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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14
A.F.PARkER
l offer for sale the following
Improved Farm Property:

-
No. LEO acres on west side OF the Prairie,
highly improved. all fenced, fine orchard,
room residence, big barn 200 acres broken,
100 acres In crop; all kinds of water. and SlOS
worth of farm implements and acainery. to-
gether with 5000 worth Of timber on the place.
Fifteen dollars per acre will buy IT, = cash, bal
ance on mortgage at per cent interest
No. 2.-Relinquishment of the best watered
100 acres on the reservation, II lailes north,pl
Grangeville, all fenced, box house Of looms,
shrubbery, small orchard, fine garden and shed
barn. Forty acres In wheat and barley, and
- OF % acres in wheat. Price $500.
With the foregoing bunch oi cattle, horses,
hogs, wagon, binder, etc, can be pure Aased
for an additional $500.
No. 3.--The finest stock ranch In Northern
Idaho consisting of $50 acres near Cottonwood
a0O acres grain land, balance timber and pas
ture. All under fence, with good res aenee and
running water. Price $40 per acre. half cash
and balance on easy payments,
No. $500 will buy 100 acres decided ianu
with small house, berry garden, small barring
orchard. plenty of water and timber acc near
chool house. store and Harpster tostoi'.f "a
No. 7.-320 acres near iIarpsfer. II ~ 1eu.
Will make one OF the best fans in a ,,io
County. Two good springs with never ! ~
water, frame house, purity completed ~ aeles
under fence, with orchard, barn md % n nh'
provements, costing 5000. Price seuM.
No. s.-16O acres decided land; no im1 Ne,
ments to speak of Considerable cord lnnd anu
splendid timber, situated near kieheld's aM'
mill. Has the making OF fine p''F"'
No. o. 10Ox2OO feet in Halls Addltiol ~
Granseville. A fue residence site win so'u
residences in same block. Price $3.50.
No. 1l.--960 acres decided land near Wv ss
vile, all under fence with Sc era' = .is -;
house. All arabic land. Will be sofa ~ s
per acre. Suitable for II colony: Ensy 'e ''''
low interest
Land buyers will do well to look
at these places before iny's my;
I have other places, improved uu
unimproved, farm and town r,,P'
erty for sale. A. F. PAIN ID"
CrangeviIIe. Idaho
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14
ANNUAL ASSESSMENT WoRJ

A correspondent from Callander
asks for information concerning
the effect of non-performance Of
the annual assessment work up
on quartz claims for which the
owner has paid in good faith, the
work not being done. In reply
we would state that the assessment
work must be done upon all un-
patened claims. 1t is no excuse
to the owner that he paid some one
else to do the work and that the
latter failed to do SO, even al
though he had made and recorded
an affidavit OF proof of work that
the assessment had been done.
The claim is subject to relocation
and the new locator cannot be de-
prived Of his possessory rights ac-
quired through valid location
and the negligence of the former
owner. The latter's sole remedy
is against the dishonest employee.
AS a rule, the man employed to do
assessment work has no resources,
so that practically speaking the de-
frauded employer, has no remedy.
The work shousd be only given to
good, honest men, and they are
not hard TO find. Be sure OF your
man and then 60 ahead.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14
GIGANTIC OPERATIONS.
Col. Dewey has Ordered aslOO.
Stamp Mill for Thunder
Mountain.

