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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
INSIDE RAILROAD GOSSIP
Denver to be Made the Grain Shipping
Point Of the Prairie.

EDITOR DAILY PREss:-Railroad
matters seem to be assuming def
mite shape of late. From inside
and behind .the-bush information
we CLEAN the following: Should
the Cottonwood route be decided
on Grangeville will be the termin.
us; should the Three Mile route
prove practical Denver will be the
terminus for at least two or three
years, until the country justifies
further development by railroad
construction, Your correspondent
is ready to pull straws with YOU on
either route. There is but one re-
suit: we will both get the N. p.
Your correspondent believes now
that traffic arrangement has been
entered into by the three big reads.
and for few years we will have
to contend with but one road.
We are reliably informed that
there is no doubt now of future
movements. "The niger is out
of the wood pile;" at least his Eth
opian head is very conspicuous
and the lack of secrecy now exer-
cised in the movements of the N.
P. railroad officials and their can.
did public expressions leave no
doubt of the prospects in store for
us this winter, and we ought ia
make the best of it. We will have
an immense crop this year: the
present rains are worth a million.
and our farmers are certainly des-
tined to pose as rivals of prospect
i've and retired millionaires among
our mining fraternity.
The N. P. officials who have been
here lately informed me that the
people of this country little dream
ed or had any conception of what
a railroad in here meant to them.
twill soon mean the survival of the
tittest, as the old things will pass
away and business will be done
differently.
we are indirectly informed that
prominent railroad men and other
parties are in control, or will be, of
a large tract of land here, includ-
ing the tOwnsite. If so. it will
stimulate railroad construction.
and is an assurance of their inten-
tions. We are informed it is the
aim to make Denver the great
grain-shipping point for this coun-
try.
BoRN.-There is rejoicing in the
home of G. w. Tanning over the
arrival of a big boy on Wednesday
morning, August 8, 1899.
Mrs. Frank Grail, on the reserv-
alton north of here. is reported in
condition SO serious that her life
is despaired of. A child still-born
last week is the cause of her i'll
ness.
Denver, Aug. 9.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18

DeLamar Nugget: From all
reports the Potlatch, Palouse
and Camas Prairie wheat crops
promise to be unusually great
this year. Harvest hands are
scarce and are commanding
fifty per cent. higher wages
than heretofore paid. That is
a little wheat empire, compris.
ing parts of the states of Idaho.
Oregon and Washington. The
average of its wheat crop sur.
passes that of any other Dor.
ton of the United States, of
the same area. For several
years the farmers in that great
wheat country were Door,
owing to the fact that most of
them started without much
means, their crops sold at low
price, and nearly all of their
farms were mortgaged. Last
years better prices and i'm.
proved facilities for handling
and marketing their crops
helped many of them out and
encouraged them to increase |
their acreage, and the fine
crops this year and prospect of
falr prices have made the
country prosperous. 1t is fill.
ing the country up with people.
Camas Prairie is especially in
the swim of prosperity, be.
cause of its proximity to the
recent mining discoveries of
Central Idaho and the promise
Of railroads is filling up with
desirable people very rapidly.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
Bullet in a Beef Bone.

In cutting a loin steak from a
piece of young beef last week, IL.
Murray ran his meat saw through
rifle ball which was buried in
the backbone of the animal. The
oail was large one and looked as
Il u had been in that spot for a
considerable length of time. The
meat surrounding the lead was in
a perfectly natural state of preser-
vatlon. Had the bullet travelled
another fraction of an inch the
spinal column would have been
penetrated and fractured and
death resulted.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
RECEPTION TO VOLUNTEERS
Cnarter a Car to Bring Them Back
to Growing GranssVille.

