Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-12-26
Mrs. Clara Shannon and daughter

SudulialH.
The land Office h rs i ,cided ad-
versely to Perry in the contest OF
J. II. Perry VS. Andrew Elliott in.
volvins 100 acres up in the timber
south of Grangeville
J. /. Graham of Quartzburg.
Boise county, is in the city and ex-
poets to locate permanently in this
county. He is mining man and
is well pleased with this section of
the state
Messrs. Harris & Wright. two
of the late arrivals from Iowa, will
on the first of the new year open
real estate Office in Grangeville.
Mr.. Wright recently purchased the
L. X. Holmes place west Of town.
The two-stamp mill brought
from Dixie and installed on the
Fortune claim in Buffalo Hump, is
about ready to start milling ore.
The Fortune has some fine ore in
sight and is spoken of as very
promising proposition.
Manager Stevens has about COM
pleted a snow road to the Cracker
Jack mine in preparation for the
arrival of the new mill which was
recently ordered for the property.
The mill site is also ready, and
crew of men arc pushing work ON
the tunnel.
At meeting of the creditors of
the Cottonwood packing house held
here last Friday it was decided to
sell out the whole works, lock,
stock and barrel on January 25.
Thus perishes another subsidy
scheme. See the notice of sale in
this issue.
David P. Thompson, ex-governor
of Idaho, from December 1875 to
July 1876, and ex-minister to
Turkey, died at Portland last week
aged 81 years. He came to Ore
gon in 1853, walking all the way
across the continent. He leaves a
large estate.
Joseph Pfeufer has had the block
of ground which he owns immedi-
ately north of the old Crooks
homestead surveyed and plated
into lots, which makes very desira-
bic residence property. He has al
ready disposed of several of the
lots to parties who will build there
on the coming spring.
Peter Smith is up from Salmon
river, none the worse for his recent
accident at the time of the street
fair when he was thrown from his
buggy and severely injured. He
has lately struck some rich gravel
on his placer mine on the Horse
shoe bend ranch and is making ar
rangements to lower his flume to
work the new ground.
The preliminary trial Of Frank
Cary before probate judge Taylor
was completed last week, and he
was bound over to await the action
of the district court in the sum of
81, 900 bonds, on the charge of as
sault with a deadly weapon. He
was charged with shooting into the
residence of Archie Lee near Cot
tonwood, with intent to commit
murder.
f. S. Hobbies and d. III. Denham
are in town from their big ledge on
Salmon river and inform us that
they have driven crosscut tunnel
for a distance of 800 feet and are
now near the ledge, but were
obliged to discontinue further
work for the present on account of
had air, which will necessitate put
ting an upraise to the surface to
provide ventilation.
The San Francisco group in Buff
falo Hump has been bonded to G.
w. Colby and II. l.. Harding OF
Lewiston for $4,000. The group
comprises the Monte Carlo, Baby
Louise and San Francisco claims,
and they were originally located by
Chas. Flock and w. II. Doris.
A strike of fine ore was recently
found in the San Francisco which
promises to make valuable mine
out of the property.
Married at Keokuk, Iowa, De-
cember 8, 1901, Mr. j. K. Allen,
of Lewiston, and Miss Lizzie Clark,
formerly of Florence, this county.
The bride is well known here as
the sister of John Clark, the Flor
ence pioneer. merchant and hotel
keeper. and the good wishes of her
many Idaho county friends follow
her in her matrimonial life.
Chas. II. Mariner, treasurer OF
the Dewey Consolidated Mining
and Smelling company, is here from
Seattle, and will remain until the
annual meeting of the stockholders
on January 20. His Seattle col
leagues in the ownership of this
valuable property are well pleased
with the showings and hope to have
a complete milling plant at the
mine during the coming summer.
Chicago people are contracting
for the entire output of several OF
the sawmills located in Latah
county, and the lumber will be
shipped east, thus opening an
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