On lis way home from Pittsburg,
where he has been in consultation
with his co-owners in the big
Thunder Mountain mines, Col.
f. H, Dewey stopped of in Chi
cago and ordered from the Allis-
Chalmers company, what will be
the largest quartz milling plant in
the state of Idaho. The stamps
will weigh 1850 pounds each, and
the equipment includes As six-foot
Frue Vanners for saving the con-
centrates. and q 300 II. P. COrIiss
engine and three boilers. The con-
tract calls for the delivery Of the
entire plant in Boise by May Is
next, and it is hoped to have it de-
livered at the mines by the middle
Of June, and to have it erected and
crushing ore by this time next
yeaf.
Reports from the property are
that the 1O-stamp mill is now en-
closed and the stamps will drop ON
December l, at the latest. The
"a wmill is running day and night,
turning out lumber for cabins, ore
bins, ETC., and everything is in
good shape for tho winter.
What contrast the operations
of Col Dewey present to some Of
the big syndicates which started
out year or SO ago with q grand
flourish of trumpets in dis
tricts much more favorably
situated than Thunder Mountain
for the exploitation of mining
propositions. The new camp is in
the most inaccessible locality in all
the state Of Idaho, with no wagon
road nearer than Warrens. And
by the way, the suggestion in the
FREE Press Of last week, that the
business men OF Grangeville should
take hold Of a wagon road route to
the big camp by way Of Secesh
creek, still remains to be acted on.
With the construction OF the
Northern Pacific railroad to grow
ing Grangeville, which may con-
lidently be looked forward to next
year, this town will be the neare ct
railroad point to the great new
camp, and it's trade can be brought
here without much effort.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14

A law enacted by the legislature
last winter is giving merchants
trouble in some parts Of the state.
The law passed was an act regula-
ting peddler's licenses, and max
ing the same obligatory. The at.
torney-general has given an opin-
ion that any one soliciting trade in
this state must pay a license of
800 per annum, and notice has
been served upon Pocatello busi-
ness men that they must either
pay this license or cease soliciting
orders about town. This certain
" WAS not the intention of the law,
os the legitimate dealers are al
ready carrying their full share of
the taxes, and while the attorney
general may have interpreted the
law literally, he certainly did not
Convey its intent. which was
clearly to protect legitimate bust
ness men from the incursions of
the cheap john peddlers who In
lest the country, take orders and
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14
COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL
Col. Roberts. of the Idaho
County Patriot Advo-

Gates II.
Sites, Idaho Co., Patriot.] We
Chat is H. like Grangeville; we
like her big-souied, open-handed,
wide-awake, up-to-date, "get up
and git'' people, and we want to
seeNher the county seat Of Idaho
county, which she should have
been years ago. We know, too,
that this same wish is the nearest
thing to the hearts Of not only
the people of Grangrviile, but Of
the ninety and nine out of every
one hundred who are compelled
to visit the county seat each year,
but the trouble with the people Of
Grangeville is, they haven't the
courage to say 30. The further
trouble too is that there is too
much politics mixed in with the
proposition, and the average pol
itician is q coward Mt heart, and
he espouses no cause until he sees
(Which way the cat jumps and
goes with what he thinks is the
winning side. But we are not in
politics-that is for office-conse-
quently we are not afraid to talk
out in meeting about county seat
removal. We are not afraid to
speak for the burden bearer-the
tax. payer-at any time, and it is
for him I speak. 1t is a matter
that means hundreds Of dollars to
the tax payer every year; dollars
and dollars to every attorney,
litigant and court officer, all un-
necessary expenses. l have no
fight ON the ancient village of Mt.
Idaho, for l love her none the less
because ! love the people more
the whole people who bear the
burdens of the county govern-
ment. Mt. Idaho is a dream of
the pasta broken vase around
which fingers the 'scent Of roses"
long since past and gone, and there
is nothing in the world but a SEN
timent on one hand and moral
cowardice on the other that holds
the records and seal there today,
and we are opposed to paying trib-
ute every year to the dead gods of
a dim and musty past. 1t is I'M.
just to Il tax burdened people.
You've got to go to Grangeville
anyhow, any way you fix it; why
not stop there, instead of being
forced to trek that remaining four
miles, over a road that nine
months in the year. will make a
man forget Christ and hate his
own grandmother. From this you
can see l am for removal.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14
When Senator Dubois was lie

When Senator Dubois was leav-
ing his home at Blackfoot for
Washington the other day a friend
called attention to the large amount
of baggage he had checked for his
journey east. The senator, point.
ing out one grip, said: 81 made a
trip to Asia few years ago and
that grip was all the baggage l
carried. l have since married,
and now that pile OF trunks and
grips is necessary for a trip
across the continent. Another il
lustration Of Before and After
Taking
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14
COUNTY SEAT REMOVAL.
1t May be Submitted to the
Voters Next November.

