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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
Heavy Mining Deal in the
Seven Devils.
Seven Devils Standard

Seven Devils Standard.
A mining deal invol wing $500, OOC
on properties in the Seven Devils
has been practically closed The
properties have been bonded to
Louis A. Hall and associates and
q large cash payment is to be made
the first of June mex !.
The properties con sist of groap
OF four claims lying east and west
OF the Peacock mine and adjoining
the same, being the Bodic, Stand
ARD, Badger and Confidence, owned
by Ed. Barton, A. n. Tousley, NJ
Ward and Andrew Adams
The Lockwood or CUP, lying on
the west end of White Monument
mountain, and con sisting of the
Pomeroy, Lockwood, Lookout and
Sampson, and owned by A. NJ
Gray, Ed. Barton and the Conrad
truth estate.
The Tussle group lying north
westerly from {and across Kinney
creek) the White Monument. and
consisting in whole. or in part, OF
the russle, Last Cha nee and Hid
den Treasure and owned by A. n.
Tousley, AL Donart and Charles
Anderson.
The above group of mines are
among the best prop critics in cam
aud have had considerable deycf-
opment work. They will at once
be extensively opera ted by Louis
A. Hall and his associates. the
Messrs. Merritts.
The Circle G and Orinoco are
claims lying contiguous and join
the Lock wood group upon which
quite an amount Of work is done,
the development of which has been
very satisfactory. This group has
not been sold or bonded yet, but
we understand the parties who
have secured options ON the above
properties are anxious to get hold
of them, and which would. with
their other holdings make them
the possessors of a fine gropp of
claims.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
DOWN IN OKLAHOMA.
Capt. q. F. Davis WI rites US A
Brief Account Of His
New Home.

Capt. B. f. Davis, better known
in this section as ''Short-horn, !"
who owns 4S2 acres Of land on
Shebang creek, near Denver, where
he imported herd of TIN thoroughbred
short-horn cattle and re sided some
years since, is now a resident of
Edwardsville, Oklahoma, and
writes the following interesting
letter:
March l, 1899.
FRIEND PARKkR:-MRny SHOWS
have fallen since we met, but time
has not changed my opinion that,
with railroad, Camas prairie is
the best country on God 3 footstool.
We are in the western part of
Oklahoma, where cattle have been
king for many years; but the pillow
that cuts the native sod and marks
the road to the school house and
church and drives the large herds
out of the country to make room
for civilization and chr istianity, is
running at a rapid rate in this part
OF the territory, and the range cat
tie will soon be a thing of the past.
We arrived at this place one. year
ago. We were then 10 miles from
II railroad, and are no W only so
miles, and in II short time it will
be still closer. One half of the
land III This county was then VA
cant. But now it is all. or nearly
all, taken by homestead filing.
This country has made such rapid
progress that our people can hardly
realize that five years a go this part
of the territory was only inhabited
by red men and "a few cowboys.
The pralr'es are large and no
mountains near. The streams are
small, but furnish plenty of water
for all purposes; the soil is good
and easy to cultivate, and produces
corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, cot
ton and all kinds of vegetables.
The winters are pleasant. Ice is
seldom over an inch thick and very
little rain or snow in winter. But
heavy rains fall in spring and
summer.
Our boys are all of age and are
all at home. Mrs. Davis has good
health, but she has som e gray hairs
and she says my hair il gray. We
all join in wishing long life of
unalloyed prosperity to the old re-
liable FREE PRESS, which we read
with much enjoyment each week.
With kind regards to al inquiring
friends, | remain,
Sincerely your friend,
b. +. DAVIS.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
A Buffalo Hump RumOr.
Spokane Chronicle.

