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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
CANVAS PRAIRIE.

- nation sought in all sec.
tons of the country with ref.
erence to the true conditions
of the Prairie and its future
prospects, we have adopted
this method of imparting to
the public the information most
generally desired.
Camas Prairie is about 35
miles in width and about 70
miles in length. 1t is bounded
on the north by the Nez Perez
Indian reservation; on the east
by the Clearwater river, along
whose basins all kinds of fruits
and vegetables are extensively
raised; on the south by a dense
forest of stately pine, fir and
tamarack, and on the west by
Salmon river and the extensive
stock ranges, which have found
conspicuous page in all the
pamphlets and newspaper ar
ticles concerning this section
of the country.
The prairie lands are rolling
and the soil being of a rich,
black loan, ranging in depth
from 10 inches to two feet, is
very productive. Small grains
are raised extensively, and the
average yield is estimated as
follows: Wheat, 20 to As
bushels per acre; oats and
barley, 40 to IS bushels per
acre; flax, IL to Is bushels
per acre, and we can truthfully
say that timothy grows most
abundantly.
Since it has been made pub
licly known that branches of
both the Northern Pacific and
O.R.&N.railroa willcross the
prairie, and that these compan'
les are now purchasing rights
of-way to Stuart and Grange
vile, the farmers have taken
up the plow-share of prosperity
with more hope, zeal and en-
enlargement than ever before.
These railroad enterprises offer
inducements of the most en-
couraging nature to the home.
seeker.
AS to the climate, we do
not assume to say that it is
altogether pleasant and agree.
able the year round, but we do
say that no state in the Union
is blessed with any better ag,
ricultural climate than Idaho,
and we speak more particular
" of Idaho county. During
the late fall and early spring it
SHOWS and rains sufficiently
to moisten the grounds,
render irrigat; IN unnecessary,
and insure god crops. During
the winter months we have
good sleighing from one month
to six weeks. Mercury sci,
dom goes below IL or above
Of at any time. The cold is
not bitter, neither is the heat
during the summer months by
any means suffocating. The
nights during summer are cool
and sleep a luxury.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
From MONDAYS Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
The battle ship Oregon has
reached Manila.
DIED.-In Grangeville, Idaho,
March Is, 1899, John Taylor, aged
So years.
BoRN.-In Grangeville, Idaho,
March 20, 1899, to the wife of Allie
Campbell, a son.
A wholesale grocery company
has been organized in Lewiston
with $1,000 capital.
BoRN.-Near Cottonwood, Idaho,
March IS, 1899, to the wife of A.
d. Greene, daughter.
Hon. Vic Bierbower has estab-
lished his Office in Attorney Fogg's
building on Coon street.
Two stages with II passengers,
accompanied by a four-horse bag
gage wagon, pulled in from Lewiston
Sunday.
The main is being extended
northward down Hall street to sup
ply DR.. Bibby's new barn with
water.
A contract has been let for an
additional 90 feet of tunnel to be
run on the Jumbo mine in Robbins
district.
l. N. Maxwell, Jas. f. Babb and
other Lewistonians have organized
a company to handle Buffalo Hump
properties.
1t is clear that there will be a
big town in the Clearwater basin,
and its name is spelled Grangeville.
Stick pin there.
The new county salary bill takes
effect on the first Monday in April.
Tho commissioners of the several
counties shall fix the salaries of the
present officials, excepting county
attorney, at their April meeting.
Grangeville is the coming city Of
the Clearwater basin. Figurative.
ly speaking it is the head of navi.
CATION for all travel to and from
the mines of the Bitter Root and
Salmon river ranges.
All roads to the Hump leat
through Grangeville, and Grange
vile, being at the foot OF the
mountains, only 60 miles from the
Hump itself, is the most natura
and cheapest outfttin G point.
DIED.-Near Grangeville, Idaho
March 10, 1899, Malinda Reynolds
a native of Virginia, and wife o.
w. s. Reynolds, aged 80 years
The funeral took place at Mt. Ida
no this afternoon at p. m.
Governor Smith of Montana We
toed the gambling bill passed by
the last legislature. This leaves
the old law in effect. which makes
the keeping of a gambling hous'
or employment in one a felony.
Buffalo Hump social at 1. O. o
F. hall Wednesday evening, Marcel
i22, given by the ladies Of tn,
Presbyterian church. A shor
program viii be given and luncl
served to all Corners. Admission
at the door IS cents. This in
cludes supper.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
~, = RIVAL CRIPPLE CREEK