Elsewhere in this issue will be
found an article repn blished from
the Sites Patriot, in which its
editor Col. Frank M. Roberts, who
is Thoroughly familiar will, the
situation, advocates the removal Of
the county capital from Mt. Idaho
to growing Grangeville. We do
not quite understand Col. Roberts
allusious to the lack Of moral
courage which he claims has kept
the court house in it's present
location, but this is immaterial.
An election on this proposition was
submitted to the voters Of the
county in 1892, with the following
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14
Total.

The laws OF the state governing
the removal Of a county seat re-
quire a two-thirds majority, and
from the foregoing figures it will
be seen that we fell short Of the
required number "a votes. The
conditions are now very different
to what they were at that time.
New communities have sprung in
to existence, some Of which may
have aspirations for capturing the
county capital themselves. At
that election the people Of Grange
vile subscribed the handsome sum
of $4,000 in cash and deposited the
same with the Bank Of Camas
Prairie, payable to the order of
the county commissioners, for the
purchase Of q site and the erection
of suitable building for offices,
had the election gone our way. At
that time there were no telephone
lines or other mediums of com
munication except by the daily
stage line from Lewiston to Mt.
Idaho, and the business interests of
Grangeville were more concerned
at that time in the removal of the
court house than they are now.
AS matters)stand today Grangeville
is practically doing all the business
of the county seat, and we do not
| HI hn
raised as a bonus or subsidy to re-
move the county capital to this
town under existing conditions.
The hardship is principally con-
fined to the people OF the outside
precincts, the court officials, wit
nesses, jurymen, county officers
and the people who are compelled
to attend the commissioners court,
and to pay their taxes. Grange
vile has less at stake in this mat.
ter than any other community.
The business interests OF this town
would not be affected one way OF
the other by its removal here to
morrow. Nevertheless, the FREI
PRESS would urge the matter t.
the Grangeville board of trade, ant
if it should be decided to hold an
election for the removal Of the
county seat at the next election
We shall give it our hearty support
If an election should be decided or
for this purpose next year it ii
necessary that the preliminary
steps should be taken soon. A
petition signed by majority o.
the legal voters Of the county wht
voted at the last election mus
first be gotten up, and presented
to the judge Of the district court al
least six months before the cleo
ton, and upon his approval Of the
petition he will order the election
to be held. These prcliminaries
require time, and il an election tt
remove the county seat is wanted
it is high time that the petitions
were being circulated, in order
that the matter may be presented
to his honor at the next spring
term of district court, at which
time the election will doubtless bt
| Ordered
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14
FREQ Textbooks No Charity

Free Textbooks No Charity
The public school system Of the
United States has been rightly
termed the cornerstone Of our DEM
ocratic institutions. 1t is not only
important that we have the free
school system, but it is equally i'm
portant that we should have a sys-
tenn which is efficient. 1t Ia also
important in a democracy that in
the free common school, at least.
there shall be no distinctions aris-
ing from differences in the possess
sion Of the material things Of life.
The free textbook plan, wherever
it has been tried, has added to the
efficiency Of the public school.
Ten states OF the Union have
compulsory free textbook laws.
Fourteen states have permissive
free textbooks laws. The school
authorities in the optional states
all declare that cities, towns and
school districts are rapidly adopt
ing the systen. OF tweniy-eight
cities in the United States having
above 100000 population seven
teen provide free textbooks; of
fourteen cities having between 65, :
600 and 100000 nine furnish free
textbooks.
Philadelphia has provided free
textbooks since 1918. New York
City probably for fifty or sixty
years. England, which is just
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14

Idaho flax mas been given the
highest grading of any fax pro-
duced in the United States. by
the inspector Of the Chicago board
OF trade. This ought to give it a
reputation that will enable it to
sell at the highest price in the
market, and will no doubt serve as
an incentive to largely increased
production all over the state.
Flax is very exhaustive crop on
the soil aud is therefore out Of favor
with conservative farmers.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14
Reliable and Gentle.