Spokane Chronicle.
The sales of Buffalo Hump prop
critics continue to be n hmerous and
large. A deal is now pending,
which, if completed, will rival the
sale of the Big Buffalo group for
500, 900, which receil ily set the
mining world to talking. The
property involved in this latest
deal is the Morning ST. r group, in
Rabbit creek district, on the Salmon
river, about eight mile southeast
of the Buffalo Hump. This is re-
garded as one of the most promis.
ing groups in centra Idaho. A
rich ledge, which in one place has
been found to be 80 feet wide, runs
the length of the four claims. As
says running up into The hundreds
of dollars have been occurred from
this ledge, the general average of
the ore being found better than
that OF the Big Buffalo D.
A deal was ON some time ago to
bond this property to +. NJ. Sher-
man of this city for $500 but
it fell through because the owners
Thoughts the price too small. Cap
tain j. Il. DE Lam mr., the well
known Utah capitalist and mining
man. has now been interested in
the pfopertl s, and dead is ON for
Their sale to him Sc Fehal OF, Cap
tam DE .alnar's experts are now
examining the group and it is
probable that their re port will be
followed by a sale. The amount
involved IN the sale is said to be
about 100000.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
VERY SOFT ROADS.
The Sa lmOn River Mail Will Go
On Pack Horses for Awhile.

Cyrus Overman, proprietor OF
the Salmon river stage line, was IN
town this morning and informs the
DAILY Press that owing to the
horribly heavy condition of the
roads between Grangeville and
White Bird he will for the next
week discontinue running the stage
and send the mail down on pack
animals until further notice.
Mr.. Overman says the present
condition of the White Bird grade
is so dangerous that he is unwill-
ing to take chances of having some
of his passengers killed by a run
away or turnover accident. The
continued snow and rain have filled
in the grade to such an extent
that the roadbed is out of sight
and so siding that any effort to get
over it on wheels is at the risk of
life. On the up trip yesterday his
son Owen, a very careful driver,
was driving, and in coming oven.
the grade the hack turned over and
was so badly damaged that it could
not be hauled to town for repairs.
The soft soil with which th /.
grade is filled is so saturated with
water that the horses sink into i;
up to their bellies, and dragging II
hack through a depth of that con-
sistency is out of the question. As
Don as possible Mr.. Overman will
again put on the hack, aud in the
meantime he viii be prepared to
put passengers through on good
saddle horses. Travel over that
line has been very heavy of lafe.
and while he regrets the necessity
u doing SO, he urgently suggesis
hat the travelling public Should so
through on horseback for ine pres
ent and not risk their lives in AZ
tempting the trip ON wheels.
The stage roads are now III their
cry worst. The road between
here and Lewiston is always bad al
this time of the year, but the va-t
amount of travel caused by thu
stampede to the Hump and the
treat quantities of freight con-
sanity passing over it keep it in
such a "chewed-up' condition THAI
the surprising feature is that va-
hicles are able to get thipughat all.
The Lewiston stage company. for
instance, with the finest, largest.
strongest and best fed stage teams
ever seen in this section, and with
two additional stations whore
horses are changed, and with the
utmost determination on the part
OF the management to make sched-
ule time are, by the condition of !
the roads, utterly unable to do so. |
All across Craig's mountain the
snow is going off rapidly and the
road is almost one continuous
chuck hole of soft mud into which
the coaches sink clean to the hub
and drag or swim the coach in the
liquid mud which nearly floats the
vehicles. The continued rain aud
snow, too. serves to keep the road
soft by giving it no chance to dry
out, and travelling for the present
is thing to be avoided unless
urged by actual downright No
,essity.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
ROAD BILL VETOED.
81, 900, 900 Expended in Eight
Years and Nothing to Show
For II.

Gov. Steunenberg has vetoed
House bill No. 1913, an act to pro
vide for the levying Of special taxes
for general road purposes. This
act enables the residents of road
districts to vote special tax fol
the improvement of roads in such
districts. The bill was one of the
most important introduced in the
legislature aud met a vigorous op.
position in the house. The gov
ernor, in explaining the object OF
veto, says:
eff this bill aimed to provide for
the construction of roa ads, certainly
no fault could be fou nd with the
object, Truly there is no part of
our governmental economy Of
greater importance, and none is
worse abused. Within the past
eight years no less thai 81 900, 600
has been expended in this state
and, excepting bridges and other
improvements of similar nature,
the universal complaint is that
roads generally are in no better
condition. There is apparent need
for legislation that wi II intelligent
ly systemic road expenditures. If
no more than one mil of good road
is constructed in each county per
year, it is only a matter Of time
when universal good roads will
prevail. If, instead Of the annual
and ever recurring blowing and
scraping of our roads under the
management of IA scol or more of
constantly changing supervisors,
each with different method, a
fixed and proper systf I'm of perma-
nent road building, u nder the con-
troll and supervision of a competent
engineer (the county surveyor, for
instance) was adopted, the 81 ,OOO,-
600 or more that will he paid ont
for road work in this state within
the next ten years W puld give us
roads in fact as well as in name.
The bill under review contains no
provisions whatever on this i'm
portant particular. In fact, its
main provision tends in the oppo-
site direction, in that it practically
places in the control of the road
districts alone to determine what
shall be the policy of that particu-
lar district. Should such a system
obtain, one district M light (by woe
Of the people) take advantage of
the law and levy a special road
tax, while an adjace int district in
which the necessity for road inn
provement equally exists would
not vote the tax. l am of the
opinion that the provisions of this
bill would lead to interminable
confusion, and woul d accomplish
no good purpose.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
Westlake.

