Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-12-12
About the City.

About the City.
A. F. Parker, notary public.
j. w. Killinger, r,assaye Lewis
ton, Idaho.
Insist upon taking your prescrip-
tions to The Right Drug Store.
W. G. Leblanc was doing bust
ness here several days this week.
Lewiston is organizing cavalry
troop Of the Idaho National guard.
Work commenced on the Baptist
church building at Cottonwood
this week.
P. L. O'Bannon of Bridgeport,
was doing business in growing
Grangeville Saturday.
The production Of gold in Alaska
has fallen short $1l 900, 600 of the
production for last year.
Attorney w. II. Casady has
moved his law Office into DR..
Bibby's building on Hall street.
Born, near Cottonwood, Idaho.
December l, 1901, to the wife of
Lincoln Mainwaring, daughter.
q. j. Isle, OF the Standard, is
happy by the arrival on Saturday
of his wife from Lincoln, Nebraska.
Last Thursdays stage from
Sites was delayed for an hour or
two bv q break down on top of the
hill.
The ladies of Mt. Idaho will give
a Christmas tree on the evening of
December "a, for the benefit of the
little folks.
A. F. Parker has farms to sell,
and money to loan at low interest
and long time on Camas Prairie
farm lands.
The prohibitionists of Oregon
have already nominated a state
ticket to be voted on at the next
June election.
Despite the lateness of the sea-
son freight teams are daily arriv-
ing from the railroad with freight
for Grangeville merchants.
f. E. Howson and family, of
Tacoma, are in town looking over
the situation with the view of
opening an assay Office here.
Christmas is coming, and while
you think of it, don't forget that
tax-paying time is also pretty near.
Pay up and save yourself big costs.
The windowa of the Right drug
store are very handsomely deco
rated for the holiday season and
are much admired by the small
folks.
Hon. Chas. S. Voorhees,, ex-
congressman from old Washington
territory, spent Sunday here en-
route to his placer mines on John
Day creek.
Stage agent Leland spent few
days in Lewiston, his place in the
Office being taken by E. E. Travis,
who has just returned from trip
to Chicago.
John M. Shissler was doing bus
mess here Sunday and Monday
from Newsome, and reports plenty
Of travel going into the Elk City
and Dixie mines.
Jackson, the Salmon river sheep
man, has contracted with +. w.
Oliver to pasture 1900 wethers I'M
til March, when they will be
shipped out to market.
Geo. d. Smith, of the Wiltse
House, is wearing beautiful Ma
sonic emblem made out of gold
from the Jumbo mine and worked
by Robt. Dunlap, the jeweler.
Bales & Jones shipped last week
from Sites, 500 head of fine hogs,
many of which weighed $50 pounds
each. They were purchased for
Al cents per pound on the hoof.
VIM. Murphy, of the Idaho
steam laundry at Lewiston, spent
several days here last week and
thinks of putting in plant. He
is now in Florence where he has
mining interests.
Probate Judge Hampton Tay
lor has purchased acre property
in growing Grangeville from Henry
Johnson, and will improve it witt
the intention of making his resi-
dence here in due time.
The Northern Pacific railroad
contractors all seem to be of thu
opinion that the Grangeville brancf
will be completed early in the com
, ing year. Well, they can't come
too soon to please this community
Dave Pugh came out from
: Adams Camp Saturday and lef
Monday for his old home in Indian,
to spend the holidays. He will re
. turn in March, and mean while thu
; station will be run by Mrs. Pugl
!. and her son.
. The postoffice department is ad
vertising for bids on a mail servic'
from Meadows, by Resort, to War
rens, three times week for the re
d mainder of the year. The presen
d contract price is SlS03.3O per yea
! for the same service.
d p. w. Melton and family, a par