"a pills pill" says the saw.
But there are pills and pills. You
want . pill which is certain,
thorough and gentle. Mustn' I
grippe. DeWitts Little Early
Risers fill the bill. Purely /vege-
table. Do not force but assist the
bowels to act. Strengthen and
invigorate. Small and easy to
tAke On Sheaffer and g. A.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14

The study of the water re-
sources OF the country and the
work of stream measurement to
ascertain conditions of flow. to
which the United States geologic
al survey has set itself is vast
work; but the information thus ac-
quired will give great impetus to
development in many of the arid
states, and particularly in South
ern Idaho. Our water resources
touch the economic interests of the
country at many poins. but like
our forestresources, they are only
just beginning to be realized
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14
BOOMS CENTRAL IDAHO,
Walla Walla PrOspector
Thinks 1t a Great Country.

Thinks 1t a Great Country.
j. E. McEachran, an old exper-
fenced miner and one of the origi-
nal prospectors in the Buffalo
Hump district, thinks that the
great mining camp of the next few
years will be found on the south
fork of the Clearwater, north Of
the Buffalo Hump and in the
Hump itself. Mr.. McEachran
prospected in the nineties in GEN.
trail Idaho before any settleme MT
OF consequence had been made
there. He knows almost every
mountain ridge from the Lolo
pass to the Seven Devils, and has
studied the mineral formations
carefully. Mr.. McEachran has
staked his faith in free milling
gold. He said in an interview:
~ certainly think the coming
mining camp is central Idaho.
Here is district of which compar-
atively little is known. A few
shrewd capitalists have gotten in,
found out what the country is,
and corralled all they could for
themselves. These men have
been known to blacklist the
country in order to discourage
other investors going in. The
consequence is that little develop
ment has been done in the great
mining districts near of Grangeville,
but there are possibilities there in
finitely greater than anyone
except the men who have travelled
every inch of it ever imagine.
Some day people will awaken to
the riches of the Hump and the
surrounding country when it is too
late.
"A railroad is one of the certain
probabilities of the near future.
AS l understand it, the men who
have gotten into that country and
are corralling it are to some ex.
tent connected with the Northern
Pacific. Northern Pacific officials
have money in the Hump. North.
ern Pacific surveyors have been all
through the district and mapped
out the road. That road will &c
through, and then the country
will be thrown open.
1t is no use for men to give the
country in Which they are invest.
ing thousands OF dollars black
eye. People can see what is up.
"Thc Hump will be one day the
finest camp west of the Rockies.
With it will boom all the adjacent
district where there is still territory
unprospected and free milling gold
lodges untouched. Twenty miles
north OF the Hump are some of the
finest free milling gold lodges ever
discovered in Idaho. They have
been developed to some extent,
and their possibilities appear al
most unlimited.
"When railroad makes that
country accessible, and the Hump
is thrown open, that glorious day
for which the inhabitants OF that
district wait aud long-when the
Hump i, thrown open, then keep
your eve on Central Idaho. The
men who gets in before the boom
will have plenty of opportunity to
come out several hundred per cent
ahead when the boom comes"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14

textbook plan. In the light Of
these facts, it would appear that
the burden is upon the opponents
of the free textbook plan to show
why it should not generally be
adopted in the United States.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14

President Roosevelt has taken
the altogether novel and original
way of solving the negro problem
by inviting a colored gentleman to
dine with him at the executive
mansion in Washington. The
president of the United States is a
big man, but he is not big enough
to solve the race question in that
way. This is white mans
country and white mans govern.
ment, and ouch it will remain till
the end of the chapter, and no con-
stitutional amendments can stand
in the way Of Anglo Saxon supre-
macy. The talk about negro
equality in social life is poppycock
and hypocrisy of the rankest
kind. The loudest-mouthed abo-
litioni-t that ever lived never
thought of inviting a colored man
to eat at the same table, and
Roosevelt has made a mistake
which may cost him the nominal
ton for the presidency.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14

ments is ineffably tiresome, and
until some system of having the
roads worked uniformly all over
the prairie is devised, we guess the
people will prefer that their county
commissioners shall go little slow.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14