Stockmen are univer sally turning
their cattle on the Salmon river
range.
Feed is getting very scarce on
the reserve and the hny is about
gone in many localities.
Stages are doing all they can to
get the heavy travel through, but
getting later each mig ht, arriving
al Westlake about p. m.
L. J. Hornaday yetur ned to Lew
iston Monday from your SECTION,
Where ne has been In connection
with rights-of-way OF the o. R. &
N. Co.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
NOTICE AssE,sMENr.

a
Tip-Top Gold Mining Co., Limited.
Principal place of business At Moscow
Latch county. State Of Idaho.
Notice is hereby given that al q
n,r-ti'p of the Board Of Directors Of the
Tip Top Gold Mining company, Linn, ed
a corporation, held at ting office of the
secretary In Moscow, Idaho, on the nth
Ivy Of March, 1899, an assessment Of
'ne-tenth of one per cent per sha-e was
levied upon all the capital stock of the
corporation.
This assessment Is PAYABLE on or be-
fore the aoth day of April. 1899, to Ly-
man {. Reed, secretary, at his office In
Moscow, Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assessment
remains unpaid on the 2rst day Of Ap,i,
1899. will be delinquent and will be ad.
vertised for sale at public auction, and
unless payment thereof is made before.
will he sold on the 18th day Of Nav,
1899, to pay the delinquent assessment,
together with costs Of advertising and
expenses Of sale.
All persons RENTING to cover above
a sessment will please give the numbers
OF the certificates upon which they are
paying. u.
4a46 LYMAN G. RRRp. Secretary.
Whose office il located at Moscow, Idaho,
Dated this nth day of March. 1884.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
NOTICE OF APPLICATION EOR
FERRY LICENSE.

hereby give notice that will appea,
before the county commissioners, cour,
at Mt. Idaho. county Of Idaho. Idaho,
IN person, on the 18th day of July. 1899,
a. O'Clock P. m, at their regular ses.
son. and make application to establish
Terry on the Middle Fork of Clear
water about ~ miles above Stuart, on
Lot 10 OF Sec 8 Township 80 of Range
5. r NJ, said ferry to be established ON
or near the line between the claim of
= Palmer and E W King, landing ON
the north side Of the river on the claims
OF John Evans and John plery.
~ ELMER w. KING.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
Notices of Petition to Change
Boundaries of School


District. hL
Notice of petition to change the
boundaries of school district No. IA
Notice is hereby given that there
is now on file in the office of the
county superintendent Of
schools Of Idah0 county q
petition to change the boundaries OF
school district No. IA, to include
the following territory in district
No. IA, to-wit: Commencing at the
northeast corner of section 36.
thence due north one-half mile,
thence due west two miles to the
northwest corner of the southwest
quarter Of section 26, thence due
south TO the north line of school
district No. IA, thence due east on
said line to place of beginning.
The herein described territory is
in Twp. 32 R. E.
The above petition will be pre-
sented to the honorable board OF
county commissioners on Wednes-
day, April II, 1899, for their final
action.
Dated March 13, 1899.
LEWIS ELsENsoHN,
Co. Supt. Of Schools.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
Want a Climate?
1t is war m in Vineland-2o to n

