Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-12-05

Mt. Idaho lodge No. 7, I. o. o. ,
:. have elected new officers as fol-
ows: p. Brockenour, N. g.; w.
Ingram, V. g.; J. 1. Overman,
Sec; r. H. Amber, Treas; J. A.
q anson, trustee.
A party Of % persons from Nod
oway, Iowa, left there last Sunday
with five carloads of thoroughbred
shorthorn stock bound direct for
Camas Prairie and some of them
are now at Sites and will be here
this evening.
The Church of Christ will hold
regular services next Sunday as
follows: Sunday school at 10 a.
M, preaching at IL a. M, young
peoples meeting at $50 p. m. and
preaching at 1920 p. m. Subject:
Excuses. c. II. Mcdonald, min
lister.
Mrs. Wallace Scott entertained
the ladies of the Womens' Club at
her residence Tuesday evening.
and despite the torrents of rain
which fell there was a large attend
ance and very enjoyable time
was spent.
Sam Jones has purchased the
herd of thoroughbred registered
bulls Of w. II. Essex, and will
have them in this city next Satur-
day, when stockmen interested in
improving their herds will have an
opportunity to purchase.
j. F. Shanholtzer and F.
Hardistey of Palouse city, are on
the prairie looking for farms to
rent. Mr.. Hardistey resided here
with his family some five years
ago and thinks there is no country
qnite SO good as old Camas
Prairie.
Fred and Ed. Harnett, two
brothers who formerly resided at
Buffalo Hump and enlisted in the
regular army, are both reported
dead. Fred died at Manila and
Ed. was invalided home from the
same place and died in San Fran
cisco lately.
A regular old-fashioned snow
storm set in this afternoon and the
ground will soon be covered. As
there is no frost in the soil it will
be great thing for the country if
we can only get enough of it, for
it is the best fertilizer in the world.
The Presbyterian Sunday school
is to have exercises in the EpiscO-
pal church on Christmas eve.
There will be Christmas tree on
which the public are invited to
hang their gifts. An appropriate
program will precede the distribu-
ton of the presents.
The Thanksgiving ball given by
the Odd Fellows of White Bird
was a great success. Hans Hagen
served supper to sixty-four couple
at the new hotel, who say that it
was the finest banquet ever given in
White Bird. The music was Of
the best and everybody went home
well satisfied.
A most enjoyable evening was
spent by the Ladies Of Maccabees
last Monday evening. After the
election Of officers the ladies pre-
scented their Lady Commander,
Mrs. Mckinney, with a beautiful
flower vase as a token of their love
and appreciation of her faithful
ness during the past year, after
which a turkey supper was served.
A novel and ingenious advertise.
ment is be seen in the show win
dow IF the Fl. 4 II. Hardware
store in this city. 1t a locomotive
made of different arti-
cles usually sold by hardware
stores, and shows roadbed, track,
water tank and numerous
other things familiar to the eye Of
people.
Henry and William Ternan, of
Clearwater, arrived out from Elk
City Tuesday, where they have
been working the Ternan placers
All summer. They had fairly good
success and have opened up some
very rich ground which they will
work next season. The gentlemen
rave the old reliable Free Press an
annual visit Of the usual substan-
tisl kind.