Our boys are coming home,
and will be mustered out in
San francisco. Now is the
time tor our citizens, without
regard to section or anything
else, to get in and drill for a
proper reception to be rendered
to the heroes of Idaho. There
is no question but that the BOYS
Will be more or less strapped
financially, because Uncle Sam
pays only SIS per month, and
under the conditions of climate,
ETC., the soldiers have been at
great expense, SO that it is not
to be presumed the boys are
overburdened with gold.
Now the PRESS wishes to
make a suggestion. and it is
merely a suggestion, which is:
That the finance committee
get sufficient money subscribed
from our citizens, who have
taken so much pride in the
heroism which our husbands,
sons and brothers have dis
played, to charter a private
car to bring the boys who de.
sire to return to Grange.
vile from San Francisco. Pri.
marily it would save the sol.
dlers expense; again, it would
be a small testimony of our
love and regard; and, last OF
all, it would have a tendency
to keep the boys together until
we get a chance to tell them
what we think of them.
Now let us have a call for a
meeting, and it is the duty and
privilege of Mayor Wax to at.
tend in person in order that we
may if possible decide on some
concerted plan to properly re.
ceive and entertain our soldiers,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
An Outside Opinion.

speaking or the railroad
war between the O. r. & N
and N. P. roads for possession
of the Camas Prairie country
the Butte Miner says: "The
traffic in Central Idaho that is
SO generally coveted is that Of
The agricultural regions. The
famed Camas prairie, though
only sixty miles long by thirty
wide, is a wonderful wheat pro.
ducer, while the lands of the
Nez Perez reservation, now
being rapidly settled, are capa.
BILE of immense production. 1t
is estimated that the Northern
Pacific new lines will, from
this traffic, be enabled to pay
from the start. Heretofore the
farmers have been obliged to
haul their produce sixty or
seventy-hve miles to Lewiston,
and then ship by O. r. & N.
boat on the Snake river to the
railroad at Riparia. Last fall
the Palouse branch of the
Northern Pacific reached Lew.
iston and gave that place its
first railroad
In reaching Lewiston from
the northwest the Northern
Pacific, to get around a high
mountainand to get down to
the low altitude of the town,
was obliged to swing far to the
eastward. From the eastern.
most bend of this swing, or
from the mouth of the Potlatch
river, the Northern Pacific is
now building a line up the
Clearwater valley. Contracts
have been let for seventy.fve
miles of road and much of it is
well along toward completion.
This road runs almost due
east for over thirty miles and
then following the river swings
to the south. This road is the
one which it is said will be ex-
tended through the Lolo pass,
in the Bitter Root mountains,
to Missoula.
From the mouth of Lapwai
creek as it crosses the North
ern Pacific's Lewiston branch
near Lewiston, a line of road
S projected by the Northern
Pacific southwark up Lapwai
,reek toward Camas Prairie.
Fifteen miles of this road are
llready finished and it is being
.apidly pushed. 1t will prob
IDLY reach Grangeville about I
September, where it will be
bout fifty.fve miles from the I
lump. 1t will probably go
10 further for some time. /
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
Who viii be Our Next Presi-
dent.

politicians are now planning for the Presi.
Dental campaign Of 1900. but the war has 10
ovsshsdowed all other matters that politics is
almost unnoticed. Many people are Of the
opinion that the candidates viii be the same a.
In lses but there may Be . "dark horse" who
VIII win The race. Popularity has much 70 do
with candidates. This 10 also true with nedi-
cines. The most popular remedy today u Hos
.etssss Stomach Bittess, and 1t hes retained
snis ior many SeArA Science never discovered
me equal OF this medicine for stomach, liver
ana kid"sy diseases. II builds up solid nesh
as.us, impers visor and vitality 70 al organs,
eno Makes lie worth living 4 bottle viii
make big change fos The better. Try u.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
From Thnrsdey's daily.

From Thursdsy's daily.
=. w. Emerson, who has beer
prospecting this summer for ex,
Governor Bierbower and Maio,
Williams. will start in the morning
for Government creek to do the as.
sessment work on FIVE claims he
recently located for the above.
named gentlemen. He will start
with q complete pack train. These
properties are located twenty miles
south Of Warrens. No advanced
development work will be done un-
til the arrival Of Major Williams,
who will get here from Boise about
the last Of the month. Governor
blerbower says that he has had
word from the major to the effect
that II the properties are only half
AZ good as they have been repre-
sented to be he will immediately
proceed to develop them on q large
scale. The properties assay large
" in copper and silver and are
20 feet wide and can be traced
along two Of the claims. The major
On his arrival will make personal
examination.
Geo. Baker bought the leo which
was sold under the sheriff's ham
ner yesterday, and which had been
'iezed and sold for debt. BY actual
Measurement there was $500
pounds. Charles Vsnegsr was the
ormer owner and defendant.
Idaho county public lands will
20 like hot cakes at q delicatessen
counter, when the new railroad is
quilt to Camas prairie.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
Asbestos Claims Located.

