Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1902-01-30
james Hsmill, . brother Of Sam

the expectation Of purchasing .
farm ~ soon "a he finds what he
wants, and of joining his brothers
in farming and stock raising. He
is an old-time Pacific coaster, hav-
ing resided several years in Califor-
mia, besides IL years in the Walla
Walla valley. We cannot have
too many Of such people to enroll
among our permanent population.
The Northern Star company;
. Spokane corporation operating
the Northern Star property in
Dixie, have ordered a complete
mining and milling equipment for
the mine. The order contains
25-ton concentration, ore cars,
pumps, crushers and other ma
chinery, and was accompanied by
the cash. All Of which speaks
we'll for Dixie and its mining in
terests.
A private letter from Wallace
says that all the mining towns in
the Occur d'Alenes are dull, or
dead, owing to the closing down of
the mines and the low price Of
lead, caused by the operations Of
the lead trust. There will be
big stampede from that section into
Thunder Mountain in the spring,
and the Grangeville route will be
the route taken by these people
who know the country.
D. B. Wilson has received a let
ter from Dan Courtney who is now
in Africa with LATE Yates and
Chas L. Rice, stating that they
were at Khartoum, where the sand
il drifted higher than he ever saw
the snow in these mountains. Ac-
companying the letter was large
photo taken at Cairo, showing our
three old friends under the shadow
of the ancient Sphinx and Pyra-
mid, surrounded by party OF ma.
. tive guides.
r. B. Wilson, general passenger
agent for the Burlington route
spent several days in town thit
, week looking into the resources o.
this section and was highly i'm
} pressed with the outlook for the
future. The board of trade fur
!, nished him with descriptive litera
, ture which the company will us'
, in advertising this little known
belt, and incidently they will pou
water on our Thunder Mountain
!, route as the shortest, best and low
! est attitudes.
Editor McBroom returned from
q trip to Boise and Roseburg o.
! Saturdays stage. He left Mrs
McBroom at Boise visiting her sic
), ter, Mrs. Fisher. He says that tn
whole of the inter-mountain coun
try is progressing with rapid stride
Z in wealth and increase Of populs
4 ton, but on the coast there is littl
: change to be noted, and bushes
y there is generally as quiet as eve
All the stir is east of the moul
! tains.
~ w. A. Stevens was out from I'll
l. Hump last week and reports IL
u work now going forward upon ii
> Big Buffalo and Cracker JAG
mines az showing up bigger an
Is better ore bodies than ever befor
T. He is expecting daily advices of Il
to shipment Of the Cracker Jack mi
is and everything at the mine is no
ID ready for its installation. M
'g Stevens says that the longer
stays in the camp the more firm
be impressed he is with the gre
e. future before it.
On Strayed from Jacob Riebolt
he pasture about the 10Th day of [
by cember. 1901, one gray geldin
IN branded lazy L on left stifle, o
brown gelding. weight about l2(
eft branded ] on right stifle, left a
1T fore foot some larger than I
S. right. The undersigned will p
or SO reward for any informant
We leading to their recovery. Not
S. Postmaster at Clearwater, Idal
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