Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1902-02-20
Peter Smith is up from Horse
shoe bend TODAY.

euOc Ocuu tOu6y.
Isaac Zehner has purchased a
4O-horse power engine and boiler
for the Denver flour mill.
A. +. Parker leaves for Cotton
wood in the morning for several
days absence on land business.
RE. Dawson and Geo. Yarhaus
are out from the Hump and re-
port all quiet and splendid roads
into the camp.
Anyone desiring instructions in
elocution, or physical culture will
do we'll to call on A. Il. Hoag at
Marks New Store.
Cashier w. w. Brown has been
on the sick list for several days the
past week, but is again at his place
| in the Bank of Canias Prairie.
Frank McGrane has delayed his
departure for southern chimes on
account Of his own sickness. The
family will likely leave Lewiston
tomorrow.
Frank p. Turner, ex-county sur
veyor, was awarded the contract to
run the survey of the Bitter Root
reserve lines, the contract price
being $3.50 per mile.
Ed. Schmidt arrived from Black
foot last week, where he has been
since last March. He is very much
better and his friends hope his stay
here will be permanent.
The Dewey Consolidated Smelt-
ing & Mining Company will hold
its annual stock holders meeting in
this city today. This is an ad-
jonrned meeting, it having been
first called for Jan. Is.
County Commissioner A. II.
Bishop returned from trip to Day.
ton Tuesday and reports the lower
country as all waiting for spring to
send big delegations into Thunder
Mountain.
G.. A. Mariner and Nelson w.
Parker arrived from Seattle last
evening to attend the Dewey meet
ing today Math Jacobs is also
here for the same purpose from
Kendrick.
Representatives. of Senator w. A.
Clark, of Montana are expected
here in the near future to still
further expert the Evergreen mine,
examine the water power in con.
nection with the same, etc.
Thomas B. Leighton, who was
arrested in Florence last week by
Sheriff Dixon and brought to Mt
Idaho to be tried for insanity, diet
at 10 o'clock last night. He suf
fered severe injuries in the late colo
snap, and was an old pensioner.
w. G. DAILY and F. M. Mingus
through their attorneys, McName,
II Goode, have inaugurated sui
against the village of Grangevill,
for 5000 each, damages alleged tt
have been incurred through theil
recent fine and imprisonment fo
refusing to pay the village license
The Thunder Mountain pilgrim,
left this morning with their tobog
gans, snowshoes and equipment,
loaded on the sleds which Watson
is taking. in to fix up the bad place,
on the road. They will be haule,
as far as Florence, from wher,
they will proceed on foot to tn,
new camp.
| tits understood that Dave Yates
of Denver, is about to sue tn,
county for damages caused by tn
serious i'll health of his wife, which
he attributes to the enforcement O
the quarantine on account OF small
pox in his family last fall, an,
which it is claimed was not small
pox.
| o. l.. Benson, proprietor Of tn
Miners hotel in Florence, was il
the city yesterday en- route to Ka
miah. He reports the road t
Florence as in SPLENDID shape, an,
the repair outfit which left her
last week had made two trips t
the state bridge, going and return
ing in one day, and they said tn
road was never better.
w. C. McNutt, formerly of tn
Northern Pacific surveying sta
and who located the route fror
Moscow to Kendrick, has definitel
located in growing Grangeville as
mining engineer and deputy mir
eral surveyor. He has issued fin
blue print of this county, showin
the several routes to Thunde
Mountain.
/. c. Hattabaugh returned frol
Moscow Tuesday, where he compile
ed the incorporation of the Grang,
vile Implement Co. and the Blu
terfeld- Elder Implement Co., til
latter firm doing business in Mo,
! COW. Mr.. H. was accompanied b
his niece, Mrs. Halle Denney. ,
s kallispel, Mont. and she is til
{ only relative who has ever visite
e this state.
Commissioner Frank Brown al
rived from the Jumbo mine la.
+, Friday with gold bars aggregatin