Q. O. Gummery, j. e. Hensley
and Malcolm Glendenning have
just returned from a trip to Rapid
river and the Little Salmon coun.
try. While out they located three
properties, namely: the Key West,
Grasshopper and Graphite Queen.
The first two are entirely asbestos,
while the last-named property il
asbestor and graphite. They claim
that the surface showings are good.
The claims are situated about -
miles from the mouth of Little
salmon. DR.. Bibby and Attorney
O'Neil are interested, '
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18

A ruling from the commits.
sioner of internal revenue at
Washington decides to the
effect that bonds of guardians,
administrators, executors and
receivers are bonds required
in legal proceedings, and there.
fore not subject to taxation.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
ANOTHER MAMMOTH MINE
Warrens Excited Over a Dis
Covery in the Alton
District.

Editor DAILY PRESS.
Great excitement prevails
here over the report of won
derful discoveries on Logan
creek, FIVE miles south of
Smith creek, in Alton district.
The report was brought to
own by Joseph A. Brion, a
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
Lively Stuart.

.''S'y SSAeb
c. NJ. Robbins, proprietor Of the
hotel at Stuart, is in town TODAY.
and reports lively business in that
railroad metropolis. He has sold
his hotel for $1,000 to Mrs. Smith.
who until recently was camped in
the tent adjoining H. Wards on
west Main street. Mrs. Smith ii
from Spokane, where she recently
won a damage suit against the city
for breaking her leg. reii 20 y
Mr.. Robbins reports the sale Of
two lots in Stuart recently for $3.50,
and several more deals pending.
The railroad gang is working across
the river and three miles of the
grade between Stuart and Kamiah
is completed. 1t is generally un.
derstood down there that Stuart
will be the terminus Of the N. p.
Clearwater line for the coming
winter, and with that end in view
they are aiming to handle freight
for Grangeville and the Camas
prairie points.
On the whole the outlook for
Stuart is very promising and it is
bound to make good railroad
town for all time, and a little boom
this winter will not hurt it.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
Notice Of Probate OF WIN.

State of Idaho, County of Idaho. In the p,c.
bate Court of said said county, in the matter
o. the estate Of A. D. Green, deceased.
Al. pursuant TO an order of said court made ON
given that Monday, the 18th day of Aueusf.
issy at 10 O'clock a. M OF said day. st the court
the county OF Idaho, has been appointed a &h y.
time and place for proving the VIII Of said !. u.
Green, deceased, and for hearing the appiics.
James Witt for the issuance 10 them 81 letfsrs
testamentary, when and where any percon ints-
rested may appear and contest the same. n =,
Dated the 1st day of August, 1899.
JOSEPH X. VINCENT
io-l3 H.F Sal Ex-OfaciO Clark
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
Notice, It to Taxpayers.

Notice is hereby given to the
taxpayers Of Idaho county, State
Of Idaho, that the tax roll for the
year 1899, is now completed and
has been delivered at my office by
the assessor of Idaho county,
Idaho, and is now open for inspec-
tion to all parties interested. Y nse'l
Further notice ia hereby given
that the honorable board Of county
commissioners of Idaho county,
state of Idaho, will convene on the
second Monday of july 1899,
DULY 10, l899) to examine the as
sessment book and to equalize the.
assessment Of property in the
county for said year, and will con-
tinue in session from time to time
until the business Of equalization
is disposed of. -,
Witness my hand and official
seal, this third day of July, A. b.
A. w. DARLINGTON, =
Clerk OF Board of County Commits
sioners. ~ -fi'',
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
Do You Want Lands?