Modern Surgery SufP p +
"While suffering from .'hv,
case Of piles l consulted = ! p'i /
clan who advised me to w u.,ye
of DaWitt's Witch Haze' % d
says G. F. Carter, Atlan' s,tird
II procured a box and ,, was Eli H.|
cured. DeWitt's Wi'cu n;l|
Salve is q splendid cure - .pd|
giving relief instantly, to
heartily recommend n,ocess
sufferers" Surgery Is nd
to cure piles. DeWi'. NV q
Hazel Salve will cure I'll III ID
Cuts, burns, bruises ana 81 aured
wounds are also qulcke s.;,s
it. Beware of coun'erIeen sste.
Sheaffer and G. A.. Boneo
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14

A railroad company has been or
ganized to run railroad from
Boise city into the Boise basin.
This is very desirable move and
we hope to see it speedily consum-
mated. With railroads pene-
trating into the Camas Prairie,
Boise basin and Salmon city sec
tions, the state of Idaho will take
on new lease of life and will fill
up with population and industry
to an extent such as the world has
never before witnessed. The one
crying need of this commonwealth
is more transportation facilities.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14

Remember that the Big s.h o
Cash Store is doing . ;sa il
BUSH in the fOllOx .sSs. /
Fancy groceries, dry gs CAN'T
hardware, tinware' hard
harness and saddlery,, ,,.r,
and harness and sa ~ ID
work. w. F. SchmadeA"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14

Standard Scale books for sale at
the FREE PREss Office, 35 cents
Anch.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14
Stop the
Blight


1t is sad thing to see fine
fruit trees spoiled by the blight.
You can always tell them from
the rest. They never do well
afterwards but stay small and
sickly.
1t is worse to see a blight
strike children. Good health
is the natural right of children.
But some of them don't get
their rights. While the rest
grow big and strong one stays
small and weak.
SCOTS Emulsion can stop
that blight. There is no
reason why such a child should
stay small. SCOTS Emulsion
is a medicine with lots of
strength in 1.-THE kind Of
strength that makes things
grow.
SCOTS Emulsion makes
children grow, makes them eat,
makes them sleep. makes them
play. Give the weak child a
chance. SCOTS Emulsion will
49, make it catch up
with the rest.
This picture represents
the Trade Mark Of SEQ It's
"a; Emulsion and is on the
IHpper Of every bottle.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14

NJ Crane 8
saddle and Gov
havip g any to
eeein & them.
amin al bring il
cash for it.
Smoke the v
cisE. AtCity
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14
A Good Appointment.

In appointing Hon. I. B. Per-
rine, of Blue Lakes, Elmore county,
as one Of the commissioners for
Idaho to the st. Louis Jefferson
ian Purchase exposition, Gov.
Hunt has made one of the most
commendable official acts Of his
career as governor. Mr.. Perrine
is owner Of the Blue Lakes orch
ards, in Gilmore county, which
have reputation as wide as the
United States.
Last week Mr.. Perrine received
the two medals awarded him ut
the Paris Exposition. One was a
gold medal for the best apples and
prunes.
The other was . silver medal for
the best keeping apples. The APP
Piles were shipped from the Blue
Lakes in the fall of 1899, hauled
25 miles over lava road to Sho-
shone, thence 5000 miles by rail
aud steamer to Paris, where they
were placed on exhibition June p,
1900.
Both are the first and highest
prizes awarded, and Mr.. ferrine
competed with the world.
The Department Of Agriculture
wrote him letter expressing the
warmest appreciation and satisfac-
of the United States government
for the exceedingly creditable dis
play that he made, and that was
admired and praised by hundreds
of thousands of visitors.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14

A flow of oil has been struck
at n depth Of 100 feet near Pocatel-
Ia, in the southeastern part Of this
state, the flow being 100 barrels in
"a hours. The well is to be sunk
deeper in the hope that a larger
flow will be struck. In our opin-
ion the most likely place for strik-
ing oil or natural gas in this Sec
ton will be along the Little Sal
mon river. But like everything
else in this section, we are wait
ing for for railroad transportation
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-14
CAPITAL STOCK, FuIIy0Paid,

Kettenbach, President; Freidenricb
dent; W. w. Brown, Cashier. ~
DIRECTORS W. w. Brown, A. Freidenrich McCran Han
Wax, F. w. Kettenbach James Edwards 10y
Firepoof vault for safe keeping customers papes and
valuabes general banking business transacted ~
The patronage of the people Of Idaho county -
is respectfully solicited