Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1902-04-24

growing Grangeville from Stuart,
where his official duties on the
forest reserve require him to live.
A Rev. G. A. Horne held divine
services at Trinity church yester-
day, including holy communion in
the morning, a baptism in the
afternoon and a we'll attended even
ing service.
Clarence Freeman and Moore
Freeman, OF Kadersburg, Mont,
arrived Monday to outfit for Thun-
der Mountain country and will 60
in tomorrow over the state wagon
road to Warren.
The ladies OF the Woodmen circle
held jubilee Tuesday evening
which was remarkably well at
tended, and OF course highly en-
joyable time was spent until the
approach Of daylight.
In Moscow the mayor receives
$50 year, councilmen $50 year
each, treasurer $3.50, attorney $3.50,
clerk $50 a month, poll cemen $50 a
month and street commissioner SO
for each day employed.
LuMBER.-Go to S. Hoene (suc-
cessor to Forsmann & Hoene), for
seasoned lumber, as they have on
hand over $50, 900 feet of all kinds
of rough and dressed lumber. Mill
two miles southwest of Keuterville.
TwoNnew hydrants have been in
stalled, one on the corner Of Main
and South Meadow and the other
on Nam and South State streets.
The hydrants are a late patent and
are much more effective and SUBJ
stantial than the others.
J. j. Bennett arrived from Boise
Saturday on mining business and
left Monday for Lewiston. He
expects to spend the summer in
Thunder Mountain as agent for a
large mining corporation which is
on the look out for big properties.
H. B. Ward and wife, of Wis
| consin, are visiting Bert Thomp-
son. our cigar manufacturer, for a
short time. They have been MAX
ing the grand tour of the coast this
| winter and came here direct from
Oakland, Cal, and are will pleased
J with Camas Prairie.
The Grangeville Implement COM
pany has 100, 900 pounds of freight
down at Sites which they are hav-
ing freighted up. Mr. Hattabaugh,
manager of the company, states
that they paid the Northern Pacific
more than S12, 900 for freight last
year on account of the Grangeville
l house.
Dave Yates returned from Colo
RADIO Friday with the body Of his
!. wife for interment in the Denver
| cemetery. He was in town Tues
: day and told the FREE Press that
he was now back on Camas Prairie
! to stay. The sympathy Of the COM
. munity is extended to Mr.. Yates
and his motherless children.
Fem Batty seems to have bought
a sure-enough gold mine when he
purchased the Hartman corner at
. Main and State streets, for while
| excavating the cellar yesterday the
workmen uncovered fine gold
) specimen and also some gravel that
: gives good colors to the pan. We
may yet have a mining excitement
right in the heart of growing
Grangeville.
W. +. Burlingame arrived out
, from White Bird meadows with a
) team Saturday, having made the
r trip in six hours. He reports the
snow as about two feet deep on the
northern slopes, while it is nearly
:. all gone on the flats and SUBMITS
. exposed to the sunshine. He says
there is lot of travel both ways
from the Prairie and the min es.
The good people of Lowe school
r district arc arranging for basket
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school house tomorrow, Friday
!, evening, the proceeds to be devoted
! to furnishing the school house with
suitable seats. The entertainment
will consist of dialogues, plays and
music. Admission free and every
body invited.
A large consignment of piping,
tramway material and other ma
chinery has arrived at Council for
. the salzer-Ford mining properties
in the Rapid river mining district,
and it is now being transported to
! the mines. This company intends
; doing considerable work in the way
OF opening up their properties this
season. All indications point to a
very busy season in the Rapid river
} district this year.
Merchant JOS. Pfeufer returned
Thursday from trip to Seattle,
where he took his wife and chill
dren for visit of several months.
He reports the Queen city as BOOM
ing and growing as no other town
on the coast has ever grown. The
Alaska business has added millions
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