Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-06-30

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from Payette yesterday on a brief ;
visit.
The Grangeville Sample Rooms
are erecting a porch in front OF
their premises on the Hartman
corner.
Mrs. H. f. Heppner and daugh-
ter Ruth arrived from Portland last
evening and will spend the sum-
mer.
Messrs. Keith. Bennett and
Stuart, all of Garfield, Wash, are
in Grangeville, looking for farming
lands.
The front of the Bon Bon candy
store has been remodeled on the
wide-open plan for the summer
weather.
Charley Smith, the young mail
carrier, who has been in the Good
Samaritan hospital at Portland
since laf winter, is rapidly recov-
ering.
Paul Stevens is up from Kamiah
with fifty head of saddle and pack
horses which he is Offering for sale
very cheap. The animals are all
we'll broken.
The lower main street bridge has
been uncovered, SO that all teams
will have to proceed by way OF the
upper bridge until the stream has
been spanned below.
John Aram is on the streets to-
day, taking advantage of the warm
sunshine to come down from the
ranch and shake hands with his
numerous friends here.
Mayor Wax has received the
heavy plate glass for his new store
front. There are two panes each
74x98 inches, and the package
weighed 1, 100 pounds.
| "The region of diabolical nomen-
clature and divine endowments' is
one of the phrases used by Col. Pat
Donan to dodge saying the Seven
Devils mining district. The colonel
is prolific in verbal resources.
The Pacific & Idaho Northern
railroad company have two survey
ing parties in the Little Salmon
and another is to be started ou
from Weiser to make a survey fol
a route to Grangeville via Mail
S,1,x,o,, onJ VNh;+o Rird
LATE Yates, one of the owners 0
the Hobson's Choice claim at Buf
falo Hump, started for that CAM
yesterday in company with Mr.
, Sherwood, we'll known mining MAJ
and capitalist, who represents tn
parties that have a bond on thi
: : property.
: The Grangeville DAILY PRES
i. don't let up little bit in reportin
! new discoveries in Idaho county
+ and the interest taken in the re
. ports from that county does nc
: slacken. The excitement concern
= ing the new discoveries is not aba1
= ing, and Idaho county is certainl
realizing even a bigger boom tina
was prophesied for it during tn
snowbound season.-DeLamar Mug
get
DIR. Bibby is once more upon h
= feet after quite severe spell {
. malarial sickness and prostratio
from overwork. His practice
E the meantime has been attended
- by DIR. Payzante, of Canada, WI
- from henceforth is associated wit
- DIR. Bibby. There was time whe
:. Camas Prairie's well known phys
- :. clan spared neither himself NJ
: horsehesh, but the doctor sa,
: those days have passed, and viii
q the patients are sorry the hors
:, heave a heavy sigh of relief.
20 Alonzo Sailor, a miner workir
for the Montana Placer Mimi
IS company, on Newsome creek, W
is struck on the head last Monday |
"a a rifle block which rolled from Il
n top of the bank, a distance
re twenty-five feet. He was knock
q into the race and his head
IN severely broken that he was II
ne conscious at the time Of our la
report, and it is feared that comet
sion of the brain exists, which m
terminate fatally. DR.. Busey w
sent for, and the man is in a We
" critical condition.
y, George Shissler is out from Ne
10 some, and reports about one hu
IN dred and fifty men prospecting
- the vicinity of the old Clearwat
~ station, and the Newsome ere
- basin as full all through, and Loo
no tions of quartz being made in eve
he direction. George has made a lot
:; ton himself of a good sized led
=. near the Iron Crown from viii
no he has had assay returns OF 1921.
:, in gold per ton. On the Iron Kir
- on the ridge back of the Newso,
r house, Mr.. McGiven has put
force of men at work, and t
locator is well pleased with I
er showing.