1t is warm in Vineland-2o to 20 }
grees warmer than in the prairie" country First week
reoruary worst weather. with only one exception, in 90
coolest only IN below with air still and dry.
These things make life worth living in v;nd
MANY NIL ranchers are buying homes in Vineand while
ing and working their ranches on account of the GOOD
anu Pheasant ana healthfu climate On Jan. 81, land 81
'o'"'' NO. AZ was signed 5acrc tt ct will iii
fine garden plenty of the choicest of fruits and
u TWO Oh aala which Will provide food for COW and hn
Dve GOWN with your wife and see for yourself. AS h
or ''e mining men OF the Clearwater and Salmon river
a's mere IS no competition with Lewiston Valley Send
Illustrated pamphlet free Or call a, the FRrp o.rss s
and interview Brother Parker
Lewiston Water and Power Comn'J
GTon9ord Warrington, s1as
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
County Warrants Redeemed

Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing county warrants will be redeemed or
presentation to the county treasurer a,
his office in Mt. Idaho, and that interest
on ssid warrants will cease on the 27th
day of March, 1899, towit:
Current expense fund, series 1901,
warrants No, aga to 34s inclusive
General road fund, series 1897, war
rants No. 1856 to 362, inclusive.
Dated March II. 1899.
GEO. M. ROBERTSON.
County Treasurer.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Lexiston, Idaho,


Land Office at Lewiston. I,laho,l
March II. 1899.
NOTICE is hereby given that the follow
ing-named settler has filed notice of hi.
intention to make final proof in suppor,
OF his claim. and that aid proof will he
made before Jas. DeHaven, u. s com.
missioner at Graneeville. Ida, on April
20. 1899, viz:
MARION W. WILLIAMS.
for the Lots 3. 4 and S, SEX NWY Sec
8. TIP 20, N r 3EBM. -
He names the following witnesses to
prove MS continuous residence upon and
cultivation Of said land, viz:
John + Mclean. of Mt Idaho, Idaho.
ana Ihrmas ] Roby, Robert E Roby.
George M higgins. Of Crangeville, Ida.
49, J. B. WEST, Register.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24

TAKEN UP.-Came to my place, the
Oliver ranch, 81 miles northeast of
Crargeville, about Dec. I, 1899, I sorrel
morse branded H R on left hip, weighs
about 1000 lbs, about IL years old.
white In face. very breachy. Owner can
have same by paying ali charges and
cost Of this notice. or he will be sold as
by law directed GEO. DELL.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24

Joseph Reynolds, formerly of
Pomeroy, but lately residing near
Ferdinand, died Friday morning.
He was universally respected by
his neighbors. His brother, who
had been telegraphed for from
Missouri, reached here Friday af-
ternoon, only learning of the death
at Westlake,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
Designation of Office Day of
County Superintendent
of SChOhlS

Until further mott ce, hereby
designate and appoill every Satur-
day. Monday and III esday, from 8
"a. m: to D p. m. as office days, at
which time | will be in my Office at
Mt. Idaho for the transaction of
all business pertaining to school
matters. LEWIS ELsENsoHN.
Co. Supt of Schools.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
Notice 70 Trustees and the
Public.

Notice is hereby given to all
scnooa officers and Il he public that
All orders for Warran ts must give
She NO OF the war; ant, date and
purpose Tor which issued, other
wise they will not be honored.
LEWIS ELsENsoHN.
Co. Supt- OF Schools.
Dated March 10Th, 1899. 43
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
Organ for Sale.

A couple of high-grade, bran new
organs for sale. Finest reeds and
movement in America. Solid
light oak cases. No freight to pay.
They are here. See them at Ora
hams furniture store.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
Advertised Letters.

Down in Kendrick the citizens
have nominated three ladies as VIII
lage trustees.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24

And now the California lecisla.
ture has adjourned without elect
ing a U. S. senator. Pennsylvania
promises to do likewise. The
senate will have silver majority
for the next two years and thus
the odiOus scheme of the pluto
Gratis to retire the greenbacks and
give the banks monopoly of the
issue of paper money is once again
blocked.
Mr.. Edwin London returned the
first Of the week from Grangeville
where he invested in real estate.
Mr.. London thinks Grapgeyille
has a good future and as soon as
he can get a store building put up
will move over. Says many peo.
pie are going in and out, price of
real estate advancing and numer-
Gus buildings in course ofconstruct-
ion. tennessee News.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24
To The Teachers.