....nsus Of Opinion That
suffalo Hump Il the Big.
sest Camp In the
World.
A.D. Charlton, general pas.
..noer agent for the Northern
pac;f;c railroad, tells the Ore.
aon;an that Buffalo Hump
sg;ll be the Mecca ofgold seek.
srs this season; he says it is re.
rarded as a sure thing that the
Hump will throw Cripple creek
completely in the shade. Mr..
w Il. Hurlburt, General Pas.
senger Agent of the o r. &
~ saws: "Great numbers of
people will pour into that dis
trict this spring.
"While it is not possible to
obtain many details,,' said Mr..
Hurlburt, regarding extent
Of mineral veins of Buffalo
Hump district, owing to snow
covering the greater part of
the territory, those who have
studied conditions are very
sanguine as to the future Of
the camp. So far there have
been but 200 claims located;
but there are opportunities for
thousands of others, as the
veins can be easily traced from
the Hump to Warren, Idaho,
a distance of 40 miles. 1t is
expected that, before the seas
on is over, mining operations
will be conducted on such a
large scale as to astonish the
world"
~.
I. r. Wolfe, the we'll known
assayer who spent last summer
at Florence and went to the
Hump shortly after the big
strike, is in town en- route to
Buffalo. He made 100 differ.
ent assays of the Big Buffalo
rock for De Lamar and IS as
says for other parties. These
latter assays averaged $2o..
70. The former, having been
made for Captain De Lamar,
Mr.. Wolfe would not make
public the figures. Speaking
Of the new camp to a Tribune
reporter, Mr.. Wolfe said:
There is no possibility in
my judgment OF the values not
being permanent. Some lodges
that parallel the Big Buffalo
have been developed by ma
ture to a depth of six or seven.
hundred feet. The lodges are
of even values, all the quartz
showing values. There is a
large tract between the Hump
and Salmon river that has
never been prospected, the
snow having put a stop to all
prospecting a few weeks after
the big strike was made. 1
look for number of other big
strikes in that section"
L. L. True, of the firm of
True Bros, assayers of Flor.
ence, wrote to F. H. Gilbert,
OF Lewiston, from Buffalo
Hump as follows:
"We arrived from the Hump
two days ago, after putting in
nearly three weeks of as hard
knocks as l ever went up
against. Neither freight nor
express are coming into Flor
ence. The roads are impass.
able and mail comes in via
strong back and snow shoes.
Our outfit came in about six
weeks ago on the last freight
team that has reached this
camp, and we naturally con.
graduated ourselves. Our
trip into the Hump was for the
purpose of looking over the
situation, getting our bearings
ana to superintend the assess
ment work on the "Mother
Lode Extension" one of the
reading properties. 1t is my
candid opinion that Buffalo
hump the coming season, will
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24

The Grub Problem.
A correspondent writing from
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
STATE DIRECTORY.
ators-Geo l. Shoup and Henry

