Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-03-09

trt which left for Manila took
Ii 5000 collins for the use of the
I. S. army. Trade follows the
.sgl
lThe Lewiston Teller is about to
gossom out as an afternoon daily
Upper. Republican campaign
aoney and the patronage of
ipublican officials are being
isely used all over the state to
lister up tottering republican
s,rrel organs for the preside tial
impaign.
:: County attorney Scales, who is
member of the State democratic
fmmittee, has been notified that
fe date of the committee meet
,g has been postponed from
rlarch Is to March %, Mt which
me the state committees of the
liver republicans and populists
iiill also meer.
From the tenor of correspondence
, ;ceived at the FREE PRESS Office
e judge that the Great Northern
Hallway company is about to take
lhand in soliciting for the bus;-
less Of this great Clearwater
puntry. Let them come. The
orc the merrier. Competition is
Ele life of trade.
w Where A locates claim in June
'rld fails to erect monuments or
costs at the corners, as required
IN the federal statutes, his is not
valid location. and b coming
liter, may locate a claim including
IA whole or part of the ground
li'ginally claimed by A; and in
|fae event of contest A could not
Establish his right to the claim.
~ According to a Minneapolis
iilroad man there is no truth
phatever in the assertion that the
/. ''orthern Pacific and Union
tactic companies have patched
their differences in regard to
lie Clearwater country. Despite
ls,,l statements to the contrary the
Union Pacific has not surrendered
lie Clearwater country to the
r. P. and has no intention Of
4;;oing so.
"a IN hA
i'rtainty in some quarters
neither the railroad will be con-
'ructed beyond Stuart or not.
she only difficulty at present
LENS to be the trouble connected
sith the Indian graveyard this
the of Stuart, to adjust which a
Aecial agent was sent out from
II ashington, as announced in
est weeks FREE Press.
District court convened in
DIVISION on Monday, March
with nearly 100 cases on the
i lendar. The work of this
fdicial district is too much for
\ g man to attend to, and the next
,sislature will have to redistrict
70 state or otherwise give Judge
eele some assistance in his labors
this district, where litigation is
i.owlng at a very rapid rate.
,,aree ladies were empaneled for
Try duty during the term.
hon the new extension of the
utter Root railroad the grading is
4 completed and the track is
I'd between Grantsdale and the
Yer, the work on the other side
'frg really for the rails, says the
hamilton Republican. OF course
lere is a little leveling and sur
gsing to do, but the men are
ling let out now. The bridge |
ross the river is ON the way, and |
hen that is finished the rest will |
on be ready for the cars.
iiohnny Cole, a printer well known
4 over the northwest, died at |
,eiser a few days since. The
lperal expenses were betrayed by
fsblic subscription, and a sister Of |
(. reased hearing of it sent a draft
Il 500 to one OF the editors of the
lseiser Record with instructions
/ refund what the subscribers had
sd. The gentleman cashed the
(. ift and Immediately took his
/ parture for parts unknown.
is editor is one of numerous
IS who start up newspapers as
means OF inspiring confidence
"a who take the first opportuni-
/, of bilking their, too confiding
\ irons.
lotion Against Ada County.
An action has been made in the
I trict court by the state against
IA county. 1t is of great inter-
TO all the counties of the state
all will be affected by the result.
sor to 1895 the state made a
sheral levy for state revenues.
/ 1895 the law was changed, each
IAnty now being assessed a lump
a. The counties are delinquent
Her both laws, the aggregate
'ount due the state being very {
hee. The difficulty is that a l
ssportion of the taxes become
1inquent and the rule has been
hold back the states proportion 6
I. .hese delinquencies. But there
no provision for the state to '