To The Teachers.
All applicants for regular OF
special certificates will be required
to pay an institute fee of one dollar.
LEWIS ELsENsoHN,
Co. Supt. of Schools.
Dated March 10Th, 1899. 43
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-03-24

FRESH BUTTER Parties want
ing butter or eggs should leave or
ders with D. A. McKinlay, pruprie-
tor OF "Mountain Gilt. Edge But
ter Dairy Cottonwood, Idaho.
AZ
Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-01-28
SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
New Industries Reported in the
 South in Week.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. 23.- The more noteworthy of the new in dustries specially reported by The Tradesman during the week ended January21 include a company or ganized at New Orleans to manufac- ture brooms. brushes, etc.; cigar factory in Florida; a $100, ,000 cotton compress in Arkansas; a cotton mill in North Carolina; a $100,000 cot tonseed oil mill in Alabama; $50,- 900 one in Texas, another of 90-ton capacity in the same state, and the rebuilding of one recently burned in Georgia; a $50, 900 creamery and re- frigerating plant in Georgia; electric light plants in Louisiana, North Carolina and Tennessee; fouring mills in Tennessee, Texas and Vir- ginia; gold mines in North Carolina; a hardware company in Texas; a 10. ton uice factory in Alabama; iron mines in Tennessee; a petroleum company and quarry land mining company in Texas; a 35-ton refrig- erating plant in Southwestern Louisiana; two saw mills in Louisi- ana and one in Virginia; stave fac tory in Kentucky; 1,OO0-ton sugar mill in Louisiana: sulphurie ether works in Virginia; telephone com panY in South Carolina, aud a wa ter works in Louisiana.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-01-28
TWO FIRES,
One Very Damaging, the'".0ther Only
 a Burinng FIue.

''Itnever rains but what tpours, and there is hardly eyer a fire in thls city but that it IS usually fol- lowed by one or two others. This has been demonstrated several times here of late and especially on last night.
 / The fire department received a call about 11:30 o'clock last night from the residence of Mr. Lem Lam- bert on East Second avegue. At that place a fue was blazing very briskly and aftera few minutes work the fire boys extinguished the fire.
 The beautiful and obeying horses were not completely cooled before another alarm was sent in about 6 o'clock this morning from the one- story frame residence owned by MT. M. L. Case and occupied by Mr. Frank Marx, on Tennessee street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues.
 The fire started in the kitchen fue and the house was almost burned before the occupants were aware of the fire. A neighbor succeeded in awaking them after smashing in the front door
 About 50 per cent of the house hold effects were saved, but the res idenee is a complete wreck.
 The fire boys did fine work in saw Ing adjoining property. The water supply is said to have been the best in months:
 The household gaods were insured in the R, H. M. Mills agency for $300, and the building in the Bell & Vernon agency tor $400
Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-01-28
BABE AND THE BLUE DEVILS.

Babe Bailey despairs of the repub- lie.
 To his prophetic minds eye the fu- ture holds out nothing of good cheer,
 He can only see an avalanche of debt descending from the mountain side of diversity, accelerated in it's swoop by,the impetus of mighty kick from the imperialistic boot, so to speak.
 He beholds war, famine and pesti- lenee iii the perspective, with the ul- innate result of the Edestruction of our blood-bought liberties.
 h the cries of the dusky Filfpinos whom we are about to subiugate he diseelns the death knell of the repub- lie which his ancestors established by their wisdom in council, after their swords had won the land from the tyrant England.
 Americans, he Is convinced, will become slaves to the evil powers which their unhallowed ambition has evoked from the bottomlesa pit.
 Already he can detect the shadows east by Praetorian banners in the nations capitol.
 Yet in his lamentations thereinter. yenes one reflection to give him com fort-the Constitution, which has been given into his personal charge, vii be kept safe in his inside pocket, untorn and uncontaminated.
 Though it may be seorned of men and it's provisions set at naught by William Mckinley and his eo-con- spirators, no unworthy hand will be allowed to touch it.
 And when all is over-when the bayonet shall have succeeded the caucus as the means and instrument of government, thls precious legacy of the fathers will pess with the pa triotic Babe to Clark county, Texas, there to be placed in an ark of the covenant. with it's sixteen silver handles 10 single gold one.
 It will be safe therein. Babe him. self hath sworn it.-Memphis Sciml- tar.