Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-07-14

! walk on n. Cd street, between Hall
, and Meadow, in front of the NJ. E
church. Also an ordinance per.
tanning to the smoking of opium
and prohibiting the practice, was
| read a second time.
Officer Baldwin, was, upon peti.
ton, relieved from the position OF
nightwatchman, to take effect i'm.
! mediately.
The Board then adjourned until
next Saturday.
X. G. Huston is out from New
some today.
Chas. Bentz is visitor from
White Bird today.
Mrs. W. S. Harris is visiting her
daughter in Elk City.
There were Is passengers on last
nights stage arriving here.
| J. G. Green, of Republic, spent
Sunday here enroute tp the Hump.
BoaN.-Near Cottonwood, july
2, 1899, to the wife of Riley Price,
a son.
MARRIED.-At Cottonwood, july
2, 1899, Oscar Asker and Miss Belle
Rigsdahl.
Attorney Bartlett and wife are
expected to arrive from Spokane
this evening.
H. j. McFadden and wife, of
White Bird, are guests of the
Wiltse house.
County Commissioners met as a
board of equalization at Mt. Idaho
this morning.
w. H. Young, of Butte, Mont,
was one of the passengers on last
nights stage.
Rod Leggat is back from Elk
and will return to the camp again
on Friday for longer stay.
A. F. McKenna arrived out from
the Hump yesterday morning, hav-
ing made the trip in 16 hours.
Joe b. Keeney, the pioneer mail
contractor of the northwest, is
spending several days in Grange
vile.
MARRIED.-At Mt. Idaho. July
4, 1899, by Rev. w. N. Knox,
julius c. Bates and Miss Ruth
Beaver.
Gillette, of the Bakery restau-
rant, has put in water motor and
now runs his ice cream freezer by
water power.
r. w Oliver has purchased the
lot On State street occupied by the
big tent restaurant, paying 800
for the 35x1OO feet.
Surveyor Shannon left this morn
ing with six men and 10 horses to
survey some mining claims in Buff
falo Hump district for w. T. Hi
reen and Dr. Bibby.
Mr.. Rainey, of Pullman, Wash.
is in the city with the view of put
ting in a large steam laundry plant
with capacity of doing $500 of
laundry work per week.
The Boston Buffalo-Idaho Co.
are outfitting Manager Turner with
a big invoice of supplies for the de-
velopment of the Company's prop
critics in the Hump district.
EC1 Er, al, al
rived in Grangeville and are
camped ON the outskirts of town
above the postoffice. The Colonel
will be in the city couple of
weeks, preparing everything before
starting on his exploring expedi-
ton.
j. d. Caldwell, special agent of
the Mutual Life Insurance Co., of
New York, arrived in Grangeville
and left for Denver and
Cottonwood this morning. Mr..
will be back in Grange
vile in a few days. We would
call attention to his display adver-
tisement on third page. He is
. genial gentleman and a live bust
ness man.
Attorney Z. B. Simmons return
I'd from protracted trip to Dixie
He reports several deals !
between claim owners in
hat camp and Montreal parties for q
several claims. Gavin johnston 10 '
llso negotiating a deal with out
ide parties for a transfer of the {
\ jax mine and mill property. Mr.. .
simmons looked the camp over v
'retty thoroughly and has unlimit- 2
d faith in its future as gold pro :
lucer. The surface showings sur
r;col b;,r h,x eIo: .S