Timber Lands or Range Lands, sur-
yeyed or unsurveyed, title 1t nod
crate cost by Soldiers Additiorsi
and Forest Besesve scrip.
Haue located 5oOOo aerss n ~
stockmen and Iynhsrnan, = Men.
.listt tsna. For full particulars address
REFERDECEs: y = ,s-5t 1 ~ 2 4 -
Union Bank 4 Trusf Co. 81 s;ss - ..+tft ~
4..s Helena, Mt
COLLINS LAND COMPANY
JERE COLLINS, Mgr. s1sliciI I'D.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18

well known mining man, who
is engaged with Col. w. S.
Brackets exploration party.
Mr.. Brion is very enthusiastic
over his discovery, and we'll he
may be. His report shows a
ledge 100 to $50 feet wide
with a pay streak of 40 to so
feet. Assays from this ledge
show values of from $I2 to
500 per ton. The foot.walls
are porphyry with slate schist
and quartzite for hanging.
walls. The ledge runs north
and south, and Mr.. Brion says
he has traced it for fifteen
miles north, and it cuts the
formation strong and full. He
believes it to be the motherlode
of this country and extends
from the Hump to Thunder
Mountain. 1t is surely a won.
derful showing and adds one
more great discovery to the
wonderful Warren district.
The lodges outside of this
last discovery all run a little
north of east and south of west,
and a ledge SO large as this
cutting the formation from
north to south can certainly
be termed the mother lode.
Mr.. Brion has 100 pounds OF
samples taken from his loca.
ton and will send it to Colonel
Bracket at Grangeville to.
morrow to have it tested.
The mountains are full OF
prospectors and every day
some one arrives in Warren
for supplies and hurries back.
All tell the same story-big
lodges and plenty of them.
The lola Mining company is
running a light crew at pres.
ent owing to the fact that the
men are all out prospecting.
Fifteen or twenty good miners
could easily get employment
if they were here. l
There is such a scarcity of
laborers here that everything
is at a standstill.
Mr.. Matthias arrived home
yesterday with his saw.mill,
and will in a few days have it
in running order. The enter
prise has long been needed
here. 1t will help more to
build up this camp than any.
thing else that could come to
us. DR.. c. A. HAsKALL.
Warrens, Aug. z.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
An Epidemic of piarrhoaa

s., Mr. A. Sanders, writing from Cocoauut Grove.
Fla, says there has been quite an epidemic OF
diarrhoea there He had a severe sttack ana
was cured by fou, doses of Chamberlain Collie.
Snoiera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he
also recommended It to Others and they say It IL
all druggists. ~ $50 ~
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18

The following surety com.
panies have complied with the
laws of the state and are en-.
titled to do business in Canyon
county: Fidelity and Deposit
Co. of Maryland; American
Surety Co. of New York;
American Bonding and Trust
Co. of Baltimore; United
States Fidelity & Guarantee of
Maryland.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18

Word comes from the post.
office department at Washing.
ton that within the next three
months all United States DOS.
tai orders will be accompanied
by a receipt to the sender to
be kept as proof of its send.
ing in case as to a dispute of
the payment of a debt on its
loss.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
w arrens, Aug. 3.

The Tacoma Ledger says:
"The people of Tacoma are
interested in the outcome OF
the railroad war for possession
Of the Clearwater country, for
it means a great deal to them.
1t is pretty certain that the
Northern Pacific, having
gained a foothold in the new
territory hitherto untapped by
a railway, and having about
seventy miles of road nearly
completed, does not mean to
let go of any part of it. 1t has
opened that district for bust
ness purposes, and by the ex.
tension of its lines up the
Clea water will add to its
traffic a splendid agricultural
country, the only access to
which has heretofore been the
O. R. & N. to Riparia, and be-
You'd that point by boat. This
new section when developed
will produce from eighteen to
twenty million bushels of
wheat per year, and while
some of it may find an output
on the Columbia, yet a por.
ton of it will be shipped from
Tacoma. Indeed, it is ex.
oected the wheat receipts at |
his port will be largely in.
and preparations for
facilities are already
lnder consideration"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
To the Public.

