copper.
A. H. Bishop is out from Flor.
ence and reports work progressing
on the Hiyu shaft night and day.
The property is reported as looking
uncommonly well. Homer B.
King, one OF the owners, is on the
ground, and it is expected that the
mill will be started shortly. Man
ager A. ID. Wheeler has his wife
and family with him now.
s. Reublow, Of Anaconda, Mont.
left this morning for a prospecting
trip over in the Lo Lo and Middle
fork country. He has made three
quartz locations already over there
of which he speaks highly and is
now on trip to chase down the
mother lode which feeds the placer
mines Of that section. He has
great faith in that portion of the
great Bitter Root divide.
Among the arrivals on last
nights stage were +. S. White and
A. b. Porter, Grand Rapids, Mich
Victor Thomas of New York, and
J. d. Lacy, of New Orleans. They
are friends of Rod d. Leggat, o.
Butte, and left today with that
gentleman for a tour of the Elk
City, Dixie, Buffalo Hump and
Florence mining districts, to look
up some investments in mining
property.
A good many people are being
vaccinated just at the present time.
This is a precaution which should
be taken by everyone. Although
as yet there has been no smallpox
here, the danger of infection is en-
HANGED by the fact that we have a
transient population passing
through our city, with the posi-
bility that there are persons among
them who have been exposed t.
the disease in other places.
In excavating for the foundation
of the new Alexander & Freiden
rich building a lively spring Of
water was encountered at the south.
east corner. This necessitated a
drain being built and the laying Of
almost 100 yards of stone culvert.
The spring will flow below the
foundation through the culvert into
the creek back Of the FREE Press
office.
There is marked abatement in
the ornery odors that poisoned the
summer air q few days ago. Let
the good work go on. The Chinese
notion that the bigger the stink the
more healthy the locality may be
all right for Cinnamon, but it j.
death to the white man. The
excuse that men who are white all
through are scarce anyway is nc
good reason for endangering the
health of n small and worthy mi
nOrity. Clean up!
Louis Ricard reports a big cop
per strike two miles from Crooks
Corral. He claims to have a ledge
sixty feet wide, samples from
which assay 66 per cent copper.
He also states that this r-giun af-
fords fine opportunities for the
prospector, as the veins can be
traced clear from the Corral to-
wards Seven Devils, a distance of
twenty miles. Attorney W. A.