STATE DIRECTORY.
q S Senators-Geo l. shoup and Henry
deitieit .................
representative. James Gum
Governor. 49,. Frank Steunenberg
Secretary of State-....M Mart Patrie
Auditor-...... Bartlett Sinclair
Attorney-General-.. Samuel III Hays
superintendent of Public Instruction
Permeal French.
Inspector of Mines. A Czizek
Justices Supreme Court.
Nv Huston. l N Sullivan and Ralph
Quarles ...............
Judge of District Court of Second Judi.
cial District. Idaho, Nez Perez and
Latah Counties-.. Edgar c Steel
Clerk District Court-A w Talkington
Sheriff -. ....,.. John F Mclean
Assessor-.......... Fred White
County Attorney. Wallace N Scales
Probate Judge. Joseph K Vincent
Treasurer-....G George M Robertson
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Lewis Elsensohn
County Commissioners: First. Second
and Third District-Joseph B Cook,
George w Petty and John r Briscoe
VILLAGE DIRECTORY.
Chairman Board of Trustees 1zeniy
Wax .......l...s.. -. .........sv...ss.
Trustees-A Fredenrich, WI Schma-
1eka, r G sherwin and w w brown. I.
Clerk---............ w 3 HunAell
Treasurer-....... John Norwood
Marshal- Henry G Je1aeoa
11.f -
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
Paine, Murphy 0 CO.'S Steel. Letter

By Private Wire to Paine Murphy & Co.
 Birmingham April 19.-The stock market opened strong and higher this morning. The leaders in the railway list in respect to strength and activity were the Changers. There were large dealings in Burlington, St. Paul and Rock Island. The Pacihcs, in- cuding Missouri Pacific, were also in lair demand. In another quarter of the market there were dealings in Jersey Central, Southern Railway preferred, and Louisville and Nashville, in which substantial ad- vances were recorded Manhattan was very steady. Sugar was the strongest or the Industrials.
 The dealings in c. r. I. and T. C. l. con- tinued active, but the prices changed little
 The London market for American showed rather limited changes and the dealings for foreign account were in small volume.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
Paine. Murphy & Co.'S Grain Letter

By Private Wire to Paine, Murphy x Co.
 Birmingham, April 19.-Foreign wheat markets were lower today. The western and northwestern bulls put out fresh crop damage reports and bid up prices in order to stimulate a speculative buying. Very little notice is being taken of the favorable conditions in Texas and the Pacific slope Some business is reported for export, but Europe has not shown much anxiety to buy cash or future delivery wheat and the trading, though active has been confined mostly to the professionals. Corn was steady, but inactive, although the statisti- cal position is stronger than wheat as the reserves in farmers hands and in the cribs is smaller than for many years past and the cash demand continues good. Provis- ions were more active and higher owing to covering shorts. The sales were mostly bearish. and some new buying.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
ANNUAL SPRING FESTIVAL,

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 24, 1S99-Reduced
 Rates Via Southern Railway.
 On account of the Annual Spring Festival to be held at Chattanooga, Tenn, May ? to 4th, 1899, inclusive, the Southern Rail- way will sell tickets from points on its lines between Jellico, Middlesboro, Morris town, Hartman Junction, Atlanta, Bir- mingham, Decatur and intermediate points to Chattanooga and return at rate of one fare for the round trip. Tickets will be sold May 1. ? and 3, with final limit to re- turn May s. Tickets at something less than one fare for the round trip will be sold from points within a radius of one hundred miles of Chattanooga. including Knoxville, Tenn, on May 2 and 3, with, final limit to return May g.. 7
 Numerous attractions are being arranged, and an interesting program will be carried out each day.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
Iccai Staple Groccr,cs

Lccai Staple Crorcrlcs plour-Best patent a.2594.5O; strais5. ss. .s5G4.1o. so Toyeping packases ekies e,s pack on's packages, $9.SO. Lard--6iAc.
 Clear ribs sides-5lAc. Centrifugal, 15925c; sugar houso 20025c.
 Rice-5M06lsc. Corn-Mixed 51c; white, 52c. Pearl meal-SSc. Cream meai-a2c. Yay--choice timothy, SIS; No. l, s1G5o; No S15.5o; clever mixed. $l5. Mixed oats-39c; white, 42c. Bran-Mixcd, s15.5o; pure wheat. sl7.oo Cotton seed meal, s1s.e0.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
Dry Goods

New York, April 19.-The home demand for cotton goods continued quiet but more business is reported doing on export ac- count. All fines of branded and ticketed staple goods are steady in price but some outside makers show slight regularity. Prints are quiet but firm. Ginghams con- tinue scarce and full prices are exacted Print cloths inactive at previous prices. Woolen and worsted goods quiet. Silks very firm. Auction sale of 7,250 cartons silk ribbons held today with only indifferent success.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
CONFEDERATE VETERAN REUNION,
Charleston, S. C., May 1O-13 1s99-Reduced
 Rates Via Southern Railway.

