Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-10-17
G. B. Irwin and wife, of Pollock,

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G. B. Irwin and wife, of Pollock,
were visitors to the city this week
and purchased their winter outfit.
O. B. Garfield and wife, of
Doumecq plains, were in town
this week on business and enjoy
ing the gayeties Of the metropolis.
At the citizens meeting held ~
Cottonwood last week to take
steps for the incorporation Of that
village it was decided to include >
mile square Of territory, and
Messrs. w. L. Brown, H. 81. Nux-
| oil, A. B. Rookie, 8. J. Peterson
and 8. Gladstone were recon-
mended to the county commission
ers as the proper persons to act as
trustees for the incorporation.
Gardner l.. Porter, a merchant
Of Elk City, was in town this week
and informs US that the old camp
is prospecting finely. The opera
tions Of the Hogan Bros, on
Crooked river, are being watched
with much interest by residence of
the camp, as they are thorough
mining men, and from all accounts
they are opening up one Of the
best mines in this country.
Sheriff Porter, Of Baker City, Or
egon. returned from trip to the
Burgdorf springs last Friday, in
crmpany with constable Wilks,
where they had gone to capture
the man who held up mine in
Baker county, and who got away
with lot of money. They found
the bird had been there and spent
several days, but he had flown be-
fore they arrived.
The Heartburg Bros, late Of
Camas Prairie, are spending the
winter in Santa Rosa, CAL, and
are very well pleased with that sec
ton, although they have as YET
made no investments, and will
travel further for awhile before
settling down. We fully expect &c
see them back on old Camat
Prairie again in the near future.
DIED. Grangeville, October
IL, 1901, Mrs. Elisabeth Larrance
aged 80 years. Mrs. Laramie ar.
rived here from Nebraska on Au-
gust 10, to visit Ter son, who IL
now in Thunder Mountain. Sht
was q severe sufferer from dropsy,
which was the cause of death. She
was buried in the cemetery on Sun
day.
"Buck" Bates. who left herr
lately for California, writes rs thai
he is spending . lot Of time with
his old friend and neighbor. jim
McCafferty, formerly Of Cotton
wood, at Patton, San Bernardint
county, and that he is mo-
particularly struck on that section
OF the golden state. The further
the boys get away from old Camss
Prairie the more anxious they viii
be to get back again.
i Harry NJ. Glidden, Of Spokane
was in town this week en- route Il
Florence to look after the Interest,"
Of the Gold Bug and Banner min
log companies, Of which he wa
manager ut the time those proper
ties were working when the Flor.
ence boom was at its heights som'
four or five years ago. He il
simply on a tour of inspection, q
it is unlikely that anything will b.
done with those properties To-
some time to come, owing to tn
loss Of the Banner mill by fire.
Capt. NJ. L. Murray, late Of Co
&c. Idaho Volunteer, and next Il
|, Ned Greene the tallest man in tn,
Philippines, was In town thi
week enroute home from the Lew
iston fair, which he says was ,
splendid affair, and he has seen nc
such crowds Of people since he lef
Frisco outward bound, when i
seemed as il the entire Pacific coas
!, was assembled to give tie volun
teers a good send-of. Capt
Murray is now located in Elk City
and has settled down to be . family
man, and his many friends through
out the county will be glad to heal
that he is prospecting. Mike Likes
to get to Grangeville once in
| = Whih, for his friends hAre srs
LEGION.