the arp Of Orchard 4 Jack 10 hereby dissolv.
ea. ana the business win hereafter be condncs
% a ne old place BY the "w. n Jack Hsrd.
Al bills owing By the lats arm will b paid
o " wy yaek Hardware CO., who win NM
II S ~ oaAie oue the late drm Of Orchard q
sscA' ". n. JACK.
b. ORCHARD.
0ssngsvtlie. July 1aelseo. Al,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-18
THE GREAT GOLD ZONE
Buffalo Hump Development Shows Rich
Orc In Almost Every Shaft.
Spokane Review,

'"'iN "A. OutlS, well
known to the people of this
section as one of those who
had sufficient enterprise and
nerve to visit the Buffalo
Hump district Immediately
after its discovery last fall, ar.
rived in the city last evening
direct from the Hump. Mr..
Young is a partner of James
r. Turner. Both of these gen.
tlemen are large stockholders
in the Boston. Buffalo.Idaho
corporation, which company
has already expended about
$4,000 of Boston money in
that section. For the past
two months Mr.. Young has
been making an exhaustive ex.
animation of a large number
of properties, and is obliged to
conclude that the Hump is a
wonderfully rich district. In
conversation with a represent.
alive of the. Spokesman,Re.
view he expressed the belief
that in Central Idaho within
sixty days will be seen the
greatest mining excitement
known for years in the west.
He has spent many years in
the CGur d'Alene district, the
SLOGAN country, Rossland and
Republic, and he does not hes.
itate to say that the surface
showing of immense bodies of
quartz and the value is far
ahead of either of the districts
named. nAf a
Messrs. Norman and Cam.
eron were pioneers on the
Hump, and among the first
and most active operators to
pursue systematic development
work, and they now have a
large force of men working on
the Monte Cristo, one of the
best defined and richest leads
in the. camp. And although
only about ten days work has
been done on the Fortune,
another of their properties,
they have now exposed a
strong vein of most excellent
ore which would pay today to
mill.
The Crackerjack is also in
course of extensive develop
ment work under the superin-
tendence of Mike Sweeny, a
brother of Charles Sweeny.
and the results are most graft
flying.
The Hobson's Choice, which
is being developed by the own.
ers, has four feet of ore in
sight and only one wall, and
many assays of the ore go over
$50.
Active work is being ad.
vanced on the Jumbo, and
Charles Sweeny, to whom it
is bonded, is so we'll satisfied
with the showing that he
makes the payments as they
become due on the bond, which
IS the best evidence of the
value of that property.
Speaking from a personal
standpoint, | a few days since
secured an option on the St.
louis, a property which was
comparatively unknown ten|
lays ago, but which is now on
he map to remain. The lead
has been crosscut in six differ
mt places, is strong and we'll.
lehned, and shows an average
width of seven feet. Prior to
occurring an option on this
property ! carefully examined
!, and from a single pan of OK.
1ized ore there was a single
tring of colors three inches
'ng in the pan, probably
omething like a tablespoonful
gold. From twelve or fif-
zen assays general average
1owed over $a5 per ton in
old.
A scheme which mining
len are watching with a great {
cal of interest is the tunnel !
roposition of Mark w. Mus.
rove, who has been in the 5
strict several weeks buying
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oranssvilie. July uelsee.
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of gold. From twelve or fif.
teen assays a general average
showed over SIS per ton in
gold.
A scheme which mining
men are watching with a great
deal of interest is the tunnel
proposition of Mark w. Mus.
grove, who has been in the
district several weeks buying
properties along the line Of the
tunnel, and I understand that
all interests which he has Sc
have been bought out
right-no bonds and no de.
ferred payments. This tunnel
will cut under the apex of a
ode at a depth of about 1900
feet and will run through the
very heart of the belt. 1t is a
,rosscut tunnel and will there.
ore cut every lead in the belt.
There is no doubt that this is
,ne OF the great propositions of
he camp, for it means deep
mining at a comparatively
1OYnioo1 C0c<
II may be deemed too san.
yuine in speaking of the dist.