Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-11-24
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.

Louis Smith is visitor from the
Hump today.
Chas. Flynn was visitor from
Clearwater side yesterday.
Harry Glidden, the mining man,
is expected IN the city.
NJ. j. Sweeney left today for a
two weeks trip to Spokane.
Harry Gliddeu arrived here
from Spokane Thursday and left
yesterday for Florence.
Frank McGrane arrived in Lew
iston Thursday and will arrive in
Grangeville Sunday ev, ming.
N. B. Pettibone arrived from
Spokane last night and will return
to News0me creek in few days
j. A.. Wood of Warren is in
town. He is superintendent of
the Honest John Co., which is
working the lola mine.
A telephone from Lewiston re-
ceived here yesterday announces
the destruction of the Odd Fellows
two.story brick building at that
place by fire.
M. }. Sweeney, who represents
Clark Il Sweeney, was called by
wire to Spokane, to confer with
the firm relative to some impor:
tant mining deals which are in
prospect.
II. b. Mulkey will open his
Office saloon this evening at
8 p, m. with fine lunch and the
choicest assortment of wines, IL
quors and cigars in the city.
Fred N. Mckenzie, late Ser
geant of Co, G, has returned from
Lewiston and taken a position as
day clerk at the Jersey House.
Fred has a host of friends in grow
ing Grangeville.
Ed. Liston left for Crooks Corral
this afternoon with some addition
al rock men, with whose help he
hopes to get his contract on the
big ditch for the Crooks Corral Co.
completed in two more weeks.
The Tribune says that the 80
miles of the n. P. Clearwater ex-
tension from the mouth of Pot
latch creek to Orofino has been
turned over to the operating
department, and that one train
day will make the round trip be-
tween Lewiston and Oroffno until
a regular schedule is arranged.
The road is all the time getting
nearer and nearer to Oamas prairie.
B. F. True, of the firm of True
Bros, Buffalo Hump, is in town,
looking after the shipment of big
supply Of assaying paraphernalia.
Mr.. True believes that Buffalo
Hump will be a permanent and
prosperous mining camp. Before
returning to the Hump Mr.. True
expects to go to Spokane to meet
his associate owners in a Rossland.
b. q. property that is about to
change hands.
Chas. Humphrey is over from
Crooks Corral placers and reports
Ed Liston making good progress
on the ditch. All the dirt part of
the ditch is completed, but there is
still about three-quarters Of mile
of rock work to be done, and more
hands for that class of work are
needed. Mr.. Liston, the contract
or, is sanguine Of getting the en-
tire ditch completed before winter
sets in. The flume is all in place.
and barring the few gaps of rock
work, the entire ditch is finished.
W. Bouffard was up from his
ranch on Skookum-C Chuck yester-
day with samples of potatoes.
which beat the record of the seas
on. He left at the FREE Press Of
flee seven mammoth tubers, all
free OF knots, which weighed an
even 80 pounds, and all were of
uniform size and weight. He has
600 bushels of this sort of potatoes
and says that in his section they
don't care to dig any of the frui,
under two pounds weight. For a
gentleman over 20 years old we
think Mr.. Bouffard's record is hard
to beat.
George Brown on Nevsmhep II
sold his farm of 400 acres three
miles north of Grangeville to John
Mccormick, who is farming 5000
acres OF leased land from Indians
ON the Sweetwater, near Lewiston.
Tho consideration was s1S per acre.
MIR. Mccormick is a valuable add.
ton to the farming population of
oamas Prairie; he is up-to-date and
has an equipment of nearly $40 900
worth of farm implements and agrt-
tural machinery which he will bring
with him to his new home. We
are glad to welcome such citizens
among us, and wish him that de-
gree Of prosperity which always
accompanies industry, thrift and
integrity in this section, ~"