On account of the reunion of Confed- crate Veterans to be held at Charleston, S. G. May 1913, 1899, the Southern Railway will sell tickets to points on it's lines 10 Charleston, S. C., and return at very low rates Tickets will be sold May 8, and 10, with final limit to return May 21, 1889. Con- meeting lines will also sell tickets via Southern Railway at these low rates, and whcn buying parties should request that they be so routed.
 For further information apply to South ern Railway ticket agent. 4-18-td
 Hoods Sarsaparifa insures good digestion and strength to the vital organs. Insist up- on Hoods.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup

Has been used for over FIFTY YEARS by MILLIONS of MOTHERS for itheiS CfITI.- DREN WHILE TEETHtNG. with PER FEcT. SUCCESS. II soo'gIE,S the CHILD, soFTENs the GUMS, Af,LAYs all PAIN; CURE WIND COLIC, a'id is the best rem ody for DIARRHOEA. ISold by druggists in every part of the world. Be sure and asiS for Mrs. winslowJs Soothing Syrup" and take no other kinL Twenty-Five cents n bottle. T
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
Lccal Stocks and Bonds
Iirits md Produce
T~csl Cotton Market Cotton-Middllng, 515c.
 The Iron Market.

Butter-Elgin, 221hd25c; dairy No. l. ooc. dairy No 9, 15c country 121Ac; cooking 1oc Potatoes-Irish, soc. Potatoes-Sweet, soc. T.e,nons--Choice, S2. .75G3.25. Poultry-Hens, 30c; fries, 1592Oc; ducks 2oc; geese, BOG.
 California oranges-sS.25a35o Apples-s6.
 Strawberries -15d2ec quart.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
BONDS
Financial

New York. April 19.-The Commercial Advertisers London financial cablegram says: The markets hero wero active and cheerful today. Americans @.re steady at parity, but idle until the afternoon, when New York bought Southern Railway and Norfolk and Western Tho dealings were entirely by arbitrago. Coppers were strong. Tintos were AGA; Anacondas open
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
Chicago Change

Chicago, April 19.-Wheat ruled strong to- day on continued reports of serious crop damage.
 May wheat opened weak, closed strong at an advance of 1hQ1asc. July gained 1as @1%.
 Corn advanced Bc.
 Oats closed a shade higher.
 Pork rose 7lac and lard and ribs 212@5c each.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
New Orleans Cotton Market

New Orleans, April 19.-Cotton steady; sales, 9,1G0; ordinary, 4; good ordinary, Az; low middling. l-16; mddling, 11-16 good middling, 5-1G; middling, fair, 13-16; re- ceipts, 6,429; stock, 393,3l5.
 Consolidated: Net receipts, 45,9e9; ex- ports to Great Britain, 6,6S2; France, 1T; Continent 15,25S; stock, SO2.s58.
 Cotton futures, steady. April, 55O bid; May, 5.54Q5.55; June, 561@563; July, 5.63a 564; August, 5.6245.63 September. 5.6Sd5.64; October, 5.64@5e5; November 5.64GD6.66; De- cember, 5.67Q5.69; January, 5.7045.72.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
Treasury Statement

Washington, April 19.-Todays statement of the condition of the treasury: Available cash balance, S297 766,59O; gold reserve, S242. .115. .224.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20

New York, April 1s.-options opened steady at unchanged prices, ruled excep- tionally dull, with nothing but local deal- ings and entire situation featureless. Closed quiet at net unchanged prices. Sales 2,5OO bags, including June, BOO; August, 5.25; Oc- tober, 5.45.
 Spot conee-Rio. quiet, but steady; Mild, etaadU
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
I,ailv Statement

