Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1902-06-26

Spokane en- route to Elk City, where
he has drug store.
BoRN.-In Sites, June %, 1902,
to the wife Of Fred s. Pope, a 10
pound daughter.
The new directory OF the Inland
Telephone Exchange shows that
there are 46 subscribers in growing
Grangeville.
John f. Ryan, Salt Lake min
ing expert, arrived here Thursday
en- route to Buffalo Hump and Mar
shall lake to examine mines for
Utah capitalists.
Mrs. O'Kane is visiting an aunt
at Helena, Mont, whom she has
not seen for IA years. Helena is
her birthplace, and incidentally she
will do lots of visiting during her
stay there.
DIR. w. A. Ingalls,, eye specialist,
carries with him about $4,000
worth of lenses, material and instru-
ments for testing and fitting the
eye, and is prepared to cut and
grind your glasses at once. Elk.
animation free.
Edward Gault, the cattle man.
is back again after long swing
around the continent, he having
visited California and Iowa since
his departure two months ago.
After visiting the Hamill boys for
few days he will leave for Arizona.
A. F. Parker has been appointed
agent for the Fidelity & Deposit
company of Maryland, which makes
a speciality Of issuing surety bonds
of all kinds. You can now buy a
bond without trespassing upon the
courtesy and good nature of your
neighbors. The rates are surpris-
ingly low.
One of the features of our Fourth
of July celebration will be the Me-
kandlass Alabama Warblers, who
showed here recently and gave gen.
eral satisfaction. They have their
own big tent and will give three
exhibitions on July 4, at 10 a. M,
in the afternoon and evening. Re-
served tickets for the evening en-
tertainment only are for sale at the
Right Drug store.
Marion Williams is back from a
trip to Marshall lake and confirms
all the glowing reports which have
come from that camp concerning
the values Of the ores. He will
leave again after the Fourth to
make some locations of which he
found the groupings near the lake.
He reports the lake full of fish, but
it was too cold for them to bite.
In fact, the snow is not yet gone
from that vicinity. The Goodman
placers are running night and day
on Lake creek, and he also reports
the sale Of the placers owned by
Fred White and Harry Faulkner
ON the same stream.
Matt Gilbert returned Saturday
from trip to Thunder Mountain
where he spent couple of days.
He says that a great many men
are leaving the camp, having been
unable to find anything to suit
them, and many are now heading
for Marshall lake and Buffalo
Hump to prospect for quartz.
Speaking of the conditions in
Thunder Mountain, Mr.. Gilbert
says he saw nothing but porphyry
dykes which looked to be well
mineralized, but he did not pros
pect any of them as they were all
located. He was unable to obtain
admission to the Dewey properties,
but SAYS they are employing IA
men He saw +. Z Johnesse, and
that gentleman expressed the great
est confidence in the future of the
camp in general and the properties
he was representing for eastern
people in particular. Many peo-
Pile from Colorado are leaving in
disgust, owing to the hardships en-
in getting in aud the
ack OF developed mines in which
in obtain ovpnloypoonf