Galveston-Quiet and steady; middling, 5z; sales, 439; receipts, 1,43O; stock, 79,2l5.
 Mobile-Quiet midd!ing, 59-16; sales, 100; receipts, 51; stock, 14,617.
 Savannah-Quiet; miGdling, 5s; sales, l. 102; receipts, 549; stock, 39913.
 Charleston-Easy; middling, 5la; receipts, 349 stock, 16,709.
 Wilmington-Quiet; middling, 6c; receipts, IA; stock, 16,663.
 Norfolk-Quiet middling, 5B; sales, li9; receipts, 1,416; stock, 5O,515.
 Baltimore-Noninal middling, 6A; re- ceipts, ,722 stock 9,596.
 Boston-Quiet; middling, 6o-16; receipts, 427
 Philadelphia-Quiet middling, G1a re- ceipts, POI; stock. 9,777. phis-Steady; middling. 5% sales, 400; receipts, 1,075; stock, 1903
 Augusta-Dull; middling, 3-16; sales, IFS; receipts S9; stock, S2 55S
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
Coffee.

ed weak at 9ss and closed at 10is. There were big dealings in single options at II.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20

No. z carIies Pullman Sleeping Cars Bir- mingham to Cincinnati and from Btaning- ham to New York without change.
 No. carries Pullman Union Sleeping Car Sleeping Car Chattanooga to Cincinnati.
 No. has through Pullman Drawing Room sleepcrs, Birmingham to New Or leans and Birmingham to Shreveport. J. M- culp. Tra:iic Manager. Washington. D. c.
 Frank 8. Cannon. General Manager, Washington. ID. c.
 c. A. Wickersnam. Superintendent, Bir-- mingham. .s w. A. Turk c. F. A., Washington, n. c.
 c. A. Benscoter. 4. G. F. A.. Chattar- R. II. Ellis. T. P. A.. Birmingham. Ala.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
Cotton Letter

By Leased Wire to T. c. Hewlett, Agent.
 Birmingham, April 19.-Liverpool cotton was 1-e4 lower, owing to favorable weather reports and liberal receipts. Interior stocks are accommodating and the combined stocks at interior and ports exceed former holdings at this period of the season for many years past
 Continental operators covered sales of near months.
 The reports of the date rains in Texas will prevent the blowing up of wheat and the replanting of cotton.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
LITTLE NEWS IN
 COTTON CIRCLES The Day was Dull and the Mar
 ket Quiet, SMALL GAIN AT TIE CLOSE Weekly Weather Bearish, But the Con- tingent Hesitated to Push the Ad- vantage Trading Abraod on
 Slight Scale.
SMALL GAIN AT THE CLOSE

New York, April 19.-The cotton trade had very little to work on in the way of news material today Cables were disap- pointing and the market with prices un- changed to points lower. Crop news was plentiful and generally bearish.
 On account of bearish weekly weather bulletins, some leaders have been tempted to sell themselves considerably short today on market already believed to be heavily oversold.
 At the best, however, it was quiet mar ket in which there was very little interest taken by outsiders. The bear contingent had the advantage but they were afraid to force it end the totals of the days tIans- actions was unusually small.
 Private cables indicated that the English cotton trade was working on the hand to mouth basis pending further crop news, and in view of the increasing visible SUD- ply. The close was quiet and steady, net unchanged to points higher.
 New York, April 19-Cotton steady; mid ding, 6A; net receipts, 479; gross 9265; sales, 46S; stock, 16l $50; exports to conti- nent, 25l.
 Total today: Net receipts, 1,752; exports to continent, 251; stock, S02,95S.
 Consolidated: Net receipts, 45 ,959 exports to Great Britain, 6,6S2; to France, 117; to the continent, 15. 5.26S.
 Total since September 1: Net receipts, 7,765,1 ,145 exports to Great Britain, SIT 359; to France, 665, 5,l02; to the continent, 0.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20

Cash quotations were as follows:' Flour. better demand and 10c higher; No. Spring wheat 73@74; No. 3 Spring wheat, GSG73; No. 9 Red 761aG7S; No.s corn, 35A @351s; No, 2 oats, 2719d27ai; No. White, SO1z@91; No. 3 White. 291aaSOlk; No. rye, 5T1a; No. barley, 40147; No. Yellow corn, 35%; clover. contract grade, 625; No. 1 flax seed, 1191a@123h; prime timothy seed, 2315; mess pork (per bbl) 910d915; lard, per 100 lbs, 5221a@525; short ribs sides, Qoose), 334@49O; dry salted shoulders (boxed) 43s@41a; short clear sides (boxed), 495Q5O5; whisky distilers' finished goods, per gal, 126; sugars cut, loaf, unchanged. On the produce exchange today the butter mar ket was quiet and easy; creamery 1S@1S1s; cheese, steady, creamery, 1112@121a.
The age-herald., 1899-04-20
NORTHERN ALABAMA RAILROAD
 COMPANY.

TIME TABLE MO- 3-IN EFFECT Monday, January 1. 1897, at 6:00 m Passenger. Passenger.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-04-01
LATER NEWS

The transport Zealandia, with sew.
eral companies of the Ninth infantry
and large cargo of supplies on board,
sailed from San Francisco for Manila
on the 2sth ult.
The restoration of the wages of LOO
employees in ,the York cotton mills at
Saco, Me-, is announced to begin April
3, when a similar raise will affect over
1000 hands in the Laconia and Pepper
ell cotton mills at Bridgeport, Me.
The war department is giving seri-
Gus consideration to the advisability of
sending a regiment to the Philippines
in addition to those en- route and under
orders. This command will probably
be one of the artillery regiments now
in the east.
Isaac Sheppard & Co., iron founders,
of Philadelphia, have notified their en-
ployes, nearly 200 in number, of an in
crease in wages. An advance of 10
per cent. will be made on the piece
prices of molding.
The success of the magaphone as a
burglar alarm has been demonstrated
in Chicago. While several citizens were
pursuing prowlers with little success,
G.. Schnable, whose house had been
robbed, seized megaphone and,
shouting through the instrument from
his front window, succeeded in sum-
moning policeman who was travelling
beat several blocks away.
The Missouri house of representatives
has passed bill placing slot machines
in the same class with other gambling
devices. The crime of maintaining
these machines is made felony, pun
ishable the same as other felonies.
Articles of incorporation of the Indo-
Egyptian Compress Co., with capital
of 100000, have been filed with the
New Jersey secretary of state. The
company is empowered to manufac-
ture and deal in and also TO operate
machinery for COMPRISING cotton.
A snow storm, in many places the
most severe of the year, was general
throughout the southwest on the night
of the 27th and at some points six
inches of snow covered the ground. At
Webb City, Mo-, four store fronts col
lapsed from the weight of snow cover
ing the awnings. At Pittsburg, Kan,
street cars We're stopped. In Oklaho-
ma the storm assumed the proportions
of blizzard.
AS n result of the gallantry and ju-
dicious management of the campaign
against the insurgents, the war depart
ment has practically decided to APP
point Arthur Macarthur, now a major
general of volunteers, and lieutenant
! colonel in the regular army, to be a
brigadier geaeral in the regular serv-
| ice.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-04-01
FOYER AND GREEN ROOM.

1t is said Edna May is to have thea
ter in London, so great has become her
popularity over there.
A great Wagner opera house is to be
built in London. 1t is also to serve for
standard performances Of Shakes
peare's plays.
Louie Freear is London actress who
who has come to fill an engagement in
this country. She made a tremepdo0-
hit as a servant in "Oh, Susanna!" pie S.
ing typical London slavey, to tia Ne
light of the audiences.
Mrs. Kendall tells a story of he ira
appearance on the stage: "It Ness Co.
the character of a blind child; but wh d
/ got on the stage forgot all my Sind,
ness when / caught sight of my 1rr
and called out TO her: Mary, do ynl
see my new shoes? This is the lag aG.
and possibly it is true, for hnr- -'-
ways had the love of expressing strong
ly and promptly what felt"